Texas Certified Applicator Exam prep
What is usually the cause when liquid flows into pump of a Worn Check Valve
compressed sprayer and shoots out the handle?**
Ants with one node?* Carpenter, crazy, Rasberry Crazy, False Honey, Rover, Argentine, Odorous, ghost,
pyramid
Ants with 2 nodes?* Fire, Thief, Pavement, Acrobat, Pharaoh, Little black, Harvester, Big Headed, Leaf
cutter, Acacia, elongated twig
Adult dull gray with 4 stripes on thorax?** House fly
Other than house flies what species of flys are common Blue blow, Green blow, stable, Fruit flies, phorid, fungus gnats, moth flies
the residential environments.*
Four wings 3/4 inch wing spread fore wings are grey near Indian meal moths
body reddish at tips*
Species of wasp that build home above and below ground* Yellow jacket
To reduce contact with scorpions eliminate...?* Bricks, stones, wood, trash and other potential harborage points.
Insect 3/4 inch yellowish brown with powerful hind legs.* The house/ field cricket
Ants pose particular risk in hospitals because?** Carry diseases and organisms on legs and body
The four distinct stages of mosquitoes.* Egg, larva, pupa and adult
Species of insect primary vector of yellow fever and Aedes aegypti or Asian Tiger mosquitoes
dengue?**
Lone star tick (amblyomma) primary vector of what Mono cystic Ehrilichiosis and Southern Tick assisted rash illness
diseases?
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the primary Rocky Mountain fever and tuleremia anaplasmosis
vector of what diseases?
Black Legged Deer Tick is the primary vector of what Spirochete (Lyme disease)
disease
Stuvia 2026-2027
, Texas Certified Applicator Exam prep
Court ruling "____________ __________" usually involves Attractive Nuisance
cases where children are attracted to application
equipment and pesticide left unattended by applicators.*
Rats have a home range of ?* 100ft - 150ft
Mice have a home range of ? 10ft-30ft
The most successful solutions or methods for achieving a Rat Proofing
rat free environment?*
Describe droppings of Norway rat* 3/4 inch capsule shape
Food handling establishments are?** Areas or places other than a private resident in which food is prepared.
Thermal Fogger main disadvantage?** Fog rarely penetrates into cracks and crevices unless air current runs in to the area.
Droplets of __ to __ microns range are more efficient in 5 to 15
controlling cockroaches.*
Is Tyvek QC a chemical resistant material for PPE?** No
Define systematic pesticide.* Pesticide that is absorbed or circulated within a plant or animal making them toxic to
pest.
Define suspension a mixture That contains fine solid particles mixed throughout a liquid such as water
or oil
Define toxicity.* The measure of a pesticides ability to cause a acute, delayed or allergic Effects
True or False: For indoor treatment at a residential True
property with fewer than five rental rooms an applicator
should make pest control info sheet for each tenant.*
Pest control use records must be kept on premise for how 2 years
many years.*
The Texas Department of agriculture may restrict "We use only EPA approved products "
advertisement or competitive bidding to prohibit false,
misleading, or deceptive practices give one example of
deceptive advertisement.**
Stuvia 2026-2027
What is usually the cause when liquid flows into pump of a Worn Check Valve
compressed sprayer and shoots out the handle?**
Ants with one node?* Carpenter, crazy, Rasberry Crazy, False Honey, Rover, Argentine, Odorous, ghost,
pyramid
Ants with 2 nodes?* Fire, Thief, Pavement, Acrobat, Pharaoh, Little black, Harvester, Big Headed, Leaf
cutter, Acacia, elongated twig
Adult dull gray with 4 stripes on thorax?** House fly
Other than house flies what species of flys are common Blue blow, Green blow, stable, Fruit flies, phorid, fungus gnats, moth flies
the residential environments.*
Four wings 3/4 inch wing spread fore wings are grey near Indian meal moths
body reddish at tips*
Species of wasp that build home above and below ground* Yellow jacket
To reduce contact with scorpions eliminate...?* Bricks, stones, wood, trash and other potential harborage points.
Insect 3/4 inch yellowish brown with powerful hind legs.* The house/ field cricket
Ants pose particular risk in hospitals because?** Carry diseases and organisms on legs and body
The four distinct stages of mosquitoes.* Egg, larva, pupa and adult
Species of insect primary vector of yellow fever and Aedes aegypti or Asian Tiger mosquitoes
dengue?**
Lone star tick (amblyomma) primary vector of what Mono cystic Ehrilichiosis and Southern Tick assisted rash illness
diseases?
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the primary Rocky Mountain fever and tuleremia anaplasmosis
vector of what diseases?
Black Legged Deer Tick is the primary vector of what Spirochete (Lyme disease)
disease
Stuvia 2026-2027
, Texas Certified Applicator Exam prep
Court ruling "____________ __________" usually involves Attractive Nuisance
cases where children are attracted to application
equipment and pesticide left unattended by applicators.*
Rats have a home range of ?* 100ft - 150ft
Mice have a home range of ? 10ft-30ft
The most successful solutions or methods for achieving a Rat Proofing
rat free environment?*
Describe droppings of Norway rat* 3/4 inch capsule shape
Food handling establishments are?** Areas or places other than a private resident in which food is prepared.
Thermal Fogger main disadvantage?** Fog rarely penetrates into cracks and crevices unless air current runs in to the area.
Droplets of __ to __ microns range are more efficient in 5 to 15
controlling cockroaches.*
Is Tyvek QC a chemical resistant material for PPE?** No
Define systematic pesticide.* Pesticide that is absorbed or circulated within a plant or animal making them toxic to
pest.
Define suspension a mixture That contains fine solid particles mixed throughout a liquid such as water
or oil
Define toxicity.* The measure of a pesticides ability to cause a acute, delayed or allergic Effects
True or False: For indoor treatment at a residential True
property with fewer than five rental rooms an applicator
should make pest control info sheet for each tenant.*
Pest control use records must be kept on premise for how 2 years
many years.*
The Texas Department of agriculture may restrict "We use only EPA approved products "
advertisement or competitive bidding to prohibit false,
misleading, or deceptive practices give one example of
deceptive advertisement.**
Stuvia 2026-2027
