SERIES TEXAS PEST CONTROL CATEGORY PRACTICE TEST COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED AND THE LATEST SERIES

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TEXAS PEST CONTROL CATEGORY PRACTICE TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
GRADED AND THE LATEST SERIES
Oriental Cockroach


Ans: A medium to large sized glossy dark brown to black cockroach with wings
shorter than the abdomen.


Question: Flour Beetles


Ans: Insects that damage stored food by chewing in both the adult and larval
stage.


Question: Indian Meal Moth


Ans: The adult insect that has wings and can fly


Question: Red Flour Beetle


Ans: The beetle that is elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown, about 1/8 inch long,
can fly, and has three antennal segments enlarged abruptly into a club.


Question: Insects with complete metamorphosis go through four life stages.


Ans: Egg, larvae, pupae, adult


Question: Infested flour shoes large amount of webbing with larvae actively

feeding. Small, reddish-gray moths are the Adult form. Larvae are not spotted.


Ans: Indian Meal Moth

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Question: Ground Beetles prey on


Ans: Other Insects


Question: When considering pest management of house flies and related

species of flies, consider chemical control only after you have established a

sound program including.


Ans: Sanitation & Exclusion


Question: German Cockroaches & Asian cockroaches can be distinguished from

one another by...


Ans: Habitat & flight


Question: T or F The granary weevil attacks grain before harvest and storage


Ans: True


Question: T or F Smoky brown cockroaches prefer an outside habitat but move

indoors during seasonal migration and adverse weather conditions..


Ans: True


Question: T or F The larvae of the Angoumois grain moth fedd on flour


Ans: False


Question: T or F The larval stage of a fly is called a maggot

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Ans: True


Question: T or F The larvae of the house fly develop in animal waste or rotting

fruits and vegetables.


Ans: True


Question: T or F Dermestid beetles can attack and destroy pantry materials,

such as grain and flour, as well as on woolens, furs, and feathers.


Ans: True


Question: What does the house dust mite feed on?


Ans: Shed Skin Scales


Question: House dust mites are linked to and often thought to be the cause of

what disease?


Ans: Asthma


Question: Clover Mites Cause most of their damage by?


Ans: Staining Walls and furniture when crushed


Question: Earwigs have a distinctive pincer-like structure on the end of the

abdomen T or F