NJ CORE PEST CONTROL EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |AGRADE

NJ CORE PEST CONTROL EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL 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

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