General Standards Core Exam Questions
And Answers 100% Pass
How often does this license renew? - answer✔Every 4 years
The label is the ___ - answer✔Law
What federal agency administers FIRFA? - answer✔EPA
What type of applicator applies restricted use pesticides to agricultural commodities or nursery
plants on his/her establishment? - answer✔Private applicator
What type of applicator allows you to be a contractor for hire? - answer✔Commericial
What are the two classifications of pesticides under FIRFA? - answer✔Unclassified (general use)
and Restricted use
______________ ensures that pesticides meet current health and safety standards. -
answer✔Re-registration
Restricted use on a pesticide label means that: - answer✔a. Could cause harm to humans and
environment
b. Can only be used by certified applicators
Why are pesticides restricted? - answer✔Could cause harm to humans and environment
What type of license is needed for a government worker applying restricted use pesticides to
utility access areas? - answer✔Public
What Florida agency regulates pesticide licensing? - answer✔FDACS
What does IPM mean? - answer✔Integrated Pest Management
The first step of an IPM program is to: - answer✔ID a pest
Mechanical control includes using a plow to destroy weeds; this is called: - answer✔Cultivation
True or False: Sometimes pesticides are the only method of controlling a pest. - answer✔True
A pest control goal that reduces pest to a tolerable level is called ___________. -
answer✔Suppression
What is the level of a pest population where some control action should be taken? -
answer✔Action threshold
What is the action threshold where economic losses of pest damage are greater than the cost
of control? - answer✔Economic threshold
When the pest population causing injury is equal to the cost of control is known as: -
answer✔Economic injury level
List three true statements about biological control: - answer✔a. Does not work well with
pesticides that kill the control agent
b. Directed at pests not native to a geographical area
c. Relies on natural mechanisms to control pests like insects, mites, fungi, or weeds
How would you reduce the chances of pesticide resistance? - answer✔Rotating mode of action
(using pesticides with multiple sites of toxicity)
Why is eradication not feasible? - answer✔Expense/nearly impossible
Plants and animals bred or selected with characteristics for resistance to specific pest problems
are: - answer✔Genetic or host resistant
The length of time a pesticide remains active to control pests after application is: -
answer✔Persistance
What statement will be on the front panel of every pesticide label? - answer✔Keep out of reach
of children
Who can purchase and use a restricted use product? - answer✔A licensed applicator
What does Pendimethalin represent on the label? - answer✔Active ingredient (common name)
What does the product signal word tell you? - answer✔How toxic based on ingestion (active
ingredient)
The signal word DANGER, along with POISON and the skull and crossbones symbol indicates
that the product is _________. - answer✔Poisonous
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