Pest Control ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
4 egg, larva, pupa, adult - CORRECT ANSWER - How many phases in an ants life?
1/4 of the full container, triple rinse - CORRECT ANSWER - Whats the proper way to
rinse a pesticide container?
1/8th in long, yellowish brown, hover around decaying fruits & vegetables and garbage. Most
abundant in late summer and early fall - CORRECT ANSWER - Identify a fruit fly
Window sill - CORRECT ANSWER - Where are most dead flies found?
White and translucent - CORRECT ANSWER - What color are flea eggs?
Wash pets bedding, vacuum rugs, furniture and baseboard, dispose of vacuum bag - CORRECT
ANSWER - What recommendations do you make to homeowners before flea treatment?
House fly - CORRECT ANSWER - What fly has four stripes on it?
Find the source of infestation and destroy it. In warehouse use pheromone traps, major
infestation tarp fumigation is necessary - CORRECT ANSWER - How do you eliminate
food storage pests?
Indian meal moth - CORRECT ANSWER - The most common species of meal moth
found in the home of a pantry?
Spin web as they grow, leave behind silken threads wherever they crawl, about 1/2 inch long
when fully grown, they are white with a greenish or pinkish hue - CORRECT ANSWER -
Identify Larvae of Indian meal moth
, 6 to 8 weeks - CORRECT ANSWER - How long of a cycle does an Indian meal moth take
to develop?
Clothes moth is smaller and have more hair - CORRECT ANSWER - What's the
difference from a clothes moth and an Indian meal moth?
Cat flea - CORRECT ANSWER - What's the most common flea?
3/4 inch droppings with blunted ends - CORRECT ANSWER - Norway rat droppings size
and shape?
1/2 inch droppings, pointed and spindle shaped - CORRECT ANSWER - Roof rat
droppings and shape?
1/4 inch droppings pointed ends - CORRECT ANSWER - House mouse droppings and
shape?
Leave 1/2inch opening in wood - CORRECT ANSWER - Carpenter bees live in wood and
do what to it?
Soft wood - CORRECT ANSWER - What kind of wood to carpenter bees destroy?
Random haphazard web, no pattern, irregular, tangled - CORRECT ANSWER - What type
of web does a black widow make?
Larvae 6
Adult 8 - CORRECT ANSWER - How many legs does a dog tic have, larvae & adult?
1-7 per day - CORRECT ANSWER - How many eggs does a female bed bug lay per day?
CORRECT Answers
4 egg, larva, pupa, adult - CORRECT ANSWER - How many phases in an ants life?
1/4 of the full container, triple rinse - CORRECT ANSWER - Whats the proper way to
rinse a pesticide container?
1/8th in long, yellowish brown, hover around decaying fruits & vegetables and garbage. Most
abundant in late summer and early fall - CORRECT ANSWER - Identify a fruit fly
Window sill - CORRECT ANSWER - Where are most dead flies found?
White and translucent - CORRECT ANSWER - What color are flea eggs?
Wash pets bedding, vacuum rugs, furniture and baseboard, dispose of vacuum bag - CORRECT
ANSWER - What recommendations do you make to homeowners before flea treatment?
House fly - CORRECT ANSWER - What fly has four stripes on it?
Find the source of infestation and destroy it. In warehouse use pheromone traps, major
infestation tarp fumigation is necessary - CORRECT ANSWER - How do you eliminate
food storage pests?
Indian meal moth - CORRECT ANSWER - The most common species of meal moth
found in the home of a pantry?
Spin web as they grow, leave behind silken threads wherever they crawl, about 1/2 inch long
when fully grown, they are white with a greenish or pinkish hue - CORRECT ANSWER -
Identify Larvae of Indian meal moth
, 6 to 8 weeks - CORRECT ANSWER - How long of a cycle does an Indian meal moth take
to develop?
Clothes moth is smaller and have more hair - CORRECT ANSWER - What's the
difference from a clothes moth and an Indian meal moth?
Cat flea - CORRECT ANSWER - What's the most common flea?
3/4 inch droppings with blunted ends - CORRECT ANSWER - Norway rat droppings size
and shape?
1/2 inch droppings, pointed and spindle shaped - CORRECT ANSWER - Roof rat
droppings and shape?
1/4 inch droppings pointed ends - CORRECT ANSWER - House mouse droppings and
shape?
Leave 1/2inch opening in wood - CORRECT ANSWER - Carpenter bees live in wood and
do what to it?
Soft wood - CORRECT ANSWER - What kind of wood to carpenter bees destroy?
Random haphazard web, no pattern, irregular, tangled - CORRECT ANSWER - What type
of web does a black widow make?
Larvae 6
Adult 8 - CORRECT ANSWER - How many legs does a dog tic have, larvae & adult?
1-7 per day - CORRECT ANSWER - How many eggs does a female bed bug lay per day?
