In a simple sequence of methods, which of the C
following is the first method or activity a pest control
technician should do?
A. Pesticide Application
B. Habitat alteration
C. Inspection
D. Follow up
Which of the following are not integrated pest C and E
management components, goals or activities:
A. Monitoring
B. Pesticide Application
C. Preventative Spraying
D. Recordkeeping
E. Total Pest Elimination
The pest management style of pest control, more than B
the other styles, emphasizes:
A. Safe Pesticide application
B. The reduction of pests to a tolerable number
C. Inspection
D. Client Communication
New sprayers are well calibrated until they have been B
used one season
A. True
B. False
Hand held sprayers can be calibrated if the following is E
known:
A. Pressure used
B. Amount of liquid used
C. Time elapsed per liquid used
D. Area sprayed per amount of liquid used
E. All of these
F. None of these
Fogging fills a room volume including cracks, crevices B
and cabinets.
A. True
B. False
High Pressure must be maintained in hand held B
sprayers to be effective.
A. True
B. False
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If a sprayer malfunctions,_______________ C
A. Repair it immediately
B. Increase pressure by pumping
C. Release pressure and remove it to a repair area
D. Use very soft and thin wire to clear the nozzle after
releasing pressure
Equipment safety is best maintained by ________. D
A. Daily Rinsing
B. Daily hose inspection
C. Scheduled cleaning
D. All of these
The responsibility of the environmental protection C
Agency (EPA) is to ________.
A. Regulate Pesticide use
B. Regulate pesticide applicators
C. Protect public health and the environment
D. enforce Fifra
Pest Control applicators may be certified in either of A
two classifications.
a. Private and commercial
B. Fumigation and non fumigation
C. Urban and agriculture
D. Certified and non-certified
Pesticide registration decisions are based on the FIFRA, The Federal Insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act
demonstration that the use of a pesticide will not result
in "Unreasonable human health or environmental
effects". The law that mandates that is called the ________.
The state plan that regulates pesticide applicators and C
their certification is approved and evaluated by ________.
A. FDA
B. USDA
C. EPA
D. OSHA
The cockroach that requires the most control effort is C
the _______.
A. Asian
B. American
C. German
D. Australian
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American cockroaches like an environment that is B
A. slightly cool, moist
B. very warm, moist
C. hot, dry
D. lukewarm, average humidity
Oriental cockroach populations consist mostly of _____ in A
the winter.
A. Adults
B. nymphs
C. eggs
D. pupae
Cockroaches need _________ to be successful. A
A. food, moisture, harborage
B. food, moisture, open spaces
C. warmth, food, cracks,
D. cracks, crevices, food
Oriental cockroaches prefer a _________ environment A
A. moist
B. Warm
C. High
D. Small
Brown-banded cockroaches prefer a _______ environment B
a. cool
b. very warm
c. sanitary
d. very moist
Smokey brown cockroaches prefer a ______ environment C
a. open
b. very warm
c. very moist
d. high
German cockroaches have B
A. Two bands across their thorax
B. Two stripes on their thorax
C. Light markings on their thorax
D. Short wings
Ants and termites are both closely related social B
insects.
A. True
B. False
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The ant species that almost always has its colony inside B
is _____
a. carpenter ant
b. pharaoh ant
c. fire ant
d. odorous house ant
Carpenter ants make galleries in wood which is also B
one of their principal foods.
A. True
B. False
The ant caste system consists of C
A. workers, drones, soldiers
b. soldiers, workers, reproductives
c. male and female reproductives and workers
d. larvae, pupae, adults
Ants found inside a structure always Come from a B
colony that is located inside
A. true
B. false
Ants forage for _______ to sustain themselves and the A
colony
A. honeydew, greases, sugars and insects
B. Wood
C. Honeydew alone
D. Pheromones
Some common stored product pests that attack whole A
grains and chew through the seed coat are ________
a. rice and granary weevils
B. red and confused flour beetles
C. Psocids and grain mites
D. Sawtoothed and merchant grain beetles
Pheromones are used in B
A. sprays
B. traps
C. dusts
D. Warehouses