Georgia Pest Control Registration Exam Questions And
Correct Answers 2024/2025
1. GSPCC: Georgia Structural Pest Control Commission
2. GDA: Georgia Department of Agriculture
3. FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 1947
Regulate the registration and labeling of pesticides.
Amended in 1972 to include classification systems for types of pesticides and
created requirements for:
-Certification of applicators authorized to apply pesticides
-Safety of workers using pesticides
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-Protection of environment from contamination by pesticides
-Creation of EPA to administer FIFRA
4. EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
5. Endangered Species Act of 1973: Required EPA to ensure that using registered
pesticides would not harm species placed on endangered species list.
6. FQPA: Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
Amended FIFRA and directed EPA to regulate pesticides through establishment of
tolerance levels for pesticides from dietary, drinking water, and non-occupational
(residential) exposure in conjunction with the Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act.
7. In order to obtain a registration, EPA and GDA require pesticide manufac-
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tures provide what information to the EPA?: -Toxicity of the pesticide
-Hazard to the applicator
-Effect on the environment
8. OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1970
Any company with 10 or more employees to keep certain records and make reports
including all work related deaths, injuries, and illnesses.
9. SPCA: Structural Pest Control Act
Primary law for the pest management industry in Georgia.
The Department of Agriculture is the enforcement agency for the SPCA.
10. Requirements for Georgia SPCA: Company License
-All pest management companies must be licensed before they begin operation
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Certified Operator
-Every pest management company (branch) must employee at least one person
who has taken and passed the certification exam.
Registered Employees
-all non-certified technicians must be registered, in order to work without the pres-
ence of a certified or registered employee.
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