Florida Core Pesticide Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
FDACS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A state agency that enforces the
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provisions of FIFRA and the Florida Pesticide Law.
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Responsible for administering the three Florida laws that govern
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applicator licensing. |
FIFRA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
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Rodenticide Act. Federal law that provides the overall framework for the
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federal pesticide program.
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Limited Certification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A designation on a license
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issued under the Structural Pest Control Act that enables the licensee to
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|apply pesticides only under certain prescribed circumstances.
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Ordinance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Laws developed by local
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government. Enforced by city or county. | | | | |
EPA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Environmental Protection Agency
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Responsible for registering or authorizing pesticide products.
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,Classifications - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-All pesticides are classified
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according to their toxicity, use pattern, and environmental effects.
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Two main classifications: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Unclassified use
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(general use) and restricted use
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RUP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sold to only certified and licensed
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applicators
Types of applicators: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Private, Public, and
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commercial
Private Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A certified applicator who
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uses or supervises the use of any restricted-use pesticide to produce an
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agricultural commodity on his/her land..
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Public Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any applicator employed by a
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federal, state, city, or other local agency or government entity.
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Commercial Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A certified applicator
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who uses pesticides on the job, other than for agricultural production
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on private property.
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, Section III FIFRA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Federal registration of
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pesticide
A Special Local Need Registration (SLN) allows - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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uses of pesticides for crops or sites not listed on the Section 3 labeling in
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the state it was issued.
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Section 24 |
Emergency Exemption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a section 18 exemption
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that allows the sale and use of a registered pesticide product for a
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specific non-registered purpose during a specified period if no feasible
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alternative is available | |
EUP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Environmental use permit needed for
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testing product on locations larger that 10 acres
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Law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Legal acts written and passed by elected
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officials
Rule - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Details of the law (fees, licensing
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qualifications)
Regulation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Collection of all the rules written
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about all the laws. | | |
Correct Answers
FDACS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A state agency that enforces the
| | | | | | | | |
provisions of FIFRA and the Florida Pesticide Law.
| | | | | | | |
Responsible for administering the three Florida laws that govern
| | | | | | | | |
applicator licensing. |
FIFRA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
| | | | | | |
Rodenticide Act. Federal law that provides the overall framework for the
| | | | | | | | | |
federal pesticide program.
| | |
Limited Certification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A designation on a license
| | | | | | | | |
issued under the Structural Pest Control Act that enables the licensee to
| | | | | | | | | | |
|apply pesticides only under certain prescribed circumstances.
| | | | | |
Ordinance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Laws developed by local
| | | | | | |
government. Enforced by city or county. | | | | |
EPA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Environmental Protection Agency
| | | | |
Responsible for registering or authorizing pesticide products.
| | | | | |
,Classifications - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-All pesticides are classified
| | | | | | |
according to their toxicity, use pattern, and environmental effects.
| | | | | | | |
Two main classifications: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Unclassified use
| | | | | | |
(general use) and restricted use
| | | |
RUP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sold to only certified and licensed
| | | | | | | | |
applicators
Types of applicators: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Private, Public, and
| | | | | | | |
commercial
Private Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A certified applicator who
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uses or supervises the use of any restricted-use pesticide to produce an
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agricultural commodity on his/her land..
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Public Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any applicator employed by a
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federal, state, city, or other local agency or government entity.
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Commercial Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A certified applicator
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who uses pesticides on the job, other than for agricultural production
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on private property.
| |
, Section III FIFRA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Federal registration of
| | | | | | | |
pesticide
A Special Local Need Registration (SLN) allows - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
uses of pesticides for crops or sites not listed on the Section 3 labeling in
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the state it was issued.
| | | | | |
Section 24 |
Emergency Exemption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a section 18 exemption
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that allows the sale and use of a registered pesticide product for a
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specific non-registered purpose during a specified period if no feasible
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alternative is available | |
EUP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Environmental use permit needed for
| | | | | | | |
testing product on locations larger that 10 acres
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Law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Legal acts written and passed by elected
| | | | | | | | | |
officials
Rule - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Details of the law (fees, licensing
| | | | | | | | |
qualifications)
Regulation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Collection of all the rules written
| | | | | | | | |
about all the laws. | | |
