Florida Aquatic Pest Control Exam | Q&A
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• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) -✓✓A pest management strategy that uses various
combinations of pest control methods in a compatible manner to achieve satisfactory
control and ensure favorable economic and environmental consequences.
• Maintenance control (of aquatic weeds) -✓✓A method for the control of aquatic plants
in which control techniques are utilized in coordinated manner on a continuous basis in
order to maintain the plant population at the lowest feasible level.
• Management goal -✓✓As applied to aquatic plant management, the amount and/or
types of plants that will be controlled or allowed to grow to best satisfy all water uses.
This is often formally agreed upon by representatives of all water use interests.
• Multi-use water body -✓✓A water body that is used for more than one purpose such as
fishing, waterskiing, waterfowl hunting, and domestic water supply.
• Native plant -✓✓A plant species whose natural range includes Florida.
• Nitrogen -✓✓A naturally occurring element in soils that is required in large amounts for
plant growth and will stimulate the growth of aquatic plants if no other factors are
limiting.
• Nonnative plant -✓✓A plant species introduced to Florida, purposefully or accidentally,
from a natural range outside of Florida
• Phosphorus -✓✓A naturally occurring element in soils that is required in small
amounts for plant growth and will stimulate the growth of aquatic plants (especially
algae and floating plants) if no other factors are limiting.
• Plant nutrients -✓✓Elements, such as phosphorus and nitrogen, that are required for
plant growth
• Productive water bodies -✓✓Those water bodies that support large amounts of plant
growth as well as abundant aquatic organisms because they are high in nutrients,
especially phosphorus and nitrogen.
• 2,4-D -✓✓Introduced in 1946, the first synthetic herbicide used. It was extremely
effective and economical to use and was not toxic to fish, cattle, or humans.
,• River and Harbor Act of 1899 -✓✓Federal legislation that authorized construction and
operation of vessels and log booms for the removal and containment of water hyacinth
in navigable waters of Florida and Louisiana
• Florida Department of Natural Resources (DNR) -✓✓Agency designated, in 1970, as
Florida's lead agency in aquatic plant control; responsibilities later transferred to FWC
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) -✓✓Florida's lead agency
for fish and wildlife management, formerly Florida Game and Freshwater Fish
Commission
• United State Army Corps of Engineers (COE or USACE) -✓✓The engineering branch
of the United States Army
• A lake that is used by fishermen, hunters, and water-skiers would best be defined as
what kind of lake? -✓✓Multi-use lake
• Abundant in Florida soils, which is a plant nutrient that is often limiting to plant growth
in lakes? -✓✓Phosphorus
• Which is a plant nutrient, common in fertilizer that limits plant growth if it is in short
supply? -✓✓Nitrogen
• Which of the following is a nonnative plant that is problematic in Florida's waters? -
✓✓Hydrilla
• What would be a likely management goal for a drainage canal? -✓✓Minimizing
vegetation
• Which term best relates to integrated management of aquatic weeds? -
✓✓Maintenance control
• Which is not one of the most common methods of integrated management of aquatic
weeds? -✓✓Demolition
• Which two nonnative plants influenced, prior to 1965, the development of aquatic plant
management in Florida? -✓✓Waterhyacinth and alligatorweed
• Which of the following, after 1947, was used to effectively and economically control
waterhyacinths, and was not toxic to humans, wildlife, or cattle? -✓✓2,4-D
• Which of the following initiated a limited herbicide spray program in 1952 using an
airplane and spray-boat? -✓✓FG & FWFC
, • Which of the following plants, first discovered in canals near Miami and Crystal River,
changed the aquatic plant control situation in 1959? -✓✓Hydrilla
• Which of the following was named as Florida's lead agency for aquatic plant control by
the Florida Weed Control Act of 1979? -✓✓DNR
• Which agency was the authority to direct and operate Florida's invasive plant
management program, including aquatic plant management, transferred to in 2008? -
✓✓FWC
• Aquatic Pest Control applicator -✓✓An individual who is licensed to use or supervise
the use of restricted use pesticides, or other pesticides requiring licensure, used or
applied to any standing or running water, including banks or shorelines, excluding
infusion of chlorine gas as described in Category 7B and applicators engaged in public
health related activities as defined in Chapter 388, Florida Statutes, and the rules
thereunder. This category is valid for licensure of commercial and public applicators.
• Continuing Education Unit (CEU) -✓✓Approximately one hour of study credit used to
make up the total of 20 CEUs required for Aquatic Pest Control applicator recertification
(4 Core + 16 Aquatic Category CEUs).
• EPA -✓✓U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is responsible for the federal
regulation of the registration, manufacture, transportation, use and marketing or all
pesticides in the United States.
• FDACS -✓✓Florida Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services, which is the
state agency responsible for regulating pesticide use.
• Federal noxious weed -✓✓Plants that are prohibited from movement into and
throughout the United States without a permit from the USDA
• FIFRA -✓✓Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, which is the law
requiring that all pesticides used in the United States be labeled according to EPA's
guidelines and every pesticide must be labeled for each crop and/or site for where it is
intended to be used.
• Florida Pesticide Law -✓✓The law that governs the use of pesticides in Florida, which
is administered by the Florida Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services.
• Recertification -✓✓The process by which licensed pesticide applicators accumulate
continuing education units in order to keep the license valid.
• Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP) -✓✓Pesticide for retail sale to, and use by, only
certified applicators or persons under their direct supervision and only for those
purposes covered by the applicator's certification.
