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Applicator Class - ANSWER-A term indicating the organizational system for certified applicators under the Florida Pesticide Law. Depending upon the kind of employment engaged in, a licencee is classified as either Private, Public, or Commercial applicator. Certification Category - ANSWER-An indi...

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Florida SM 69: Applying Pesticides Correctly
Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct

Applicator Class - ANSWER-A term indicating the organizational system for certified
applicators under the Florida Pesticide Law. Depending upon the kind of employment
engaged in, a licencee is classified as either Private, Public, or Commercial applicator.

Certification Category - ANSWER-An indication officially made on a license of where
and how the license holder may legally conduct pesticide applicator activities.

Certified Applicator - ANSWER-An individual who has been recognized (certified) by the
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as being competent to use or
supervise the use of restricted-use pesticides.

Continuing Education Unit (CEU) - ANSWER-Approximately one hour of study credit
used to make up the total 8 CEUs required for Agricultural Tree Crop Pest Control
applicator recertification.

Extremely Hazardous Substance - ANSWER-A classification established by EPA for
certain chemicals, some of which are active ingredients in pesticide products. Storage
facilities containing such substances must be formally reported if there substances are
present in more than certain amounts.

FDACS (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) - ANSWER-State
agency that enforces the provisions of FIFRA and the Florida Pesticide Law.

FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act) - ANSWER-Federal law
that provides the overall framework for the federal pesticide program.

Florida Pesticide Law - ANSWER-The law that governs the use of pesticides in Florida,
which is administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
(FDACS).

Limited Certification - ANSWER-A designation on a license issued under the Structural
Pest Control Act that enables the licensee to apply pesticides only under certain
prescribes circumstances.

Ordinance - ANSWER-Laws developed by local government officials; ordinances are
enforced at the city or county government level.

Recertification - ANSWER-The process by which licensed pesticide applicators
accumulate continuing education units in order to keep the license valid.

, Restricted use Pesticide (RUP) - ANSWER-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.

Action Threshold - ANSWER-The pst level at which some type of pest management
action must be taken.

Bioaccumulation - ANSWER-The accumulation of toxic substances, such as pesticides,
or other organic chemicals in an organism that occurs when the substance is absorbed
at a rate greater than that at which the substance is lost.

Biomagnification - ANSWER-The tendency for certain pesticides to progressively
become more concentrated in each type of organism when moving from the bottom to
the top organism withing a food chain.

Contact Pesticide - ANSWER-Pesticide that is not absorbed systematically by treated
plant or animals. These pesticides must directly tough the pest or a site the pest
frequents to be effective.

Economic Threshold - ANSWER-The level where the economic losses caused by pest
damage, if the pest population continued to grow, would be greater than the cost of
controlling the pests.

Eradication - ANSWER-One of the three primary control goals that refers to the total
elimination of a pest from a designated area.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - ANSWER-The coordinated use of pest and
environmental information and available pest control methods to prevent unacceptable
levels of damage by the most economical means with the least possible hazard to
people, property, and the environment.

Key Pest - ANSWER-A pest that causes major damage on a regular basis.

Mode of Action - ANSWER-How the pesticide works-specific system(s) in the pest that
are affected by the pesticide.

Occasional Pest - ANSWER-A pest that only once in a while, because of their life cycle
or environmental influences, or as a result of human activities, cause damage.

Persistence - ANSWER-Length of time a pesticide remains active to control pests.

Pesticide - ANSWER-Ant material that is applied to plants, the soil, water, harvested
crops, structures, clothing or furnishings, or animals to kill, attract, repel, or regulate or
interrupt the growth and mating of pests or to regulate plant growth.

Pesticide Resistance - ANSWER-The ability of an insect, fungus, weed, rodent, or other
pest to tolerate a pesticide that once controlled it.

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