Which federal agency is responsible for enforcing FIFRA? – Correct Answer-EPA
Which statement about FIFRA is false? – Correct Answer-State restrictions on
pesticides can be more liberal than those of FIFRA
Which regulatory agency is responsible for administering the three Florida laws that
govern applicator licensing? – Correct Answer-FDACS
Which applicators class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to Florida
state highway right of way fall into? – Correct Answer-Public
Who would you contact for information regarding licencing of applicators for application
of pesticides to homes and private lawns? – Correct Answer-FDACS Bureau of
Entomology and Pest control.
Which applicators class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to their
own property for production of agricultural commodities fall into? – Correct AnswerPrivate.
Which applicators class would persons engaged in public health or nuisance control
work fall into? – Correct Answer-Public Nuisance
What are three licencing categories are available to those seeking limited certification
license? – Correct Answer-Limited structural pest control
limited lawn and ornamental pest control
limited commercial landscape maintenance.
How can the public have assurance that pesticides continually meet current scientific
and regulatory standers? – Correct Answer-Each pesticide goes through pesticide re
registration every 15 years.
which pesticide is not specifically regulated by Florida rules? – Correct AnswerGlyphosate
Which agency would you contact for reporting storage of certain pesticide active
ingredients if they re stored in amounts greater than a threshold quantity? – Correct
Answer-SERC
Using barriers to prevent pest from getting into an area is an example of which type of
pest management method? – Correct Answer-Mechanical control
Lowering the humidity of stored grains and other food products to reduce damage from
mold is an example of which type of pest management method? – Correct AnswerMechanical control mold
Sealing cracks and crevices in buildings is an example of which type of mechanical
control method? – Correct Answer-Exclusion
Which would be considered a preventative pest management strategies – Correct
Answer-Planting weed and disease free seed
Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance? – Correct Answer-Continual
use of the same pesticide from the same chemical family.
What is the first logical step in a pest management plan? – Correct Answer-Identifying
the pest.
Which IPM best describes reduction of a pest population to a level where the harm
caused by the pest is acceptable? – Correct Answer-Suppression
What is the term that identifies a pest that causes major damage on a regular basis? –
Correct Answer-Key Pest
What is the process whereby some organisms accumulate chemical residues in higher
concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume? – Correct Answer-Bio
magnification
What is needed to apply a pesticide legally when a pest problem arises for which food
or feed commodity is not on the registered pesticide label or a tolerance has not been
established? – Correct Answer-An emergency exemption.
The active ingredient in Lorsban 75WG is listed as chlorprifos 0,0-diethyl 0-trichloro 2
pyridinyl) phosphorothioate. What does the term “chlorpyrifos” represent? – Correct
Answer-The common name.
Which statement about pesticide label names and ingredients is true? – Correct AnswerVarious manufactures use different trade names, even though the products contain the
same active ingredient.
What is the purpose of the signal word? – Correct Answer-To give the user an indication
of the relative acute toxicity of the product to human and animals.
The route of entry statement on a label ” Extremely hazardous by skin contact – rapidly
absorbed through the skin” would most likely appear with which signal word? – Correct
Answer-Danger