GEORGIA PEST CONTROL TEST
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Fleas:
a Are flattened from side-to-side
b. Are flattened from top-to-bottom
c. Have small wings and thus can only make short hop-type flights
d. Glue their eggs to the hairs of animals that they live on - Answer-a Are flattened from
side-to-side
Stored product pests:
a. Feed only on damage food products
b. Generally have low moisture requirements
c. Often feed on cloth and synthetic materials
d. Are usually one inch long or longer - Answer-b. Generally have low moisture
requirements
Which of the following statements are true concerning silverfish?
a. They have two long projections at the end of the body
b. They are closely related to goldfish
c. Feed on almost anything containing starch
d. None of the above are true - Answer-c. Feed on almost anything containing starch
Carpenter ants:
a. Prefer to nest in dry, firm wood b.
b. Eat wood by use of tiny protozoa in the gut
c. Often leave small wood shavings outside the nest area
d. Are small ants that invade other ant colonies - Answer-c. Often leave small wood
shavings outside the nest area
Termites have:
a. Straight antennae and a narrow waist
b. Two pair of wings of unequal length
c. Broadly joined abdomen and straight antennae
d. Elbowed antennae and broadly joined abdomen
e. Two pair of wings of equal length and a narrow waist - Answer-c. Broadly joined
abdomen and straight antennae
Drywood termites:
a. Do not require soil contact and have a worker caste
b. Use soil and excretement to build shelter tubes
,c. Have hard fecal pellets
d. Have a worker caste and usually live in colonies below the ground
e. None of the above are completely true - Answer-c. Have hard fecal pellets
Lyctid powder post beetles:
a. Make small exit holes
b. Eat soft woods such as pine
c. Compete their life cycle in 6 months or less
d. All of the above - Answer-a. Make small exit holes
This is the step in the IPM (Integrated Pest Management) process where the action plan
is enacted
a. Action Plan Development
b. Action Plan Implementation
c. Action Plan Monitoring
d. Action Plan Revision
e. All of the above - Answer-b. Action Plan Implementation
Which of the following statements is not true concerning rodents (rats and mice)?
a. May carry diseases such as food poisoning and typhoid
b. Normally live about 1 year
c. Have keen eyesight
d. Have excellent senses of hearing, taste, and smell
e. Often contaminate more food than they eat - Answer-c. Have keen eyesight
Norway rats:
a. Have large eyes, large ears, and a pointed nose
b. Usually nest in the ground, but will climb
c. Prefer to feed on nuts and fruits
d. None of the above are true - Answer-b. Usually nest in the ground, but will climb
The house mouse:
a. Is slender an weighs about 1 ounce when grown
b. Usually nest within structures
c. Prefers to eat grains
d. Has about 8 litters per year
e. All of the above - Answer-e. All of the above
This is the name for the collection of hyphae that water-conducting fungi use to
collect water.
a. Roots
b. Fingers
c. Rhizomorphs
, d. None of the above - Answer-c. Rhizomorphs
An avicide is used to kill or control:
a. Nematodes
b. Birds
c. Snails and Slugs
d. None of the above - Answer-b. Birds
Stomach poisons normally enter the body through:
a. The mouth
b. Inhalation
c. The body wall
d. None of the above - Answer-a. The mouth
Which of the following pesticides would have the shortest residual life on a porous
(unpainted wood, etc.) surface?
a. Microencapsulated materials
b. Wettable powders
c. Emulsifiable concentrates
d. Oil concentrates - Answer-c. Emulsifiable concentrates
Which of the following pesticides has the least visible residue?
a. Emulsifiable concentrates
b. Micro-encapsulated
c. Wettable powders
d. Dusts - Answer-a. Emulsifiable concentrates
Which of the following pesticide formulations may cause phytotoxicity (plant
• harm)?
a. Emulsifiable concentrates
b. Microencapsulated
c. Wettable powders
d. Dusts - Answer-a. Emulsifiable concentrates
Which of the following is not an advantage of baits?
