General Pest Control Subcategory Test
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Define a pest in simple terms - CORRECT ANSWER - An unwanted organism
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 - CORRECT
ANSWER - D
In infested apartments, pest infestations are evenly distributed?
A. True
B. False - CORRECT ANSWER - B
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - C
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - C and E
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - B
New sprayers are well calibrated until they have been used one season
A. True
B. False - CORRECT ANSWER - B
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - E
Fogging fills a room volume including cracks, crevices and cabinets.
A. True
B. False - CORRECT ANSWER - B
High Pressure must be maintained in hand held sprayers to be effective.
A. True
B. False - CORRECT ANSWER - B
,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 - CORRECT
ANSWER - C
Equipment safety is best maintained by ________.
A. Daily Rinsing
B. Daily hose inspection
C. Scheduled cleaning
D. All of these - CORRECT ANSWER - D
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
D. enforce Fifra - CORRECT ANSWER - C
Pest Control applicators may be certified in either of two classifications.
a. Private and commercial
B. Fumigation and non fumigation
C. Urban and agriculture
D. Certified and non-certified - CORRECT ANSWER - A
Pesticide registration decisions are based on the demonstration that the use of a pesticide will not
result in "Unreasonable human health or environmental effects". The law that mandates that is
, called the ________. - CORRECT ANSWER - FIFRA, The Federal Insecticide fungicide
and rodenticide act
The state plan that regulates pesticide applicators and their certification is approved and
evaluated by ________.
A. FDA
B. USDA
C. EPA
D. OSHA - CORRECT ANSWER - C
The cockroach that requires the most control effort is the _______.
A. Asian
B. American
C. German
D. Australian - CORRECT ANSWER - C
American cockroaches like an environment that is
A. slightly cool, moist
B. very warm, moist
C. hot, dry
D. lukewarm, average humidity - CORRECT ANSWER - B
Oriental cockroach populations consist mostly of _____ in the winter.
A. Adults
B. nymphs
C. eggs
D. pupae - CORRECT ANSWER - A
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Define a pest in simple terms - CORRECT ANSWER - An unwanted organism
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 - CORRECT
ANSWER - D
In infested apartments, pest infestations are evenly distributed?
A. True
B. False - CORRECT ANSWER - B
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - C
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - C and E
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - B
New sprayers are well calibrated until they have been used one season
A. True
B. False - CORRECT ANSWER - B
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - E
Fogging fills a room volume including cracks, crevices and cabinets.
A. True
B. False - CORRECT ANSWER - B
High Pressure must be maintained in hand held sprayers to be effective.
A. True
B. False - CORRECT ANSWER - B
,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 - CORRECT
ANSWER - C
Equipment safety is best maintained by ________.
A. Daily Rinsing
B. Daily hose inspection
C. Scheduled cleaning
D. All of these - CORRECT ANSWER - D
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
D. enforce Fifra - CORRECT ANSWER - C
Pest Control applicators may be certified in either of two classifications.
a. Private and commercial
B. Fumigation and non fumigation
C. Urban and agriculture
D. Certified and non-certified - CORRECT ANSWER - A
Pesticide registration decisions are based on the demonstration that the use of a pesticide will not
result in "Unreasonable human health or environmental effects". The law that mandates that is
, called the ________. - CORRECT ANSWER - FIFRA, The Federal Insecticide fungicide
and rodenticide act
The state plan that regulates pesticide applicators and their certification is approved and
evaluated by ________.
A. FDA
B. USDA
C. EPA
D. OSHA - CORRECT ANSWER - C
The cockroach that requires the most control effort is the _______.
A. Asian
B. American
C. German
D. Australian - CORRECT ANSWER - C
American cockroaches like an environment that is
A. slightly cool, moist
B. very warm, moist
C. hot, dry
D. lukewarm, average humidity - CORRECT ANSWER - B
Oriental cockroach populations consist mostly of _____ in the winter.
A. Adults
B. nymphs
C. eggs
D. pupae - CORRECT ANSWER - A
