Florida Pesticide License Core Exam- Terms to Know Questions and Answers
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Course
Florida Pesticide Licens
Institution
Florida Pesticide Licens
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 license is classified as either Private, Public, or Commercial applicator.
certification category - ANSWER-an indiv...
Florida Pesticide License Core Exam- Terms to
Know Questions and Answers
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 license is classified as either Private, Public, or Commercial applicator.
certification category - ANSWER-an individual 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 units (CEUs) - ANSWER-approximately one hour of study credit
used to make up the total credits required for 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 - ANSWER-Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
FDACS - ANSWER-state agency that enforces the provisions of FIFRA and the Florida
Pesticide Law
FIFRA - ANSWER-Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
FIFRA - 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 Agricultural 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
prescribed 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 pest level at which some type of pest management
action must be taken
bioaccumulation - ANSWER-the accumulation of substances, such as pesticides, or
other chemicals in an organism- the substance is absorbed at a greater rate than what
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 within a food chain
contact pesticide - ANSWER-pesticide that is not absorbed systemically by treated
plants or animals. these pesticides must directly touch 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 pest control goals that refers to the total
elimination of a pest from a designated area
Intergrated 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 occurs on a regular basis for a given crop
mode of action - ANSWER-how the pesticides work- specific system in the pest that are
affected by the pesticide
occasional pest - ANSWER-a pest that causes damage only once in a while because of
its life cycle or environmental influences or as a result of human activities
persistence - ANSWER-length of time a pesticide remains active to control pests
pesticide - ANSWER-any material that is applied to plants, the soil, water, harvested
crops, structures, clothing and furnishings or animals to kill, attract, repel or regulate to
interrupt the growth and mating of pests, or the regulate plant growth
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