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Georgia Pest Licenses Exam
Communication is an important feature of many IPM program because?
- โ โ It provides a record of the ongoing dialog of visits, actions, and interventions.
What is the application rate of a termiticide to a trench with the footer at a depth of 3 feet? - โ โ 4 gallon per 10linear feet.
A minimum treatment for control or prevention of all wood destroying fungi contracts includes: - โ โ Removing sources of moister by fixing leaking pipes.
What is the purpose of the IRAC group number in the upper right hand corner of a pesticide label? - โ โ It identifies which pesticides can be used in rotation, series, or mixture to help slow down insecticides resistance.
What is the application rate of a termiticide into a hollow block wall? - โ โ 2 gallons per 10 linear feet
Dusts are most effective when applied: - โ โ In a thin layer to cracks and crevices
Many factors affect pesticide drift including: - โ โ Particle size of liquid application, the smaller the particle the greater the risk of drift.
A spot treatment is: - โ โ A pesticide application to surfaces not larger than 2 sqft.
A routine schedule of maintenance/cleaning/checking and calibration equipment is important to: - โ โ Ensure application of label directed amounts of pesticides.
Protecting surface water from pesticides involves - โ โ All the above.
What is the major objective of a soil termiticide application? - โ โ To establish a chemical barrier in the soil between the termites and the wood structure.
What is a crack and crevice pesticide application for household pest control? - โ โ An application into cracks and crevices where pests hide or enter structures.
The three life-support requirements that pests need to survive include:
- โ โ Food, water, and harborage.
Ants: - โ โ Social insects that display complete metamorphosis
Bedbugs: - โ โ A blood feeding nocturnal insect that undergo in complete metamorphosis
Flies: - โ โ Are good a flying when they mature into the adult stage
Carpenter ants: - โ โ Large nocturnal ants that feed on insects not wood
Two methods recommended for properly identifying a pest include: - โ โ Send a specimen to your local county/ or use a company pest collection
An IPM Action Plan: - โ โ Should be developed, implemented, monitored, and revised as part of the IPM process
Communications is a feature of any IPM program that: - โ โ Is the proof of a professional service demonstrated by the reports provided to the customer
Pesticide exposure involves the four main routes of entry to a body and includes: - โ โ All of the above
The possibility of an accidental exposure to you, your client, their pet or other non-target: - โ โ Is a reason to read the First Aid section of a pesticide label
If you swallow a pesticide you should first: - โ โ Rinse mouth thoroughly and drink large amounts of water
The hazard of using a pesticide is dependent upon: - โ โ Exposure to and toxicity of the pesticide
Personal protective equipment for pesticide use is: - โ โ Specified by the label of the pesticide product being used
If you inhale a pesticide, you should first - โ โ Leave the treated area
A common measurement of toxicity is called the: - โ โ LD
All service vehicles are required to carry absorbent material because: - โ โ Of the need to control the largest pesticide spill that could occur from that vehicle
Anticoagulant poisoning symtoms include: - โ โ Reduced blood clotting
Personal Protective Equipment is: - โ โ Important when an applicator is mixing or applying a pesticide
The most common path of pesticide exposure is: - โ โ Skin exposure
Symptoms of pesticide poisoning include: - โ โ Rashes and redness
Instead pesticides: - โ โ Are slowly absorbed
In a large pesticide spill situation, you should first: - โ โ Use absorbent material to contain the spill
Chemical degradation is a process influenced by: - โ โ Exposure to UV light and microorganisms like fungi and bacteria
When some pesticide is left over, you may dispose of it: - โ โ Be applying it to site listed on the label
Pesticide leaching is the most likely to affect Georgia groundwater if the pesticide is applied: - โ โ To sandy soil over an aquifer that is close to the surface
What is the most toxic or harmful to pollinators? - โ โ Dusts
Integrated Pest Management practices can help minimize the risk of contamination to our environment. An example of an IPM practice might be: - โ โ Proper identification of a post
Back siphoning: - โ โ Will be prevented with an anti-back flow device
Compressed air sprayers have strainers that should be: - โ โ Cleaned and checked weekly
If the compressed air sprayer hose breaks or springs a leak while applying material, you should: - โ โ Turn the tank upside down
Dust formulations are ideal for treating areas such as: - โ โ Wall voids
Calibrating pesticide application equipment is: - โ โ An essential task that ensures accurate application of labeled amounts of pesticide
If a hose ruptures when using aerosol application equipment, you should first - โ โ Turn off the system
All pesticide application equipment should be: - โ โ Placed on a regular schedule of maintenance using a defined procedure
A signal word must appear in large letters on the front panel of the label. It will be followed by the statement: - โ โ Keep out of reach of children
Pesticides by their nature are toxic substances and may be hazardous. Every pesticide label includes a signal word which shows how potentially dangerous the pesticide is to humans, animals, and the _____ - โ โ Environment
The ______ name is the most prominent name on the label and the one used in advertisements. - โ โ Product
The acronym (abbreviation) for the organization that registers every pesticide: - โ โ EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Every pesticide is classified by EPA for either General Use or ______ Use. The hazard of poisoning, the application method, and the effect on the environment determine the classification: - โ โ Restricted
When the signal word "caution" is used, the pesticide is considered _____ toxic: - โ โ Slightly
All printed material, such as guidance documents, technical bulletins, safety data sheets and similar materials that are produced by the registrant or manufacturer of a pesticide is called: - โ โ Labeling
A_________ statement is a statement that advises the time necessary before a pesticide treated area is safe for access without protective clothing: - โ โ Re-entry
The ________ provides additional information that is not normally found on the label. This information will include product information, product disposal, special precautions, spill and clean-up information: - โ โ Safety Data Sheet
The labeling of a pesticide: - โ โ Carries the same enforcement weight as the actual label attached to the pesticide container
Statement of Practical Treatment - These statements are the first aid treatments recommended in a case of poisoning. All danger and some warning and caution labels contain a section for _______ describing the appropriate medical procedures for poisoning emergencies: - โ โ Physicians
What pesticide label section advises the time necessary before a pesticide treated areas is safe for entry by a person without protective
A pesticide may have several different product names but always has the same chemical or common name: - โ โ True
An example of a biochemical pesticide would be: - โ โ Pheromones
A pesticide classified as an insect growth regulator: - โ โ Destroys the ability of an insect to build a new exoskeleton
Chemical pesticides: - โ โ Directly kill the target pest and include all synthetic or man-made active ingredient
The Official Georgia Wood infestation Inspection Report covers previous and active installations of? - โ โ
Wood Decaying Fungus - โ โ
The primary law for the structural pest management industry in the state of Georgia is administer by: - โ โ The Georgia Department of Agriculture
The IPM intervention exclusion involves: - โ โ Reducing or elimination of ways pests can enter a building
The Official Georgia Wood Infestation Inspection report: - โ โ Must be issued on the state approved form
Contracts for the control of wood-destroying organisms and all supporting documentation must be kept for: - โ โ 2 years following the expiration of the contract
Applications of insect baits, rodenticide baits in tamper resistant containers or bait stations, as well as botanical insecticide insect growth
regulators, and insecticidal soaps may be applied to a room in a school only if students are: - โ โ Not expected to be present for a minimum of 3 hours or longer
A comprehensive pest construction soil termiticide application requires;
- โ โ Treatment of concrete block voids
The IPM process: - โ โ Requires record keeping/communication w/customer or stakeholder(s)
