GA Pest Exam
QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(2024 LATEST
UPDATE)CORRECT
100%
anticoagulant - ANSWER prevents blood clotting
anticoagulant - first generation - ANSWER generally require bait consumption over several feedings
(days) in order to get lethal dose
anticoagulant - second generation - ANSWER lethal after single ingestion
FIFRA - ANSWER Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
FQPA - ANSWER Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
Carries the same enforcement weight as the actual label provided on the pesticide container - ANSWER
labeling
, EPA - ANSWER Environmental Protection Agency
GDA - ANSWER Georgia Department of Agriculture
who registers all pesticides - ANSWER EPA and GDA
2 classifications of pesticides - ANSWER general use or restricted use
SPCA - ANSWER Structural Pest Control Act (primary law in georgia)
how often and hours needed for reregistration - ANSWER every 2 years; 8 for household pest control; 8
for wood destroying organisms; 3 for fumigation
when do registrations expire - ANSWER june 30th of each odd numbered year
IPM - ANSWER integrated pest management
IPM control methods - ANSWER exclusion, habitat modification, sanitation, repellents,
mechanical/physical, pesticides
IPM features - ANSWER 1. Identification; 2. Inspection; 3. Communication; 4. action plan development;
5. action plan implementation; 6. action plan monitoring; 7. action plan revision; 8. continued
monitoring
which pesticide directly kills the target pest and include all synthetic or man-made active ingredients?
a. chemical pesiticides
b. biopesticides
c. biochemical pesticides - ANSWER chemical pesticide
QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(2024 LATEST
UPDATE)CORRECT
100%
anticoagulant - ANSWER prevents blood clotting
anticoagulant - first generation - ANSWER generally require bait consumption over several feedings
(days) in order to get lethal dose
anticoagulant - second generation - ANSWER lethal after single ingestion
FIFRA - ANSWER Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
FQPA - ANSWER Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
Carries the same enforcement weight as the actual label provided on the pesticide container - ANSWER
labeling
, EPA - ANSWER Environmental Protection Agency
GDA - ANSWER Georgia Department of Agriculture
who registers all pesticides - ANSWER EPA and GDA
2 classifications of pesticides - ANSWER general use or restricted use
SPCA - ANSWER Structural Pest Control Act (primary law in georgia)
how often and hours needed for reregistration - ANSWER every 2 years; 8 for household pest control; 8
for wood destroying organisms; 3 for fumigation
when do registrations expire - ANSWER june 30th of each odd numbered year
IPM - ANSWER integrated pest management
IPM control methods - ANSWER exclusion, habitat modification, sanitation, repellents,
mechanical/physical, pesticides
IPM features - ANSWER 1. Identification; 2. Inspection; 3. Communication; 4. action plan development;
5. action plan implementation; 6. action plan monitoring; 7. action plan revision; 8. continued
monitoring
which pesticide directly kills the target pest and include all synthetic or man-made active ingredients?
a. chemical pesiticides
b. biopesticides
c. biochemical pesticides - ANSWER chemical pesticide
