Georgia Certified Operator - Pest control EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT PASSED ANSWERS
(Stored product pest) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Infest grains that are old or moldy
(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
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
Bedbugs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Have foul odor in heavy infestations
Beetles have how many pairs of wings? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅2 pair (4 wings)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT PASSED ANSWERS
(Stored product pest) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Infest grains that are old or moldy
(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
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
Bedbugs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Have foul odor in heavy infestations
Beetles have how many pairs of wings? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅2 pair (4 wings)
