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TEXAS CERTIFIED APPLICATOR EXAM 2025
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS.
What is usually the cause when liquid flows into pump of a
compressed sprayer and shoots out the handle?** - correct
answer- Worn Check Valve
Ants with one node?* - correct answer- Carpenter, crazy,
Rasberry Crazy, False Honey, Rover, Argentine, Odorous,
ghost, pyramid
Ants with 2 nodes?* - correct answer- Fire, Thief, Pavement,
Acrobat, Pharaoh, Little black, Harvester, Big Headed, Leaf
cutter, Acacia, elongated twig
Adult dull gray with 4 stripes on thorax?** - correct answer-
House fly
Other than house flies what species of flys are common the
residential environments.* - correct answer- Blue blow, Green
blow, stable, Fruit flies, phorid, fungus gnats, moth flies
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Four wings 3/4 inch wing spread fore wings are grey near body
reddish at tips* - correct answer- Indian meal moths
Species of wasp that build home above and below ground* -
correct answer- Yellow jacket
To reduce contact with scorpions eliminate...?* - correct
answer- Bricks, stones, wood, trash and other potential
harborage points.
Insect 3/4 inch yellowish brown with powerful hind legs.* -
correct answer- The house/ field cricket
Ants pose particular risk in hospitals because?** - correct
answer- Carry diseases and organisms on legs and body
The four distinct stages of mosquitoes.* - correct answer- Egg,
larva, pupa and adult
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Species of insect primary vector of yellow fever and dengue?**
- correct answer- Aedes aegypti or Asian Tiger mosquitoes
Lone star tick (amblyomma) primary vector of what diseases? -
correct answer- Mono cystic Ehrilichiosis and Southern Tick
assisted rash illness
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the primary
vector of what diseases? - correct answer- Rocky Mountain
fever and tuleremia anaplasmosis
Black Legged Deer Tick is the primary vector of what disease -
correct answer- Spirochete (Lyme disease)
Court ruling "____________ __________" usually involves
cases where children are attracted to application equipment
and pesticide left unattended by applicators.* - correct answer-
Attractive Nuisance
Rats have a home range of ?* - correct answer- 100ft - 150ft
TEXAS CERTIFIED APPLICATOR EXAM 2025
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS.
What is usually the cause when liquid flows into pump of a
compressed sprayer and shoots out the handle?** - correct
answer- Worn Check Valve
Ants with one node?* - correct answer- Carpenter, crazy,
Rasberry Crazy, False Honey, Rover, Argentine, Odorous,
ghost, pyramid
Ants with 2 nodes?* - correct answer- Fire, Thief, Pavement,
Acrobat, Pharaoh, Little black, Harvester, Big Headed, Leaf
cutter, Acacia, elongated twig
Adult dull gray with 4 stripes on thorax?** - correct answer-
House fly
Other than house flies what species of flys are common the
residential environments.* - correct answer- Blue blow, Green
blow, stable, Fruit flies, phorid, fungus gnats, moth flies
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Four wings 3/4 inch wing spread fore wings are grey near body
reddish at tips* - correct answer- Indian meal moths
Species of wasp that build home above and below ground* -
correct answer- Yellow jacket
To reduce contact with scorpions eliminate...?* - correct
answer- Bricks, stones, wood, trash and other potential
harborage points.
Insect 3/4 inch yellowish brown with powerful hind legs.* -
correct answer- The house/ field cricket
Ants pose particular risk in hospitals because?** - correct
answer- Carry diseases and organisms on legs and body
The four distinct stages of mosquitoes.* - correct answer- Egg,
larva, pupa and adult
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Species of insect primary vector of yellow fever and dengue?**
- correct answer- Aedes aegypti or Asian Tiger mosquitoes
Lone star tick (amblyomma) primary vector of what diseases? -
correct answer- Mono cystic Ehrilichiosis and Southern Tick
assisted rash illness
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the primary
vector of what diseases? - correct answer- Rocky Mountain
fever and tuleremia anaplasmosis
Black Legged Deer Tick is the primary vector of what disease -
correct answer- Spirochete (Lyme disease)
Court ruling "____________ __________" usually involves
cases where children are attracted to application equipment
and pesticide left unattended by applicators.* - correct answer-
Attractive Nuisance
Rats have a home range of ?* - correct answer- 100ft - 150ft
