WASHINGTON PESTICIDE LAWS AND SAFETY
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
100% CORRECT
◉ Incomplete Metamorphosis. Answer: Eggs hatch into immature forms
(called nymphs) that resemble adults and gradually increase in size;
many eventually develop wings and sexual organs. **Termites
cockroaches earwigs**
◉ Complete Metamorphosis. Answer: eggs hatch into larvae (usually the
feeding and destructive stage), which go through pupal stage before
becoming adults. These adults look completely different from the other
life stages, may live in different habitats, and often do not feed. **Ants,
beetles, wasps and flies**
◉ Conducive Conditions. Answer: Conditions that may lead to or
enhance an infestation of WDOs
◉ Physical Pest Control Method. Answer: method of getting rid of
insects and small rodents by removing, attacking, or setting up barriers
◉ Cultural Pest Control Method. Answer: method of managing pets by
manipulating the environment or implementing a preventive practice
,◉ Chemical Pest Control Method. Answer: method to destroy or
eliminate pests that contains chemicals unsafe for human consumption
◉ Biological Pest Control Method. Answer: method of controlling pests
by using other organisms
◉ Pest. Answer: a plant or animal detrimental to man; one that pesters or
annoys
◉ Pathogen. Answer: disease causing organism
◉ Biomagnificiation. Answer: the process where some organisms
accumulate chemical resides in higher concentrates than those found in
the organisms they consume
◉ EPA. Answer: Environmental Protection Agency
◉ OPs. Answer: Organophosphate Insecticides
◉ IPM. Answer: Integrated Pest Management
, ◉ Integrated Pest Management. Answer: the use of all available tactics
or strategies to manage pests
◉ What are the 5 IPM steps. Answer: 1. Identify the pest 2. define the
management system 3. develop the pest management strategy
4. develop reliable monitoring techniques 5. Use economic thresholds
◉ Severe Pests. Answer: Always present at populations above the
economic injury threshold in the absence of control
◉ Occasional or secondary pests. Answer: can cause damage above
economic injury levels only at certain times
◉ potential pests. Answer: cause no apparent economic damage under
normal circumstances
◉ migratory pests. Answer: may cause serious damage on a periodic
basis
◉ Economic threshold. Answer: the level or density of a pest population
where control measures need to be applied to prevent the pest from
reaching the economic injury level
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
100% CORRECT
◉ Incomplete Metamorphosis. Answer: Eggs hatch into immature forms
(called nymphs) that resemble adults and gradually increase in size;
many eventually develop wings and sexual organs. **Termites
cockroaches earwigs**
◉ Complete Metamorphosis. Answer: eggs hatch into larvae (usually the
feeding and destructive stage), which go through pupal stage before
becoming adults. These adults look completely different from the other
life stages, may live in different habitats, and often do not feed. **Ants,
beetles, wasps and flies**
◉ Conducive Conditions. Answer: Conditions that may lead to or
enhance an infestation of WDOs
◉ Physical Pest Control Method. Answer: method of getting rid of
insects and small rodents by removing, attacking, or setting up barriers
◉ Cultural Pest Control Method. Answer: method of managing pets by
manipulating the environment or implementing a preventive practice
,◉ Chemical Pest Control Method. Answer: method to destroy or
eliminate pests that contains chemicals unsafe for human consumption
◉ Biological Pest Control Method. Answer: method of controlling pests
by using other organisms
◉ Pest. Answer: a plant or animal detrimental to man; one that pesters or
annoys
◉ Pathogen. Answer: disease causing organism
◉ Biomagnificiation. Answer: the process where some organisms
accumulate chemical resides in higher concentrates than those found in
the organisms they consume
◉ EPA. Answer: Environmental Protection Agency
◉ OPs. Answer: Organophosphate Insecticides
◉ IPM. Answer: Integrated Pest Management
, ◉ Integrated Pest Management. Answer: the use of all available tactics
or strategies to manage pests
◉ What are the 5 IPM steps. Answer: 1. Identify the pest 2. define the
management system 3. develop the pest management strategy
4. develop reliable monitoring techniques 5. Use economic thresholds
◉ Severe Pests. Answer: Always present at populations above the
economic injury threshold in the absence of control
◉ Occasional or secondary pests. Answer: can cause damage above
economic injury levels only at certain times
◉ potential pests. Answer: cause no apparent economic damage under
normal circumstances
◉ migratory pests. Answer: may cause serious damage on a periodic
basis
◉ Economic threshold. Answer: the level or density of a pest population
where control measures need to be applied to prevent the pest from
reaching the economic injury level
