Aptive-CA Field Rep Practice Exam 2
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
The powder post beetle makes its tunnels across the grain or parallel? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Parallel
(T/F) Indian meal moths hind wings are coppery - CORRECT ANSWER - False
What are the wing characteristics of an Indian Meal Moth? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Coppery Front Wings
What is the best way to treat on rainy days or when drizzling? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Dust
What cockroach, other than American cockroach, flies in California? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Brown Banded
The average number of eggs a female brown banded cockroach produces in each egg capsule, or
oothecas, is? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10-15
How many egg capsules can a German cockroach drop in a lifetime? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 4-8
How many eggs are in a brown banded cockroach egg capsule? - CORRECT ANSWER -
14-16
How many eggs for a German Roach? - CORRECT ANSWER - 30-40
,(T/F) American roaches can be found in hospitals? - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Where do you treat German Cockroaches? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cabinets, corners,
and crevices
What diseases do roaches carry? - CORRECT ANSWER - E. coli and Salmonella
(T/F) Zoos are treated like hospitals - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Is it legal to dump empty pesticide bottles in trash cans behind grocery stores? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Yes, if the label has been stripped and the top broken off aersol cans, or bottles
are triple rinsed, cut and crushed.
Who regulates pesticides in transportation? - CORRECT ANSWER - Department of
Transportation
Which California ant has the biggest crater? - CORRECT ANSWER - Western Harvester
Ant
(T/F) Most common household pest in California is the Argentine Ant. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
(T/F) The Odorous house ant does not defend its colonies with odor/sting. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
(T/F) Pharaoh, pavement, argentine, thief ants are commonly controlled with baits. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
(T/F) Leaf cutter ants frequently lay their eggs in feces. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
, How do you get a colony of odorous ants out of the wall? - CORRECT ANSWER - Use of
boric acid dust in voids along with barrier treatments
What ant is generally misidentified with the argentine ant? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Odorous House Ant
When a treatment for ants fails it is because: - CORRECT ANSWER - misidentified ant,
incorrect dose of pesticide, and treated incorrect areas
What ants kill of queen for maximum mating? - CORRECT ANSWER - Red Imported
Fire Ant
At what stage are the most ants produced? - CORRECT ANSWER - Egg stage
How many segments in a Pharaoh Ant Antenna? - CORRECT ANSWER - 12
Which Ants have one node? - CORRECT ANSWER - Carpenter, Argentine, Field, and
Crazy
Which ants have two nodes? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pavement, Pharaoh, and Thief
What ant has grooves on its head? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pavement Ant
What ant has a smooth thorax? - CORRECT ANSWER - Carpenter ant
(T/F) Carpenter ants can be found in attic and wall voids. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
If an ant walks across chemical what type of poisoning is likely to occur? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Stomach, because each ant grooms itself after it enters the nest.
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
The powder post beetle makes its tunnels across the grain or parallel? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Parallel
(T/F) Indian meal moths hind wings are coppery - CORRECT ANSWER - False
What are the wing characteristics of an Indian Meal Moth? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Coppery Front Wings
What is the best way to treat on rainy days or when drizzling? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Dust
What cockroach, other than American cockroach, flies in California? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Brown Banded
The average number of eggs a female brown banded cockroach produces in each egg capsule, or
oothecas, is? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10-15
How many egg capsules can a German cockroach drop in a lifetime? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 4-8
How many eggs are in a brown banded cockroach egg capsule? - CORRECT ANSWER -
14-16
How many eggs for a German Roach? - CORRECT ANSWER - 30-40
,(T/F) American roaches can be found in hospitals? - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Where do you treat German Cockroaches? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cabinets, corners,
and crevices
What diseases do roaches carry? - CORRECT ANSWER - E. coli and Salmonella
(T/F) Zoos are treated like hospitals - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Is it legal to dump empty pesticide bottles in trash cans behind grocery stores? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Yes, if the label has been stripped and the top broken off aersol cans, or bottles
are triple rinsed, cut and crushed.
Who regulates pesticides in transportation? - CORRECT ANSWER - Department of
Transportation
Which California ant has the biggest crater? - CORRECT ANSWER - Western Harvester
Ant
(T/F) Most common household pest in California is the Argentine Ant. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
(T/F) The Odorous house ant does not defend its colonies with odor/sting. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
(T/F) Pharaoh, pavement, argentine, thief ants are commonly controlled with baits. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
(T/F) Leaf cutter ants frequently lay their eggs in feces. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
, How do you get a colony of odorous ants out of the wall? - CORRECT ANSWER - Use of
boric acid dust in voids along with barrier treatments
What ant is generally misidentified with the argentine ant? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Odorous House Ant
When a treatment for ants fails it is because: - CORRECT ANSWER - misidentified ant,
incorrect dose of pesticide, and treated incorrect areas
What ants kill of queen for maximum mating? - CORRECT ANSWER - Red Imported
Fire Ant
At what stage are the most ants produced? - CORRECT ANSWER - Egg stage
How many segments in a Pharaoh Ant Antenna? - CORRECT ANSWER - 12
Which Ants have one node? - CORRECT ANSWER - Carpenter, Argentine, Field, and
Crazy
Which ants have two nodes? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pavement, Pharaoh, and Thief
What ant has grooves on its head? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pavement Ant
What ant has a smooth thorax? - CORRECT ANSWER - Carpenter ant
(T/F) Carpenter ants can be found in attic and wall voids. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
If an ant walks across chemical what type of poisoning is likely to occur? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Stomach, because each ant grooms itself after it enters the nest.
