TENNESSEE CAT 7 PEST CONTROL EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔First-generation rodenticides must be fed upon more than once for rodents to
receive a lethal dose? - ✔✔True
✔✔Which are potentially more hazardous than other rodenticide formulations and must
be applied with extra caution? - ✔✔Tracking powder
✔✔Which formulation provides outstanding longevity in moist or wet conditions? -
✔✔Flowable micro encapsulate
✔✔In most cases, ___________ kills only the insects present in the air during time of
treatment. - ✔✔Fogging
✔✔Once a duster has been used for a given pesticide, it should never be used to apply
another? - ✔✔True
✔✔Rodent baits are not only toxic to most mammals that might eat the bait, they are
also toxic to fish? - ✔✔True
✔✔The most common and important pest cockroach is the? - ✔✔German
✔✔Female oriental cockroaches have? - ✔✔Short wings
✔✔Cockroaches need _________ to be successful. - ✔✔Food, moisture, and
harborage
✔✔The _______ cockroach does not require a close association with moisture -
✔✔Brown-banded
✔✔________ are the most widely used formulation for cockroach control. - ✔✔Baits
✔✔German cockroaches have __________? - ✔✔Two stripes on their thorax
✔✔________ is the best way to get an insecticide to an entire pharaoh ant colony. -
✔✔Baiting
✔✔When baiting for ants indoors, applying persistent, fast acting, contact insecticides
does not affect the baiting success. - ✔✔False
,✔✔Ants are not as sensitive to odors as cockroaches, so using hands that have
touched cigarettes does not affect the baiting success. - ✔✔False
✔✔Chemical control will eliminate a fly problem - ✔✔False
✔✔Rocky Mountain spotted fever is transmitted by? - ✔✔American dog ticks
✔✔__________ are found living indoors more often than other ticks. - ✔✔Brown dog
ticks
✔✔In Tennessee, cat fleas are a medical concern because they transmit
____________. - ✔✔Dog tapeworm
✔✔The food of the flea larvae is principally______________. - ✔✔Dried blood from the
female flea.
✔✔Lyme disease is transmitted by __________, which is rarely found in Tennessee. -
✔✔Oxides scapularis
✔✔Rodent and bird mites are usually about ____________. - ✔✔The size of a period at
the end of a sentence.
✔✔The preferred host of the common bed bug is? - ✔✔Human
✔✔The best season and time to treat yellowjacket nest are? - ✔✔Spring at night
✔✔Brown recluse spiders have? - ✔✔The pair of eyes in semi circular arrangement and
a brown violin marking
✔✔The use of insecticides for mosquito control is, at best, a temporary measure that
should be limited to only those situations for which no other alternatives exist. - ✔✔True
✔✔One of the first steps in a pest management program for fabric pest would be? -
✔✔Remove the source of infestation
✔✔Two groups of insects feed on stored woolens, furs, and feathers. They are? -
✔✔Clothes moths and carpet beetles
✔✔Carpet beetle adults are only found in structures. - ✔✔False
✔✔Black carpet beetle larvae are__________? - ✔✔Carrot shaped with a long brush of
bristles at the tail end
, ✔✔Varied carpet beetle larvae are_______. - ✔✔Broader at the rear than the front
✔✔Varied carpet beetle adults have a _________. - ✔✔Gray body with a mixture of
white, brown and yellow scales.
