GEORGIA CERTIFIED OPERATOR - PEST CONTROL | 2026
UPDATE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
How much is an employee registration card? Answer - 10
Number of different insect species Answer - 1,000,000
(Stored product pest) Answer - Larva develops in kernel or grain
(Stored product pest) Answer - Larvae develops develops outside but feeds on
whole grains and processed
(Stored product pest) Answer - Only attack grains that have already been
damaged or fed on
(Stored product pest) Answer - Infest grains that are old or moldy
2 disadvantages of emulsion Answer - Phytotoxic and being absorbed into
porous surfaces
2 disadvantages of wettable powders Answer - Difficult to mix, can be inhaled
while being mixed
3 large roaches Answer - American, smokey brown, austrailian
,4 medium roaches Answer - Oriental, woods,cuban,surinam
4 small roaches Answer - German,Asian brown banded, woods
5 flies that bite man Answer - black fly, horse fly, sand flies, deer flies, stable
flies
5 reasons german roaches are successful Answer - thigomotatic, carry egg
capsule, high reproductive potential, resistance to pesticides, can find
harborage in many areas
Acrobat Ant Answer - builds nests in the dead wood of trees
Acute Rodenticides (Non-Anticoagulant) Answer - Zinc Phosphide, Bromethalin
(Vengance), Cholecalciferol (Quintox)
Adults are small, dark, hard bodied, laterally flattened wingless insects that
jump Answer - Fleas
Adults are small, their bites may cause itching, have piercing sucking
mouthparts, take a blood meal, and stay firmly attached to the body hairs of
the host Answer - Sucking Lice
Adults are small, wingless insects that jump when leaves are moved. they
prefer moist areas inside Answer - Springtails
Adults have only one pair of wings Answer - Flies and Mosquitos
,aedes aegypti Answer - mosquito that transmits yellow fever and plague
Aerosol Answer - liquid insecticide solution that in pressurized in a can with a
propellant to produce small fine droplets when released
Allegheny Mound Ant Answer - Medium sized, 1 noded, builds dome shaped
mounds
Ambrosia beetle Answer - Beetle does not eat wood, eats fungus brought into
holes into the wood, frass emerges in tubes
Ambrosia Fungus Answer - stains galleries blue, dark grey, dark brown, or black
American cockroach Answer - large, reddish-brown, pale brown or yellow
border on its pronotum, largest of all house infesting roaches. boiler rooms and
manholes of sewers
american dog tick& rocky mtn wood tick Answer - bite is capable of causing
tick paralysis
American roach Answer - Redial brown, yellow on pronotum largest of all
home entering roaches
Amidinohydrazones Answer - Hydramethylon (MaxForce, Siege)
Angoumois Grain Moth Answer - Most destructive stored grain moth, narrow
finger like extension of rear wings (pointed) fringed with long hair, 2/3"
wingspan
, Anopheles quadrimaculatus Answer - mosquito that transmits malaria
Anticoagulant Answer - Prevents the normal clotting of the blood and causes
the pest to bleed internally
Applicant must be registered within how many days of employment? Answer -
30 days
Application for certification must be postmarked within how many days of the
exam? Answer - 45 days?
Arachnids Answer - Have 4 pair of legs, 2 body segments
Are all insects pests? Answer - No
Are centipedes predators? Answer - Yes
Argentine ant Answer - 12 segmented antennae, light to dark brown color 1
node 1/8" small
asian cockroach Answer - can fly, attracted to lights, resembles the german
roach, found in FL and urban areas of south GA
Australian cockroach Answer - large, reddish brown, has its front wings with a
yellow streak at its base and a predominant dark spot in the center of its
pronotum
Australian roach Answer - Reddish brown with yellow streak on front of wings
UPDATE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
How much is an employee registration card? Answer - 10
Number of different insect species Answer - 1,000,000
(Stored product pest) Answer - Larva develops in kernel or grain
(Stored product pest) Answer - Larvae develops develops outside but feeds on
whole grains and processed
(Stored product pest) Answer - Only attack grains that have already been
damaged or fed on
(Stored product pest) Answer - Infest grains that are old or moldy
2 disadvantages of emulsion Answer - Phytotoxic and being absorbed into
porous surfaces
2 disadvantages of wettable powders Answer - Difficult to mix, can be inhaled
while being mixed
3 large roaches Answer - American, smokey brown, austrailian
,4 medium roaches Answer - Oriental, woods,cuban,surinam
4 small roaches Answer - German,Asian brown banded, woods
5 flies that bite man Answer - black fly, horse fly, sand flies, deer flies, stable
flies
5 reasons german roaches are successful Answer - thigomotatic, carry egg
capsule, high reproductive potential, resistance to pesticides, can find
harborage in many areas
Acrobat Ant Answer - builds nests in the dead wood of trees
Acute Rodenticides (Non-Anticoagulant) Answer - Zinc Phosphide, Bromethalin
(Vengance), Cholecalciferol (Quintox)
Adults are small, dark, hard bodied, laterally flattened wingless insects that
jump Answer - Fleas
Adults are small, their bites may cause itching, have piercing sucking
mouthparts, take a blood meal, and stay firmly attached to the body hairs of
the host Answer - Sucking Lice
Adults are small, wingless insects that jump when leaves are moved. they
prefer moist areas inside Answer - Springtails
Adults have only one pair of wings Answer - Flies and Mosquitos
,aedes aegypti Answer - mosquito that transmits yellow fever and plague
Aerosol Answer - liquid insecticide solution that in pressurized in a can with a
propellant to produce small fine droplets when released
Allegheny Mound Ant Answer - Medium sized, 1 noded, builds dome shaped
mounds
Ambrosia beetle Answer - Beetle does not eat wood, eats fungus brought into
holes into the wood, frass emerges in tubes
Ambrosia Fungus Answer - stains galleries blue, dark grey, dark brown, or black
American cockroach Answer - large, reddish-brown, pale brown or yellow
border on its pronotum, largest of all house infesting roaches. boiler rooms and
manholes of sewers
american dog tick& rocky mtn wood tick Answer - bite is capable of causing
tick paralysis
American roach Answer - Redial brown, yellow on pronotum largest of all
home entering roaches
Amidinohydrazones Answer - Hydramethylon (MaxForce, Siege)
Angoumois Grain Moth Answer - Most destructive stored grain moth, narrow
finger like extension of rear wings (pointed) fringed with long hair, 2/3"
wingspan
, Anopheles quadrimaculatus Answer - mosquito that transmits malaria
Anticoagulant Answer - Prevents the normal clotting of the blood and causes
the pest to bleed internally
Applicant must be registered within how many days of employment? Answer -
30 days
Application for certification must be postmarked within how many days of the
exam? Answer - 45 days?
Arachnids Answer - Have 4 pair of legs, 2 body segments
Are all insects pests? Answer - No
Are centipedes predators? Answer - Yes
Argentine ant Answer - 12 segmented antennae, light to dark brown color 1
node 1/8" small
asian cockroach Answer - can fly, attracted to lights, resembles the german
roach, found in FL and urban areas of south GA
Australian cockroach Answer - large, reddish brown, has its front wings with a
yellow streak at its base and a predominant dark spot in the center of its
pronotum
Australian roach Answer - Reddish brown with yellow streak on front of wings
