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PA1 REVISION EXAM QUESTION & ANSWERS 2025, Exams of Nursing

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PA1 REVISION EXAM QUESTION & ANSWERS 2025

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PA1 REVISION EXAM QUESTION &
ANSWERS 2025
What is a pesticide? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A substance
used for destroying or controlling any pest harmful to cultivated
plants or to animals.
What comes under the pesticide umbrella? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔PGR - Plant Growth Regulators, Insecticides, Fungicides,
Herbicides.
What is FEPA? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* The Food and
Environmental Protection Act
* Protect the health of humans, creatures and plants.
* Safeguard the environment.
* Secure safe, efficient and humane methods of controlling
pests.
* Make information about pesticides available to the public.
What is COPR? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Control of
Pesticides Regulations
* Any persons using pesticides receives adequate instructions
and guidance.
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ANSWERS 2025

What is a pesticide? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A substance used for destroying or controlling any pest harmful to cultivated plants or to animals. What comes under the pesticide umbrella? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔PGR - Plant Growth Regulators, Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides. What is FEPA? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* The Food and Environmental Protection Act

  • Protect the health of humans, creatures and plants.
  • Safeguard the environment.
  • Secure safe, efficient and humane methods of controlling pests.
  • Make information about pesticides available to the public. What is COPR? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Control of Pesticides Regulations
  • Any persons using pesticides receives adequate instructions and guidance.

ANSWERS 2025

  • Confine application to the land or crop intended to be treated.
  • Only MAPP (Ministry Approved Pesticide Product) approved products to be used.
  • Not to be used outside 'field of use'.
  • Maximum dose complied with.
  • Pesticides to be mixed only with adjuvants stated on the label. What is DEFRA? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Full Approval Required - MAPP Number.
  • EAMU - Extension of Authorisation for Minor Use eg Firebreaks What is a Safety Data Sheet? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Information regarding the occupational health and safety for the use of various products and substances. What is COSHH? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

ANSWERS 2025

How and where do you wash your PPE? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Wash PPE above a drip tray or a treatable area with warm soapy water. Collect washings and dispose of responsibly. What is the correct PPE? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Nitrile gloves 300mm long and 0.5mm thick.

  • Coverall - storm flap, elasticated cuffs and ankles, and hood.
  • Face shield - clean and clear.
  • Wellington boots - unlined, good condition and steel toe caps. Respirators - when would you use them? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Control exposure by inhalation
  • Inspected by a competent person and records kept 'Control Measure Records'.
  • Filters should be replaced if taste or smell of product is present. Symptoms of pesticide ingestion, inhalation or absorbtion? What to do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Feeling sick //

ANSWERS 2025

Blurred vision // Sore throat // Breathing difficulties // Stomach pains // Dizziness // Skin Irritation.

  • Get away // Wash contamination // remove contamination // seek medical attention with product label. Helping a Contaminated Person - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Raise the alarm // wear PPE // check breathing and pulse // clear area // product label Environmental Risk Assessments - when are these done? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Before application // walk the lawn
  • Bees // Public paths // ponds // hedgerows // ditches // animals etc
  • Clearly state on trtm record and update when required. What is in a spill kit? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Sand // cat litter // strong bad with zip ties // labels How to use a spill kit? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Contain with absorbent material.

ANSWERS 2025

When we should notify the local beekeeper association? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔When applying a product which the label says is harmful to bees. How long should animals be kept off animals? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Grazing animals for 14 days.

  • Pets 3hrs // T4 may be longer.
  • Check the label. Where do you mix pesticides? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Away from watercourses, ditches or drains // flat surface How should you store pesticides at the unit? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Chemsafe with bunded floor.
  • Away from fire risks, people, animals and foodstuffs.
  • Securely locked door.
  • Accurate stock records.
  • Powders kept above liquids.

ANSWERS 2025

  • Room temperature.
  • Hazard signs displayed.
  • Clear space from tip and pour operation.
  • Spillage kit with soft brush. How should you carry pesticides in the van? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Inspect containers before removal from store.
  • Transchem in separate airspace.
  • Keep upright. What procedures do we have in place to ensure we protect the public? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Speak to cmr/neighbours
  • Be aware of drift.
  • Consider using a warning sign? What is the correct nozzle? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔* Fine liable to drift but good coverage.
  • Course less likely to drift but worse for coverage.
  • Check, clean and maintain nozzles.

ANSWERS 2025

Air inclusion nozzle - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Creates heavier droplets ideal for windy conditions Cone/Hollow cone Nozzle - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Ideal for target spraying Deflector nozzle - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Wide angle for blanket spraying with maximum coverage. Other Contaminated disposal - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔*Unwanted or withdrawn pesticides *Return to supplier if unopened. *Opened product should be disposed of with a Registered Waste Contractor *Empties should be triple rinsed and disposed of with a Registered Waste Contractor *Foil top should be disposed of with a Registered Waste Contractor

ANSWERS 2025

Contaminated PPE should be disposed of with a Registered Waste Contractor Methods for keeping up to date - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Check internet for changes in legislation *Always read the product label of a new product *Check a product is still approved *Attend training updates How long to keep an Application Record? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔3 years How long to keep a Control Measure Record? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔5 years How long to keep a Health Records? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔40 years.