MISSOURI PESTICIDE APPLICATOR TRAINING CATEGORY 7B QUESTION WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS

MISSOURI PESTICIDE APPLICATOR TRAINING CATEGORY 7B QUESTION WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS



If you remove the door sill plate to examine the slab and you DO NOT see a seam that repre
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sents an expansion joint, the house is built on which kind of slab? - ans-Monolithic
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The inspection process should always begin by: - ans-
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Measuring the exterior of the structure xz xz xz xz xz




Which of the following tools is NOT normally used when making an inspection for wood-
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destroying organisms? - ans-Hammer xz xz xz




True or False, Only about 35% of an average home is accessible for inspection? - ans-True
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Which of the following common routes of entry is not found in slab homes? - ans-
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Stair stringers embedded in concrete
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True or False, Termites can infest a home by coming through a single crack in the foundatio
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n? - ans-True xz xz




True or False, In normal construction methods, there is an expansion joint between the fire
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place and the slab? - ans-True xz xz xz xz xz




The guideline for distance between the soil and the sill plate around the perimeter of a home
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is how many inches? - ans-Six inches
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True or False, You should list on your inspection sheet any areas of the home that are not a
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ccessible to visual inspection? - ans-True xz xz xz xz xz




True or False, You should calibrate your equipment at monthly intervals during the year? -
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ans-False
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True or False, You do not need to worry much about dusts being moved to non-
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target areas because the particles are so large that they stay in place? - ans-False
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Which of the following forms of pesticides is not commonly used to control wood-
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destroying organisms? - ans-Granules xz xz xz




Trophallaxis is: - ans-The term that refers to food sharing in termite colonies.
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Stomodeal Food is: - ans- xz xz xz xz




Regurgitated fragments of food and saliva that are transferred mouth-to- xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz




mouth between termites. xz xz

, Proctodeal Food is: - ans- xz xz xz xz




Food that comes from the anus and contains anal secretions, fatty acids, micro-
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organisms and chemicals called Pheremones xz xz xz xz




True or False, All termites use cellulose as a food source although they cannot digest cellul
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ose themselves? - ans-True
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True or False, Subterranean termites are responsible for most of the termite damage in the
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United States? - ans-True xz xz xz




Which of the following castes are the initial founders of a new colony? - ans-
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Primary Reproductives xz




True or False, Subterranean termites in Missouri swarm both day and night? - ans-False
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True or False, even after becoming fully mature, subterranean termite workers molt or shed
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their exoskeletons periodically throughout their entire lives? - ans-True
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Which of the following terms describes food sharing that contains regurgitated fragments of
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wood and saliva? - ans-Stomodeal food
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Over 90% of the termites in a subterranean termite colony belong to which caste? - ans-
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Worker

True or False, Subterranean termites can hear airborne sound? - ans-False
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True or False, Secondary Reproductives are relatively common in mature colonies of subte
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rranean termites? - ans-True xz xz xz




True or False, Subterranean termite colonies do not have to maintain contact with the soil w
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hen the wood itself in a structure is moist? - ans-True
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True or False, Subterranean termite damage always has a fecal-
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soil mixture within the tunnels? - ans-True
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Which type of slab foundation would you have if a footing is not found when probing down p
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arallel to the foundation wall on the outside? - ans-Monolithic
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Which of the following slab types DOES NOT include expansion joints as a possible point of
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entry for subterranean termites? - ans-Monolithic
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True or False, Floating slabs are designed so that settlement cracks do not occur in them a
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nd so are less susceptible to invasion by subterranean termites? - ans-False
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