PUBLIC HEALTH PEST CONTROL EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT
SOLUTION | 2026 LATEST UPDATED GET A+
1. What are the basic provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Ro-
denticide Act?: requires fed registration of pesticides shipped across state
lines, unlawful to sell unregistered pesticides, labels must have adequate
directions and warnings, unlawful to remove or alter labels
2. What law controls the use or application of pesticides and ensures that
pesticide applicators and dealers are qualified to use or sell pesticides in
South
Carolina?: The South Carolina Pesticide Control Act SCPCA
3. What application practices should pesticide applicators consider using
to avoid impacting non-target organisms, such as endangered species?: do
not apply
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, pesticide directly to surface water, use buffer zones, avoid applications when
weather conditions are inappropriate, and choose chemicals that are less
toxic to plants/animals
4. In what two ways can public health pests affect humans?: discomfort,
disease, transmit organisms that cause disease
5. What is a vector?: Any living organism that can carry a disease-producing
virus
6. What are the 5 steps for the successful control of public health pests?: 1.
identify a pest and review biology
2. evaluate the extent of the pest presence
3. select the best control for the pest
4. implement control strategies
5. evaluate the control strategies
7. What are the 4 pest control strategies?: 1. resource
management/environmental manipulation
2. prevention/mechanical barries
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SOLUTION | 2026 LATEST UPDATED GET A+
1. What are the basic provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Ro-
denticide Act?: requires fed registration of pesticides shipped across state
lines, unlawful to sell unregistered pesticides, labels must have adequate
directions and warnings, unlawful to remove or alter labels
2. What law controls the use or application of pesticides and ensures that
pesticide applicators and dealers are qualified to use or sell pesticides in
South
Carolina?: The South Carolina Pesticide Control Act SCPCA
3. What application practices should pesticide applicators consider using
to avoid impacting non-target organisms, such as endangered species?: do
not apply
1/8
, pesticide directly to surface water, use buffer zones, avoid applications when
weather conditions are inappropriate, and choose chemicals that are less
toxic to plants/animals
4. In what two ways can public health pests affect humans?: discomfort,
disease, transmit organisms that cause disease
5. What is a vector?: Any living organism that can carry a disease-producing
virus
6. What are the 5 steps for the successful control of public health pests?: 1.
identify a pest and review biology
2. evaluate the extent of the pest presence
3. select the best control for the pest
4. implement control strategies
5. evaluate the control strategies
7. What are the 4 pest control strategies?: 1. resource
management/environmental manipulation
2. prevention/mechanical barries
2/8
