NJ CORE PEST CONTROL EXAM -

NJ CORE PEST CONTROL EXAM -

100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |AGRADE

Anyone applying pesticides as a service must be certified and registered as a- - ANSWER- commercial pesticide applicator

Part of the certification of commercial pesticide applicators involves passing- - ANSWER- A Core and category exam.

Companies which contract out their services for compensation must be registered as a- - ANSWER- pesticide applicator business

What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency mandated to regulate pesticides? - ANSWER- Environmental Protection Agency (full), EPA (acronym)

What are regulations? - ANSWER- Regulations are interpretations of the law and have the force of law

What is the full name and acronym for the law EPA uses to manage pesticides? - ANSWER- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (ful). FIFRA (acronym)

Define reentry time. - ANSWER- Reentry time is the time immediately following application of a pesticide to a treated area when unprotected workers may not enter.

Which federal agency sets food tolerances for pesticides? Which federal agency enforces these tolerances? - ANSWER- EPA sets food tolerances; FDA eaforces food tolerances

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FIFRA allows states to establish standards. What kind of standards? - ANSWER- More strict

What is the purpose of the tolerance program? - ANSWER- The tolerance program is to ensure that U.S. consumers are not exposed to unsafe food pesticide residue levels

The regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act are contained in 49 CFR. What do these regulations do? - ANSWER- The regulations in 49 CFR cover any safety aspect of transporting hazardous materials, including the packing, repacking, placarding, and routing of such materials

Which federal agency determines what species are endangered? - ANSWER- Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) of the Department of the Interior

Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered species from pesticides? - ANSWER- You, the applicator

The inherent ability ofapesticide to cause injury or poison organisms is called - ANSWER- toxicity

Inan LD50, equal to 68 mg/kg the 68 milligrams - ANSWER- pesticide

The oral LD50 level which represents a highly toxic pesticide is- - ANSWER- 46mg/kg

The probability of a pesticide causing adverse effects to an organism is called- - ANSWER- risk

It is best to avoid the use of those pesticides which can accumulate and cause undesirable effects in the bodies of desirable organisms. True or false. - ANSWER- True

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