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