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