Tennessee Cat 7 Pest Control Exam — State Certification for Licensed Applicators
What agency is responsible for the enforcement of federal pesticide laws and regulations? -
(ANSWER)EPA
Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in interstate commerce? - (ANSWER)FIFRA
Which law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner inconsistent with label directions? -
(ANSWER)FEPCA
Any commercial applicator who violates any provision of FIFRA may be assessed a civil penalty of not
more than? - (ANSWER)5,000
Which agency is responsible for the protection of health, safety and welfare of pest control employees
and the general public from the hazards of pesticide use in Tennessee? - (ANSWER)TDA
The TDA certification and enforcement functions are coordinated primarily through what division of
TDA? - (ANSWER)Regulatory services division
Pesticides that may cause adverse effects on the environment and/ or the applicator, unless subject to
additional regulatory restrictions are classified as? - (ANSWER)Restricted-use pesticides
A certification period last for how many years? - (ANSWER)3 years
One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the recertification program? - (ANSWER)50%
How many recertification points are required for category 7 in a 3 year period? - (ANSWER)30 Points
Which is not a step in an IPM program? - (ANSWER)Scheduled pesticide applications
Which is not an objective of a general inspection? - (ANSWER)Locate pesticide drift
,Tennessee Cat 7 Pest Control Exam — State Certification for Licensed Applicators
A good inspection technique is to first identity areas within a structure that offer a tropical environment
(warmth, moist, dark, and humid). - (ANSWER)True
Which is not likely to be used as a pest travel route? - (ANSWER)Color pattern in a rug
Which is NOT an example of pest-proofing? - (ANSWER)Using a vacuum to remove pest
Habitat is a location? - (ANSWER)Where a pest lives naturally and has access to food, water and
harborage
Which is NOT an example of pest habitat manipulation? - (ANSWER)Use of harpoon mole traps
Which is not an example of a lethal trapping program? - (ANSWER)Multiple-catch traps
IPM stands for? - (ANSWER)Integrated pest management
The four main components of IPM listed in this manual are? - (ANSWER)Inspection,pest threshold
determination, management procedures and evaluation.
Which cannot be made into a liquid formulation? - (ANSWER)Extruded block
Which is one of the most effective formulations for use against cockroaches, ants, and rodents? -
(ANSWER)Baits
Anticoagulant rodenticides kill rodents by? - (ANSWER)Preventing blood from clotting
Rodents may store grain pellet pesticides in undesirable locations? - (ANSWER)True
, Tennessee Cat 7 Pest Control Exam — State Certification for Licensed Applicators
First-generation rodenticides must be fed upon more than once for rodents to receive a lethal dose? -
(ANSWER)True
Which are potentially more hazardous than other rodenticide formulations and must be applied with
extra caution? - (ANSWER)Tracking powder
Which formulation provides outstanding longevity in moist or wet conditions? - (ANSWER)Flowable
micro encapsulate
In most cases, ___________ kills only the insects present in the air during time of treatment. -
(ANSWER)Fogging
Once a duster has been used for a given pesticide, it should never be used to apply another? -
(ANSWER)True
Rodent baits are not only toxic to most mammals that might eat the bait, they are also toxic to fish? -
(ANSWER)True
The most common and important pest cockroach is the? - (ANSWER)German
Female oriental cockroaches have? - (ANSWER)Short wings
Cockroaches need _________ to be successful. - (ANSWER)Food, moisture, and harborage
The _______ cockroach does not require a close association with moisture - (ANSWER)Brown-banded
________ are the most widely used formulation for cockroach control. - (ANSWER)Baits
German cockroaches have __________? - (ANSWER)Two stripes on their thorax
What agency is responsible for the enforcement of federal pesticide laws and regulations? -
(ANSWER)EPA
Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in interstate commerce? - (ANSWER)FIFRA
Which law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner inconsistent with label directions? -
(ANSWER)FEPCA
Any commercial applicator who violates any provision of FIFRA may be assessed a civil penalty of not
more than? - (ANSWER)5,000
Which agency is responsible for the protection of health, safety and welfare of pest control employees
and the general public from the hazards of pesticide use in Tennessee? - (ANSWER)TDA
The TDA certification and enforcement functions are coordinated primarily through what division of
TDA? - (ANSWER)Regulatory services division
Pesticides that may cause adverse effects on the environment and/ or the applicator, unless subject to
additional regulatory restrictions are classified as? - (ANSWER)Restricted-use pesticides
A certification period last for how many years? - (ANSWER)3 years
One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the recertification program? - (ANSWER)50%
How many recertification points are required for category 7 in a 3 year period? - (ANSWER)30 Points
Which is not a step in an IPM program? - (ANSWER)Scheduled pesticide applications
Which is not an objective of a general inspection? - (ANSWER)Locate pesticide drift
,Tennessee Cat 7 Pest Control Exam — State Certification for Licensed Applicators
A good inspection technique is to first identity areas within a structure that offer a tropical environment
(warmth, moist, dark, and humid). - (ANSWER)True
Which is not likely to be used as a pest travel route? - (ANSWER)Color pattern in a rug
Which is NOT an example of pest-proofing? - (ANSWER)Using a vacuum to remove pest
Habitat is a location? - (ANSWER)Where a pest lives naturally and has access to food, water and
harborage
Which is NOT an example of pest habitat manipulation? - (ANSWER)Use of harpoon mole traps
Which is not an example of a lethal trapping program? - (ANSWER)Multiple-catch traps
IPM stands for? - (ANSWER)Integrated pest management
The four main components of IPM listed in this manual are? - (ANSWER)Inspection,pest threshold
determination, management procedures and evaluation.
Which cannot be made into a liquid formulation? - (ANSWER)Extruded block
Which is one of the most effective formulations for use against cockroaches, ants, and rodents? -
(ANSWER)Baits
Anticoagulant rodenticides kill rodents by? - (ANSWER)Preventing blood from clotting
Rodents may store grain pellet pesticides in undesirable locations? - (ANSWER)True
, Tennessee Cat 7 Pest Control Exam — State Certification for Licensed Applicators
First-generation rodenticides must be fed upon more than once for rodents to receive a lethal dose? -
(ANSWER)True
Which are potentially more hazardous than other rodenticide formulations and must be applied with
extra caution? - (ANSWER)Tracking powder
Which formulation provides outstanding longevity in moist or wet conditions? - (ANSWER)Flowable
micro encapsulate
In most cases, ___________ kills only the insects present in the air during time of treatment. -
(ANSWER)Fogging
Once a duster has been used for a given pesticide, it should never be used to apply another? -
(ANSWER)True
Rodent baits are not only toxic to most mammals that might eat the bait, they are also toxic to fish? -
(ANSWER)True
The most common and important pest cockroach is the? - (ANSWER)German
Female oriental cockroaches have? - (ANSWER)Short wings
Cockroaches need _________ to be successful. - (ANSWER)Food, moisture, and harborage
The _______ cockroach does not require a close association with moisture - (ANSWER)Brown-banded
________ are the most widely used formulation for cockroach control. - (ANSWER)Baits
German cockroaches have __________? - (ANSWER)Two stripes on their thorax