Study Guide | 2026 | 100% Verified | A+
Pass
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) -✓✓A pest management strategy that uses various
combinations of pest control methods in a compatible manner to achieve satisfactory
control and ensure favorable economic and environmental consequences.
• Maintenance control (of aquatic weeds) -✓✓A method for the control of aquatic plants
in which control techniques are utilized in coordinated manner on a continuous basis in
order to maintain the plant population at the lowest feasible level.
• Management goal -✓✓As applied to aquatic plant management, the amount and/or
types of plants that will be controlled or allowed to grow to best satisfy all water uses.
This is often formally agreed upon by representatives of all water use interests.
• Multi-use water body -✓✓A water body that is used for more than one purpose such as
fishing, waterskiing, waterfowl hunting, and domestic water supply.
• Native plant -✓✓A plant species whose natural range includes Florida.
• Nitrogen -✓✓A naturally occurring element in soils that is required in large amounts for
plant growth and will stimulate the growth of aquatic plants if no other factors are
limiting.
• Nonnative plant -✓✓A plant species introduced to Florida, purposefully or accidentally,
from a natural range outside of Florida
• Phosphorus -✓✓A naturally occurring element in soils that is required in small
amounts for plant growth and will stimulate the growth of aquatic plants (especially
algae and floating plants) if no other factors are limiting.
• Plant nutrients -✓✓Elements, such as phosphorus and nitrogen, that are required for
plant growth
• Productive water bodies -✓✓Those water bodies that support large amounts of plant
growth as well as abundant aquatic organisms because they are high in nutrients,
especially phosphorus and nitrogen.
• 2,4-D -✓✓Introduced in 1946, the first synthetic herbicide used. It was extremely
effective and economical to use and was not toxic to fish, cattle, or humans.
,• River and Harbor Act of 1899 -✓✓Federal legislation that authorized construction and
operation of vessels and log booms for the removal and containment of water hyacinth
in navigable waters of Florida and Louisiana
• Florida Department of Natural Resources (DNR) -✓✓Agency designated, in 1970, as
Florida's lead agency in aquatic plant control; responsibilities later transferred to FWC
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) -✓✓Florida's lead agency
for fish and wildlife management, formerly Florida Game and Freshwater Fish
Commission
• United State Army Corps of Engineers (COE or USACE) -✓✓The engineering branch
of the United States Army
• A lake that is used by fishermen, hunters, and water-skiers would best be defined as
what kind of lake? -✓✓Multi-use lake
• Abundant in Florida soils, which is a plant nutrient that is often limiting to plant growth
in lakes? -✓✓Phosphorus
• Which is a plant nutrient, common in fertilizer that limits plant growth if it is in short
supply? -✓✓Nitrogen
• Which of the following is a nonnative plant that is problematic in Florida's waters? -
✓✓Hydrilla
• What would be a likely management goal for a drainage canal? -✓✓Minimizing
vegetation
• Which term best relates to integrated management of aquatic weeds? -
✓✓Maintenance control
• Which is not one of the most common methods of integrated management of aquatic
weeds? -✓✓Demolition
• Which two nonnative plants influenced, prior to 1965, the development of aquatic plant
management in Florida? -✓✓Waterhyacinth and alligatorweed
• Which of the following, after 1947, was used to effectively and economically control
waterhyacinths, and was not toxic to humans, wildlife, or cattle? -✓✓2,4-D
• Which of the following initiated a limited herbicide spray program in 1952 using an
airplane and spray-boat? -✓✓FG & FWFC
, • Which of the following plants, first discovered in canals near Miami and Crystal River,
changed the aquatic plant control situation in 1959? -✓✓Hydrilla
• Which of the following was named as Florida's lead agency for aquatic plant control by
the Florida Weed Control Act of 1979? -✓✓DNR
• Which agency was the authority to direct and operate Florida's invasive plant
management program, including aquatic plant management, transferred to in 2008? -
✓✓FWC
• Aquatic Pest Control applicator -✓✓An individual who is licensed to use or supervise
the use of restricted use pesticides, or other pesticides requiring licensure, used or
applied to any standing or running water, including banks or shorelines, excluding
infusion of chlorine gas as described in Category 7B and applicators engaged in public
health related activities as defined in Chapter 388, Florida Statutes, and the rules
thereunder. This category is valid for licensure of commercial and public applicators.
• Continuing Education Unit (CEU) -✓✓Approximately one hour of study credit used to
make up the total of 20 CEUs required for Aquatic Pest Control applicator recertification
(4 Core + 16 Aquatic Category CEUs).
• EPA -✓✓U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is responsible for the federal
regulation of the registration, manufacture, transportation, use and marketing or all
pesticides in the United States.
• FDACS -✓✓Florida Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services, which is the
state agency responsible for regulating pesticide use.
• Federal noxious weed -✓✓Plants that are prohibited from movement into and
throughout the United States without a permit from the USDA
• FIFRA -✓✓Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, which is the law
requiring that all pesticides used in the United States be labeled according to EPA's
guidelines and every pesticide must be labeled for each crop and/or site for where it is
intended to be used.
• Florida Pesticide Law -✓✓The law that governs the use of pesticides in Florida, which
is administered by the Florida Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services.
• Recertification -✓✓The process by which licensed pesticide applicators accumulate
continuing education units in order to keep the license valid.
• Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP) -✓✓Pesticide for retail sale to, and use by, only
certified applicators or persons under their direct supervision and only for those
purposes covered by the applicator's certification.
