FLORIDA PESTICIDE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Use information - ✔✔-Directions for use
-REI- limitations on reentry to treated area
-Agricultural use requirements
-Storage and disposal
-Container disposal
✔✔Formulation - ✔✔a mixture of active and inert ingredients
✔✔A - ✔✔Aerosol
✔✔B - ✔✔Bait
✔✔D - ✔✔Dust
- Used in structures in cracks and crevices for cockroaches
✔✔E, EC, EW - ✔✔Emulsifiable Concentrate
✔✔G - ✔✔Granules
✔✔GL - ✔✔Gel
✔✔M or ME - ✔✔Microencapsulated
✔✔P or PS - ✔✔Pellets
✔✔RTU - ✔✔"Ready-to-Use" low concentrate solutions.
✔✔S - ✔✔Solution
✔✔ULV - ✔✔Ultra low volume
✔✔WDG - ✔✔Water-dispersible granules
✔✔WSB or WSP - ✔✔Water soluble bag, water soluble powder, or water soluble packet
✔✔Impregnated products - ✔✔Pet collars, livestock ear tags
✔✔Adjuvant - ✔✔Used with pesticides to enhance performance
✔✔Surfactants - ✔✔Substances that allow oil and water to mix or emulsify. Increases
spray coverage on plants
, ✔✔Emulsifying agents - ✔✔Maintain dispersion of fine particles of liquid in carrier
✔✔Wetting agents - ✔✔Decrease surface tension
Four types:
-anionic
-cationic
-nonionic
-amphoteric
✔✔Stickers - ✔✔Cause pesticides to adhere to plant foliage
✔✔Buffer - ✔✔Acidify and stabilize alkaline water prior to adding pesticide
✔✔Mixing Pesticides - ✔✔Under federal law, it is legal to combine pesticide unless the
label states otherwise.
✔✔EC and ULV - ✔✔Can cause rubber to deteriorate
✔✔Two questions to ask before applying pesticide: - ✔✔-Where is the pesticide going
to go after It leaves the tank?
-What effects could it have on non-target sites?
✔✔Persistence - ✔✔Measure in half life's
✔✔Chemical degredation - ✔✔the breakdown of chemicals that do not involve living
organisms, usually by a chemical reaction with water
✔✔Microbial Action - ✔✔The breakdown of chemicals by soil microorganisms, such as
fungi and bacteria
✔✔Photodegradation - ✔✔Breakdown of chemicals by the action of sunlight.
✔✔Volatility - ✔✔the tendency of a substance to vaporize into gas (typically in low
humidity)
✔✔Tolerance - ✔✔a maximum safe level on on or in raw agricultural commodity
✔✔Three types of drift - ✔✔Spray
vapor
Particle
✔✔VMD - ✔✔volume median diameter; droplet size for sprays. Measure in microns
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Use information - ✔✔-Directions for use
-REI- limitations on reentry to treated area
-Agricultural use requirements
-Storage and disposal
-Container disposal
✔✔Formulation - ✔✔a mixture of active and inert ingredients
✔✔A - ✔✔Aerosol
✔✔B - ✔✔Bait
✔✔D - ✔✔Dust
- Used in structures in cracks and crevices for cockroaches
✔✔E, EC, EW - ✔✔Emulsifiable Concentrate
✔✔G - ✔✔Granules
✔✔GL - ✔✔Gel
✔✔M or ME - ✔✔Microencapsulated
✔✔P or PS - ✔✔Pellets
✔✔RTU - ✔✔"Ready-to-Use" low concentrate solutions.
✔✔S - ✔✔Solution
✔✔ULV - ✔✔Ultra low volume
✔✔WDG - ✔✔Water-dispersible granules
✔✔WSB or WSP - ✔✔Water soluble bag, water soluble powder, or water soluble packet
✔✔Impregnated products - ✔✔Pet collars, livestock ear tags
✔✔Adjuvant - ✔✔Used with pesticides to enhance performance
✔✔Surfactants - ✔✔Substances that allow oil and water to mix or emulsify. Increases
spray coverage on plants
, ✔✔Emulsifying agents - ✔✔Maintain dispersion of fine particles of liquid in carrier
✔✔Wetting agents - ✔✔Decrease surface tension
Four types:
-anionic
-cationic
-nonionic
-amphoteric
✔✔Stickers - ✔✔Cause pesticides to adhere to plant foliage
✔✔Buffer - ✔✔Acidify and stabilize alkaline water prior to adding pesticide
✔✔Mixing Pesticides - ✔✔Under federal law, it is legal to combine pesticide unless the
label states otherwise.
✔✔EC and ULV - ✔✔Can cause rubber to deteriorate
✔✔Two questions to ask before applying pesticide: - ✔✔-Where is the pesticide going
to go after It leaves the tank?
-What effects could it have on non-target sites?
✔✔Persistence - ✔✔Measure in half life's
✔✔Chemical degredation - ✔✔the breakdown of chemicals that do not involve living
organisms, usually by a chemical reaction with water
✔✔Microbial Action - ✔✔The breakdown of chemicals by soil microorganisms, such as
fungi and bacteria
✔✔Photodegradation - ✔✔Breakdown of chemicals by the action of sunlight.
✔✔Volatility - ✔✔the tendency of a substance to vaporize into gas (typically in low
humidity)
✔✔Tolerance - ✔✔a maximum safe level on on or in raw agricultural commodity
✔✔Three types of drift - ✔✔Spray
vapor
Particle
✔✔VMD - ✔✔volume median diameter; droplet size for sprays. Measure in microns
