Aptive Practice Test #2 Questions and
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The powder post beetle makes its tunnels across the grain or parallel? - ✔✔Parallel
Indian meal moths hind wings are coppery - ✔✔False
What are the wing characteristics of an Indian Meal Moth? - ✔✔Coppery Front Wings
What is the best way to treat on rainy days or when drizzling? - ✔✔Dust
What cockroach, other than American cockroach, flies in California? - ✔✔Brown
Banded
The average number of eggs a female brown banded cockroach produces in each egg
capsule, or oothecas, is? - ✔✔10-15
How many egg capsules does a German roach drop in a lifetime? - ✔✔4-8
How many eggs are in a brown banded cockroach egg capsule? - ✔✔14-16
How many eggs for a German Roach? - ✔✔30-40
American roaches can be found in hospitals? - ✔✔True
Where do you treat for German Cockroaches? - ✔✔Cabinets
Corners
Crevices
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,What diseases do roaches carry? - ✔✔E. Coli
Salmonella
Zoos are treated like hospitals - ✔✔True
Is it legal to dump empty pesticide bottles in trash cans behind grocery stores? - ✔✔Yes,
if the label has been stripped and the top broken off aerosol cans, or bottles are triple
rinsed, cut & crushed.
Who regulates pesticides in transportation? - ✔✔Department of Transportation
Which California ant has the biggest crater? - ✔✔Western Harvester Ant
Most common household pest in California is the Argentine Ant. - ✔✔True
The Odorous house ant does not defend its colonies with odor/sting - ✔✔False
Pharaoh, Pavement, Argentine and Thief ants are commonly controlled with baits. -
✔✔True
Leaf cutter ants frequently lay their eggs in feces - ✔✔True
How do you get a colony of odorous ants out of the wall? - ✔✔Use of boric acid dust in
voids along with barrier treatments
What ant is generally misidentified with the argentine ant? - ✔✔Odorous house ant
When a treatment for ants fails it is because: - ✔✔Misidentified ant
Incorrect dose of pesticide
Treated incorrect areas
What ants kill off queen for maximum mating? - ✔✔Red Imported Fire Ant
At what stage are the most ants produced? - ✔✔Egg stage
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, How many segments in a Pharaoh Ant Antenna? - ✔✔12
What ant has one node? - ✔✔Carpenter Ant
Argentine Ant
Field Ant
Crazy Ant
What ant has two nodes? - ✔✔Pavement Ant
Pharaoh Ant
Thief Ant
What ant has grooves on its head? - ✔✔Pavement Ant
What ant has a smooth thorax? - ✔✔Carpenter
Carpenter ants can be found in attic and wall voids? - ✔✔True
If an ant walks across chemical what type of poisoning is likely to occur? - ✔✔Stomach,
because each ant grooms itself after it enters the nest.
With Pharaoh ants, should one bait or take off paneling? - ✔✔Bait
When treating for ants what should you consider around the structure? - ✔✔Surfaces
Environment
Amount of infestation
Is it on the label?
What time of day is best to treat Argentine ants? - ✔✔Early morning
What ant invades water boxes? - ✔✔Red imported fire ant
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Answers 100% Pass
The powder post beetle makes its tunnels across the grain or parallel? - ✔✔Parallel
Indian meal moths hind wings are coppery - ✔✔False
What are the wing characteristics of an Indian Meal Moth? - ✔✔Coppery Front Wings
What is the best way to treat on rainy days or when drizzling? - ✔✔Dust
What cockroach, other than American cockroach, flies in California? - ✔✔Brown
Banded
The average number of eggs a female brown banded cockroach produces in each egg
capsule, or oothecas, is? - ✔✔10-15
How many egg capsules does a German roach drop in a lifetime? - ✔✔4-8
How many eggs are in a brown banded cockroach egg capsule? - ✔✔14-16
How many eggs for a German Roach? - ✔✔30-40
American roaches can be found in hospitals? - ✔✔True
Where do you treat for German Cockroaches? - ✔✔Cabinets
Corners
Crevices
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,What diseases do roaches carry? - ✔✔E. Coli
Salmonella
Zoos are treated like hospitals - ✔✔True
Is it legal to dump empty pesticide bottles in trash cans behind grocery stores? - ✔✔Yes,
if the label has been stripped and the top broken off aerosol cans, or bottles are triple
rinsed, cut & crushed.
Who regulates pesticides in transportation? - ✔✔Department of Transportation
Which California ant has the biggest crater? - ✔✔Western Harvester Ant
Most common household pest in California is the Argentine Ant. - ✔✔True
The Odorous house ant does not defend its colonies with odor/sting - ✔✔False
Pharaoh, Pavement, Argentine and Thief ants are commonly controlled with baits. -
✔✔True
Leaf cutter ants frequently lay their eggs in feces - ✔✔True
How do you get a colony of odorous ants out of the wall? - ✔✔Use of boric acid dust in
voids along with barrier treatments
What ant is generally misidentified with the argentine ant? - ✔✔Odorous house ant
When a treatment for ants fails it is because: - ✔✔Misidentified ant
Incorrect dose of pesticide
Treated incorrect areas
What ants kill off queen for maximum mating? - ✔✔Red Imported Fire Ant
At what stage are the most ants produced? - ✔✔Egg stage
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, How many segments in a Pharaoh Ant Antenna? - ✔✔12
What ant has one node? - ✔✔Carpenter Ant
Argentine Ant
Field Ant
Crazy Ant
What ant has two nodes? - ✔✔Pavement Ant
Pharaoh Ant
Thief Ant
What ant has grooves on its head? - ✔✔Pavement Ant
What ant has a smooth thorax? - ✔✔Carpenter
Carpenter ants can be found in attic and wall voids? - ✔✔True
If an ant walks across chemical what type of poisoning is likely to occur? - ✔✔Stomach,
because each ant grooms itself after it enters the nest.
With Pharaoh ants, should one bait or take off paneling? - ✔✔Bait
When treating for ants what should you consider around the structure? - ✔✔Surfaces
Environment
Amount of infestation
Is it on the label?
What time of day is best to treat Argentine ants? - ✔✔Early morning
What ant invades water boxes? - ✔✔Red imported fire ant
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