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ALABAMA HPC EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. Ants are known to use a number of chemical pheromones to
communicate between individuals within the same colony. - Correct
answer-trail pheromones, sex pheromones, or alarm pheromones.
2. Social wasps include: - Correct answer-paper wasps, hornets, and
yellowjackets.
3. Oderous house ant is a common indoor species, gives off a very
unpleasant odor when crushed. - Correct answer-true
4. Large yellow ant, which may swarm around foundations early spring and
be mistaken for termites, smells like oil of citronella when crushed. -
Correct answer-true
5. Control of ground-nesting yellowjacket nests can often be done safely
during the daytime, but will generally create fewer safety concerns when
the job is done at night time. - Correct answer-true
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6. The smallest common Vespid wasps are yellowjackets. Most species
typically build their nests underground. - Correct answer-true
7. Wasps differ from bees in that mosts wasps feed their young animal
matter, spiders, or meat particles, and not pollen. - Correct answer-true
8. Winged forms of ants, called alates or swarmers, leave the nest at
suitable times to mate. - Correct answer-true
9. Ant colonies include the following members: - Correct answer-workers,
one or more reproductives, eggs, larvae, and pupae.
10. Galleries of carpenter ants, excavated in wood, often resemble work
of termites. - Correct answer-distinguished by their entirely clean and
sandpapered appearance.
11. Fire ants are active and aggressive, and may kill young wildlife, or
produce sores or nausea in humans. - Correct answer-true
12. Four species of fire ants: - Correct answer-southern fire ant, the fire
ant, red imported fire ant, and the black imported fire ant.
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13. The successful management of ants often requires an exact
identification of the species involved. - Correct answer-true
14. Reason for starting new ant colonies is low is: - Correct answer-
predation, competition within species, enviromental extremes
15. The red imported fire ant: - Correct answer-aggressively defends its
colony, typically nests in the soil, and is an important agricultural and
urban pest.
16. Ants may affect us diversely by: - Correct answer-contamination food,
stinging and biting, and causing serious structural damage.
17. Characteristics of ants - Correct answer-elbowed antennae and
pedicel
18. Control of hornets and yellowjackets should be attempted during the
nightime hours because: - Correct answer-aggressively defend their
nests during the daytime and the whole colony is in the nest at night.
ALABAMA HPC EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. Ants are known to use a number of chemical pheromones to
communicate between individuals within the same colony. - Correct
answer-trail pheromones, sex pheromones, or alarm pheromones.
2. Social wasps include: - Correct answer-paper wasps, hornets, and
yellowjackets.
3. Oderous house ant is a common indoor species, gives off a very
unpleasant odor when crushed. - Correct answer-true
4. Large yellow ant, which may swarm around foundations early spring and
be mistaken for termites, smells like oil of citronella when crushed. -
Correct answer-true
5. Control of ground-nesting yellowjacket nests can often be done safely
during the daytime, but will generally create fewer safety concerns when
the job is done at night time. - Correct answer-true
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6. The smallest common Vespid wasps are yellowjackets. Most species
typically build their nests underground. - Correct answer-true
7. Wasps differ from bees in that mosts wasps feed their young animal
matter, spiders, or meat particles, and not pollen. - Correct answer-true
8. Winged forms of ants, called alates or swarmers, leave the nest at
suitable times to mate. - Correct answer-true
9. Ant colonies include the following members: - Correct answer-workers,
one or more reproductives, eggs, larvae, and pupae.
10. Galleries of carpenter ants, excavated in wood, often resemble work
of termites. - Correct answer-distinguished by their entirely clean and
sandpapered appearance.
11. Fire ants are active and aggressive, and may kill young wildlife, or
produce sores or nausea in humans. - Correct answer-true
12. Four species of fire ants: - Correct answer-southern fire ant, the fire
ant, red imported fire ant, and the black imported fire ant.
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13. The successful management of ants often requires an exact
identification of the species involved. - Correct answer-true
14. Reason for starting new ant colonies is low is: - Correct answer-
predation, competition within species, enviromental extremes
15. The red imported fire ant: - Correct answer-aggressively defends its
colony, typically nests in the soil, and is an important agricultural and
urban pest.
16. Ants may affect us diversely by: - Correct answer-contamination food,
stinging and biting, and causing serious structural damage.
17. Characteristics of ants - Correct answer-elbowed antennae and
pedicel
18. Control of hornets and yellowjackets should be attempted during the
nightime hours because: - Correct answer-aggressively defend their
nests during the daytime and the whole colony is in the nest at night.
