Pesticide Practice Exam 2023 questions with complete solutions

Is spider an Insect? correct answer: NO, it's an Arachnids Annual Plant correct answer: A plant that grows from a seed, produces seed the same year, then dies Pre-emergent correct answer: Applied before they appear Pre-planting correct answer: Applied after they appear Toxicity correct answer: A substance is it's capacity to cause injury to a living system Acute Toxicity correct answer: A poisonous pesticide to humans, animals or plants after a single exposure Chronic Toxicity correct answer: A delayed poisonous effect from exposure to a substance over a repeated period. What is risk? correct answer: Toxicity Exposure Name 3 routes of entry into a human or animal body correct answer: Dermal = Skin Inhalation = Lungs Oral = Mouth Which routes are most likely to effect a pesticide applicator? correct answer: Dermal and Inhalation Teratogenic Effects: Teratogens are drugs, pesticides, or even infections that can cause correct answer: abnormal fetal development. correct answer: Systemic Effects correct answer: Systemic Effects often occur away from the original point of contact as a result of the pesticide being absorbed into and distributed throughout the body. Systemic effects often include nausea, vomiting, fatigue, headache, and intestinal disorders. System effects result from the pesticides entering the system. What percentage of animals can be killed when exposed to a pesticide with an LD50 correct answer: Amount of pesticide that will kill 50% of the animals in a lab test. Perennial Plant correct answer: Plant that can live for more than 2 years.