CORE Pesticide Exam Review
Questions with Complete Solutions.
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
Questions with Complete Solutions.
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
