“2025–2026 Georgia Pest Control Certification
(Demonstration & Research): Verified Practice
Questions and Answers Guide”
How much is an employee registration card? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, 10
Number of different insect species - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, 1,000,000
(Stored product pest) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Larva develops in kernel or grain
(Stored product pest) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Larvae develops develops outside but feeds on
whole grains and processed
(Stored product pest) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Only attack grains that have already been
damaged or fed on
(Stored product pest) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Infest grains that are old or moldy
2 disadvantages of emulsion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,,Phytotoxic and being absorbed into porous
surfaces
2 disadvantages of wettable powders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Difficult to mix, can be inhaled
while being mixed
3 large roaches - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, American, smokey brown, austrailian
4 medium roaches - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Oriental, woods,cuban,surinam
4 small roaches - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, German,Asian brown banded, woods
,5 flies that bite man - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, black fly, horse fly, sand flies, deer flies, stable flies
5 reasons german roaches are successful - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, thigomotatic, carry egg
capsule, high reproductive potential, resistance to pesticides, can find harborage in many areas
Acrobat Ant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, builds nests in the dead wood of trees
Acute Rodenticides (Non-Anticoagulant) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Zinc Phosphide, Bromethalin
(Vengance), Cholecalciferol (Quintox)
Adults are small, dark, hard bodied, laterally flattened wingless insects that jump - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔✔,, Fleas
Adults are small, their bites may cause itching, have piercing sucking mouthparts, take a blood meal,
and stay firmly attached to the body hairs of the host - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Sucking Lice
Adults are small, wingless insects that jump when leaves are moved. they prefer moist areas inside -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Springtails
Adults have only one pair of wings - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Flies and Mosquitos
aedes aegypti - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, mosquito that transmits yellow fever and plague
Aerosol - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, liquid insecticide solution that in pressurized in a can with a
propellant to produce small fine droplets when released
Allegheny Mound Ant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Medium sized, 1 noded, builds dome shaped
mounds
,Ambrosia beetle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Beetle does not eat wood, eats fungus brought into
holes into the wood, frass emerges in tubes
Ambrosia Fungus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, stains galleries blue, dark grey, dark brown, or black
American cockroach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,,large, reddish-brown, pale brown or yellow border
on its pronotum, largest of all house infesting roaches. boiler rooms and manholes of sewers
american dog tick& rocky mtn wood tick - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, bite is capable of causing tick
paralysis
American roach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Redial brown, yellow on pronotum largest of all home
entering roaches
Amidinohydrazones - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Hydramethylon (MaxForce, Siege)
Angoumois Grain Moth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Most destructive stored grain moth, narrow
finger like extension of rear wings (pointed) fringed with long hair, 2/3" wingspan
Anopheles quadrimaculatus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, mosquito that transmits malaria
Anticoagulant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Prevents the normal clotting of the blood and causes the
pest to bleed internally
Applicant must be registered within how many days of employment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,,30
days
Application for certification must be postmarked within how many days of the exam? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔✔,, 45 days?
Arachnids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Have 4 pair of legs, 2 body segments
, Are all insects pests? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, No
Are centipedes predators? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Yes
Argentine ant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,,12 segmented antennae, light to dark brown color 1 node
1/8" small
asian cockroach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,,can fly, attracted to lights, resembles the german roach,
found in FL and urban areas of south GA
Australian cockroach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, large, reddish brown, has its front wings with a
yellow streak at its base and a predominant dark spot in the center of its pronotum
Australian roach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Reddish brown with yellow streak on front of wings
Avert - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Botanical
Avert gel mode of action - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Stomach
Bait - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, An edible or attractive food substance mixed with a pesticide
Bark beetle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Mostly found in western u.s. feeds on inner bark of dead or
damaged trees.
bat bug - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, ectoparasite, looks like the common bed bug, but doesnt get
into homes in large numbers
Baygon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Carbamate
(Demonstration & Research): Verified Practice
Questions and Answers Guide”
How much is an employee registration card? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, 10
Number of different insect species - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, 1,000,000
(Stored product pest) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Larva develops in kernel or grain
(Stored product pest) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Larvae develops develops outside but feeds on
whole grains and processed
(Stored product pest) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Only attack grains that have already been
damaged or fed on
(Stored product pest) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Infest grains that are old or moldy
2 disadvantages of emulsion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,,Phytotoxic and being absorbed into porous
surfaces
2 disadvantages of wettable powders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Difficult to mix, can be inhaled
while being mixed
3 large roaches - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, American, smokey brown, austrailian
4 medium roaches - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Oriental, woods,cuban,surinam
4 small roaches - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, German,Asian brown banded, woods
,5 flies that bite man - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, black fly, horse fly, sand flies, deer flies, stable flies
5 reasons german roaches are successful - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, thigomotatic, carry egg
capsule, high reproductive potential, resistance to pesticides, can find harborage in many areas
Acrobat Ant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, builds nests in the dead wood of trees
Acute Rodenticides (Non-Anticoagulant) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Zinc Phosphide, Bromethalin
(Vengance), Cholecalciferol (Quintox)
Adults are small, dark, hard bodied, laterally flattened wingless insects that jump - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔✔,, Fleas
Adults are small, their bites may cause itching, have piercing sucking mouthparts, take a blood meal,
and stay firmly attached to the body hairs of the host - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Sucking Lice
Adults are small, wingless insects that jump when leaves are moved. they prefer moist areas inside -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Springtails
Adults have only one pair of wings - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Flies and Mosquitos
aedes aegypti - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, mosquito that transmits yellow fever and plague
Aerosol - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, liquid insecticide solution that in pressurized in a can with a
propellant to produce small fine droplets when released
Allegheny Mound Ant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Medium sized, 1 noded, builds dome shaped
mounds
,Ambrosia beetle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Beetle does not eat wood, eats fungus brought into
holes into the wood, frass emerges in tubes
Ambrosia Fungus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, stains galleries blue, dark grey, dark brown, or black
American cockroach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,,large, reddish-brown, pale brown or yellow border
on its pronotum, largest of all house infesting roaches. boiler rooms and manholes of sewers
american dog tick& rocky mtn wood tick - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, bite is capable of causing tick
paralysis
American roach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Redial brown, yellow on pronotum largest of all home
entering roaches
Amidinohydrazones - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Hydramethylon (MaxForce, Siege)
Angoumois Grain Moth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Most destructive stored grain moth, narrow
finger like extension of rear wings (pointed) fringed with long hair, 2/3" wingspan
Anopheles quadrimaculatus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, mosquito that transmits malaria
Anticoagulant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Prevents the normal clotting of the blood and causes the
pest to bleed internally
Applicant must be registered within how many days of employment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,,30
days
Application for certification must be postmarked within how many days of the exam? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔✔,, 45 days?
Arachnids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Have 4 pair of legs, 2 body segments
, Are all insects pests? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, No
Are centipedes predators? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Yes
Argentine ant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,,12 segmented antennae, light to dark brown color 1 node
1/8" small
asian cockroach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,,can fly, attracted to lights, resembles the german roach,
found in FL and urban areas of south GA
Australian cockroach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, large, reddish brown, has its front wings with a
yellow streak at its base and a predominant dark spot in the center of its pronotum
Australian roach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Reddish brown with yellow streak on front of wings
Avert - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Botanical
Avert gel mode of action - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Stomach
Bait - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, An edible or attractive food substance mixed with a pesticide
Bark beetle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Mostly found in western u.s. feeds on inner bark of dead or
damaged trees.
bat bug - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, ectoparasite, looks like the common bed bug, but doesnt get
into homes in large numbers
Baygon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔✔,, Carbamate
