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MASSACHUSETTS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CORE EXAM LATEST 2024-
2025 ACTUAL EXAM ALL 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
1.
2. Chronic health effect Problems that de-
velop over a rela-
tively long period
of time, following
either one signifi-
cant exposure
thatinitiates a
prob- lem, or
following aseries
of small ex-
posures which
ac-cumulate in
some manner
and resultin a
development of a
disease or dis-
order
3. acute toxicity Poisoning from a
single dose over a
much shorter du-
ration of time
4. How soon do health effects occur from accrue toxic- Within 24 hours of
ity? exposure
5. Chronic health risk problems (major examples) Mutagenicity,
oncogenicity,
carcinogenicity,
teratogenicity,
neurotoxicity
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6. Mutagenicity Ability of a sub-
stance or agent
to cause muta-
tions to genes or
chromosomes
7. Changes from mutagenicity are... Almost always
harmful
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8. Tests to detect mutagenicity Varied. Tests on
cells to tests
on whole
animals
9. It's believed that chemicals that cause mutations are Cancers
more likely to be ones that can also cause...
10. Why is mutation testing used as a first screen for new Faster and cheap-
compounds? er than animal life-
time testing
11. Oncogenicity The ability of a
chemical to cause
abnormal growths
or tumors in tis-
sues
12. Carcinogenicity Ability of a sub-
stance or agent
to cause malig-
nant tumors
13. How do they test chemicals for their ability to cause Administering dai-
tumors ly doses to ani-
mals for their en-
tire lifetime and
then dissecting
them to detect
presence of tu-
mors in the ani-
mals tissues
14. A rodent carcinogenicity study takes how long typi- 2-3 years
cally?
15. Pesticide companies are required to submit test data Several animal
on oncogenicity from.... species
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16. There are currently how many pesticide active ingre- Over 70
dients considered known, likely, or probable
carcino-gens
17. MDAR Massachusetts
Department of
Agricultural
Resources
18. Act to protect children and families from harmful pes- Passed in 2000.
ticides Pesticide products
that contain car-
cinogens may not
be used in or
around schools,
daycares, or after
school programs
19. Teratogenicity Ability of a sub-
stance to cause
abnormal growth
or deformity in
developing fetus-
es (birth defects)
20. How is teratogenicity tested Administering
doses of
chemicalto
female test
animals at
variousstages of
pregnancies and
observing
number of
miscarriages and
defective
offspring verses
what would
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MASSACHUSETTS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CORE EXAM LATEST 2024-
2025 ACTUAL EXAM ALL 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
1.
2. Chronic health effect Problems that de-
velop over a rela-
tively long period
of time, following
either one signifi-
cant exposure
thatinitiates a
prob- lem, or
following aseries
of small ex-
posures which
ac-cumulate in
some manner
and resultin a
development of a
disease or dis-
order
3. acute toxicity Poisoning from a
single dose over a
much shorter du-
ration of time
4. How soon do health effects occur from accrue toxic- Within 24 hours of
ity? exposure
5. Chronic health risk problems (major examples) Mutagenicity,
oncogenicity,
carcinogenicity,
teratogenicity,
neurotoxicity
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6. Mutagenicity Ability of a sub-
stance or agent
to cause muta-
tions to genes or
chromosomes
7. Changes from mutagenicity are... Almost always
harmful
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8. Tests to detect mutagenicity Varied. Tests on
cells to tests
on whole
animals
9. It's believed that chemicals that cause mutations are Cancers
more likely to be ones that can also cause...
10. Why is mutation testing used as a first screen for new Faster and cheap-
compounds? er than animal life-
time testing
11. Oncogenicity The ability of a
chemical to cause
abnormal growths
or tumors in tis-
sues
12. Carcinogenicity Ability of a sub-
stance or agent
to cause malig-
nant tumors
13. How do they test chemicals for their ability to cause Administering dai-
tumors ly doses to ani-
mals for their en-
tire lifetime and
then dissecting
them to detect
presence of tu-
mors in the ani-
mals tissues
14. A rodent carcinogenicity study takes how long typi- 2-3 years
cally?
15. Pesticide companies are required to submit test data Several animal
on oncogenicity from.... species
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16. There are currently how many pesticide active ingre- Over 70
dients considered known, likely, or probable
carcino-gens
17. MDAR Massachusetts
Department of
Agricultural
Resources
18. Act to protect children and families from harmful pes- Passed in 2000.
ticides Pesticide products
that contain car-
cinogens may not
be used in or
around schools,
daycares, or after
school programs
19. Teratogenicity Ability of a sub-
stance to cause
abnormal growth
or deformity in
developing fetus-
es (birth defects)
20. How is teratogenicity tested Administering
doses of
chemicalto
female test
animals at
variousstages of
pregnancies and
observing
number of
miscarriages and
defective
offspring verses
what would
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