Georgia Certified Operator - Pest
control Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
How much is an employee registration card? Correct Answer: 10
Number of different insect species Correct Answer: 1,000,000
(Stored product pest) Correct Answer: Larva develops in kernel or grain
(Stored product pest) Correct Answer: Larvae develops develops outside but
feeds on whole grains and processed
(Stored product pest) Correct Answer: Only attack grains that have already
been damaged or fed on
(Stored product pest) Correct Answer: Infest grains that are old or moldy
2 disadvantages of emulsion Correct Answer: Phytotoxic and being absorbed
into porous surfaces
2 disadvantages of wettable powders Correct Answer: Difficult to mix, can be
inhaled while being mixed
3 large roaches Correct Answer: American, smokey brown, austrailian
4 medium roaches Correct Answer: Oriental, woods,cuban,surinam
4 small roaches Correct Answer: German,Asian brown banded, woods
5 flies that bite man Correct Answer: black fly, horse fly, sand flies, deer flies,
stable flies
,5 reasons german roaches are successful Correct Answer: thigomotatic, carry
egg capsule, high reproductive potential, resistance to pesticides, can find
harborage in many areas
Acrobat Ant Correct Answer: builds nests in the dead wood of trees
Acute Rodenticides (Non-Anticoagulant) Correct Answer: Zinc Phosphide,
Bromethalin (Vengance), Cholecalciferol (Quintox)
Adults are small, dark, hard bodied, laterally flattened wingless insects that jump
Correct Answer: Fleas
Adults are small, their bites may cause itching, have piercing sucking
mouthparts, take a blood meal, and stay firmly attached to the body hairs of
the host Correct Answer: Sucking Lice
Adults are small, wingless insects that jump when leaves are moved. they prefer
moist areas inside Correct Answer: Springtails
Adults have only one pair of wings Correct Answer: Flies and Mosquitos
aedes aegypti Correct Answer: mosquito that transmits yellow fever and plague
Aerosol Correct Answer: liquid insecticide solution that in pressurized in a can
with a propellant to produce small fine droplets when released
Allegheny Mound Ant Correct Answer: Medium sized, 1 noded, builds dome
shaped mounds
Ambrosia beetle Correct Answer: Beetle does not eat wood, eats fungus
brought into holes into the wood, frass emerges in tubes
Ambrosia Fungus Correct Answer: stains galleries blue, dark grey, dark brown, or
black
,American cockroach Correct Answer: large, reddish-brown, pale brown or
yellow border on its pronotum, largest of all house infesting roaches. boiler
rooms and manholes of sewers
american dog tick& rocky mtn wood tick Correct Answer: bite is capable of
causing tick paralysis
American roach Correct Answer: Redial brown, yellow on pronotum largest of
all home entering roaches
Amidinohydrazones Correct Answer: Hydramethylon (MaxForce, Siege)
Angoumois Grain Moth Correct Answer: Most destructive stored grain moth,
narrow finger like extension of rear wings (pointed) fringed with long hair, 2/3"
wingspan
Anopheles quadrimaculatus Correct Answer: mosquito that transmits malaria
Anticoagulant Correct Answer: Prevents the normal clotting of the blood and
causes the pest to bleed internally
Applicant must be registered within how many days of employment? Correct
Answer: 30 days
Application for certification must be postmarked within how many days of the
exam? Correct Answer: 45 days?
Arachnids Correct Answer: Have 4 pair of legs, 2 body segments
Are all insects pests? Correct Answer: No
Are centipedes predators? Correct Answer: Yes
, Argentine ant Correct Answer: 12 segmented antennae, light to dark brown
color 1 node 1/8" small
asian cockroach Correct Answer: can fly, attracted to lights, resembles the
german roach, found in FL and urban areas of south GA
Australian cockroach Correct Answer: large, reddish brown, has its front wings
with a yellow streak at its base and a predominant dark spot in the center of its
pronotum
Australian roach Correct Answer: Reddish brown with yellow streak on front of
wings
Avert Correct Answer: Botanical
Avert gel mode of action Correct Answer: Stomach
Bait Correct Answer: An edible or attractive food substance mixed with a
pesticide
Bark beetle Correct Answer: Mostly found in western u.s. feeds on inner bark of
dead or damaged trees.
