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GENERAL AND STRUCTURAL
PEST CONTROL 7ACORE Exam
Questions and Answers 2026
Fogging fills a room volume including cracks, crevices and cabinets.
A. True
B. False <Correct Answer>> B
High Pressure must be maintained in hand held sprayers to be effective.
A. True
B. False <Correct Answer>> B
If a sprayer malfunctions,
A. Repair it immediately
B. Increase pressure by pumping
C. Release pressure and remove it to a repair area
D. Use very soft and thin wire to clear the nozzle after releasing pressure -
<CORRECT ANSWER>> C
Equipment safety is best maintained by .
A. Daily Rinsing
B. Daily hose inspection
C. Scheduled cleaning
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D. All of these <Correct Answer>> D
The responsibility of the environmental protection Agency (EPA) is to .
A. Regulate Pesticide use
B. Regulate pesticide applicators
C. Protect public health and the environment
D. enforce Fifra <Correct Answer>> C
Pest Control applicators may be certified in either of two classifications.
a. Private and commercial
B. Fumigation and non fumigation
C. Urban and agriculture
D. Certified and non-certified <Correct Answer>> A
Pesticide registration decisions are based on the demonstration that the use of a
pesticide will not result in "Unreasonable human health or environmental effects". The
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law that mandates that is called the . <Correct Answer>> FIFRA, The
Federal Insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act
The state plan that regulates pesticide applicators and their certification is approved and
evaluated by .
A. FDA
B. USDA
C. EPA
D. OSHA <Correct Answer>> C
The cockroach that requires the most control effort is the .
A. Asian
B. American
C. German
D. Australian <Correct Answer>> C
American cockroaches like an environment that is
A. slightly cool, moist
B. very warm, moist
C. hot, dry
D. lukewarm, average humidity <Correct Answer>> B
Oriental cockroach populations consist mostly of in the winter.
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A. Adults
B. nymphs
C. eggs
D. pupae <Correct Answer>> A
Cockroaches need to be successful.
A. food, moisture, harborage
B. food, moisture, open spaces
C. warmth, food, cracks,
D. cracks, crevices, food <Correct Answer>> A
Oriental cockroaches prefer a environment
A. moist
B. Warm
C. High
D. Small <Correct Answer>> A
Brown-banded cockroaches prefer a environment
a. cool
b. very warm
c. sanitary
d. very moist <Correct Answer>> B
GENERAL AND STRUCTURAL
PEST CONTROL 7ACORE Exam
Questions and Answers 2026
Fogging fills a room volume including cracks, crevices and cabinets.
A. True
B. False <Correct Answer>> B
High Pressure must be maintained in hand held sprayers to be effective.
A. True
B. False <Correct Answer>> B
If a sprayer malfunctions,
A. Repair it immediately
B. Increase pressure by pumping
C. Release pressure and remove it to a repair area
D. Use very soft and thin wire to clear the nozzle after releasing pressure -
<CORRECT ANSWER>> C
Equipment safety is best maintained by .
A. Daily Rinsing
B. Daily hose inspection
C. Scheduled cleaning
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D. All of these <Correct Answer>> D
The responsibility of the environmental protection Agency (EPA) is to .
A. Regulate Pesticide use
B. Regulate pesticide applicators
C. Protect public health and the environment
D. enforce Fifra <Correct Answer>> C
Pest Control applicators may be certified in either of two classifications.
a. Private and commercial
B. Fumigation and non fumigation
C. Urban and agriculture
D. Certified and non-certified <Correct Answer>> A
Pesticide registration decisions are based on the demonstration that the use of a
pesticide will not result in "Unreasonable human health or environmental effects". The
,3
law that mandates that is called the . <Correct Answer>> FIFRA, The
Federal Insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act
The state plan that regulates pesticide applicators and their certification is approved and
evaluated by .
A. FDA
B. USDA
C. EPA
D. OSHA <Correct Answer>> C
The cockroach that requires the most control effort is the .
A. Asian
B. American
C. German
D. Australian <Correct Answer>> C
American cockroaches like an environment that is
A. slightly cool, moist
B. very warm, moist
C. hot, dry
D. lukewarm, average humidity <Correct Answer>> B
Oriental cockroach populations consist mostly of in the winter.
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A. Adults
B. nymphs
C. eggs
D. pupae <Correct Answer>> A
Cockroaches need to be successful.
A. food, moisture, harborage
B. food, moisture, open spaces
C. warmth, food, cracks,
D. cracks, crevices, food <Correct Answer>> A
Oriental cockroaches prefer a environment
A. moist
B. Warm
C. High
D. Small <Correct Answer>> A
Brown-banded cockroaches prefer a environment
a. cool
b. very warm
c. sanitary
d. very moist <Correct Answer>> B
