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Define a pest in simple terms An unwanted organism
Pest populations are part of an D
ecosystem. What following elements are
included in an ecosystem?
A. Populations and a community
B. A community and biological and
physical supports
C. Populations and biological and
physical supports
D. Populations, a community, and
biological and physical supports
In infested apartments, pest infestations B
are evenly distributed?
A. True
B. False
In a simple sequence of methods, which C
of the following is the first method or
activity a pest control technician should
do?
A. Pesticide Application
B. Habitat alteration
C. Inspection
D. Follow up
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Which of the following are not integrated C and E
pest management components, goals or
activities:
A. Monitoring
B. Pesticide Application
C. Preventative Spraying
D. Recordkeeping
E. Total Pest Elimination
The pest management style of pest B
control, more than the other styles,
emphasizes:
A. Safe Pesticide application
B. The reduction of pests to a tolerable
number
C. Inspection
D. Client Communication
New sprayers are well calibrated until B
they have been used one season
A. True
B. False
Hand held sprayers can be calibrated if E
the following is known:
A. Pressure used
B. Amount of liquid used
C. Time elapsed per liquid used
D. Area sprayed per amount of liquid
used
E. All of these
F. None of these
Fogging fills a room volume including B
cracks, crevices and cabinets.
A. True
B. False
High Pressure must be maintained in hand B
held sprayers to be effective.
A. True
B. False
If a sprayer malfunctions,_______________ C
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
Equipment safety is best maintained by D
________.
A. Daily Rinsing
B. Daily hose inspection
C. Scheduled cleaning
D. All of these
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The responsibility of the environmental C
protection Agency (EPA) is to ________.
A. Regulate Pesticide use
B. Regulate pesticide applicators
C. Protect public health and the
environment
D. enforce Fifra
Pest Control applicators may be certified A
in either of two classifications.
a. Private and commercial
B. Fumigation and non fumigation
C. Urban and agriculture
D. Certified and non-certified
Pesticide registration decisions are based FIFRA, The Federal Insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act
on the demonstration that the use of a
pesticide will not result in "Unreasonable
human health or environmental effects".
The law that mandates that is called the
________.
The state plan that regulates pesticide C
applicators and their certification is
approved and evaluated by ________.
A. FDA
B. USDA
C. EPA
D. OSHA
The cockroach that requires the most C
control effort is the _______.
A. Asian
B. American
C. German
D. Australian
American cockroaches like an B
environment that is
A. slightly cool, moist
B. very warm, moist
C. hot, dry
D. lukewarm, average humidity
Oriental cockroach populations consist A
mostly of _____ in the winter.
A. Adults
B. nymphs
C. eggs
D. pupae
Cockroaches need _________ to be A
successful.
A. food, moisture, harborage
B. food, moisture, open spaces
C. warmth, food, cracks,
D. cracks, crevices, food
Oriental cockroaches prefer a _________ A
environment
A. moist
B. Warm
C. High
D. Small
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Brown-banded cockroaches prefer a B
_______ environment
a. cool
b. very warm
c. sanitary
d. very moist
Smokey brown cockroaches prefer a ______ C
environment
a. open
b. very warm
c. very moist
d. high
German cockroaches have B
A. Two bands across their thorax
B. Two stripes on their thorax
C. Light markings on their thorax
D. Short wings
Ants and termites are both closely related B
social insects.
A. True
B. False
The ant species that almost always has its B
colony inside is _____
a. carpenter ant
b. pharaoh ant
c. fire ant
d. odorous house ant
Carpenter ants make galleries in wood B
which is also one of their principal foods.
A. True
B. False
The ant caste system consists of C
A. workers, drones, soldiers
b. soldiers, workers, reproductives
c. male and female reproductives and
workers
d. larvae, pupae, adults
Ants found inside a structure always B
Come from a colony that is located inside
A. true
B. false
Ants forage for _______ to sustain A
themselves and the colony
A. honeydew, greases, sugars and insects
B. Wood
C. Honeydew alone
D. Pheromones
Some common stored product pests that A
attack whole grains and chew through the
seed coat are ________
a. rice and granary weevils
B. red and confused flour beetles
C. Psocids and grain mites
D. Sawtoothed and merchant grain
beetles
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