GENERAL PEST MANAGEMENT 7A
NEWEST 2025-2026 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | A+ GRADE
With a medium amount of rat infestation, you would not
expect to see Correct Answer Rats during the daytime
Rodenticides should be placed in Correct Answer in
locations not accessible to children, pets, wildlife, and
domestic animals; in a tamper-proof box
When using a trigger trap to catch a Norway rat you
should Correct Answer use PB as bait
What type of bait(s) should be placed in a rat burrow
Correct Answer bait packs and tracking powder
When water is limiting, water baits can be used in open
areas, t or f Correct Answer false
How does tracking powder kill rats Correct Answer Rats
swallow powder when they groom their fur
In 6 months, one pair of house mice can eat about 4
pounds of food and deposit about _____ droppings
Correct Answer 18,000
,when mice infest food, the greatest loss is not what mice
eat, but what is thrown out because of contamination
Correct Answer True
government regulations currently exclude any
contamination of food commodities by rodent hair, t or f
Correct Answer false
Mice are more likely to cause ____ than rats Correct
Answer Salmonella food poisoning
Mice, unlike rats, may also be responsible for the spread
of: Correct Answer Meningitis and Rickettsial pox
Mice have to drink water everyday, t or f Correct Answer
False
Tying a cotton ball to a trigger trap will attract mice, t or f
Correct Answer True
tracking powders should be applied in a layer less than
1/16 inch deep for control of mice, t or f Correct Answer
True
Tracking powders are more effective against rats than
mice, t or f Correct Answer False
Which would be affective placement of glue boards
Correct Answer every 5-10 feet in infested areas and
lengthwise flush against wall along narrow runways
,Cockroaches need _____ to be successful Correct
Answer Food, moisture, harborage
Oriental cockroaches prefer a ___ environment Correct
Answer moist
Brown banded cockroaches prefer a ___ environmet
Correct Answer very warm
What type of habit alteration would be most effective
against American cockroaches Correct Answer remove
wood piles
What control is best against german and brownbanded
cockroaches Correct Answer crack and crevice pesticide
application
what cockroach species consists of only female members
in the US Correct Answer Surinam
For what cockroach species are pesticides never required
Correct Answer woods
What cockroach (Brown, Smokey-brown, Surinam,
Woods, Asain) is likley to be a pest in Tropical plants used
in building interiors Correct Answer Surinam
What cockroach (Brown, Smokey-brown, Surinam,
Woods, Asain) is likley to be a pest in greenhouse plant
feeder; gutters and roof shingles Correct Answer Smokey-
brown
, What cockroach (Brown, Smokey-brown, Surinam,
Woods, Asain) is likley to be a pest in transported plant
soil, sewers, crawl spaces, garages Correct Answer
Brown
What cockroach (Brown, Smokey-brown, Surinam,
Woods, Asain) is likley to be a pest in house lights Correct
Answer Asain
What cockroach (Brown, Smokey-brown, Surinam,
Woods, Asain) is likley to be a pest in firewood Correct
Answer Woods
Ants and termites are both closely related social insects, t
or f Correct Answer f
Carpenter ants make galleries in wood, which is also one
of their principle foods, t or f Correct Answer f
the ant caste system consists of: Correct Answer male
and female reproductives and workers
which ant species almost always has its colony inside
Correct Answer pharoh ant
when using insecticides to control ants Correct Answer
crack and crevice can be used to treat areas where nests
are suspected
NEWEST 2025-2026 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | A+ GRADE
With a medium amount of rat infestation, you would not
expect to see Correct Answer Rats during the daytime
Rodenticides should be placed in Correct Answer in
locations not accessible to children, pets, wildlife, and
domestic animals; in a tamper-proof box
When using a trigger trap to catch a Norway rat you
should Correct Answer use PB as bait
What type of bait(s) should be placed in a rat burrow
Correct Answer bait packs and tracking powder
When water is limiting, water baits can be used in open
areas, t or f Correct Answer false
How does tracking powder kill rats Correct Answer Rats
swallow powder when they groom their fur
In 6 months, one pair of house mice can eat about 4
pounds of food and deposit about _____ droppings
Correct Answer 18,000
,when mice infest food, the greatest loss is not what mice
eat, but what is thrown out because of contamination
Correct Answer True
government regulations currently exclude any
contamination of food commodities by rodent hair, t or f
Correct Answer false
Mice are more likely to cause ____ than rats Correct
Answer Salmonella food poisoning
Mice, unlike rats, may also be responsible for the spread
of: Correct Answer Meningitis and Rickettsial pox
Mice have to drink water everyday, t or f Correct Answer
False
Tying a cotton ball to a trigger trap will attract mice, t or f
Correct Answer True
tracking powders should be applied in a layer less than
1/16 inch deep for control of mice, t or f Correct Answer
True
Tracking powders are more effective against rats than
mice, t or f Correct Answer False
Which would be affective placement of glue boards
Correct Answer every 5-10 feet in infested areas and
lengthwise flush against wall along narrow runways
,Cockroaches need _____ to be successful Correct
Answer Food, moisture, harborage
Oriental cockroaches prefer a ___ environment Correct
Answer moist
Brown banded cockroaches prefer a ___ environmet
Correct Answer very warm
What type of habit alteration would be most effective
against American cockroaches Correct Answer remove
wood piles
What control is best against german and brownbanded
cockroaches Correct Answer crack and crevice pesticide
application
what cockroach species consists of only female members
in the US Correct Answer Surinam
For what cockroach species are pesticides never required
Correct Answer woods
What cockroach (Brown, Smokey-brown, Surinam,
Woods, Asain) is likley to be a pest in Tropical plants used
in building interiors Correct Answer Surinam
What cockroach (Brown, Smokey-brown, Surinam,
Woods, Asain) is likley to be a pest in greenhouse plant
feeder; gutters and roof shingles Correct Answer Smokey-
brown
, What cockroach (Brown, Smokey-brown, Surinam,
Woods, Asain) is likley to be a pest in transported plant
soil, sewers, crawl spaces, garages Correct Answer
Brown
What cockroach (Brown, Smokey-brown, Surinam,
Woods, Asain) is likley to be a pest in house lights Correct
Answer Asain
What cockroach (Brown, Smokey-brown, Surinam,
Woods, Asain) is likley to be a pest in firewood Correct
Answer Woods
Ants and termites are both closely related social insects, t
or f Correct Answer f
Carpenter ants make galleries in wood, which is also one
of their principle foods, t or f Correct Answer f
the ant caste system consists of: Correct Answer male
and female reproductives and workers
which ant species almost always has its colony inside
Correct Answer pharoh ant
when using insecticides to control ants Correct Answer
crack and crevice can be used to treat areas where nests
are suspected
