NYS PESTICIDE ACTUAL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE
●● What's the formula for Risk or Hazard
Answer: Risk=Toxicity x Exposure
●● How many legs does an insect have?
Answer: 6 legs
●● What's the 3 main means pesticides enter the body?
Answer: Oral, Dermal, Inhalation
●● What's the stages of no metamorphosis?
Answer: Egg, Young, Adult
●● How many times do you rinse a container where applicable
Answer: 3
●● What's the stages of GRADUAL METAMORPHOSIS?
Answer: Egg, Nymph, Adult
, ●● What's a LD50?
Answer: Lethal dose, 50% of that amount kills 50% of animals tested
●● How's LD50 computed?
Answer: Milligrams per kilogram
●● What's LC50?
Answer: Lethal Concentration where 50% of that amount kills 50% of
animals tested
●● How's LC50 computed?
Answer: Parts per Million (PPM)
●● What's the universal antidote?
Answer: Atropine
●● What's the stages of complete metamorphosis?
Answer: Egg, larvae, pupa, adult
●● What does Days to Harvest refer to?
Answer: Number of days you may NOT apply the pesticide before 10
days to harvest.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE
●● What's the formula for Risk or Hazard
Answer: Risk=Toxicity x Exposure
●● How many legs does an insect have?
Answer: 6 legs
●● What's the 3 main means pesticides enter the body?
Answer: Oral, Dermal, Inhalation
●● What's the stages of no metamorphosis?
Answer: Egg, Young, Adult
●● How many times do you rinse a container where applicable
Answer: 3
●● What's the stages of GRADUAL METAMORPHOSIS?
Answer: Egg, Nymph, Adult
, ●● What's a LD50?
Answer: Lethal dose, 50% of that amount kills 50% of animals tested
●● How's LD50 computed?
Answer: Milligrams per kilogram
●● What's LC50?
Answer: Lethal Concentration where 50% of that amount kills 50% of
animals tested
●● How's LC50 computed?
Answer: Parts per Million (PPM)
●● What's the universal antidote?
Answer: Atropine
●● What's the stages of complete metamorphosis?
Answer: Egg, larvae, pupa, adult
●● What does Days to Harvest refer to?
Answer: Number of days you may NOT apply the pesticide before 10
days to harvest.
