General and Structural Pest Control Exam Study Guide 7A - Complete Solutions Updated

General and Structural Pest Control Exam Study Guide 7A - Complete Solutions Updated Define a pest in simple terms - answer - any unwanted organism Pest populations are part of an ecosystem where following elements are included in an ecosystem? - answer - A community and biological and physical support. In infested apartments, pest infestations are evenly distributed - answer - False In a simple sequence of methods, which of the following is the first method or activity a pest technician should do? - answer - Inspection Which of the following are not integrated pest management, IPM components, goals or activities? - answer - Preventative spring, total pest elimination The integrated pest management approach to pest control, more than other approaches, emphasizes: - answer - The reduction of pest to a tolerable number New sprayers are well calibrated until they have been used one season - answer - False Hand held sprayers can be calibrated, if the following is known: - answer - Pressure used, amount of liquid used, time elapsed per liquid used, area sprayed per amount of liquid used Fogging fills a room volume, including cracks, crevices, and cabinets - answer - False High pressure must be maintained in handheld sprayer is to be effective - answer - False If a sprayer malfunctions, - answer - Release pressure and remove it to a repair area Equipment safety is best maintained by, - answer - Daily rinsing, daily hose inspection, scheduled cleaning What are the four principal classes of the phylum Arthropoda? - answer - Arachnida, Diploda, Chilopoda, Insecta What are the three basic types of insect development? - answer - Simple metamophosis, gradual metamorphosis, complete metamorphosis. The cockroach that requires the most control effort is the, - answer - German American coackroaches like an environment that is - answer - Very warm, moist Oriental cockroach population consists of mostly _______ in the winter - answer - Adults Cockroaches need ______ to be successful - answer - Food, moisture, and harborage Oriental cockroaches prefer a ______ environment - answer - Moist Brown banded cockroaches, prefer a ________ environment - answer - Very warm German cockroaches have, - answer - Two stripes on their thorax True or False, Ants and termites are closely related social insects - answer - False The ant species that almost always has its colony inside is, - answer - Paroah ant Carpenter ants make galleries in wood, which is also one of their principal foods - answer - False The ant caste system consists of, - answer - Male and female, reproductive and workers Ants found inside of a structure always come from a colony that is located inside - answer - False Ants forage for _____ to sustain themselves and the colony - answer - Honeydew, Greases, sugars and insects. Some common stored product pest that attack, whole grains, and chew through the seed coat are, - answer - Rice and granary weevils Pharamones are used in, - answer - Traps Which of the following is not commonly a food of stored products pests? - answer - Paper products Psocids and grain might need _______ to build large populations - answer - High humidity The most important element in a pest management program for fabric pests in a museum would be, - answer - Monitoring The principal need a fabric pest seems to be, - answer - Protein Two groups of insect feed on stored, woolens, furs, feathers. They are - answer - Clothes moths and carpet beetles The black carpet beetle does not normally feed on - answer - Leather the common silverfish prefers moderate heat and high humidity - answer - True The most common silverfish outside is the, - answer - Fourlined silverfish The firebrat prefers moderate heat and high humidity - answer - False Silverfish and firebrats prefer to consume - answer - starches The food of flea larvae is principally - answer - Dried blood from the female flea Adult fleas obtain blood by - answer - sucking Pets tha