TENNESSEE CAT 7 FINAL PAPER TEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Rats can compress their body and squeeze through an opening as small as? -
✔✔1/2 inch diameter
✔✔Norway rats have? - ✔✔Reddish brown fur small head and a blunt muzzle
✔✔Mice commonly travel a distance of________ from their nest looking for food, water,
and patrolling their territory. - ✔✔10 to 25 feet
✔✔An adult _______ produces 3/4 inch long, capsule shaped, blunt ended droppings. -
✔✔Norway rat
✔✔Which of the following is true about bats? - ✔✔They are usually beneficial to the
environment and many feed on insects
✔✔What is not evidence of a bat infestation - ✔✔Chirping noises from the chimney
✔✔Bat droppings can dry and grow a fungus and when disturbed can go airborne and
cause a yeast infection in the lungs called? - ✔✔Histoplasmosis
✔✔When working in an area where bat guano is present one should? - ✔✔Wear
protective clothing, spray with water and wear a catridge respirator
✔✔Scientific evidence exists to prove ultrasonic sound emitters control bats. - ✔✔False
✔✔Poisonous snakes in Tennessee have? - ✔✔An elliptical pupil, a pit between the
nostril and the eye and undivided scales on the underside of the tail
✔✔Springtails infest buildings that have? - ✔✔
✔✔ What agency is responsible for the enforcement of federal pesticide laws and
regulations? - ✔✔EPA
✔✔Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in interstate
commerce? - ✔✔FIFRA
✔✔Which law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner inconsistent with
label directions? - ✔✔FEPCA
✔✔Any commercial applicator who violates any provision of FIFRA may be assessed a
civil penalty of not more than? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔TDA
✔✔The TDA certification and enforcement functions are coordinated primarily through
what division of TDA? - ✔✔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? -
✔✔Restricted-use pesticides
✔✔A certification period last for how many years? - ✔✔3 years
✔✔One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the recertification program?
- ✔✔50%
✔✔How many recertification points are required for category 7 in a 3 year period? -
✔✔30 Points
✔✔Which is not a step in an IPM program? - ✔✔Scheduled pesticide applications
✔✔Which is not an objective of a general inspection? - ✔✔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). - ✔✔True
✔✔Which is not likely to be used as a pest travel route? - ✔✔Color pattern in a rug
✔✔Which is NOT an example of pest-proofing? - ✔✔Using a vacuum to remove pest
✔✔Habitat is a location? - ✔✔Where a pest lives naturally and has access to food,
water and harborage
✔✔Which is NOT an example of pest habitat manipulation? - ✔✔Use of harpoon mole
traps
✔✔Which is not an example of a lethal trapping program? - ✔✔Multiple-catch traps
✔✔IPM stands for? - ✔✔Integrated pest management
✔✔The four main components of IPM listed in this manual are? - ✔✔Inspection,pest
threshold determination, management procedures and evaluation.
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Rats can compress their body and squeeze through an opening as small as? -
✔✔1/2 inch diameter
✔✔Norway rats have? - ✔✔Reddish brown fur small head and a blunt muzzle
✔✔Mice commonly travel a distance of________ from their nest looking for food, water,
and patrolling their territory. - ✔✔10 to 25 feet
✔✔An adult _______ produces 3/4 inch long, capsule shaped, blunt ended droppings. -
✔✔Norway rat
✔✔Which of the following is true about bats? - ✔✔They are usually beneficial to the
environment and many feed on insects
✔✔What is not evidence of a bat infestation - ✔✔Chirping noises from the chimney
✔✔Bat droppings can dry and grow a fungus and when disturbed can go airborne and
cause a yeast infection in the lungs called? - ✔✔Histoplasmosis
✔✔When working in an area where bat guano is present one should? - ✔✔Wear
protective clothing, spray with water and wear a catridge respirator
✔✔Scientific evidence exists to prove ultrasonic sound emitters control bats. - ✔✔False
✔✔Poisonous snakes in Tennessee have? - ✔✔An elliptical pupil, a pit between the
nostril and the eye and undivided scales on the underside of the tail
✔✔Springtails infest buildings that have? - ✔✔
✔✔ What agency is responsible for the enforcement of federal pesticide laws and
regulations? - ✔✔EPA
✔✔Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in interstate
commerce? - ✔✔FIFRA
✔✔Which law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner inconsistent with
label directions? - ✔✔FEPCA
✔✔Any commercial applicator who violates any provision of FIFRA may be assessed a
civil penalty of not more than? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔TDA
✔✔The TDA certification and enforcement functions are coordinated primarily through
what division of TDA? - ✔✔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? -
✔✔Restricted-use pesticides
✔✔A certification period last for how many years? - ✔✔3 years
✔✔One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the recertification program?
- ✔✔50%
✔✔How many recertification points are required for category 7 in a 3 year period? -
✔✔30 Points
✔✔Which is not a step in an IPM program? - ✔✔Scheduled pesticide applications
✔✔Which is not an objective of a general inspection? - ✔✔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). - ✔✔True
✔✔Which is not likely to be used as a pest travel route? - ✔✔Color pattern in a rug
✔✔Which is NOT an example of pest-proofing? - ✔✔Using a vacuum to remove pest
✔✔Habitat is a location? - ✔✔Where a pest lives naturally and has access to food,
water and harborage
✔✔Which is NOT an example of pest habitat manipulation? - ✔✔Use of harpoon mole
traps
✔✔Which is not an example of a lethal trapping program? - ✔✔Multiple-catch traps
✔✔IPM stands for? - ✔✔Integrated pest management
✔✔The four main components of IPM listed in this manual are? - ✔✔Inspection,pest
threshold determination, management procedures and evaluation.
