Texas Certified Applicator Exam prep
What is usually the cause when liquid flows into pump of a compressed sprayer and shoots out the
handle?** - correct answer✅✅Worn Check Valve
Ants with one node?* - correct answer✅✅Carpenter, crazy, Rasberry Crazy, False Honey, Rover,
Argentine, Odorous, ghost, pyramid
Ants with 2 nodes?* - correct answer✅✅Fire, Thief, Pavement, Acrobat, Pharaoh, Little black,
Harvester, Big Headed, Leaf cutter, Acacia, elongated twig
Adult dull gray with 4 stripes on thorax?** - correct answer✅✅House fly
Other than house flies what species of flys are common the residential environments.* - correct
answer✅✅Blue blow, Green blow, stable, Fruit flies, phorid, fungus gnats, moth flies
Four wings 3/4 inch wing spread fore wings are grey near body reddish at tips* - correct
answer✅✅Indian meal moths
Species of wasp that build home above and below ground* - correct answer✅✅Yellow jacket
To reduce contact with scorpions eliminate...?* - correct answer✅✅Bricks, stones, wood, trash and
other potential harborage points.
Insect 3/4 inch yellowish brown with powerful hind legs.* - correct answer✅✅The house/ field cricket
Ants pose particular risk in hospitals because?** - correct answer✅✅Carry diseases and organisms on
legs and body
The four distinct stages of mosquitoes.* - correct answer✅✅Egg, larva, pupa and adult
, Species of insect primary vector of yellow fever and dengue?** - correct answer✅✅Aedes aegypti or
Asian Tiger mosquitoes
Lone star tick (amblyomma) primary vector of what diseases? - correct answer✅✅Mono cystic
Ehrilichiosis and Southern Tick assisted rash illness
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the primary vector of what diseases? - correct
answer✅✅Rocky Mountain fever and tuleremia anaplasmosis
Black Legged Deer Tick is the primary vector of what disease - correct answer✅✅Spirochete (Lyme
disease)
Court ruling "____________ __________" usually involves cases where children are attracted to
application equipment and pesticide left unattended by applicators.* - correct answer✅✅Attractive
Nuisance
Rats have a home range of ?* - correct answer✅✅100ft - 150ft
Mice have a home range of ? - correct answer✅✅10ft-30ft
The most successful solutions or methods for achieving a rat free environment?* - correct
answer✅✅Rat Proofing
Describe droppings of Norway rat* - correct answer✅✅3/4 inch capsule shape
Food handling establishments are?** - correct answer✅✅Areas or places other than a private
resident in which food is prepared.
Thermal Fogger main disadvantage?** - correct answer✅✅Fog rarely penetrates into cracks and
crevices unless air current runs in to the area.
What is usually the cause when liquid flows into pump of a compressed sprayer and shoots out the
handle?** - correct answer✅✅Worn Check Valve
Ants with one node?* - correct answer✅✅Carpenter, crazy, Rasberry Crazy, False Honey, Rover,
Argentine, Odorous, ghost, pyramid
Ants with 2 nodes?* - correct answer✅✅Fire, Thief, Pavement, Acrobat, Pharaoh, Little black,
Harvester, Big Headed, Leaf cutter, Acacia, elongated twig
Adult dull gray with 4 stripes on thorax?** - correct answer✅✅House fly
Other than house flies what species of flys are common the residential environments.* - correct
answer✅✅Blue blow, Green blow, stable, Fruit flies, phorid, fungus gnats, moth flies
Four wings 3/4 inch wing spread fore wings are grey near body reddish at tips* - correct
answer✅✅Indian meal moths
Species of wasp that build home above and below ground* - correct answer✅✅Yellow jacket
To reduce contact with scorpions eliminate...?* - correct answer✅✅Bricks, stones, wood, trash and
other potential harborage points.
Insect 3/4 inch yellowish brown with powerful hind legs.* - correct answer✅✅The house/ field cricket
Ants pose particular risk in hospitals because?** - correct answer✅✅Carry diseases and organisms on
legs and body
The four distinct stages of mosquitoes.* - correct answer✅✅Egg, larva, pupa and adult
, Species of insect primary vector of yellow fever and dengue?** - correct answer✅✅Aedes aegypti or
Asian Tiger mosquitoes
Lone star tick (amblyomma) primary vector of what diseases? - correct answer✅✅Mono cystic
Ehrilichiosis and Southern Tick assisted rash illness
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the primary vector of what diseases? - correct
answer✅✅Rocky Mountain fever and tuleremia anaplasmosis
Black Legged Deer Tick is the primary vector of what disease - correct answer✅✅Spirochete (Lyme
disease)
Court ruling "____________ __________" usually involves cases where children are attracted to
application equipment and pesticide left unattended by applicators.* - correct answer✅✅Attractive
Nuisance
Rats have a home range of ?* - correct answer✅✅100ft - 150ft
Mice have a home range of ? - correct answer✅✅10ft-30ft
The most successful solutions or methods for achieving a rat free environment?* - correct
answer✅✅Rat Proofing
Describe droppings of Norway rat* - correct answer✅✅3/4 inch capsule shape
Food handling establishments are?** - correct answer✅✅Areas or places other than a private
resident in which food is prepared.
Thermal Fogger main disadvantage?** - correct answer✅✅Fog rarely penetrates into cracks and
crevices unless air current runs in to the area.
