GA STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL
COMMISSION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
German cockroach - answer-adults are 1/2 in long - short life span - egg to adult in 6-12
wks, adults live 6-9 months - adults have wings but cannot fly
FIFRA - answer-federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act
EPA - answer-environmental protection agency
FQPA - answer-food quality protection act
OSHA - answer-occupational safety and health administration
SPCA (structural pest control act) - answer-primary law for pest mngmt industry in
GEORGIA
Enforcement agency for SPCA - answer-dept of agriculture
Wood infestation report must include - answer-subterranean termites, powder post
beetles, wood boring beetles, dry wood termites, and wood decaying fungus
Fair business practices act (administered by ga office of consumer affairs) - answer-
requires all contracts signed contain a notice that contract may be cancelled up to 3
business days after signing
Ga hazardous waste management act - answer-passed in 1979 - follows the federal
resource conservation & recovery act (rcra) - protects human health and the
environment from hazardous waste
Pesticide use and application act - answer-ga dept of agriculture enforces - deals with
regulation and licensing of areas relation to structural pest control (including mosquito
and lawn)
Arthropods - answer-central nervous system, striated skeletal muscles, bilateral
symmetry, exoskeleton
Termites have this many legs - answer-6
Alate - answer-in entomology it usually refers to the winged form of a social insect,
especially ants or termites, though can also be applied to aphids and some thrips.
COMMISSION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
German cockroach - answer-adults are 1/2 in long - short life span - egg to adult in 6-12
wks, adults live 6-9 months - adults have wings but cannot fly
FIFRA - answer-federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act
EPA - answer-environmental protection agency
FQPA - answer-food quality protection act
OSHA - answer-occupational safety and health administration
SPCA (structural pest control act) - answer-primary law for pest mngmt industry in
GEORGIA
Enforcement agency for SPCA - answer-dept of agriculture
Wood infestation report must include - answer-subterranean termites, powder post
beetles, wood boring beetles, dry wood termites, and wood decaying fungus
Fair business practices act (administered by ga office of consumer affairs) - answer-
requires all contracts signed contain a notice that contract may be cancelled up to 3
business days after signing
Ga hazardous waste management act - answer-passed in 1979 - follows the federal
resource conservation & recovery act (rcra) - protects human health and the
environment from hazardous waste
Pesticide use and application act - answer-ga dept of agriculture enforces - deals with
regulation and licensing of areas relation to structural pest control (including mosquito
and lawn)
Arthropods - answer-central nervous system, striated skeletal muscles, bilateral
symmetry, exoskeleton
Termites have this many legs - answer-6
Alate - answer-in entomology it usually refers to the winged form of a social insect,
especially ants or termites, though can also be applied to aphids and some thrips.