bat bug Correct Answer: ectoparasite, looks like the common bed bug, but
doesnt get into homes in large numbers
Baygon Correct Answer: Carbamate
Bedbugs Correct Answer: Have foul odor in heavy infestations
Beetles have how many pairs of wings? Correct Answer: 2 pair (4 wings)
Beetles metamorphosis Correct Answer: Complete metamorphosis
control Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
How much is an employee registration card? Correct Answer: 10
Number of different insect species Correct Answer: 1,000,000
(Stored product pest) Correct Answer: Larva develops in kernel or grain
(Stored product pest) Correct Answer: Larvae develops develops outside but
feeds on whole grains and processed
(Stored product pest) Correct Answer: Only attack grains that have already
been damaged or fed on
(Stored product pest) Correct Answer: Infest grains that are old or moldy
2 disadvantages of emulsion Correct Answer: Phytotoxic and being absorbed
into porous surfaces
2 disadvantages of wettable powders Correct Answer: Difficult to mix, can be
inhaled while being mixed
3 large roaches Correct Answer: American, smokey brown, austrailian
4 medium roaches Correct Answer: Oriental, woods,cuban,surinam
4 small roaches Correct Answer: German,Asian brown banded, woods
5 flies that bite man Correct Answer: black fly, horse fly, sand flies, deer flies,
stable flies
,5 reasons german roaches are successful Correct Answer: thigomotatic, carry
egg capsule, high reproductive potential, resistance to pesticides, can find
harborage in many areas
Acrobat Ant Correct Answer: builds nests in the dead wood of trees
Acute Rodenticides (Non-Anticoagulant) Correct Answer: Zinc Phosphide,
Bromethalin (Vengance), Cholecalciferol (Quintox)
Adults are small, dark, hard bodied, laterally flattened wingless insects that jump
Correct Answer: Fleas
Adults are small, their bites may cause itching, have piercing sucking
mouthparts, take a blood meal, and stay firmly attached to the body hairs of
the host Correct Answer: Sucking Lice
Adults are small, wingless insects that jump when leaves are moved. they prefer
moist areas inside Correct Answer: Springtails
Adults have only one pair of wings Correct Answer: Flies and Mosquitos
aedes aegypti Correct Answer: mosquito that transmits yellow fever and plague
Aerosol Correct Answer: liquid insecticide solution that in pressurized in a can
with a propellant to produce small fine droplets when released
Allegheny Mound Ant Correct Answer: Medium sized, 1 noded, builds dome
shaped mounds
Ambrosia beetle Correct Answer: Beetle does not eat wood, eats fungus
brought into holes into the wood, frass emerges in tubes
Ambrosia Fungus Correct Answer: stains galleries blue, dark grey, dark brown, or
black
,American cockroach Correct Answer: large, reddish-brown, pale brown or
yellow border on its pronotum, largest of all house infesting roaches. boiler
rooms and manholes of sewers
american dog tick& rocky mtn wood tick Correct Answer: bite is capable of
causing tick paralysis
American roach Correct Answer: Redial brown, yellow on pronotum largest of
all home entering roaches
Amidinohydrazones Correct Answer: Hydramethylon (MaxForce, Siege)
Angoumois Grain Moth Correct Answer: Most destructive stored grain moth,
narrow finger like extension of rear wings (pointed) fringed with long hair, 2/3"
wingspan
Anopheles quadrimaculatus Correct Answer: mosquito that transmits malaria
Anticoagulant Correct Answer: Prevents the normal clotting of the blood and
causes the pest to bleed internally
Applicant must be registered within how many days of employment? Correct
Answer: 30 days
Application for certification must be postmarked within how many days of the
exam? Correct Answer: 45 days?
Arachnids Correct Answer: Have 4 pair of legs, 2 body segments
Are all insects pests? Correct Answer: No
Are centipedes predators? Correct Answer: Yes
, Argentine ant Correct Answer: 12 segmented antennae, light to dark brown
color 1 node 1/8" small
asian cockroach Correct Answer: can fly, attracted to lights, resembles the
german roach, found in FL and urban areas of south GA
Australian cockroach Correct Answer: large, reddish brown, has its front wings
with a yellow streak at its base and a predominant dark spot in the center of its
pronotum
Australian roach Correct Answer: Reddish brown with yellow streak on front of
wings
Avert Correct Answer: Botanical
Avert gel mode of action Correct Answer: Stomach
Bait Correct Answer: An edible or attractive food substance mixed with a
pesticide
Bark beetle Correct Answer: Mostly found in western u.s. feeds on inner bark of
dead or damaged trees.
bat bug Correct Answer: ectoparasite, looks like the common bed bug, but
doesnt get into homes in large numbers
Baygon Correct Answer: Carbamate
Bedbugs Correct Answer: Have foul odor in heavy infestations
Beetles have how many pairs of wings? Correct Answer: 2 pair (4 wings)
Beetles metamorphosis Correct Answer: Complete metamorphosis
