7A PEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025.
1. Integrated Pest Management: a process that utilizes inspections and periodic
monitoring to determine if any type of treatment is needed to reduce pest populations
to tolerable levels
2. Four Steps in an Integrated Pest Management Program: 1. Inspect the site
for pest problems. || 2. Set pest action thresholds. || 3. Apply pest management
procedures. || 4. Monitor the pest management program (post-treatment)
3. Action Threshold: the level of pest infestation which requires initiating a control
strategy
4. Pest Exclusion: best way to manage pests, denying entry into buildings through
sealing gaps, installing proper door thresholds etc. some companies do this work,
while other's leave it up to the client
5. Pest Habitat Manipulation: a control strategy that denies pests access to food,
water, and shelter, usually through concentrated sanitation efforts. factors could
include temperature and humidity. critical for controlling cockroaches and rodents.
take care of filthy conditions
6. Pest Removal: most direct method of managing pest populations. involves letha
trapping (most used) and disposal; live trapping (wildlife and animals) and removal;
and direct removal techniques (such as vacuuming cockroaches)
7. Contact Insecticides and Stomach Poisons: contact insecticides penetrate
through insect body covering; applied directly to insect or as residue on surface
for insect to crawl through. stomach poisons ingested by insect during feeding or
grooming
8. Residual Insecticides and Non-Residual Insecticides: involves length of time
a pesticide will last. residual insecticides may persist for weeks or longer. non-resid-
ual pesticides break down quickly after treatment
9. Desiccants: part of inorganic insecticides. disrupt the water balance (such as
rapid water loss) of insects that contact them. low hazard to non-target organisms
and not known to develop resistance
10. Pyrethrins: part of botanical insecticides, which are plant-derived. pyrethrins
are constituents of pyrethrum. interrupt the normal transmission of an insect's nerve
impulses. used with synergists, provide quick knockdown with little residual activity.
used at low rates as flushing agents during inspection to improve detection of insects
11. Synthetic Pyrethroids: part of synthetic organics, which are laboratory-pro-
, duced and contain carbon. mimic the action of pyrethrins meaning they interfere
with the transmission of nerve impulses. quick knockdown activity. engineered to be
more stable and persistent.
12. Insect Growth Regulators: part of synthetic organics, which are laboratory-pro-
duced and contain carbon. chemicals that mimic the juvenile growth hormone and
prevent the immature insect from molting into the adult stage and, in doing so, disrupt
GRADED A+ 2025.
1. Integrated Pest Management: a process that utilizes inspections and periodic
monitoring to determine if any type of treatment is needed to reduce pest populations
to tolerable levels
2. Four Steps in an Integrated Pest Management Program: 1. Inspect the site
for pest problems. || 2. Set pest action thresholds. || 3. Apply pest management
procedures. || 4. Monitor the pest management program (post-treatment)
3. Action Threshold: the level of pest infestation which requires initiating a control
strategy
4. Pest Exclusion: best way to manage pests, denying entry into buildings through
sealing gaps, installing proper door thresholds etc. some companies do this work,
while other's leave it up to the client
5. Pest Habitat Manipulation: a control strategy that denies pests access to food,
water, and shelter, usually through concentrated sanitation efforts. factors could
include temperature and humidity. critical for controlling cockroaches and rodents.
take care of filthy conditions
6. Pest Removal: most direct method of managing pest populations. involves letha
trapping (most used) and disposal; live trapping (wildlife and animals) and removal;
and direct removal techniques (such as vacuuming cockroaches)
7. Contact Insecticides and Stomach Poisons: contact insecticides penetrate
through insect body covering; applied directly to insect or as residue on surface
for insect to crawl through. stomach poisons ingested by insect during feeding or
grooming
8. Residual Insecticides and Non-Residual Insecticides: involves length of time
a pesticide will last. residual insecticides may persist for weeks or longer. non-resid-
ual pesticides break down quickly after treatment
9. Desiccants: part of inorganic insecticides. disrupt the water balance (such as
rapid water loss) of insects that contact them. low hazard to non-target organisms
and not known to develop resistance
10. Pyrethrins: part of botanical insecticides, which are plant-derived. pyrethrins
are constituents of pyrethrum. interrupt the normal transmission of an insect's nerve
impulses. used with synergists, provide quick knockdown with little residual activity.
used at low rates as flushing agents during inspection to improve detection of insects
11. Synthetic Pyrethroids: part of synthetic organics, which are laboratory-pro-
, duced and contain carbon. mimic the action of pyrethrins meaning they interfere
with the transmission of nerve impulses. quick knockdown activity. engineered to be
more stable and persistent.
12. Insect Growth Regulators: part of synthetic organics, which are laboratory-pro-
duced and contain carbon. chemicals that mimic the juvenile growth hormone and
prevent the immature insect from molting into the adult stage and, in doing so, disrupt
