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CORE Pesticide Exam ReviewWhich federal agency is responsible for enforcing FIFRA? - ANSEnvironmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
Which statement about FIFRA is false? - ANSState restrictions on pesticides can be more
liberal than those of FIFRA
Facts from FIFRA - ANS-approved pesticide labels have the force of law
-the EPA has the authority to remove pesticide products from the market.
-FIFRA regulates the registration and licensing of pesticide products.
Which regulatory agency is responsible for administering the three Florida laws that govern
applicator licensing? - ANSFDACS
Which applicator class would a person who is employed by a government agency and applies
restricted use pesticides to Florida state Highway rights-of-way fall into? - ANSPublic
Who would you contact for information regarding licensing of applicators for application of
pesticides to homes and private lawns? - ANSFDACS Bureau of Entomology and Pest Control
Which applicator class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to their own
property for production of agricultural commodities fall into? - ANSPrivate
Which applicator class would persons engaged in public health or nuisance pest control work
fall into? - ANSPublic
The three pesticide licensing categories are available to those seeking a Limited Certification
license? - ANS-Limited Structural Pest Control
-Limited Lawn and Ornamental Pest Control
-Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance
How can the public have assurance that pesticides continuously meet current scientific and
regulatory standards? - ANSEach pesticide goes through "pesticide re-registration" every 15
years.
Which pesticide is NOT specifically regulated by Florida rules? - ANSGlyphosate
Which agency would you contact for reporting storage of certain pesticide active ingredients if
they are stored in amounts greater than a threshold quantity? - ANSState Emergency Response
Commission (SERC)
, Using barriers to prevent pests from getting into an area is an example of which type of pest
management method? - ANSMechanical 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? - ANSPhysical/environmental
modification
Sealing cracks and crevices in buildings is an example of which type of mechanical control
method. - ANSexclusion
Which would be considered a preventive pest management strategy? - ANSPlanting weed and
disease free seed
Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance? - ANScontinual use of the same
pesticides from the same chemical family.
What is the first logical step in a pest management plan? - ANSidentifying the pest
Which IPM term best describes reduction of a pest population to a level where the harm caused
by the pest is acceptable? - ANSSuppression
What is the term that identifies a pest that causes major damage on a regular basis? - ANSKey
pest
What is the process whereby some organisms accumulate chemical residues in higher
concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume? - ANSBiomagnification
what is needed to apply a pesticide legally when a pest problem arises for which a food or feed
commodity is not on the registered pesticide label or a tolerance has not been established? -
ANSAn emergency exemption
The active ingredient in Lorsban 75WG is listed as Chlorpyrifos: 0,0-diethyl 0-(3,5,6-trichloro 2
pyridinyl) photosphorothioate. What does the term chlorpyrifos represent? - ANSThe common
name
Which statement about pesticide label names and ingredients is true? - ANSVarious
manufacturers use different trade names, even though the products contain the same active
ingredient.
What is the purpose of the signal word? - ANSTo give the user an indication of the relative acute
toxicity of the product to humans and animals.
The route of entry statement on a label "Extremely hazardous by skin contact - rapidly absorbed
through the skin "would mot likely appear with which signal word? - ANSDANGER
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