Branch 2 Pest license Exam Questions
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Cloth moth - -• not attracted to light
• not strong in flight
•eats keratin that's in clothes
•adults live to 2-4weeks
•space treatment used against them pyrethroids and pyrethrums
•feces resembles color of fabric eaten
- Scorpions - -Related to spiders , mites, ticks
- Acute exposure - -Rapid response within minutes or Hours
- Chronic exposure - -Repeated exposures over time
- Rice weevil - -•most destructive agricultural pest
- What label must be on all pesticide labels - -"Keep out of reach of
children"
- Danger signal word - -•category 1
•highly toxic
•LD50 0mg-50mg lethal
Skull and cross bones
- Warning signal word - -•category 2
•moderately toxic
•LD50 50mg - 500mg lethal
- Caution signal word - -•category 3
•slightly toxic
•LD50 500mg-5000mg lethal
- Moles - -•create volcano like mounds
- Gophers - -Produce horseshoe shaped crescents
- Ticks - -Carriers of Lyme disease
- Fleas - -•carriers of bubonic plague
- Synthetic organic poisons - -Contains 3 molecules
•hydrogen
,•oxygen
•carbon
- Chlorinated hydrocarbons - -Long residual properties
Products that containing the chemical:
•chlordane
•DDT
•Lindane
•methoxychlor
- Organophosphates - -Residual properties
•products containing the chemical
•chloripyrifoa (Dursban)
•diazinon
•malathion
•propetamphos
•
- 2. All synthetic organic poisons contain some form of the element carbon?
a) True
b) False - -True
- Carbamates - -Residual product
Products:
• Sevin
• Baygon
- Inorganic poisons - -Mineral insecticide from ground
•do not contain any carbon
Products:
• boron compounds (boric acid, borate)
•silica
• diatomaceous earth
• arsenic, mercury, lead, copper
- Non-repellants - -Undetectable
Slow acting
Good residual properties
Products:
•fipronil (termidor) disrupts nervous system
• chlorafenapyr (phantom) energy disrupter
• imidacloprid (temprid, premise)
- Anti-coagulants - -Commonly used as rodent bait
Causes internal bleeding
Vitamin k is the antidote.
, Products:
•warfarin
• diphacinone
• bromadiolone
•brodifacoum
- IGR's (Insect growth regulator) - -Long residual control
Low in toxicity
Blocks development of insects
Products:
• hydropene (gentrol) use for cockroaches, drain flies, and bed bugs
•methoprene (Precor) flea control
- Synergist - -Makes product more effective.
Used with pyrethrums and pyrethroids
Products:
•piperonyl butoxide (PBO)
• mgk264
- Product name (label) - -Contains brand name or trade name.
Tells if the active ingredient is a liquid, granular, or dust
- Chemical only used 2x year - -Termidor
- 3 C's managing spill - -Control spill
Contain spill
Clean spill
- Broadcast spray - -Over wide area
Treatment for fleas
- Barrier spray - -Around something/perimeter spray
- Structural pest control board - -7 board members
3 operators
4 non operators
2 terms of 4 years
- EPA Registration number (label) - -Confirms the approval of chemical and
is the chemical ID
- EPA establishment number (label) - -Provides the location/manufacture
address
- Type of Formulation (label) - -Located in front label that tells the type of
formulation (SC)
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Cloth moth - -• not attracted to light
• not strong in flight
•eats keratin that's in clothes
•adults live to 2-4weeks
•space treatment used against them pyrethroids and pyrethrums
•feces resembles color of fabric eaten
- Scorpions - -Related to spiders , mites, ticks
- Acute exposure - -Rapid response within minutes or Hours
- Chronic exposure - -Repeated exposures over time
- Rice weevil - -•most destructive agricultural pest
- What label must be on all pesticide labels - -"Keep out of reach of
children"
- Danger signal word - -•category 1
•highly toxic
•LD50 0mg-50mg lethal
Skull and cross bones
- Warning signal word - -•category 2
•moderately toxic
•LD50 50mg - 500mg lethal
- Caution signal word - -•category 3
•slightly toxic
•LD50 500mg-5000mg lethal
- Moles - -•create volcano like mounds
- Gophers - -Produce horseshoe shaped crescents
- Ticks - -Carriers of Lyme disease
- Fleas - -•carriers of bubonic plague
- Synthetic organic poisons - -Contains 3 molecules
•hydrogen
,•oxygen
•carbon
- Chlorinated hydrocarbons - -Long residual properties
Products that containing the chemical:
•chlordane
•DDT
•Lindane
•methoxychlor
- Organophosphates - -Residual properties
•products containing the chemical
•chloripyrifoa (Dursban)
•diazinon
•malathion
•propetamphos
•
- 2. All synthetic organic poisons contain some form of the element carbon?
a) True
b) False - -True
- Carbamates - -Residual product
Products:
• Sevin
• Baygon
- Inorganic poisons - -Mineral insecticide from ground
•do not contain any carbon
Products:
• boron compounds (boric acid, borate)
•silica
• diatomaceous earth
• arsenic, mercury, lead, copper
- Non-repellants - -Undetectable
Slow acting
Good residual properties
Products:
•fipronil (termidor) disrupts nervous system
• chlorafenapyr (phantom) energy disrupter
• imidacloprid (temprid, premise)
- Anti-coagulants - -Commonly used as rodent bait
Causes internal bleeding
Vitamin k is the antidote.
, Products:
•warfarin
• diphacinone
• bromadiolone
•brodifacoum
- IGR's (Insect growth regulator) - -Long residual control
Low in toxicity
Blocks development of insects
Products:
• hydropene (gentrol) use for cockroaches, drain flies, and bed bugs
•methoprene (Precor) flea control
- Synergist - -Makes product more effective.
Used with pyrethrums and pyrethroids
Products:
•piperonyl butoxide (PBO)
• mgk264
- Product name (label) - -Contains brand name or trade name.
Tells if the active ingredient is a liquid, granular, or dust
- Chemical only used 2x year - -Termidor
- 3 C's managing spill - -Control spill
Contain spill
Clean spill
- Broadcast spray - -Over wide area
Treatment for fleas
- Barrier spray - -Around something/perimeter spray
- Structural pest control board - -7 board members
3 operators
4 non operators
2 terms of 4 years
- EPA Registration number (label) - -Confirms the approval of chemical and
is the chemical ID
- EPA establishment number (label) - -Provides the location/manufacture
address
- Type of Formulation (label) - -Located in front label that tells the type of
formulation (SC)
