Aptive -CA Field Rep Practice Exam 2 Questions
With 100% Verified Answers.
The powder post beetle makes its tunnels across the grain or parallel? - ✔✔Parallel
(T/F) Indian meal moths hind wings are coppery - ✔✔False
What are the wing characteristics of an Indian Meal Moth? - ✔✔Coppery Front Wings
What is the best way to treat on rainy days or when drizzling? - ✔✔Dust
What cockroach, other than American cockroach, flies in California? - ✔✔Brown Banded
The average number of eggs a female brown banded cockroach produces in each egg capsule, or
oothecas, is? - ✔✔10-15
How many egg capsules can a German cockroach drop in a lifetime? - ✔✔4-8
How many eggs are in a brown banded cockroach egg capsule? - ✔✔14-16
How many eggs for a German Roach? - ✔✔30-40
(T/F) American roaches can be found in hospitals? - ✔✔True
Where do you treat German Cockroaches? - ✔✔Cabinets, corners, and crevices
What diseases do roaches carry? - ✔✔E. coli and Salmonella
,(T/F) Zoos are treated like hospitals - ✔✔True
Is it legal to dump empty pesticide bottles in trash cans behind grocery stores? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔Department of Transportation
Which California ant has the biggest crater? - ✔✔Western Harvester Ant
(T/F) Most common household pest in California is the Argentine Ant. - ✔✔True
(T/F) The Odorous house ant does not defend its colonies with odor/sting. - ✔✔False
(T/F) Pharaoh, pavement, argentine, thief ants are commonly controlled with baits. - ✔✔True
(T/F) Leaf cutter ants frequently lay their eggs in feces. - ✔✔True
How do you get a colony of odorous ants out of the wall? - ✔✔Use of boric acid dust in voids
along with barrier treatments
What ant is generally misidentified with the argentine ant? - ✔✔Odorous House Ant
When a treatment for ants fails it is because: - ✔✔misidentified ant, incorrect dose of
pesticide, and treated incorrect areas
What ants kill of queen for maximum mating? - ✔✔Red Imported Fire Ant
, At what stage are the most ants produced? - ✔✔Egg stage
How many segments in a Pharaoh Ant Antenna? - ✔✔12
Which Ants have one node? - ✔✔Carpenter, Argentine, Field, and Crazy
Which ants have two nodes? - ✔✔Pavement, Pharaoh, and Thief
What ant has grooves on its head? - ✔✔Pavement Ant
What ant has a smooth thorax? - ✔✔Carpenter ant
(T/F) Carpenter ants can be found in attic and wall voids. - ✔✔True
If an ant walks across chemical what type of poisoning is likely to occur? - ✔✔Stomach,
because each ant grooms itself after it enters the nest.
With Pharaoh ants, should one bait or take off paneling? - ✔✔Bait
What ants kill of queen for maximum mating? - ✔✔Red Imported Fire Ant
When treating for ants what should you consider around the structure? - ✔✔Surfaces,
Enviornment, amount of infestation, and is it on the label
What time of day is best to treat Argentine ants - ✔✔Early morning
What ant invades water boxes? - ✔✔Red imported fire ant
With 100% Verified Answers.
The powder post beetle makes its tunnels across the grain or parallel? - ✔✔Parallel
(T/F) Indian meal moths hind wings are coppery - ✔✔False
What are the wing characteristics of an Indian Meal Moth? - ✔✔Coppery Front Wings
What is the best way to treat on rainy days or when drizzling? - ✔✔Dust
What cockroach, other than American cockroach, flies in California? - ✔✔Brown Banded
The average number of eggs a female brown banded cockroach produces in each egg capsule, or
oothecas, is? - ✔✔10-15
How many egg capsules can a German cockroach drop in a lifetime? - ✔✔4-8
How many eggs are in a brown banded cockroach egg capsule? - ✔✔14-16
How many eggs for a German Roach? - ✔✔30-40
(T/F) American roaches can be found in hospitals? - ✔✔True
Where do you treat German Cockroaches? - ✔✔Cabinets, corners, and crevices
What diseases do roaches carry? - ✔✔E. coli and Salmonella
,(T/F) Zoos are treated like hospitals - ✔✔True
Is it legal to dump empty pesticide bottles in trash cans behind grocery stores? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔Department of Transportation
Which California ant has the biggest crater? - ✔✔Western Harvester Ant
(T/F) Most common household pest in California is the Argentine Ant. - ✔✔True
(T/F) The Odorous house ant does not defend its colonies with odor/sting. - ✔✔False
(T/F) Pharaoh, pavement, argentine, thief ants are commonly controlled with baits. - ✔✔True
(T/F) Leaf cutter ants frequently lay their eggs in feces. - ✔✔True
How do you get a colony of odorous ants out of the wall? - ✔✔Use of boric acid dust in voids
along with barrier treatments
What ant is generally misidentified with the argentine ant? - ✔✔Odorous House Ant
When a treatment for ants fails it is because: - ✔✔misidentified ant, incorrect dose of
pesticide, and treated incorrect areas
What ants kill of queen for maximum mating? - ✔✔Red Imported Fire Ant
, At what stage are the most ants produced? - ✔✔Egg stage
How many segments in a Pharaoh Ant Antenna? - ✔✔12
Which Ants have one node? - ✔✔Carpenter, Argentine, Field, and Crazy
Which ants have two nodes? - ✔✔Pavement, Pharaoh, and Thief
What ant has grooves on its head? - ✔✔Pavement Ant
What ant has a smooth thorax? - ✔✔Carpenter ant
(T/F) Carpenter ants can be found in attic and wall voids. - ✔✔True
If an ant walks across chemical what type of poisoning is likely to occur? - ✔✔Stomach,
because each ant grooms itself after it enters the nest.
With Pharaoh ants, should one bait or take off paneling? - ✔✔Bait
What ants kill of queen for maximum mating? - ✔✔Red Imported Fire Ant
When treating for ants what should you consider around the structure? - ✔✔Surfaces,
Enviornment, amount of infestation, and is it on the label
What time of day is best to treat Argentine ants - ✔✔Early morning
What ant invades water boxes? - ✔✔Red imported fire ant
