CORE Pesticide Exam Review Questions and Answers
Which federal agency is responsible for enforcing FIFRA? - -Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
-Which statement about FIFRA is false? - -State restrictions on pesticides can be more
liberal than those of FIFRA
-Facts from FIFRA - --approved pesticide labels have the force of law
-the EPA has the authority to remove pesticide products from the market.
-FIFRA regulates the registration and licensing of pesticide products.
-Which regulatory agency is responsible for administering the three Florida laws that
govern applicator licensing? - -FDACS
-Which applicator class would a person who is employed by a government agency and
applies restricted use pesticides to Florida state Highway rights-of-way fall into? - -Public
-Who would you contact for information regarding licensing of applicators for application
of pesticides to homes and private lawns? - -FDACS Bureau of Entomology and Pest
Control
-Which applicator class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to their own
property for production of agricultural commodities fall into? - -Private
-Which applicator class would persons engaged in public health or nuisance pest control
work fall into? - -Public
-The three pesticide licensing categories are available to those seeking a Limited
Certification license? - --Limited Structural Pest Control
-Limited Lawn and Ornamental Pest Control
-Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance
-How can the public have assurance that pesticides continuously meet current scientific
and regulatory standards? - -Each pesticide goes through "pesticide re-registration" every
15 years.
-Which pesticide is NOT specifically regulated by Florida rules? - -Glyphosate
-Which agency would you contact for reporting storage of certain pesticide active
ingredients if they are stored in amounts greater than a threshold quantity? - -State
Emergency Response Commission (SERC)
-Using barriers to prevent pests from getting into an area is an example of which type of
pest management method? - -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? - -Physical/environmental
modification
-Sealing cracks and crevices in buildings is an example of which type of mechanical control
method. - -exclusion
-Which would be considered a preventive pest management strategy? - -Planting weed
and disease free seed
-Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance? - -continual use of the same
pesticides from the same chemical family.
-What is the first logical step in a pest management plan? - -identifying the pest
-Which IPM term best describes reduction of a pest population to a level where the harm
caused by the pest is acceptable? - -Suppression
-What is the term that identifies a pest that causes major damage on a regular basis? - -Key
pest
-What is the process whereby some organisms accumulate chemical residues in higher
concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume? - -Biomagnification
-what is needed to apply a pesticide legally when a pest problem arises for which a food or
feed commodity is not on the registered pesticide label or a tolerance has not been
established? - -An emergency exemption
-The active ingredient in Lorsban 75WG is listed as Chlorpyrifos: 0,0-diethyl 0-(3,5,6-
trichloro 2 pyridinyl) photosphorothioate. What does the term chlorpyrifos represent? - -
The common name
-Which statement about pesticide label names and ingredients is true? - -Various
manufacturers use different trade names, even though the products contain the same
active ingredient.
-What is the purpose of the signal word? - -To give the user an indication of the relative
acute toxicity of the product to humans and animals.
-The route of entry statement on a label "Extremely hazardous by skin contact - rapidly
absorbed through the skin "would mot likely appear with which signal word? - -DANGER
-The statement "Do not breathe vapors or spray mist" is an example of: - -A route of entry
statement
Which federal agency is responsible for enforcing FIFRA? - -Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
-Which statement about FIFRA is false? - -State restrictions on pesticides can be more
liberal than those of FIFRA
-Facts from FIFRA - --approved pesticide labels have the force of law
-the EPA has the authority to remove pesticide products from the market.
-FIFRA regulates the registration and licensing of pesticide products.
-Which regulatory agency is responsible for administering the three Florida laws that
govern applicator licensing? - -FDACS
-Which applicator class would a person who is employed by a government agency and
applies restricted use pesticides to Florida state Highway rights-of-way fall into? - -Public
-Who would you contact for information regarding licensing of applicators for application
of pesticides to homes and private lawns? - -FDACS Bureau of Entomology and Pest
Control
-Which applicator class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to their own
property for production of agricultural commodities fall into? - -Private
-Which applicator class would persons engaged in public health or nuisance pest control
work fall into? - -Public
-The three pesticide licensing categories are available to those seeking a Limited
Certification license? - --Limited Structural Pest Control
-Limited Lawn and Ornamental Pest Control
-Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance
-How can the public have assurance that pesticides continuously meet current scientific
and regulatory standards? - -Each pesticide goes through "pesticide re-registration" every
15 years.
-Which pesticide is NOT specifically regulated by Florida rules? - -Glyphosate
-Which agency would you contact for reporting storage of certain pesticide active
ingredients if they are stored in amounts greater than a threshold quantity? - -State
Emergency Response Commission (SERC)
-Using barriers to prevent pests from getting into an area is an example of which type of
pest management method? - -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? - -Physical/environmental
modification
-Sealing cracks and crevices in buildings is an example of which type of mechanical control
method. - -exclusion
-Which would be considered a preventive pest management strategy? - -Planting weed
and disease free seed
-Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance? - -continual use of the same
pesticides from the same chemical family.
-What is the first logical step in a pest management plan? - -identifying the pest
-Which IPM term best describes reduction of a pest population to a level where the harm
caused by the pest is acceptable? - -Suppression
-What is the term that identifies a pest that causes major damage on a regular basis? - -Key
pest
-What is the process whereby some organisms accumulate chemical residues in higher
concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume? - -Biomagnification
-what is needed to apply a pesticide legally when a pest problem arises for which a food or
feed commodity is not on the registered pesticide label or a tolerance has not been
established? - -An emergency exemption
-The active ingredient in Lorsban 75WG is listed as Chlorpyrifos: 0,0-diethyl 0-(3,5,6-
trichloro 2 pyridinyl) photosphorothioate. What does the term chlorpyrifos represent? - -
The common name
-Which statement about pesticide label names and ingredients is true? - -Various
manufacturers use different trade names, even though the products contain the same
active ingredient.
-What is the purpose of the signal word? - -To give the user an indication of the relative
acute toxicity of the product to humans and animals.
-The route of entry statement on a label "Extremely hazardous by skin contact - rapidly
absorbed through the skin "would mot likely appear with which signal word? - -DANGER
-The statement "Do not breathe vapors or spray mist" is an example of: - -A route of entry
statement
