PESTICIDE APPLICATOR C2 EXAM STUDY
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE PREP RESOURCE
●● 2. The most common types of Pines in Tennessee are:
A. Loblolly pine, longleaf pine, Virginia pine, eastern white pine.
B. Eastern white pine, shortleaf pine, Pitch pine, loblolly pine.
C. Eastern white pine, loblolly pine, Virginia pine, shortleaf pine.
D. Loblolly pine, eastern white pine, slash pine, Virginia pine..
Answer: C. Eastern white pine, loblolly pine, Virginia pine, shortleaf
pine.
●● 3. In 1995, tree losses from insects in the south were:
A. $100 million
B. 130 million
C. Over $278 million
D. $200 million.
Answer: C. Over $278 million
●● 4. Pine mortality from the southern pine beetle in Tennessee was
valued at how much in the year 2000?
A. $26 million.
,B. $12 million.
C. $20 million.
D. $40 million..
Answer: A. $26 million.
●● 5. The largest of the pine bark beetles is the:
A. Southern pine beetle
B. Pine Sawyer
C. Ips beetle
D. Black turpentine beetle.
Answer: D. Black turpentine beetle
●● 6. The black turpentine beetle usually only attacks the trunks of
trees:
A. Up to a height of 8 feet.
B. In the top third of the tree.
C. Between 10 and 20 feet from the ground.
D. Between 20 and 40 feet from the ground..
Answer: A. Up to a height of 8 feet.
●● 7. The southern pine beetle is:
A. The largest of the major southern bark beetles.
, B. Produces large purpleish colored pitch tubes ($.50 piece in size)
C. Is 1/4 inch or more in length.
D. Is about 1/8 of an inch long..
Answer: D. Is about 1/8 of an inch long.
●● 8. The southern pine beetle:
A. Does not produce stain-causing fungi.
B. Produces characteristic Y or H shaped a galleries in the inner bark
C. Produces small pitch tubes, usually less than 2 inch in diameter.
D. Is easily recognized by its scooped out posterior, which is surrounded
by tooth-like projections..
Answer: C. Produces small pitch tubes, usually less than 2 inch in
diameter.
●● 9. Insecticide:
A. Applications in bark beetle control are more corrective than
preventative.
B. Applications made for black turpentine. Beatles only require the
lower 8 to 10 feet of the main bole be treated.
C. Applications for southern pine beetles only require the lower 8 to 10
feet of the main bole be treated.
D. Applications can be used to save trees that have been successfully
attacked by. Ips beetles..
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE PREP RESOURCE
●● 2. The most common types of Pines in Tennessee are:
A. Loblolly pine, longleaf pine, Virginia pine, eastern white pine.
B. Eastern white pine, shortleaf pine, Pitch pine, loblolly pine.
C. Eastern white pine, loblolly pine, Virginia pine, shortleaf pine.
D. Loblolly pine, eastern white pine, slash pine, Virginia pine..
Answer: C. Eastern white pine, loblolly pine, Virginia pine, shortleaf
pine.
●● 3. In 1995, tree losses from insects in the south were:
A. $100 million
B. 130 million
C. Over $278 million
D. $200 million.
Answer: C. Over $278 million
●● 4. Pine mortality from the southern pine beetle in Tennessee was
valued at how much in the year 2000?
A. $26 million.
,B. $12 million.
C. $20 million.
D. $40 million..
Answer: A. $26 million.
●● 5. The largest of the pine bark beetles is the:
A. Southern pine beetle
B. Pine Sawyer
C. Ips beetle
D. Black turpentine beetle.
Answer: D. Black turpentine beetle
●● 6. The black turpentine beetle usually only attacks the trunks of
trees:
A. Up to a height of 8 feet.
B. In the top third of the tree.
C. Between 10 and 20 feet from the ground.
D. Between 20 and 40 feet from the ground..
Answer: A. Up to a height of 8 feet.
●● 7. The southern pine beetle is:
A. The largest of the major southern bark beetles.
, B. Produces large purpleish colored pitch tubes ($.50 piece in size)
C. Is 1/4 inch or more in length.
D. Is about 1/8 of an inch long..
Answer: D. Is about 1/8 of an inch long.
●● 8. The southern pine beetle:
A. Does not produce stain-causing fungi.
B. Produces characteristic Y or H shaped a galleries in the inner bark
C. Produces small pitch tubes, usually less than 2 inch in diameter.
D. Is easily recognized by its scooped out posterior, which is surrounded
by tooth-like projections..
Answer: C. Produces small pitch tubes, usually less than 2 inch in
diameter.
●● 9. Insecticide:
A. Applications in bark beetle control are more corrective than
preventative.
B. Applications made for black turpentine. Beatles only require the
lower 8 to 10 feet of the main bole be treated.
C. Applications for southern pine beetles only require the lower 8 to 10
feet of the main bole be treated.
D. Applications can be used to save trees that have been successfully
attacked by. Ips beetles..
