Aptive Practice Test questions and
Answers 100% Pass
What is the lowest hazard treatment near a well? - ✔✔Bait
When should you provide vents in a crawl space? - ✔✔One Vent per 15 feet
How do you treat for German Cockroaches? - ✔✔Dust in voids (crack and crevice
treatment)
What should you do first before applying pesticide? - ✔✔Identify
How much area do you cover in a spot treatment? - ✔✔2 sq. ft.
What is the application rate perimeter of an earth filled porch? - ✔✔4 gallons/10 linear
ft
Fogging relates to what species? - ✔✔Flying
When applying dust how should it be applied? - ✔✔Thin layer
Beetles, moths, and flies do what type of metamorphosis? - ✔✔Complete
What characteristic does the American Cockroach have? - ✔✔Reddish-brown with
margins of the thorax lighter
What insect chews wood but does not eat it? - ✔✔Carpenter Ant
What is the average lifespan of a rodent? - ✔✔1 year
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, Roaches and termites have what type of metamorphosis? - ✔✔Incomplete
What kind of mouth do roaches and beetles have? - ✔✔Chewing
What kind of mouth do mosquitoes and fleas have? - ✔✔Piercing and Sucking
What about the banded cockroach is true? - ✔✔Prefers hot and dry places
What cockroach is 1 and 1/4 in. long, dark brown, prefers outdoors in warm weather
and female lays large egg case? - ✔✔Smokey brown cockroach
What insects do not go through metamorphosis? - ✔✔Silverfish and Springtail
What type of insect are termites? - ✔✔Social
An adult tick has how many legs? - ✔✔8
American cockroaches prefer what type of climate? - ✔✔Dark and Moist
What insect makes a gallery in the wood with ripples? - ✔✔Old House Borer
What type of termite is the formosan? - ✔✔Subterranean
What is leaching? - ✔✔When pesticide is seeping through the soil
Over what type of ground does leaching occur most? - ✔✔Sandy Soil
What do you do when disposing of leftover pesticide? - ✔✔Go to site listed on the label
Microorganisms such as _____ and ______ are helpful in breaking down pesticides? -
✔✔Fungi and bacteria
What is the first step in IPM? - ✔✔Inspect and Identify pest
What is used to avoid back-siphoning? - ✔✔Anti-Backflow device
True or False, power rinsing is equivalent to a triple rinse? - ✔✔True
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Answers 100% Pass
What is the lowest hazard treatment near a well? - ✔✔Bait
When should you provide vents in a crawl space? - ✔✔One Vent per 15 feet
How do you treat for German Cockroaches? - ✔✔Dust in voids (crack and crevice
treatment)
What should you do first before applying pesticide? - ✔✔Identify
How much area do you cover in a spot treatment? - ✔✔2 sq. ft.
What is the application rate perimeter of an earth filled porch? - ✔✔4 gallons/10 linear
ft
Fogging relates to what species? - ✔✔Flying
When applying dust how should it be applied? - ✔✔Thin layer
Beetles, moths, and flies do what type of metamorphosis? - ✔✔Complete
What characteristic does the American Cockroach have? - ✔✔Reddish-brown with
margins of the thorax lighter
What insect chews wood but does not eat it? - ✔✔Carpenter Ant
What is the average lifespan of a rodent? - ✔✔1 year
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, Roaches and termites have what type of metamorphosis? - ✔✔Incomplete
What kind of mouth do roaches and beetles have? - ✔✔Chewing
What kind of mouth do mosquitoes and fleas have? - ✔✔Piercing and Sucking
What about the banded cockroach is true? - ✔✔Prefers hot and dry places
What cockroach is 1 and 1/4 in. long, dark brown, prefers outdoors in warm weather
and female lays large egg case? - ✔✔Smokey brown cockroach
What insects do not go through metamorphosis? - ✔✔Silverfish and Springtail
What type of insect are termites? - ✔✔Social
An adult tick has how many legs? - ✔✔8
American cockroaches prefer what type of climate? - ✔✔Dark and Moist
What insect makes a gallery in the wood with ripples? - ✔✔Old House Borer
What type of termite is the formosan? - ✔✔Subterranean
What is leaching? - ✔✔When pesticide is seeping through the soil
Over what type of ground does leaching occur most? - ✔✔Sandy Soil
What do you do when disposing of leftover pesticide? - ✔✔Go to site listed on the label
Microorganisms such as _____ and ______ are helpful in breaking down pesticides? -
✔✔Fungi and bacteria
What is the first step in IPM? - ✔✔Inspect and Identify pest
What is used to avoid back-siphoning? - ✔✔Anti-Backflow device
True or False, power rinsing is equivalent to a triple rinse? - ✔✔True
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