TN PEST CONTROL EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS 2026 GRADED A+
◉ Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in
interstate commerce? Answer: FIFRA
◉ Which law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner
inconsistent with label directions? Answer: FEPCA
◉ Any commercial applicator who violates any provision of FIFRA may
be assessed a civil penalty of not more than? Answer: 5,000
◉ Which agency is responsible for the protection of health, safety and
welfare of pest control employees and the general public from the
hazards of pesticide use in Tennessee? Answer: TDA
◉ The TDA certification and enforcement functions are coordinated
primarily through what division of TDA? Answer: Regulatory services
division
◉ Pesticides that may cause adverse effects on the environment and/ or
the applicator, unless subject to additional regulatory restrictions are
classified as? Answer: Restricted-use pesticides
,◉ A certification period last for how many years? Answer: 3 years
◉ One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the
recertification program? Answer: 50%
◉ How many recertification points are required for category 7 in a 3
year period? Answer: 30 Points
◉ Which is not a step in an IPM program? Answer: Scheduled pesticide
applications
◉ Which is not an objective of a general inspection? Answer: Locate
pesticide drift
◉ A good inspection technique is to first identity areas within a structure
that offer a tropical environment (warmth, moist, dark, and humid).
Answer: True
◉ Which is not likely to be used as a pest travel route? Answer: Color
pattern in a rug
◉ Which is NOT an example of pest-proofing? Answer: Using a
vacuum to remove pest
,◉ Habitat is a location? Answer: Where a pest lives naturally and has
access to food, water and harborage
◉ Which is NOT an example of pest habitat manipulation? Answer: Use
of harpoon mole traps
◉ Which is not an example of a lethal trapping program? Answer:
Multiple-catch traps
◉ IPM stands for? Answer: Integrated pest management
◉ The four main components of IPM listed in this manual are? Answer:
Inspection,pest threshold determination, management procedures and
evaluation.
◉ Which cannot be made into a liquid formulation? Answer: Extruded
block
◉ Which is one of the most effective formulations for use against
cockroaches, ants, and rodents? Answer: Baits
◉ Anticoagulant rodenticides kill rodents by? Answer: Preventing blood
from clotting
, ◉ Rodents may store grain pellet pesticides in undesirable locations?
Answer: True
◉ First-generation rodenticides must be fed upon more than once for
rodents to receive a lethal dose? Answer: True
◉ Which are potentially more hazardous than other rodenticide
formulations and must be applied with extra caution? Answer: Tracking
powder
◉ Which formulation provides outstanding longevity in moist or wet
conditions? Answer: Flowable micro encapsulate
◉ In most cases, ___________ kills only the insects present in the air
during time of treatment. Answer: Fogging
◉ Once a duster has been used for a given pesticide, it should never be
used to apply another? Answer: True
◉ Rodent baits are not only toxic to most mammals that might eat the
bait, they are also toxic to fish? Answer: True
◉ The most common and important pest cockroach is the? Answer:
German
AND SOLUTIONS 2026 GRADED A+
◉ Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in
interstate commerce? Answer: FIFRA
◉ Which law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner
inconsistent with label directions? Answer: FEPCA
◉ Any commercial applicator who violates any provision of FIFRA may
be assessed a civil penalty of not more than? Answer: 5,000
◉ Which agency is responsible for the protection of health, safety and
welfare of pest control employees and the general public from the
hazards of pesticide use in Tennessee? Answer: TDA
◉ The TDA certification and enforcement functions are coordinated
primarily through what division of TDA? Answer: Regulatory services
division
◉ Pesticides that may cause adverse effects on the environment and/ or
the applicator, unless subject to additional regulatory restrictions are
classified as? Answer: Restricted-use pesticides
,◉ A certification period last for how many years? Answer: 3 years
◉ One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the
recertification program? Answer: 50%
◉ How many recertification points are required for category 7 in a 3
year period? Answer: 30 Points
◉ Which is not a step in an IPM program? Answer: Scheduled pesticide
applications
◉ Which is not an objective of a general inspection? Answer: Locate
pesticide drift
◉ A good inspection technique is to first identity areas within a structure
that offer a tropical environment (warmth, moist, dark, and humid).
Answer: True
◉ Which is not likely to be used as a pest travel route? Answer: Color
pattern in a rug
◉ Which is NOT an example of pest-proofing? Answer: Using a
vacuum to remove pest
,◉ Habitat is a location? Answer: Where a pest lives naturally and has
access to food, water and harborage
◉ Which is NOT an example of pest habitat manipulation? Answer: Use
of harpoon mole traps
◉ Which is not an example of a lethal trapping program? Answer:
Multiple-catch traps
◉ IPM stands for? Answer: Integrated pest management
◉ The four main components of IPM listed in this manual are? Answer:
Inspection,pest threshold determination, management procedures and
evaluation.
◉ Which cannot be made into a liquid formulation? Answer: Extruded
block
◉ Which is one of the most effective formulations for use against
cockroaches, ants, and rodents? Answer: Baits
◉ Anticoagulant rodenticides kill rodents by? Answer: Preventing blood
from clotting
, ◉ Rodents may store grain pellet pesticides in undesirable locations?
Answer: True
◉ First-generation rodenticides must be fed upon more than once for
rodents to receive a lethal dose? Answer: True
◉ Which are potentially more hazardous than other rodenticide
formulations and must be applied with extra caution? Answer: Tracking
powder
◉ Which formulation provides outstanding longevity in moist or wet
conditions? Answer: Flowable micro encapsulate
◉ In most cases, ___________ kills only the insects present in the air
during time of treatment. Answer: Fogging
◉ Once a duster has been used for a given pesticide, it should never be
used to apply another? Answer: True
◉ Rodent baits are not only toxic to most mammals that might eat the
bait, they are also toxic to fish? Answer: True
◉ The most common and important pest cockroach is the? Answer:
German
