TEXAS CERTIFIED APPLICATOR EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS
What is usually the cause when liquid flows into pump of a compressed sprayer and
shoots out the handle?** - Answer -Worn Check Valve
Ants with one node?* - Answer -Carpenter, crazy, Rasberry Crazy, False Honey,
Rover, Argentine, Odorous, ghost, pyramid
Ants with 2 nodes?* - Answer -Fire, Thief, Pavement, Acrobat, Pharaoh, Little black,
Harvester, Big Headed, Leaf cutter, Acacia, elongated twig
Adult dull gray with 4 stripes on thorax?** - Answer -House fly
Other than house flies what species of flys are common the residential environments.* -
Answer -Blue blow, Green blow, stable, Fruit flies, phorid, fungus gnats, moth flies
Four wings 3/4 inch wing spread fore wings are grey near body reddish at tips* -
Answer -Indian meal moths
Species of wasp that build home above and below ground* - Answer -Yellow jacket
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the primary vector of what diseases? -
Answer -Rocky Mountain fever and tuleremia anaplasmosis
Black Legged Deer Tick is the primary vector of what disease - Answer -Spirochete
(Lyme disease)
Court ruling "____________ __________" usually involves cases where children are
attracted to application equipment and pesticide left unattended by applicators.* -
Answer -Attractive Nuisance
Rats have a home range of ?* - Answer -100ft - 150ft
Mice have a home range of ? - Answer -10ft-30ft
The most successful solutions or methods for achieving a rat free environment?* -
Answer -Rat Proofing
Describe droppings of Norway rat* - Answer -3/4 inch capsule shape
Food handling establishments are?** - Answer -Areas or places other than a private
resident in which food is prepared.
, Thermal Fogger main disadvantage?** - Answer -Fog rarely penetrates into cracks and
crevices unless air current runs in to the area.
Droplets of __ to __ microns range are more efficient in controlling cockroaches.* -
Answer -5 to 15
Is Tyvek QC a chemical resistant material for PPE?** - Answer -No
Define systematic pesticide.* - Answer -Pesticide that is absorbed or circulated within a
plant or animal making them toxic to pest.
Define suspension - Answer -a mixture That contains fine solid particles mixed
throughout a liquid such as water or oil
Define toxicity.* - Answer -The measure of a pesticides ability to cause a acute,
delayed or allergic Effects
True or False: For indoor treatment at a residential property with fewer than five rental
rooms an applicator should make pest control info sheet for each tenant.* - Answer -
True
Pest control use records must be kept on premise for how many years.* - Answer -2
years
The Texas Department of agriculture may restrict advertisement or competitive bidding
to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices give one example of deceptive
advertisement.** - Answer -"We use only EPA approved products "
The TDA by rule shall adopt a policy that requires a business holding a structural pest
control business license to be inspected by field inspectors how often?** - Answer -At
least 1 time the first year and every 4 years after first year
To reduce contact with scorpions eliminate...?* - Answer -Bricks, stones, wood, trash
and other potential harborage points.
Insect 3/4 inch yellowish brown with powerful hind legs.* - Answer -The house/ field
cricket
Ants pose particular risk in hospitals because?** - Answer -Carry diseases and
organisms on legs and body
The four distinct stages of mosquitoes.* - Answer -Egg, larva, pupa and adult
Species of insect primary vector of yellow fever and dengue?** - Answer -Aedes
aegypti or Asian Tiger mosquitoes
QUESTIONS
What is usually the cause when liquid flows into pump of a compressed sprayer and
shoots out the handle?** - Answer -Worn Check Valve
Ants with one node?* - Answer -Carpenter, crazy, Rasberry Crazy, False Honey,
Rover, Argentine, Odorous, ghost, pyramid
Ants with 2 nodes?* - Answer -Fire, Thief, Pavement, Acrobat, Pharaoh, Little black,
Harvester, Big Headed, Leaf cutter, Acacia, elongated twig
Adult dull gray with 4 stripes on thorax?** - Answer -House fly
Other than house flies what species of flys are common the residential environments.* -
Answer -Blue blow, Green blow, stable, Fruit flies, phorid, fungus gnats, moth flies
Four wings 3/4 inch wing spread fore wings are grey near body reddish at tips* -
Answer -Indian meal moths
Species of wasp that build home above and below ground* - Answer -Yellow jacket
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the primary vector of what diseases? -
Answer -Rocky Mountain fever and tuleremia anaplasmosis
Black Legged Deer Tick is the primary vector of what disease - Answer -Spirochete
(Lyme disease)
Court ruling "____________ __________" usually involves cases where children are
attracted to application equipment and pesticide left unattended by applicators.* -
Answer -Attractive Nuisance
Rats have a home range of ?* - Answer -100ft - 150ft
Mice have a home range of ? - Answer -10ft-30ft
The most successful solutions or methods for achieving a rat free environment?* -
Answer -Rat Proofing
Describe droppings of Norway rat* - Answer -3/4 inch capsule shape
Food handling establishments are?** - Answer -Areas or places other than a private
resident in which food is prepared.
, Thermal Fogger main disadvantage?** - Answer -Fog rarely penetrates into cracks and
crevices unless air current runs in to the area.
Droplets of __ to __ microns range are more efficient in controlling cockroaches.* -
Answer -5 to 15
Is Tyvek QC a chemical resistant material for PPE?** - Answer -No
Define systematic pesticide.* - Answer -Pesticide that is absorbed or circulated within a
plant or animal making them toxic to pest.
Define suspension - Answer -a mixture That contains fine solid particles mixed
throughout a liquid such as water or oil
Define toxicity.* - Answer -The measure of a pesticides ability to cause a acute,
delayed or allergic Effects
True or False: For indoor treatment at a residential property with fewer than five rental
rooms an applicator should make pest control info sheet for each tenant.* - Answer -
True
Pest control use records must be kept on premise for how many years.* - Answer -2
years
The Texas Department of agriculture may restrict advertisement or competitive bidding
to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices give one example of deceptive
advertisement.** - Answer -"We use only EPA approved products "
The TDA by rule shall adopt a policy that requires a business holding a structural pest
control business license to be inspected by field inspectors how often?** - Answer -At
least 1 time the first year and every 4 years after first year
To reduce contact with scorpions eliminate...?* - Answer -Bricks, stones, wood, trash
and other potential harborage points.
Insect 3/4 inch yellowish brown with powerful hind legs.* - Answer -The house/ field
cricket
Ants pose particular risk in hospitals because?** - Answer -Carry diseases and
organisms on legs and body
The four distinct stages of mosquitoes.* - Answer -Egg, larva, pupa and adult
Species of insect primary vector of yellow fever and dengue?** - Answer -Aedes
aegypti or Asian Tiger mosquitoes
