FLORIDA PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CORE TEST QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024/2025
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.
QUESTION: Who is responsible for developing MSDS on specific chemicals and providing them on
request? - ANSWER-The product manufacture.
QUESTION: The name sevin 5G on a pesticide label indicates? - ANSWER-A granular pesticide with 5%
active ingredients
, QUESTION: Which is the pesticide formulation process by which solid particles are dispersed into liquid?
- ANSWER-Suspension
QUESTION: Which liquid pesticide formulation consists of a small amount of active ingredient (Often
one % or less per unit volume ) dissolved in an organic solvent? - ANSWER-Ready to use low concentrate
solutions RTU
QUESTION: Which liquid pesticide formulation may approach 100 percent active ingredient? - ANSWER-
Ultra low volume ULV
QUESTION: Which is a disadvantage of both EC and ULV formulations? - ANSWER-Solvents may cause
rubber or plastic hoses gaskets and pump parts and surfaces to deteriorate
QUESTION: Which dry/solid formulation is mixed in water and reduces the risk of inhalation exposure
during mixing and loading? - ANSWER-Water dispersable granules WDG or dry flowables (DF)
QUESTION: Which type of dry/ solid pesticide formulation consist of particles that are the same weight
and shape? - ANSWER-Pellets
QUESTION: Which is an advantage of microencapsulated materials? - ANSWER-Delayed or slow release
of the active ingredient prolongs effectiveness
QUESTION: Which type of adjuvant functions as wetting agents and spreaders (they physically alter the
surface tension of spray droplets)? - ANSWER-Surfactants
QUESTION: Which type of adjuvant increases the viscosity of spray mixtures? - ANSWER-Thickeners
QUESTION: Which property of a pesticide would make it more likely to move with water in surface
water? - ANSWER-High solubility
QUESTION: Which statement is true about ground water or surface water contamination by pesticides? -
ANSWER-Runoff erosion are sources of surface water contamination by pesticides
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024/2025
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.
QUESTION: Who is responsible for developing MSDS on specific chemicals and providing them on
request? - ANSWER-The product manufacture.
QUESTION: The name sevin 5G on a pesticide label indicates? - ANSWER-A granular pesticide with 5%
active ingredients
, QUESTION: Which is the pesticide formulation process by which solid particles are dispersed into liquid?
- ANSWER-Suspension
QUESTION: Which liquid pesticide formulation consists of a small amount of active ingredient (Often
one % or less per unit volume ) dissolved in an organic solvent? - ANSWER-Ready to use low concentrate
solutions RTU
QUESTION: Which liquid pesticide formulation may approach 100 percent active ingredient? - ANSWER-
Ultra low volume ULV
QUESTION: Which is a disadvantage of both EC and ULV formulations? - ANSWER-Solvents may cause
rubber or plastic hoses gaskets and pump parts and surfaces to deteriorate
QUESTION: Which dry/solid formulation is mixed in water and reduces the risk of inhalation exposure
during mixing and loading? - ANSWER-Water dispersable granules WDG or dry flowables (DF)
QUESTION: Which type of dry/ solid pesticide formulation consist of particles that are the same weight
and shape? - ANSWER-Pellets
QUESTION: Which is an advantage of microencapsulated materials? - ANSWER-Delayed or slow release
of the active ingredient prolongs effectiveness
QUESTION: Which type of adjuvant functions as wetting agents and spreaders (they physically alter the
surface tension of spray droplets)? - ANSWER-Surfactants
QUESTION: Which type of adjuvant increases the viscosity of spray mixtures? - ANSWER-Thickeners
QUESTION: Which property of a pesticide would make it more likely to move with water in surface
water? - ANSWER-High solubility
QUESTION: Which statement is true about ground water or surface water contamination by pesticides? -
ANSWER-Runoff erosion are sources of surface water contamination by pesticides
