Texas Certified Applicator Exam Prep Questions
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What is usually the cause when liquid flows into pump of a compressed sprayer and shoots out the
handle? ** - Answer Worn Check Valve
Ants with one node? * - Answer Carpenter, crazy, Rasberry Crazy, False Honey, Rover, Argentine,
Odorous, ghost, pyramid
Ants with 2 nodes? * - Answer Fire, Thief, Pavement, Acrobat, Pharaoh, Little black, Harvester, Big
Headed, Leaf cutter, Acacia, elongated twig
Adult dull gray with 4 stripes on thorax? ** - Answer House fly
Other than house flies what species of flys are common the residential environments. * - 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* - Answer Indian meal
moths
Species of wasp that build home above and below ground* - Answer Yellow jacket
To reduce contact with scorpions eliminate...?* - Answer Bricks, stones, wood, trash and other potential
harborage points.
Insect 3/4 inch yellowish brown with powerful hind legs.* - Answer The house/ field cricket
Ants pose particular risk in hospitals because?** - Answer Carry diseases and organisms on legs and
body
The four distinct stages of mosquitoes.* - Answer Egg, larva, pupa and adult
, Species of insect primary vector of yellow fever and dengue?** - Answer Aedes aegypti or Asian Tiger
mosquitoes
Lone star tick (amblyomma) primary vector of what diseases? - Answer Mono cystic Ehrilichiosis and
Southern Tick assisted rash illness
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the primary vector of what diseases? - Answer Rocky
Mountain fever and tuleremia anaplasmosis
Black Legged Deer Tick is the primary vector of what disease - Answer Spirochete (Lyme disease)
Court ruling "____________ __________" usually involves cases where children are attracted to
application equipment and pesticide left unattended by applicators.* - Answer Attractive Nuisance
Rats have a home range of ?* - Answer 100ft - 150ft
Mice have a home range of ? - Answer 10ft-30ft
The most successful solutions or methods for achieving a rat free environment?* - Answer Rat Proofing
Describe droppings of Norway rat* - Answer 3/4 inch capsule shape
Food handling establishments are?** - Answer Areas or places other than a private resident in which
food is prepared.
Thermal Fogger main disadvantage?** - Answer Fog rarely penetrates into cracks and crevices unless air
current runs in to the area.
Droplets of __ to __ microns range are more efficient in controlling cockroaches.* - Answer 5 to 15
and Answers Verified A+
What is usually the cause when liquid flows into pump of a compressed sprayer and shoots out the
handle? ** - Answer Worn Check Valve
Ants with one node? * - Answer Carpenter, crazy, Rasberry Crazy, False Honey, Rover, Argentine,
Odorous, ghost, pyramid
Ants with 2 nodes? * - Answer Fire, Thief, Pavement, Acrobat, Pharaoh, Little black, Harvester, Big
Headed, Leaf cutter, Acacia, elongated twig
Adult dull gray with 4 stripes on thorax? ** - Answer House fly
Other than house flies what species of flys are common the residential environments. * - 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* - Answer Indian meal
moths
Species of wasp that build home above and below ground* - Answer Yellow jacket
To reduce contact with scorpions eliminate...?* - Answer Bricks, stones, wood, trash and other potential
harborage points.
Insect 3/4 inch yellowish brown with powerful hind legs.* - Answer The house/ field cricket
Ants pose particular risk in hospitals because?** - Answer Carry diseases and organisms on legs and
body
The four distinct stages of mosquitoes.* - Answer Egg, larva, pupa and adult
, Species of insect primary vector of yellow fever and dengue?** - Answer Aedes aegypti or Asian Tiger
mosquitoes
Lone star tick (amblyomma) primary vector of what diseases? - Answer Mono cystic Ehrilichiosis and
Southern Tick assisted rash illness
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the primary vector of what diseases? - Answer Rocky
Mountain fever and tuleremia anaplasmosis
Black Legged Deer Tick is the primary vector of what disease - Answer Spirochete (Lyme disease)
Court ruling "____________ __________" usually involves cases where children are attracted to
application equipment and pesticide left unattended by applicators.* - Answer Attractive Nuisance
Rats have a home range of ?* - Answer 100ft - 150ft
Mice have a home range of ? - Answer 10ft-30ft
The most successful solutions or methods for achieving a rat free environment?* - Answer Rat Proofing
Describe droppings of Norway rat* - Answer 3/4 inch capsule shape
Food handling establishments are?** - Answer Areas or places other than a private resident in which
food is prepared.
Thermal Fogger main disadvantage?** - Answer Fog rarely penetrates into cracks and crevices unless air
current runs in to the area.
Droplets of __ to __ microns range are more efficient in controlling cockroaches.* - Answer 5 to 15
