PEST CONTROL OPERATORS
CALIFORNIA EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Chitin - answer-the exoskeleton is formed by a liquid substance produced by the
hypodermis
Isoptera - answer-one set of wings
Diptera - answer-2 pairs of wings
Holometabola - answer-group of insects with the most sophisticated metamorphosis. 4
distinct life stages-egg, larva, pupa, adult
Heterometabola - answer-gradual 3 stage metamorphosis,, egg-nymph-adult
Ametabola - answer-no metamorphosis, merely a change in size.-silverfish and
springtails
Insects are bilaterally simmetrical animal - answer-true
Insects have segmented bodies, each segment behind the other - answer-true
Most insects have 3 body regions-head, thorax and abdomen - answer-true
Most insects have exoskeletons, requiring no backbone or other "human type" bones -
answer-true
Most insects have 3 pairs of jointed legs attached to the thorax - answer-true
Most insects only have one pair of antennae - answer-true
Insects usually have 2 pair of wings - answer-true
Insects have air tubes used for breathing - answer-true
An insect has 4 pair of legs - answer-false
A spider is an arthropod - answer-false
Arthropod has a segmented body, jointed appendages, body with a shell like covering,
no internal skeleton, bilaterally symmetrical - answer-true
CALIFORNIA EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Chitin - answer-the exoskeleton is formed by a liquid substance produced by the
hypodermis
Isoptera - answer-one set of wings
Diptera - answer-2 pairs of wings
Holometabola - answer-group of insects with the most sophisticated metamorphosis. 4
distinct life stages-egg, larva, pupa, adult
Heterometabola - answer-gradual 3 stage metamorphosis,, egg-nymph-adult
Ametabola - answer-no metamorphosis, merely a change in size.-silverfish and
springtails
Insects are bilaterally simmetrical animal - answer-true
Insects have segmented bodies, each segment behind the other - answer-true
Most insects have 3 body regions-head, thorax and abdomen - answer-true
Most insects have exoskeletons, requiring no backbone or other "human type" bones -
answer-true
Most insects have 3 pairs of jointed legs attached to the thorax - answer-true
Most insects only have one pair of antennae - answer-true
Insects usually have 2 pair of wings - answer-true
Insects have air tubes used for breathing - answer-true
An insect has 4 pair of legs - answer-false
A spider is an arthropod - answer-false
Arthropod has a segmented body, jointed appendages, body with a shell like covering,
no internal skeleton, bilaterally symmetrical - answer-true