TEXAS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM PAPER ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Does FIFRA provide for prison terms for violators of the law? - ✔✔Yes, up to 30
days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial applicators
✔✔What are regulations? - ✔✔Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
✔✔What is meant by the term "reentry interval"? - ✔✔The time right after pesticide
application when unprotected workers may not enter the treated area
✔✔Warnings of pesticide application must be given in writing to workers according to
the EPA. - ✔✔False
✔✔What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on? - ✔✔EPA evaluation of test
data provided by the manufacturer
✔✔If the EPA decides that a pesticide poses a risk to workers, what can the EPA do? -
✔✔Set reentry intervals to restrict workers from entering a treated area; Set restrictions
on the frequency of application and rates; Cancel or suspend use the pesticide.
✔✔Which federal agency sets food tolerance for pesticides? - ✔✔EPA
✔✔Which federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticides? - ✔✔FDA
✔✔What is the purpose of the tolerance program? - ✔✔The tolerance program is to
ensure that U.S. consumers are not exposed to unsafe food pesticide residue levels
✔✔Which act is administered by EPA to manage all hazardous waste? - ✔✔Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
,✔✔How can triple rinsed used pesticide containers be disposed of? - ✔✔In an EPA
approved sanitary landfill
✔✔What kind of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to establish? - ✔✔Stricter
than federal standards, but not more lenient
✔✔Which agency administers the Hazard Communication Standard? - ✔✔OSHA -
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
✔✔Pesticide applicators generate during normal work operations. Are triple rinsed used
pesticide containers considered "regulated waste" under the federal resource
conservation and recovery act? - ✔✔NO
✔✔Regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act are contained in 49 CFR.
What do these regulations cover? - ✔✔All safety aspects of transporting hazardous
material
✔✔What is the act SARA Title III designed to do? - ✔✔Inform communities of
hazardous chemicals in the area and provide for community emergency response plans
in the event of an accident
✔✔What is an endangered species? - ✔✔a species of animal or plant that is seriously
at risk of extinction throughout all or much of its range
✔✔Which federal agency determines what species are endangered? - ✔✔Fish and
Wildlife (FWS) of the Department of the Interior
✔✔Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered species from
pesticides? - ✔✔The applicator
✔✔____ is the capacity of a substance to injure or poison a living system, such as a
human being, an animal, a lake or a forest? - ✔✔Toxicity
✔✔What is pesticide exposure? - ✔✔Coming in contact with a pesticide
✔✔_____ _____ refers to how poisonous a pesticide is after the short term exposure? -
✔✔Acute toxicity
✔✔____ ____ is a one-time or short-term contact with pesticide - ✔✔Acute Exposure
✔✔____ ____ is a delayed poisonous effect from exposure to a substance - ✔✔Chronic
Toxicity
, ✔✔____ ____ is long-term repeated contact with pesticides - ✔✔Chronic Exposure
✔✔The effects of which type of exposure---acute or chronic--- can be more easily
detected and studied? - ✔✔Acute
✔✔A pesticide dose is the ____ of pesticide to which a surface, plant or animal is
exposed - ✔✔Amount
✔✔Name 3 routes by which a pesticide can enter your body - ✔✔Dermal, Inhalation,
and oral
✔✔Some pesticides are poisonous no matter how they enter the body - ✔✔True
✔✔Which pesticides solution is most likely absorbed through the skin? - ✔✔Oil-based
✔✔Which areas of the body absorb pesticides quickly? - ✔✔Eyes, ears, scalp, and
genitals
✔✔Which two routes of entry are likely to be the most important to you? - ✔✔Dermal
and Inhalation
✔✔Which factors affect the toxicity of a pesticide? - ✔✔Route of entry
Frequency and duration (rate) of exposure
Dose received
✔✔An example of a chronic effect is the drop in ___, an essential body enzyme, caused
by organophosphates and carbonates. - ✔✔Cholinesterase
✔✔___ effects occur at the site of contact with a pesticide while ___ effects occur away
from the point of contact. - ✔✔Local & Systemic
✔✔Skin rash, nausea, eye irritation and dizziness are examples ___ toxic effects. -
✔✔reversible
✔✔LD50 means "Lethal Dose Fifty". It refers to the amount of a chemical that kills ___
the animals exposed to it in a laboratory test. - ✔✔Half (50%)
✔✔True or False: The smaller the LD50 value, the less chemical required to be fatal, so
the more poisonous the pesticide. - ✔✔True
✔✔Acute oral toxicity and acute dermal toxicity are measured as LD50. The higher the
LD50 the ___ (more or less) toxic the pesticide. - ✔✔Less
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Does FIFRA provide for prison terms for violators of the law? - ✔✔Yes, up to 30
days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial applicators
✔✔What are regulations? - ✔✔Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
✔✔What is meant by the term "reentry interval"? - ✔✔The time right after pesticide
application when unprotected workers may not enter the treated area
✔✔Warnings of pesticide application must be given in writing to workers according to
the EPA. - ✔✔False
✔✔What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on? - ✔✔EPA evaluation of test
data provided by the manufacturer
✔✔If the EPA decides that a pesticide poses a risk to workers, what can the EPA do? -
✔✔Set reentry intervals to restrict workers from entering a treated area; Set restrictions
on the frequency of application and rates; Cancel or suspend use the pesticide.
