Florida Core Pest Exam Question and Answer
A+ Verified 100% Correct Questions and
Answers
• Which statement about FIFRA is false? -✓✓State restrictions on pesticides can
be more liberal than those of FIFRA
• Which regulatory agency is responsible for administering the three Florida laws
that govern applicator licensing? -✓✓FDACS
• Which applicators class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to
Florida state highway right of way fall into? -✓✓Public
• Who would you contact for information regarding licencing of applicators for
application of pesticides to homes and private lawns? -✓✓FDACS Bureau of
Entomology and Pest control.
• Which applicators class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to
their own property for production of agricultural commodities fall into? -
✓✓Private.
• Which applicators class would persons engaged in public health or nuisance
control work fall into? -✓✓Public Nuisance
• What are three licencing categories are available to those seeking 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 continually meet current
scientific and regulatory standers? -✓✓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 re stored in amounts greater than a threshold quantity? -
✓✓SERC
, • Using barriers to prevent pest 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? -
✓✓Mechanical control mold
• Sealing cracks and crevices in buildings is an example of which type of
mechanical control method? -✓✓Exclusion
• Which would be considered a preventative pest management strategies -
✓✓Planting weed and disease free seed
• Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance? -✓✓Continual use
of the same pesticide from the same chemical family.
• What is the first logical step in a pest management plan? -✓✓Identifying the pest.
• Which IPM 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? -✓✓Bio
magnification
• 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? -✓✓An emergency exemption.
• The active ingredient in Lorsban 75WG is listed as chlorprifos 0,0-diethyl 0-
trichloro 2 pyridinyl) phosphorothioate. What does the term "chlorpyrifos"
represent? -✓✓The common name.
A+ Verified 100% Correct Questions and
Answers
• Which statement about FIFRA is false? -✓✓State restrictions on pesticides can
be more liberal than those of FIFRA
• Which regulatory agency is responsible for administering the three Florida laws
that govern applicator licensing? -✓✓FDACS
• Which applicators class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to
Florida state highway right of way fall into? -✓✓Public
• Who would you contact for information regarding licencing of applicators for
application of pesticides to homes and private lawns? -✓✓FDACS Bureau of
Entomology and Pest control.
• Which applicators class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to
their own property for production of agricultural commodities fall into? -
✓✓Private.
• Which applicators class would persons engaged in public health or nuisance
control work fall into? -✓✓Public Nuisance
• What are three licencing categories are available to those seeking 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 continually meet current
scientific and regulatory standers? -✓✓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 re stored in amounts greater than a threshold quantity? -
✓✓SERC
, • Using barriers to prevent pest 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? -
✓✓Mechanical control mold
• Sealing cracks and crevices in buildings is an example of which type of
mechanical control method? -✓✓Exclusion
• Which would be considered a preventative pest management strategies -
✓✓Planting weed and disease free seed
• Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance? -✓✓Continual use
of the same pesticide from the same chemical family.
• What is the first logical step in a pest management plan? -✓✓Identifying the pest.
• Which IPM 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? -✓✓Bio
magnification
• 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? -✓✓An emergency exemption.
• The active ingredient in Lorsban 75WG is listed as chlorprifos 0,0-diethyl 0-
trichloro 2 pyridinyl) phosphorothioate. What does the term "chlorpyrifos"
represent? -✓✓The common name.