a. Low drift hazard
b. Ready to use
c. Pests slow to develop resistance
d. Attractive to humans and pets - Answer-d. Attractive to humans and pets
A finely ground powder with a wetting agent added would be a:
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Fleas:
a Are flattened from side-to-side
b. Are flattened from top-to-bottom
c. Have small wings and thus can only make short hop-type flights
d. Glue their eggs to the hairs of animals that they live on - Answer-a Are flattened from
side-to-side
Stored product pests:
a. Feed only on damage food products
b. Generally have low moisture requirements
c. Often feed on cloth and synthetic materials
d. Are usually one inch long or longer - Answer-b. Generally have low moisture
requirements
Which of the following statements are true concerning silverfish?
a. They have two long projections at the end of the body
b. They are closely related to goldfish
c. Feed on almost anything containing starch
d. None of the above are true - Answer-c. Feed on almost anything containing starch
Carpenter ants:
a. Prefer to nest in dry, firm wood b.
b. Eat wood by use of tiny protozoa in the gut
c. Often leave small wood shavings outside the nest area
d. Are small ants that invade other ant colonies - Answer-c. Often leave small wood
shavings outside the nest area
Termites have:
a. Straight antennae and a narrow waist
b. Two pair of wings of unequal length
c. Broadly joined abdomen and straight antennae
d. Elbowed antennae and broadly joined abdomen
e. Two pair of wings of equal length and a narrow waist - Answer-c. Broadly joined
abdomen and straight antennae
Drywood termites:
a. Do not require soil contact and have a worker caste
b. Use soil and excretement to build shelter tubes
,c. Have hard fecal pellets
d. Have a worker caste and usually live in colonies below the ground
e. None of the above are completely true - Answer-c. Have hard fecal pellets
Lyctid powder post beetles:
a. Make small exit holes
b. Eat soft woods such as pine
c. Compete their life cycle in 6 months or less
d. All of the above - Answer-a. Make small exit holes
This is the step in the IPM (Integrated Pest Management) process where the action plan
is enacted
a. Action Plan Development
b. Action Plan Implementation
c. Action Plan Monitoring
d. Action Plan Revision
e. All of the above - Answer-b. Action Plan Implementation
Which of the following statements is not true concerning rodents (rats and mice)?
a. May carry diseases such as food poisoning and typhoid
b. Normally live about 1 year
c. Have keen eyesight
d. Have excellent senses of hearing, taste, and smell
e. Often contaminate more food than they eat - Answer-c. Have keen eyesight
Norway rats:
a. Have large eyes, large ears, and a pointed nose
b. Usually nest in the ground, but will climb
c. Prefer to feed on nuts and fruits
d. None of the above are true - Answer-b. Usually nest in the ground, but will climb
The house mouse:
a. Is slender an weighs about 1 ounce when grown
b. Usually nest within structures
c. Prefers to eat grains
d. Has about 8 litters per year
e. All of the above - Answer-e. All of the above
This is the name for the collection of hyphae that water-conducting fungi use to
collect water.
a. Roots
b. Fingers
c. Rhizomorphs
, d. None of the above - Answer-c. Rhizomorphs
An avicide is used to kill or control:
a. Nematodes
b. Birds
c. Snails and Slugs
d. None of the above - Answer-b. Birds
Stomach poisons normally enter the body through:
a. The mouth
b. Inhalation
c. The body wall
d. None of the above - Answer-a. The mouth
Which of the following pesticides would have the shortest residual life on a porous
(unpainted wood, etc.) surface?
a. Microencapsulated materials
b. Wettable powders
c. Emulsifiable concentrates
d. Oil concentrates - Answer-c. Emulsifiable concentrates
Which of the following pesticides has the least visible residue?
a. Emulsifiable concentrates
b. Micro-encapsulated
c. Wettable powders
d. Dusts - Answer-a. Emulsifiable concentrates
Which of the following pesticide formulations may cause phytotoxicity (plant
• harm)?
a. Emulsifiable concentrates
b. Microencapsulated
c. Wettable powders
d. Dusts - Answer-a. Emulsifiable concentrates
Which of the following is not an advantage of baits?
a. Low drift hazard
b. Ready to use
c. Pests slow to develop resistance
d. Attractive to humans and pets - Answer-d. Attractive to humans and pets
A finely ground powder with a wetting agent added would be a:
