NJ CORE APPLICATOR TEST, EXAM AND
STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE 270 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
EXPLANATIONS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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NJ CORE APPLICATOR TEST
A tolerance status of pesticide must be established for those uses involving
- a migrant worker
- Household pests
- food crops
- certified applicators - ANSWER- C) food crops
The maximum safe amount of pesticide allowed on a crop is called its
A)residue
- deposit
- Tolerance - ANSWER- A)residue 1 / 4
Persistent pesticides may be undesirable if they last longer than is needed and result in excess residues and/or injury T/F - ANSWER- True
If a pesticide residue exceeds the tolerance, the crop
- can be washed to get rid of the pesticide
- is subject to condemnation and seizure
- may be fed to live stock - ANSWER- B) is subject to
condemnation and seizure
Registration of a pesticide by EPA will be granted if
- the pesticide will control the target pest
- the pesticide does not have an adverse environment impact
- the pesticide does not pose public health hazard
- all of the above - ANSWER- D) all of the above
Tolerances for pesticides are states as
- mg/kg 2 / 4
- ppm
- lbs/A - ANSWER- B) ppm
In the regulations of pesticide use to protect man and the environment, the term environment means
- all organisms
- air, soil, water, and the other physical elements
- the interrelationships of organisms
- all of the above - ANSWER- D) all of the above
Modern pesticides are formulated in such a manner that there is little chance of polluting water with their use T/F - ANSWER- False
Food and feed can be produced efficiently and economically without excess pesticides residues T/F - ANSWER- True
Overdoses of pesticides which remain in the soil for long period of time may be harmful to future crops T/F - ANSWER- True
Airborne pesticides can be harmful to man and other organisms T/F - ANSWER- True. 3 / 4
Some pesticides can reduce crop production by killing pollinating insects T/F - ANSWER- True
A pesticide off target is not a pollutant if desirable organisms are unaffected T/F - ANSWER- False
Food chain is a way of describing how organisms eat each other T/F - ANSWER- True
High pesticide residues are most likely to be found in the plant eaters at the bottom of the food chain T/F - ANSWER- False
Pesticides that can build up in the bodies of organisms are called
- additives
- accumulative
- persistent - ANSWER- B) accumulative
A pesticide is any chemical used by man to control pests T/F - ANSWER- True
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