Pesticides

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Question 1

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Which of the following rodenticides is cardiotoxic to rats but emetic to other animals?
Answer
  • Warfarin
  • Red Squill
  • Sodium Fluoroacetate
  • Norbromide

Question 2

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Which of the following rodenticide causes contraction of peripheral vessels through a receptor only present in rats?
Answer
  • Strychnine Sulphate
  • Alpha Naphthyl Thiourea
  • Red Squill
  • Norbromide

Question 3

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Alpha Naphthyl Thiourea reacts with water and GI tract to produce phosphine gas which leads to irritation, convulsions and death.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

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Which of the following rodenticides DO NOT have selective toxicity?
Answer
  • Warfarin
  • Red Squill
  • Norbromide
  • Sodium Fluoroacetate
  • Alpha Naphthylthiourea
  • Zinc Phosphide
  • Strychnine Sulfate

Question 5

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Captan is a teratogen without metabolic conversion.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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Which of the following fungicides causes porphyria cuteness trada and photosensitivity?
Answer
  • Hexachlorobenzene
  • Maneb
  • Captan
  • Mercurial Fungicides

Question 7

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Incomplete combustion of tetra- and penta- chlorophenols forms which toxic chemical?
Answer
  • Ethylene Thiourea (ETU)
  • Dioxins
  • Phosphine gas
  • Dithiocarbamate

Question 8

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Dithiocarbamates (e.g. Maneb) are organometallic fungicides with which of the following toxic effects?
Answer
  • Mutagenic
  • Carcinogenic
  • Teratogenic
  • Antithyroid Agent
  • All of the above

Question 9

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Which of the following structures is dioxin?

Question 10

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Dinitrophenol compounds act by coupling oxidative phosphorylation reactions, causing hypothermia.
Answer
  • True
  • False
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