Branch 2 Field Rep (SPCB) Exam
Questions and Answers (Most Recent
Version, Complete Study Material)
What is the scientific term for a cockroach egg sac/case? -
Correct Answers ✅Ootheca
Favored harborage locations include crevices within or near
electrical appliances, behind artwork and decorations on
walls, within hollow legs of furniture, and within
accumulations of clutter. What roach is it? - Correct
Answers ✅Brown Banded (remember, there's only three
inside roaches--German, Oriental, and Brown Banded).
German are in the kitchen, Oriental in a cold basement and
Brown Banded around the living room areas).
True or False: Cockroaches undergo complete
metamorphosis? - Correct Answers ✅False: Incomplete
Metamorphosis (they have instars)
What is the most common indoor roach species in California -
Correct Answers ✅German Roaches
What is the name for a immature (baby) cockroach? -
Correct Answers ✅Nymph
You find a white cockroach. What happened to make it white?
- Correct Answers ✅It molted (shed its skin...like a snake
but smaller :)
, Branch 2 Field Rep (SPCB) Exam
Questions and Answers (Most Recent
Version, Complete Study Material)
What female cockroach carries her ootheca on her back for
30 days? - Correct Answers ✅German Cockroach
A Blattella germanica is the formal name for what? (yes, this
IS on the test. It's always on the test). - Correct Answers
✅German Cockroach.
It lives in cool, dark, damp places like garages, basements,
water meter boxes, and drains. What roach is it? (This is on
the test) - Correct Answers ✅Oriental Cockroach
This cockroach prefers the upper parts of buildings; they also
may live under shingles or siding and sometimes get into
trees, shrubs, and other vegetation during summer months.
What is it? - Correct Answers ✅Smokybrown Cockroach
This cockroach, Blatta lateralis, is a NEWER invasive species
usually found in outdoor locations such as water meter boxes,
cracks between blocks of poured concrete, compost piles,
leaf litter, potted plants, and sewer systems. What is it? -
Correct Answers ✅Turkestan Cockroach
What cockroach species has 2 dark stripes on pronotum?
(yes, it's a test question for SURE). - Correct Answers
✅German Cockroach
Questions and Answers (Most Recent
Version, Complete Study Material)
What is the scientific term for a cockroach egg sac/case? -
Correct Answers ✅Ootheca
Favored harborage locations include crevices within or near
electrical appliances, behind artwork and decorations on
walls, within hollow legs of furniture, and within
accumulations of clutter. What roach is it? - Correct
Answers ✅Brown Banded (remember, there's only three
inside roaches--German, Oriental, and Brown Banded).
German are in the kitchen, Oriental in a cold basement and
Brown Banded around the living room areas).
True or False: Cockroaches undergo complete
metamorphosis? - Correct Answers ✅False: Incomplete
Metamorphosis (they have instars)
What is the most common indoor roach species in California -
Correct Answers ✅German Roaches
What is the name for a immature (baby) cockroach? -
Correct Answers ✅Nymph
You find a white cockroach. What happened to make it white?
- Correct Answers ✅It molted (shed its skin...like a snake
but smaller :)
, Branch 2 Field Rep (SPCB) Exam
Questions and Answers (Most Recent
Version, Complete Study Material)
What female cockroach carries her ootheca on her back for
30 days? - Correct Answers ✅German Cockroach
A Blattella germanica is the formal name for what? (yes, this
IS on the test. It's always on the test). - Correct Answers
✅German Cockroach.
It lives in cool, dark, damp places like garages, basements,
water meter boxes, and drains. What roach is it? (This is on
the test) - Correct Answers ✅Oriental Cockroach
This cockroach prefers the upper parts of buildings; they also
may live under shingles or siding and sometimes get into
trees, shrubs, and other vegetation during summer months.
What is it? - Correct Answers ✅Smokybrown Cockroach
This cockroach, Blatta lateralis, is a NEWER invasive species
usually found in outdoor locations such as water meter boxes,
cracks between blocks of poured concrete, compost piles,
leaf litter, potted plants, and sewer systems. What is it? -
Correct Answers ✅Turkestan Cockroach
What cockroach species has 2 dark stripes on pronotum?
(yes, it's a test question for SURE). - Correct Answers
✅German Cockroach
