GA Pest Exam
anticoagulant - Answer -prevents blood clotting
anticoagulant - first generation - Answer -generally require bait consumption over several feedings
(days) in order to get lethal dose
anticoagulant - second generation - Answer -lethal after single ingestion
FIFRA - Answer -Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
FQPA - Answer -Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
Carries the same enforcement weight as the actual label provided on the pesticide container - Answer -
labeling
EPA - Answer -Environmental Protection Agency
GDA - Answer -Georgia Department of Agriculture
who registers all pesticides - Answer -EPA and GDA
, 2 classifications of pesticides - Answer -general use or restricted use
SPCA - Answer -Structural Pest Control Act (primary law in georgia)
how often and hours needed for reregistration - Answer -every 2 years; 8 for household pest control; 8
for wood destroying organisms; 3 for fumigation
when do registrations expire - Answer -june 30th of each odd numbered year
when to treat school room - Answer -when students are not expected to be present for a minimum of 3
hours or longer if directed by pesticide product label
open area application at school - Answer -if area within 10 feet of application is secured and no students
are present within secured area
outside on school grounds applications - Answer -can be applied if students not expected within 20 feet
which law deals with the regulation and licensing of certain areas related to structural pest control -
Answer -Georgia Pesticide use and application act
3 things a pest needs to survive - Answer -food, water, harborage (place to hide)
Arthropods - Answer -A group of organisms that have jointed appendages, an exoskeleton, bilateral
symmetry, and reproduce sexually; insects, arachnids, millipedes and cenitpedes, and crustaceans
insects - Answer -3 sections - head, thorax, abdomen; head with one pair of antennae; thorax with three
pairs of legs
instars - Answer -stages in metamorphosis
anticoagulant - Answer -prevents blood clotting
anticoagulant - first generation - Answer -generally require bait consumption over several feedings
(days) in order to get lethal dose
anticoagulant - second generation - Answer -lethal after single ingestion
FIFRA - Answer -Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
FQPA - Answer -Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
Carries the same enforcement weight as the actual label provided on the pesticide container - Answer -
labeling
EPA - Answer -Environmental Protection Agency
GDA - Answer -Georgia Department of Agriculture
who registers all pesticides - Answer -EPA and GDA
, 2 classifications of pesticides - Answer -general use or restricted use
SPCA - Answer -Structural Pest Control Act (primary law in georgia)
how often and hours needed for reregistration - Answer -every 2 years; 8 for household pest control; 8
for wood destroying organisms; 3 for fumigation
when do registrations expire - Answer -june 30th of each odd numbered year
when to treat school room - Answer -when students are not expected to be present for a minimum of 3
hours or longer if directed by pesticide product label
open area application at school - Answer -if area within 10 feet of application is secured and no students
are present within secured area
outside on school grounds applications - Answer -can be applied if students not expected within 20 feet
which law deals with the regulation and licensing of certain areas related to structural pest control -
Answer -Georgia Pesticide use and application act
3 things a pest needs to survive - Answer -food, water, harborage (place to hide)
Arthropods - Answer -A group of organisms that have jointed appendages, an exoskeleton, bilateral
symmetry, and reproduce sexually; insects, arachnids, millipedes and cenitpedes, and crustaceans
insects - Answer -3 sections - head, thorax, abdomen; head with one pair of antennae; thorax with three
pairs of legs
instars - Answer -stages in metamorphosis
