Tennessee Category 7 Pest Control Certification EXAM
2026-2027 LATEST UPDATED VERSION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
D. Tracking powder - answer>>Which are potentially more hazardous than other rodenticide
formulations and must be applied with extra caution?
A. Ground meal baits
B. Grain pellets
C. Extruded block
D. Tracking powder
D. Flowable microencapsulate - answer>>Which formulation provides outstanding longevity in moist or
wet conditions?
A. Emulsifiable concentrate
B. Soluble powder
C. Dust
D. Flowable microencapsulate
B. Fogging - answer>>In most cases, ____________ kills only the insects present in the air during time of
treatment.
A. Baiting
B. Fogging
C. Spraying of residual insecticides
D. Dusting
A. True - answer>>Once a duster has been used for a given pesticide, it should never be used to apply
another.
A. True
,B. False
A. True - answer>>Rodent baits are not only toxic to most mammals that might eat the bait, they are
also toxic to fish.
A. True
B. False
C. German - answer>>The most common and important pest cockroach is the _____________.
A. Asian
B. American
C. German
D. Australian
C. short wings - answer>>Female Oriental cockroaches have _____________?
A. light markings on their wings
B. two bands across their thorax
C. short wings
D. light markings on their thorax
A. food, moisture, harborage - answer>>Cockroaches need ___________ to be successful.
A. food, moisture, harborage
B. food, moisture, open spaces
C. warmth, food, open spaces
D. cracks, crevices, food
A. Brown-banded - answer>>The ____________ cockroach does not require a close association with
moisture.
A. Brown-banded
B. American
, C. German
D. Oriental
D. Baits - answer>>____________ are the most widely used formulation for cockroach control.
A. Emulsifiable concentrates
B. Dusts
C. Wettable powders
D. Baits
B. two stripes on their thorax - answer>>German cockroaches have ___________.
A. two bands across their head.
B. two stripes on their thorax
C. light markings on their wings
D. short wings
C. Baiting - answer>>__________ is the best way to get an insecticide to an entire Pharaoh ant colony.
A. Spraying
B. Dusting
C. Baiting
D. Fogging
B. False - answer>>When baiting for ants indoors, applying persistent, fast-acting, contact insecticides
does not affect the baiting success.
A. True
B. False
B. False - answer>>Ants are not as sensitive to odors as cockroaches, so using hands that have touched
cigarettes to place baits will not deter ants.
A. True
2026-2027 LATEST UPDATED VERSION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
D. Tracking powder - answer>>Which are potentially more hazardous than other rodenticide
formulations and must be applied with extra caution?
A. Ground meal baits
B. Grain pellets
C. Extruded block
D. Tracking powder
D. Flowable microencapsulate - answer>>Which formulation provides outstanding longevity in moist or
wet conditions?
A. Emulsifiable concentrate
B. Soluble powder
C. Dust
D. Flowable microencapsulate
B. Fogging - answer>>In most cases, ____________ kills only the insects present in the air during time of
treatment.
A. Baiting
B. Fogging
C. Spraying of residual insecticides
D. Dusting
A. True - answer>>Once a duster has been used for a given pesticide, it should never be used to apply
another.
A. True
,B. False
A. True - answer>>Rodent baits are not only toxic to most mammals that might eat the bait, they are
also toxic to fish.
A. True
B. False
C. German - answer>>The most common and important pest cockroach is the _____________.
A. Asian
B. American
C. German
D. Australian
C. short wings - answer>>Female Oriental cockroaches have _____________?
A. light markings on their wings
B. two bands across their thorax
C. short wings
D. light markings on their thorax
A. food, moisture, harborage - answer>>Cockroaches need ___________ to be successful.
A. food, moisture, harborage
B. food, moisture, open spaces
C. warmth, food, open spaces
D. cracks, crevices, food
A. Brown-banded - answer>>The ____________ cockroach does not require a close association with
moisture.
A. Brown-banded
B. American
, C. German
D. Oriental
D. Baits - answer>>____________ are the most widely used formulation for cockroach control.
A. Emulsifiable concentrates
B. Dusts
C. Wettable powders
D. Baits
B. two stripes on their thorax - answer>>German cockroaches have ___________.
A. two bands across their head.
B. two stripes on their thorax
C. light markings on their wings
D. short wings
C. Baiting - answer>>__________ is the best way to get an insecticide to an entire Pharaoh ant colony.
A. Spraying
B. Dusting
C. Baiting
D. Fogging
B. False - answer>>When baiting for ants indoors, applying persistent, fast-acting, contact insecticides
does not affect the baiting success.
A. True
B. False
B. False - answer>>Ants are not as sensitive to odors as cockroaches, so using hands that have touched
cigarettes to place baits will not deter ants.
A. True
