FLORIDA CORE PEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS / ENTOMOLOGY| LATEST UPDATE 2025

FLORIDA CORE PEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS / ENTOMOLOGY| LATEST UPDATE 2025



QUESTION: Which federal agency is responsible for enforcing FIFRA? - ANSWER-EPA




QUESTION: Which statement about FIFRA is false? - ANSWER-State restrictions on pesticides can be
more liberal than those of FIFRA




QUESTION: Which regulatory agency is responsible for administering the three Florida laws that govern
applicator licensing? - ANSWER-FDACS




QUESTION: Which applicators class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to Florida state
highway right of way fall into? - ANSWER-Public




QUESTION: Who would you contact for information regarding licencing of applicators for application of
pesticides to homes and private lawns? - ANSWER-FDACS Bureau of Entomology and Pest control.




QUESTION: Which applicators class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to their own
property for production of agricultural commodities fall into? - ANSWER-Private.

,QUESTION: Which applicators class would persons engaged in public health or nuisance control work fall
into? - ANSWER-Public Nuisance




QUESTION: What are three licencing categories are available to those seeking limited certification
license? - ANSWER-Limited structural pest control

limited lawn and ornamental pest control

limited commercial landscape maintenance.




QUESTION: How can the public have assurance that pesticides continually meet current scientific and
regulatory standers? - ANSWER-Each pesticide goes through pesticide re registration every 15 years.




QUESTION: which pesticide is not specifically regulated by Florida rules? - ANSWER-Glyphosate




QUESTION: Which agency would you contact for reporting storage of certain pesticide active ingredients
if they re stored in amounts greater than a threshold quantity? - ANSWER-SERC




QUESTION: Using barriers to prevent pest from getting into an area is an example of which type of pest
management method? - ANSWER-Mechanical control




QUESTION: 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? - ANSWER-Mechanical control mold

,QUESTION: Sealing cracks and crevices in buildings is an example of which type of mechanical control
method? - ANSWER-Exclusion




QUESTION: Which would be considered a preventative pest management strategies - ANSWER-Planting
weed and disease free seed




QUESTION: Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance? - ANSWER-Continual use of the
same pesticide from the same chemical family.




QUESTION: What is the first logical step in a pest management plan? - ANSWER-Identifying the pest.




QUESTION: Which IPM best describes reduction of a pest population to a level where the harm caused
by the pest is acceptable? - ANSWER-Suppression




QUESTION: What is the term that identifies a pest that causes major damage on a regular basis? -
ANSWER-Key Pest




QUESTION: What is the process whereby some organisms accumulate chemical residues in higher
concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume? - ANSWER-Bio magnification




QUESTION: 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? -
ANSWER-An emergency exemption.

, QUESTION: The active ingredient in Lorsban 75WG is listed as chlorprifos 0,0-diethyl 0-trichloro 2
pyridinyl) phosphorothioate. What does the term "chlorpyrifos" represent? - ANSWER-The common
name.




QUESTION: Which statement about pesticide label names and ingredients is true? - ANSWER-Various
manufactures use different trade names, even though the products contain the same active ingredient.




QUESTION: What is the purpose of the signal word? - ANSWER-To give the user an indication of the
relative acute toxicity of the product to human and animals.




QUESTION: 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? - ANSWER-Danger.




QUESTION: The statement "do not breathe vapors or spray mist" is an example of - ANSWER-A route of
entry statement.




QUESTION: Which is true about statements of practical treatment? - ANSWER-All Danger labels contain
a note to physicians describing appropriate medical procedures.




QUESTION: Directions for mixing and loading a pesticide are usually found under - ANSWER-The
directions for use.