✔✔Black carpet beetle adults have a________. - ✔✔Shiny black body
✔✔Clothes moths are attracted to lights and therefore are often confused with
indianmeal moths. - ✔✔False
✔✔_________ moths are the most commonly encountered clothes moths in
Tennessee. - ✔✔Webbing clothes
✔✔__________ moths are rarely encountered in Tennessee. - ✔✔Carpet or tapestry
✔✔Some common stored product pest that attack whole grains and chew through the
seed coat are? - ✔✔Rice and granary weevils
✔✔Pheromones are used in ? - ✔✔Traps
✔✔Pest free items should be stored near infested items to keep the infestation from
spreading. - ✔✔False
✔✔Psocids and grain mites need _______ to build large populations. - ✔✔High
humidity
✔✔Merchant grain beetles area behind the eye is _______ than the sawtooth grain
beetle. - ✔✔Smaller and more pointed
✔✔Granary weevils can't fly, but rice weevils can. Rice weevils have__________. -
✔✔4 reddish spots on the elytra
✔✔Granary weevils never forage in the wild for food. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which is not an example of an anobiid beetle? - ✔✔Red flour beetle
✔✔The most common pest of coarsely ground flours and cornmeal is? - ✔✔Indianmeal
moth
✔✔Keeping the stored product at or below a moisture content of 30 percent retards
development of many mite species. - ✔✔False
✔✔Foreign grain beetles feed on? - ✔✔Fungal growth
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔First-generation rodenticides must be fed upon more than once for rodents to
receive a lethal dose? - ✔✔True
✔✔Which are potentially more hazardous than other rodenticide formulations and must
be applied with extra caution? - ✔✔Tracking powder
✔✔Which formulation provides outstanding longevity in moist or wet conditions? -
✔✔Flowable micro encapsulate
✔✔In most cases, ___________ kills only the insects present in the air during time of
treatment. - ✔✔Fogging
✔✔Once a duster has been used for a given pesticide, it should never be used to apply
another? - ✔✔True
✔✔Rodent baits are not only toxic to most mammals that might eat the bait, they are
also toxic to fish? - ✔✔True
✔✔The most common and important pest cockroach is the? - ✔✔German
✔✔Female oriental cockroaches have? - ✔✔Short wings
✔✔Cockroaches need _________ to be successful. - ✔✔Food, moisture, and
harborage
✔✔The _______ cockroach does not require a close association with moisture -
✔✔Brown-banded
✔✔________ are the most widely used formulation for cockroach control. - ✔✔Baits
✔✔German cockroaches have __________? - ✔✔Two stripes on their thorax
✔✔________ is the best way to get an insecticide to an entire pharaoh ant colony. -
✔✔Baiting
✔✔When baiting for ants indoors, applying persistent, fast acting, contact insecticides
does not affect the baiting success. - ✔✔False
,✔✔Ants are not as sensitive to odors as cockroaches, so using hands that have
touched cigarettes does not affect the baiting success. - ✔✔False
✔✔Chemical control will eliminate a fly problem - ✔✔False
✔✔Rocky Mountain spotted fever is transmitted by? - ✔✔American dog ticks
✔✔__________ are found living indoors more often than other ticks. - ✔✔Brown dog
ticks
✔✔In Tennessee, cat fleas are a medical concern because they transmit
____________. - ✔✔Dog tapeworm
✔✔The food of the flea larvae is principally______________. - ✔✔Dried blood from the
female flea.
✔✔Lyme disease is transmitted by __________, which is rarely found in Tennessee. -
✔✔Oxides scapularis
✔✔Rodent and bird mites are usually about ____________. - ✔✔The size of a period at
the end of a sentence.
✔✔The preferred host of the common bed bug is? - ✔✔Human
✔✔The best season and time to treat yellowjacket nest are? - ✔✔Spring at night
✔✔Brown recluse spiders have? - ✔✔The pair of eyes in semi circular arrangement and
a brown violin marking
✔✔The use of insecticides for mosquito control is, at best, a temporary measure that
should be limited to only those situations for which no other alternatives exist. - ✔✔True
✔✔One of the first steps in a pest management program for fabric pest would be? -
✔✔Remove the source of infestation
✔✔Two groups of insects feed on stored woolens, furs, and feathers. They are? -
✔✔Clothes moths and carpet beetles
✔✔Carpet beetle adults are only found in structures. - ✔✔False
✔✔Black carpet beetle larvae are__________? - ✔✔Carrot shaped with a long brush of
bristles at the tail end
, ✔✔Varied carpet beetle larvae are_______. - ✔✔Broader at the rear than the front
✔✔Varied carpet beetle adults have a _________. - ✔✔Gray body with a mixture of
white, brown and yellow scales.
✔✔Black carpet beetle adults have a________. - ✔✔Shiny black body
✔✔Clothes moths are attracted to lights and therefore are often confused with
indianmeal moths. - ✔✔False
✔✔_________ moths are the most commonly encountered clothes moths in
Tennessee. - ✔✔Webbing clothes
✔✔__________ moths are rarely encountered in Tennessee. - ✔✔Carpet or tapestry
✔✔Some common stored product pest that attack whole grains and chew through the
seed coat are? - ✔✔Rice and granary weevils
✔✔Pheromones are used in ? - ✔✔Traps
✔✔Pest free items should be stored near infested items to keep the infestation from
spreading. - ✔✔False
✔✔Psocids and grain mites need _______ to build large populations. - ✔✔High
humidity
✔✔Merchant grain beetles area behind the eye is _______ than the sawtooth grain
beetle. - ✔✔Smaller and more pointed
✔✔Granary weevils can't fly, but rice weevils can. Rice weevils have__________. -
✔✔4 reddish spots on the elytra
✔✔Granary weevils never forage in the wild for food. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which is not an example of an anobiid beetle? - ✔✔Red flour beetle
✔✔The most common pest of coarsely ground flours and cornmeal is? - ✔✔Indianmeal
moth
✔✔Keeping the stored product at or below a moisture content of 30 percent retards
development of many mite species. - ✔✔False
✔✔Foreign grain beetles feed on? - ✔✔Fungal growth
