GA PEST EXAM QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST 2025
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
when to treat school room - ANSWER-when students are not expected to be
present for a minimum of 3 hours or longer if directed by pesticide product label
open area application at school - ANSWER-if area within 10 feet of application is
secured and no students are present within secured area
outside on school grounds applications - ANSWER-can be applied if students not
expected within 20 feet
which law deals with the regulation and licensing of certain areas related to
structural pest control - ANSWER-Georgia Pesticide use and application act
3 things a pest needs to survive - ANSWER-food, water, harborage (place to hide)
Arthropods - ANSWER-A group of organisms that have jointed appendages, an
exoskeleton, bilateral symmetry, and reproduce sexually; insects, arachnids,
millipedes and cenitpedes, and crustaceans
LATEST 2025
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
when to treat school room - ANSWER-when students are not expected to be
present for a minimum of 3 hours or longer if directed by pesticide product label
open area application at school - ANSWER-if area within 10 feet of application is
secured and no students are present within secured area
outside on school grounds applications - ANSWER-can be applied if students not
expected within 20 feet
which law deals with the regulation and licensing of certain areas related to
structural pest control - ANSWER-Georgia Pesticide use and application act
3 things a pest needs to survive - ANSWER-food, water, harborage (place to hide)
Arthropods - ANSWER-A group of organisms that have jointed appendages, an
exoskeleton, bilateral symmetry, and reproduce sexually; insects, arachnids,
millipedes and cenitpedes, and crustaceans
