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GENERAL PEST CONTROL SUBCATEGORY TEST
EXAM WITH COMPLETE 380 QUESTIONS AND WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
QUESTION: In a simple sequence of methods, which of the following is the first method or
activity a pest control technician should do?
A. Pesticide Application
B. Habitat alteration
C. Inspection
D. Follow up - ANSWER✔✔C
QUESTION: Which of the following are not integrated pest management components, goals or
activities:
A. Monitoring
B. Pesticide Application
C. Preventative Spraying
D. Recordkeeping
E. Total Pest Elimination - ANSWER✔✔C and E
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QUESTION: The pest management style of pest control, more than the other styles,
emphasizes:
A. Safe Pesticide application
B. The reduction of pests to a tolerable number
C. Inspection
D. Client Communication - ANSWER✔✔B
QUESTION: New sprayers are well calibrated until they have been used one season
A. True
B. False - ANSWER✔✔B
QUESTION: Hand held sprayers can be calibrated if the following is known:
A. Pressure used
B. Amount of liquid used
C. Time elapsed per liquid used
D. Area sprayed per amount of liquid used
E. All of these
F. None of these - ANSWER✔✔E
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QUESTION: Fogging fills a room volume including cracks, crevices and cabinets.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER✔✔B
QUESTION: High Pressure must be maintained in hand held sprayers to be effective.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER✔✔B
QUESTION: If a sprayer malfunctions,_______________
A. Repair it immediately
B. Increase pressure by pumping
C. Release pressure and remove it to a repair area
D. Use very soft and thin wire to clear the nozzle after releasing pressure - ANSWER✔✔C
QUESTION: Equipment safety is best maintained by ________.
A. Daily Rinsing
B. Daily hose inspection
C. Scheduled cleaning
D. All of these - ANSWER✔✔D
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QUESTION: Define a pest in simple terms - ANSWER✔✔An unwanted organism
QUESTION: Pest populations are part of an ecosystem. What following elements are included in
an ecosystem?
A. Populations and a community
B. A community and biological and physical supports
C. Populations and biological and physical supports
D. Populations, a community, and biological and physical supports - ANSWER✔✔D
QUESTION: In infested apartments, pest infestations are evenly distributed?
A. True
B. False - ANSWER✔✔B
QUESTION: The responsibility of the environmental protection Agency (EPA) is to ________.
A. Regulate Pesticide use
B. Regulate pesticide applicators
C. Protect public health and the environment
GENERAL PEST CONTROL SUBCATEGORY TEST
EXAM WITH COMPLETE 380 QUESTIONS AND WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
QUESTION: In a simple sequence of methods, which of the following is the first method or
activity a pest control technician should do?
A. Pesticide Application
B. Habitat alteration
C. Inspection
D. Follow up - ANSWER✔✔C
QUESTION: Which of the following are not integrated pest management components, goals or
activities:
A. Monitoring
B. Pesticide Application
C. Preventative Spraying
D. Recordkeeping
E. Total Pest Elimination - ANSWER✔✔C and E
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QUESTION: The pest management style of pest control, more than the other styles,
emphasizes:
A. Safe Pesticide application
B. The reduction of pests to a tolerable number
C. Inspection
D. Client Communication - ANSWER✔✔B
QUESTION: New sprayers are well calibrated until they have been used one season
A. True
B. False - ANSWER✔✔B
QUESTION: Hand held sprayers can be calibrated if the following is known:
A. Pressure used
B. Amount of liquid used
C. Time elapsed per liquid used
D. Area sprayed per amount of liquid used
E. All of these
F. None of these - ANSWER✔✔E
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QUESTION: Fogging fills a room volume including cracks, crevices and cabinets.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER✔✔B
QUESTION: High Pressure must be maintained in hand held sprayers to be effective.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER✔✔B
QUESTION: If a sprayer malfunctions,_______________
A. Repair it immediately
B. Increase pressure by pumping
C. Release pressure and remove it to a repair area
D. Use very soft and thin wire to clear the nozzle after releasing pressure - ANSWER✔✔C
QUESTION: Equipment safety is best maintained by ________.
A. Daily Rinsing
B. Daily hose inspection
C. Scheduled cleaning
D. All of these - ANSWER✔✔D
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QUESTION: Define a pest in simple terms - ANSWER✔✔An unwanted organism
QUESTION: Pest populations are part of an ecosystem. What following elements are included in
an ecosystem?
A. Populations and a community
B. A community and biological and physical supports
C. Populations and biological and physical supports
D. Populations, a community, and biological and physical supports - ANSWER✔✔D
QUESTION: In infested apartments, pest infestations are evenly distributed?
A. True
B. False - ANSWER✔✔B
QUESTION: The responsibility of the environmental protection Agency (EPA) is to ________.
A. Regulate Pesticide use
B. Regulate pesticide applicators
C. Protect public health and the environment
