Communication is an important feature of many IPM program because?
Correct answers It provides a record of the ongoing dialog of visits, actions,
and interventions.
What is the application rate of a termiticide to a trench with the footer at
a depth of 3 feet? Correct answers 4 gallon per 10linear feet.
A minimum treatment for control or prevention of all wood destroying
fungi contracts includes: Correct answers Removing sources of moister by
fixing leaking pipes.
What is the purpose of the IRAC group number in the upper right hand
corner of a pesticide label? Correct answers It identifies which pesticides
can be used in rotation, series, or mixture to help slow down insecticides
resistance.
What is the application rate of a termiticide into a hollow block wall? Correct
answers 2 gallons per 10 linear feet
Dusts are most effective when applied: Correct answers In a thin layer to
cracks and crevices
Many factors affect pesticide drift including: Correct answers Particle
size of liquid application, the smaller the particle the greater the risk of
drift.
A spot treatment is: Correct answers A pesticide application to surfaces not
larger than 2 sqft.
A routine schedule of maintenance/cleaning/checking and calibration
equipment is important to: Correct answers Ensure application of label
directed amounts of pesticides.
Protecting surface water from pesticides involves Correct answers All
the above.
What is the major objective of a soil termiticide application? Correct
answers To establish a chemical barrier in the soil between the termites
and the wood structure.
What is a crack and crevice pesticide application for household pest
control? Correct answers An application into cracks and crevices where
pests hide or enter structures.
The three life-support requirements that pests need to survive include:
Correct answers Food, water, and harborage.
Ants: Correct answers Social insects that display complete metamorphosis
, Bedbugs: Correct answers A blood feeding nocturnal insect that undergo
in complete metamorphosis
Flies: Correct answers Are good a flying when they mature into the adult
stage Carpenter ants: Correct answers Large nocturnal ants that feed on
insects not wood
Two methods recommended for properly identifying a pest include:
Correct answers Send a specimen to your local county/ or use a company
pest collection
Dry wood termites: Correct answers Produce distinctive hard fecal pellets
that appear in piles below
Silerfish: Correct answers Are nocturnal and require high humidity (75% or
higher) to survive
All insects have: Correct answers Thorax with 3 pairs of legs
Fleas: Correct answers Feed on sebaceous secretions from wounds on
warm blooded mammals
All anthropoids have: Correct answers Segmented appendages, straited
muscles, and a chitinous exoskeleton
Roaches: Correct answers Have immature stages that feed on the feeces of
the adults that live in the same harborage
Important points to know about wood decay fungi include: Correct answers
The wood decay fungi can be divided into the brown rot and white rot
Microorganisms contribute to pesticide degradation. These organisms
include: Correct answers Bacteria and Fungi
A pesticide is: Correct answers Something that can damage non-target
plants and animals
In a large pesticide spill situation, you should first: Correct answers Use
absorbent material to contain the spill
Chemical degradation is a process influenced by: Correct answers Exposure
to UV light and microorganisms like fungi and bacteria
When some pesticide is left over, you may dispose of it: Correct answers Be
applying it to site listed on the label