Florida Core Pest Exam Question and
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Correct Questions and Answers
• Which regulatory agency is responsible for administering the three Florida laws
that govern applicator licensing? -✓✓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? -✓✓Public
• Who would you contact for information regarding licensing of applicators for
application of pesticides to homes and private lawns? -✓✓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? -
✓✓Private
• Which applicator class would persons engaged in public health or nuisance pest
control work fall into? -✓✓Public
• The three pesticide licensing categories are available to those seeking a Limited
Certification license? -✓✓-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? -✓✓Each pesticide goes through "pesticide re-
registration" every 15 years.
• Which pesticide is NOT specifically regulated by Florida rules? -✓✓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? -
✓✓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? -✓✓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? -
✓✓Physical/environmental modification
• Sealing cracks and crevices in buildings is an example of which type of
mechanical control method. -✓✓exclusion
• Which would be considered a preventive pest management strategy? -
✓✓Planting weed and disease free seed
• Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance? -✓✓continual use of
the same pesticides from the same chemical family.
• What is the first logical step in a pest management plan? -✓✓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? -✓✓Suppression
• What is the term that identifies a pest that causes major damage on a regular
basis? -✓✓Key pest
• What is the process whereby some organisms accumulate chemical residues in
higher concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume? -
✓✓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? -✓✓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? -✓✓The common name
Answer 2026 A+ Verified 100%
Correct Questions and Answers
• Which regulatory agency is responsible for administering the three Florida laws
that govern applicator licensing? -✓✓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? -✓✓Public
• Who would you contact for information regarding licensing of applicators for
application of pesticides to homes and private lawns? -✓✓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? -
✓✓Private
• Which applicator class would persons engaged in public health or nuisance pest
control work fall into? -✓✓Public
• The three pesticide licensing categories are available to those seeking a Limited
Certification license? -✓✓-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? -✓✓Each pesticide goes through "pesticide re-
registration" every 15 years.
• Which pesticide is NOT specifically regulated by Florida rules? -✓✓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? -
✓✓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? -✓✓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? -
✓✓Physical/environmental modification
• Sealing cracks and crevices in buildings is an example of which type of
mechanical control method. -✓✓exclusion
• Which would be considered a preventive pest management strategy? -
✓✓Planting weed and disease free seed
• Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance? -✓✓continual use of
the same pesticides from the same chemical family.
• What is the first logical step in a pest management plan? -✓✓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? -✓✓Suppression
• What is the term that identifies a pest that causes major damage on a regular
basis? -✓✓Key pest
• What is the process whereby some organisms accumulate chemical residues in
higher concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume? -
✓✓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? -✓✓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? -✓✓The common name
