TENNESSEE PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM
CATEGORY 7 EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Corporate surety Bond requirement for Pest control. Answer:
$10,000
◉ Insurance required per occurrence and aggregate. Answer:
$250,000 and $500,000
◉ Time records are to be kept after the end of a contract. Answer: 2
years
◉ Types of insect life cycles. Answer: Gradual - Complete -
Ametabolus (Without Metamorphosis)
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Beetles Answer: Coleoptera -
Complete - Chewing
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Butterflies & Moths Answer:
Lepidoptera - Complete - Chewing as caterpillars, and siphoning as
adults.
,◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of flies. Answer: Diptera -
Complete - Chewing as immatures, and sucking or sponging as
adults.
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Ants, Bees, and Wasps.
Answer: Hymenoptera - Complete - Chewing or chewing and sucking
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of true bugs, cicadas,
leafhoppers, fulgorids, aphids, whiteflies, and scales. Answer:
Hemiptera - Gradual - Sucking
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Crickets and grasshoppers.
Answer: Orthopetera - Gradual - Chewing
◉ Stages of a gradual life cycle. Answer: Egg, nymph, and adult.
◉ Stages of a complete life cycle. Answer: Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
◉ Stages of ametabolus life cycle. Answer: Young look just like adults
in every way, just smaller.
◉ Characteristics of Chewing mouthparts. Answer: Strong
mandibles, smaller pair of maxillae.
,◉ Characteristics of Piercing/Sucking mouthparts. Answer: Elongate
holo proboscis used to pierce plant, animal, or insect being fed upon
to suck up sap or blood.
◉ Characteristics of mouthparts used for both Chewing and Sucking
Answer: Chewing mandibles as well as other mouthparts modified
for sucking.
◉ Characteristics of mouthparts used for Sponging Answer: Hollow
proboscis with an enlarged sponge-like structure.
◉ Characteristics of mouthparts used for Siphoning Answer: Long
hollow proboscis usually rolled up when not in use.
◉ A large order of insects having a single pair of wings, and sucking
or piercing mouthparts. Describe picture. Answer: Diptera (Flys)
◉ Leaf Miner - Describe picture, what they are, and how they feed.
Answer: Various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow
into and feed on leaf tissue.
◉ Describe picture and name of result of damage from an insect to
the leaf of a plant. Insect is usually gone. Answer: Leaf Gall
, ◉ Crane Fly (Identify, life cycle, and food) Answer: Long-legged
slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite.
Complete life cycle. Feeds on grass roots, but adults do not feed.
◉ Hymenoptera Answer: an order of insects including: bees
◉ Cicada killer (Life cycle, food, and characteristic) Answer: large
black or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas, complete life cycle,
largest wasp
◉ Imported fire ant (Identify, life cycle, food, characteristics)
Answer: Hymenoptera holometabolous chewing pest, Complete life
cycle, feeds on insects and seeds, has painful sting.
◉ Orthoptera Answer: Order of grasshoppers, and crickets
◉ House crickets Answer: nocturnal, live 2-3 months, lay 40 to 100
eggs
◉ Field cricket (Identify, life cycle, characteristics) Answer: Common
American black cricket. Gradual life cycle, males use structures on
their wings to produce songs.
CATEGORY 7 EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Corporate surety Bond requirement for Pest control. Answer:
$10,000
◉ Insurance required per occurrence and aggregate. Answer:
$250,000 and $500,000
◉ Time records are to be kept after the end of a contract. Answer: 2
years
◉ Types of insect life cycles. Answer: Gradual - Complete -
Ametabolus (Without Metamorphosis)
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Beetles Answer: Coleoptera -
Complete - Chewing
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Butterflies & Moths Answer:
Lepidoptera - Complete - Chewing as caterpillars, and siphoning as
adults.
,◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of flies. Answer: Diptera -
Complete - Chewing as immatures, and sucking or sponging as
adults.
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Ants, Bees, and Wasps.
Answer: Hymenoptera - Complete - Chewing or chewing and sucking
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of true bugs, cicadas,
leafhoppers, fulgorids, aphids, whiteflies, and scales. Answer:
Hemiptera - Gradual - Sucking
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Crickets and grasshoppers.
Answer: Orthopetera - Gradual - Chewing
◉ Stages of a gradual life cycle. Answer: Egg, nymph, and adult.
◉ Stages of a complete life cycle. Answer: Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
◉ Stages of ametabolus life cycle. Answer: Young look just like adults
in every way, just smaller.
◉ Characteristics of Chewing mouthparts. Answer: Strong
mandibles, smaller pair of maxillae.
,◉ Characteristics of Piercing/Sucking mouthparts. Answer: Elongate
holo proboscis used to pierce plant, animal, or insect being fed upon
to suck up sap or blood.
◉ Characteristics of mouthparts used for both Chewing and Sucking
Answer: Chewing mandibles as well as other mouthparts modified
for sucking.
◉ Characteristics of mouthparts used for Sponging Answer: Hollow
proboscis with an enlarged sponge-like structure.
◉ Characteristics of mouthparts used for Siphoning Answer: Long
hollow proboscis usually rolled up when not in use.
◉ A large order of insects having a single pair of wings, and sucking
or piercing mouthparts. Describe picture. Answer: Diptera (Flys)
◉ Leaf Miner - Describe picture, what they are, and how they feed.
Answer: Various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow
into and feed on leaf tissue.
◉ Describe picture and name of result of damage from an insect to
the leaf of a plant. Insect is usually gone. Answer: Leaf Gall
, ◉ Crane Fly (Identify, life cycle, and food) Answer: Long-legged
slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite.
Complete life cycle. Feeds on grass roots, but adults do not feed.
◉ Hymenoptera Answer: an order of insects including: bees
◉ Cicada killer (Life cycle, food, and characteristic) Answer: large
black or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas, complete life cycle,
largest wasp
◉ Imported fire ant (Identify, life cycle, food, characteristics)
Answer: Hymenoptera holometabolous chewing pest, Complete life
cycle, feeds on insects and seeds, has painful sting.
◉ Orthoptera Answer: Order of grasshoppers, and crickets
◉ House crickets Answer: nocturnal, live 2-3 months, lay 40 to 100
eggs
◉ Field cricket (Identify, life cycle, characteristics) Answer: Common
American black cricket. Gradual life cycle, males use structures on
their wings to produce songs.
