Florida Core Pest Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Which federal agency is responsible for enforcing FIFRA?
EPA
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.
Which statement about pesticide label names and ingredients is true?
Various manufactures use different trade names, even though the products contain the same active
ingredient.
What is the purpose of the signal word?
To give the user an indication of the relative acute toxicity of the product to human and animals.
Answers 100% Pass
Which federal agency is responsible for enforcing FIFRA?
EPA
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.
Which statement about pesticide label names and ingredients is true?
Various manufactures use different trade names, even though the products contain the same active
ingredient.
What is the purpose of the signal word?
To give the user an indication of the relative acute toxicity of the product to human and animals.
