Florida Pesticide Applicator Exam Review Questions With Correct Answers

Which federal agency is responsible for enforcing FIFRA? - Answer Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Which statement about FIFRA is false? - Answer State restrictions on pesticides can be more liberal than those of FIFRA Facts from FIFRA - Answer -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? - Answer 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? - Answer Public Who would you contact for information regarding licensing of applicators for application of pesticides to homes and private lawns? - Answer 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? - Answer Private Which applicator class would persons engaged in public health or nuisance pest control work fall into? - Answer Public The three pesticide licensing categories are available to those seeking a Limited Certification license? - Answer -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? - Answer Each pesticide goes through "pesticide re-registration" every 15 years. Which pesticide is NOT specifically regulated by Florida rules? - Answer 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? - Answer 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? - Answer 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? - Answer Physical/environmental modification Sealing cracks and crevices in buildings is an example of which type of mechanical control method. - Answer exclusion Which would be considered a preventive pest management strategy? - Answer Planting weed and disease free seed Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance? - Answer continual use of the same pesticides from the same chemical family. What is the first logical step in a pest management plan? - Answer 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? - Answer Suppression What is the term that identifies a pest that causes major damage on a regular basis? - Answer Key pest What is the process whereby some organisms accumulate chemical residues in higher concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume? - Answer 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? - Answer 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? - Answer The common name