✔✔Which federal agency sets food tolerance for pesticides? - ✔✔EPA
✔✔Which federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticides? - ✔✔FDA
✔✔What is the purpose of the tolerance program? - ✔✔The tolerance program is to
ensure that U.S. consumers are not exposed to unsafe food pesticide residue levels
✔✔Which act is administered by EPA to manage all hazardous waste? - ✔✔Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
,✔✔How can triple rinsed used pesticide containers be disposed of? - ✔✔In an EPA
approved sanitary landfill
✔✔What kind of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to establish? - ✔✔Stricter
than federal standards, but not more lenient
✔✔Which agency administers the Hazard Communication Standard? - ✔✔OSHA -
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
✔✔Pesticide applicators generate during normal work operations. Are triple rinsed used
pesticide containers considered "regulated waste" under the federal resource
conservation and recovery act? - ✔✔NO
✔✔Regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act are contained in 49 CFR.
What do these regulations cover? - ✔✔All safety aspects of transporting hazardous
material
✔✔What is the act SARA Title III designed to do? - ✔✔Inform communities of
hazardous chemicals in the area and provide for community emergency response plans
in the event of an accident
✔✔What is an endangered species? - ✔✔a species of animal or plant that is seriously
at risk of extinction throughout all or much of its range
✔✔Which federal agency determines what species are endangered? - ✔✔Fish and
Wildlife (FWS) of the Department of the Interior
✔✔Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered species from
pesticides? - ✔✔The applicator
✔✔____ is the capacity of a substance to injure or poison a living system, such as a
human being, an animal, a lake or a forest? - ✔✔Toxicity
✔✔What is pesticide exposure? - ✔✔Coming in contact with a pesticide
✔✔_____ _____ refers to how poisonous a pesticide is after the short term exposure? -
✔✔Acute toxicity
✔✔____ ____ is a one-time or short-term contact with pesticide - ✔✔Acute Exposure
✔✔____ ____ is a delayed poisonous effect from exposure to a substance - ✔✔Chronic
Toxicity
, ✔✔____ ____ is long-term repeated contact with pesticides - ✔✔Chronic Exposure
✔✔The effects of which type of exposure---acute or chronic--- can be more easily
detected and studied? - ✔✔Acute
✔✔A pesticide dose is the ____ of pesticide to which a surface, plant or animal is
exposed - ✔✔Amount
✔✔Name 3 routes by which a pesticide can enter your body - ✔✔Dermal, Inhalation,
and oral
✔✔Some pesticides are poisonous no matter how they enter the body - ✔✔True
✔✔Which pesticides solution is most likely absorbed through the skin? - ✔✔Oil-based
✔✔Which areas of the body absorb pesticides quickly? - ✔✔Eyes, ears, scalp, and
genitals
✔✔Which two routes of entry are likely to be the most important to you? - ✔✔Dermal
and Inhalation
✔✔Which factors affect the toxicity of a pesticide? - ✔✔Route of entry
Frequency and duration (rate) of exposure
Dose received
✔✔An example of a chronic effect is the drop in ___, an essential body enzyme, caused
by organophosphates and carbonates. - ✔✔Cholinesterase
✔✔___ effects occur at the site of contact with a pesticide while ___ effects occur away
from the point of contact. - ✔✔Local & Systemic
✔✔Skin rash, nausea, eye irritation and dizziness are examples ___ toxic effects. -
✔✔reversible
✔✔LD50 means "Lethal Dose Fifty". It refers to the amount of a chemical that kills ___
the animals exposed to it in a laboratory test. - ✔✔Half (50%)
✔✔True or False: The smaller the LD50 value, the less chemical required to be fatal, so
the more poisonous the pesticide. - ✔✔True
✔✔Acute oral toxicity and acute dermal toxicity are measured as LD50. The higher the
LD50 the ___ (more or less) toxic the pesticide. - ✔✔Less
