3/14/25, 1:17 PM STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL BOARD APPLICATORS EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS / ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (…
STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL BOARD APPLICATORS EXAM
STUDY QUESTIONS /COMPELETE ACTUAL EXAM WITH
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (A+ GUIDE SOLUTION) BRAND
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Terms in this set (218)
Large, hairy spider.
Had three rows of eyes when most
What are the identifying
other spiders have two rows. Three
features of a Wolf
Spider?
tiny claws on the end of each leg
Will prey on their victims instead of weaving webs. Will
even prey on black widows.
Can inflict serious bites on humans.
When using pesticides, Wash your hands
what should you
always do before you
eat, drink, smoke, or
use the restroom?
What are the Brown with a violin shape behind its head. Usually found in
identifying features of dark places; wood piles, under rocks, closets and stored
a recluse spider? boxes.
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The spider is know to have beautiful spoke-
patterned webs you see hanging between
trees or shrubs.
What are the identifying
They are medium to large-sized, with a body of about a
features of a Orb Weaver
half-inch to an inch.
Spider?
There are many kinds of web (or orb) weaver
spiders, most have a large abdomen and fairly
long legs. They range in body size up to about
an inch, and many have color markings. At
least two varieties can inflict bites on humans,
notably the Common Orb Weaver and the
Jeweled Araneus.
What are the It is know to builds its web in a funnel shape.
The spider hides at the back of the funnel when
identifying features
disturbed. They actually prey upon the Black
of a Funnel Spider?
Widow Spider along with other insects on
the ground.
Tiny, pale brownish ant.
Eats meats, cheeses, grease foods, and other dead
insects.
What are some Nest in galleries in dirt. Often very near another
identifying features of colony of ants so they can raid and steal food
the thief ant? from the other colony (hence the name).
They will build colonies in houses; walls, cupboards,
cracks and crevices.
They can host diseases and tapeworms which
can be an additional problem for humans.
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Red and black in color.
Abdomen appears velvety.
Colonies live in trees, old
What are some identifying
features of the velvety
stumps, and underground.
tree ant?
Found in foothill and mountain areas,
and they will invade homes. Will
commonly tend to aphids
Will bring dead insects and other food back their nests.
Will bite and inject poison into the wound.
Very small, brown to black in color.
Rotten coconut- like smell when crushed.
Nest just about anywhere, under
What some identifying stones, pavement, inside houses.
features of the odorous
house ant? When outside galleries will e very
shallow, only a few inches deep. Feed
on sweets usually aphid honeydew.
Will routinely invade houses in search for food.
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Will have multiple queens in one colony.
Yellow to red in color.
Build mounds in open spaces, but can be found in
lawns, rotten wood, under concrete and beneath
What are some houses.
identifying features
of the Southern Fire
Feed on fatty oily substances.
Ant?
Will inflict a painful sting (how they got their name).
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STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL BOARD APPLICATORS EXAM
STUDY QUESTIONS /COMPELETE ACTUAL EXAM WITH
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (A+ GUIDE SOLUTION) BRAND
NEW 2025-2026
Terms in this set (218)
Large, hairy spider.
Had three rows of eyes when most
What are the identifying
other spiders have two rows. Three
features of a Wolf
Spider?
tiny claws on the end of each leg
Will prey on their victims instead of weaving webs. Will
even prey on black widows.
Can inflict serious bites on humans.
When using pesticides, Wash your hands
what should you
always do before you
eat, drink, smoke, or
use the restroom?
What are the Brown with a violin shape behind its head. Usually found in
identifying features of dark places; wood piles, under rocks, closets and stored
a recluse spider? boxes.
-… 1/65
,3/14/25, 1:17 PM STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL BOARD APPLICATORS EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS / ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (…
The spider is know to have beautiful spoke-
patterned webs you see hanging between
trees or shrubs.
What are the identifying
They are medium to large-sized, with a body of about a
features of a Orb Weaver
half-inch to an inch.
Spider?
There are many kinds of web (or orb) weaver
spiders, most have a large abdomen and fairly
long legs. They range in body size up to about
an inch, and many have color markings. At
least two varieties can inflict bites on humans,
notably the Common Orb Weaver and the
Jeweled Araneus.
What are the It is know to builds its web in a funnel shape.
The spider hides at the back of the funnel when
identifying features
disturbed. They actually prey upon the Black
of a Funnel Spider?
Widow Spider along with other insects on
the ground.
Tiny, pale brownish ant.
Eats meats, cheeses, grease foods, and other dead
insects.
What are some Nest in galleries in dirt. Often very near another
identifying features of colony of ants so they can raid and steal food
the thief ant? from the other colony (hence the name).
They will build colonies in houses; walls, cupboards,
cracks and crevices.
They can host diseases and tapeworms which
can be an additional problem for humans.
-… 2/65
,3/14/25, 1:17 PM STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL BOARD APPLICATORS EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS / ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (…
Red and black in color.
Abdomen appears velvety.
Colonies live in trees, old
What are some identifying
features of the velvety
stumps, and underground.
tree ant?
Found in foothill and mountain areas,
and they will invade homes. Will
commonly tend to aphids
Will bring dead insects and other food back their nests.
Will bite and inject poison into the wound.
Very small, brown to black in color.
Rotten coconut- like smell when crushed.
Nest just about anywhere, under
What some identifying stones, pavement, inside houses.
features of the odorous
house ant? When outside galleries will e very
shallow, only a few inches deep. Feed
on sweets usually aphid honeydew.
Will routinely invade houses in search for food.
-… 3/65
, 3/14/25, 1:17 PM STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL BOARD APPLICATORS EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS / ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (…
Will have multiple queens in one colony.
Yellow to red in color.
Build mounds in open spaces, but can be found in
lawns, rotten wood, under concrete and beneath
What are some houses.
identifying features
of the Southern Fire
Feed on fatty oily substances.
Ant?
Will inflict a painful sting (how they got their name).
-… 4/65
