MISSISSIPPI PESTICIDE LICENSE
EXAMINATION TEST ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Years experience within what time frame required to qualify for a
license.
Answer: 1 year within 3
⩥ How long is a license valid.
Answer: Three years.
⩥ Bond requirement for Pest control.
Answer: $5,000
⩥ Insurance required per occurrence and aggregate.
Answer: $100,000 and $200,000
⩥ Time records are to be kept after the end of a contract.
Answer: 2 years
⩥ How many hours of classroom training are required for a registered
technician.
,Answer: 8 hours general training, and 8 hours specific to the category.
⩥ To renew a license or permit, you must do what?
Answer: Complete an approved training course, or pass an examination
within the past 12 months.
⩥ Types of insect life cycles.
Answer: Gradual - Complete - Ametabolus (Without Metamorphosis)
⩥ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Beetles
Answer: Coleoptera - Complete - Chewing
⩥ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Butterflies & Moths
Answer: Lepidoptera - Complete - Chewing as caterpillars, and
siphoning as adults.
⩥ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of flies.
Answer: Diptera - Complete - Chewing as immatures, and sucking or
sponging as adults.
⩥ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Ants, Bees, and Wasps.
Answer: Hymenoptera - Complete - Chewing or chewing and sucking
,⩥ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of true bugs, cicadas, leafhoppers,
fulgorids, aphids, whiteflies, and scales.
Answer: Hemiptera - Gradual - Sucking
⩥ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Crickets and grasshoppers.
Answer: Orthopetera - Gradual - Chewing
⩥ Stages of a gradual life cycle.
Answer: Egg, nymph, and adult.
⩥ Stages of a complete life cycle.
Answer: Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
⩥ Stages of ametabolus life cycle.
Answer: Young look just like adults in every way, just smaller.
⩥ Characteristics of Chewing mouthparts.
Answer: Strong mandibles, smaller pair of maxillae.
⩥ Characteristics of Piercing/Sucking mouthparts.
Answer: Elongate holo proboscis used to pierce plant, animal, or insect
being fed upon to suck up sap or blood.
, ⩥ Characteristics of mouthparts used for both Chewing and Sucking
Answer: Chewing mandibles as well as other mouthparts modified for
sucking.
⩥ Characteristics of mouthparts used for Sponging
Answer: Hollow proboscis with an enlarged sponge-like structure.
⩥ Characteristics of mouthparts used for Siphoning
Answer: Long hollow proboscis usually rolled up when not in use.
⩥ A large order of insects having a single pair of wings, and sucking or
piercing mouthparts. Describe picture.
Answer: Diptera (Flys)
⩥ Leaf Miner - Describe picture, what they are, and how they feed.
Answer: Various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow
into and feed on leaf tissue.
⩥ Describe picture and name of result of damage from an insect to the
leaf of a plant. Insect is usually gone.
Answer: Leaf Gall
EXAMINATION TEST ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Years experience within what time frame required to qualify for a
license.
Answer: 1 year within 3
⩥ How long is a license valid.
Answer: Three years.
⩥ Bond requirement for Pest control.
Answer: $5,000
⩥ Insurance required per occurrence and aggregate.
Answer: $100,000 and $200,000
⩥ Time records are to be kept after the end of a contract.
Answer: 2 years
⩥ How many hours of classroom training are required for a registered
technician.
,Answer: 8 hours general training, and 8 hours specific to the category.
⩥ To renew a license or permit, you must do what?
Answer: Complete an approved training course, or pass an examination
within the past 12 months.
⩥ Types of insect life cycles.
Answer: Gradual - Complete - Ametabolus (Without Metamorphosis)
⩥ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Beetles
Answer: Coleoptera - Complete - Chewing
⩥ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Butterflies & Moths
Answer: Lepidoptera - Complete - Chewing as caterpillars, and
siphoning as adults.
⩥ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of flies.
Answer: Diptera - Complete - Chewing as immatures, and sucking or
sponging as adults.
⩥ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Ants, Bees, and Wasps.
Answer: Hymenoptera - Complete - Chewing or chewing and sucking
,⩥ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of true bugs, cicadas, leafhoppers,
fulgorids, aphids, whiteflies, and scales.
Answer: Hemiptera - Gradual - Sucking
⩥ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Crickets and grasshoppers.
Answer: Orthopetera - Gradual - Chewing
⩥ Stages of a gradual life cycle.
Answer: Egg, nymph, and adult.
⩥ Stages of a complete life cycle.
Answer: Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
⩥ Stages of ametabolus life cycle.
Answer: Young look just like adults in every way, just smaller.
⩥ Characteristics of Chewing mouthparts.
Answer: Strong mandibles, smaller pair of maxillae.
⩥ Characteristics of Piercing/Sucking mouthparts.
Answer: Elongate holo proboscis used to pierce plant, animal, or insect
being fed upon to suck up sap or blood.
, ⩥ Characteristics of mouthparts used for both Chewing and Sucking
Answer: Chewing mandibles as well as other mouthparts modified for
sucking.
⩥ Characteristics of mouthparts used for Sponging
Answer: Hollow proboscis with an enlarged sponge-like structure.
⩥ Characteristics of mouthparts used for Siphoning
Answer: Long hollow proboscis usually rolled up when not in use.
⩥ A large order of insects having a single pair of wings, and sucking or
piercing mouthparts. Describe picture.
Answer: Diptera (Flys)
⩥ Leaf Miner - Describe picture, what they are, and how they feed.
Answer: Various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow
into and feed on leaf tissue.
⩥ Describe picture and name of result of damage from an insect to the
leaf of a plant. Insect is usually gone.
Answer: Leaf Gall
