TEXAS PEST CONTROL CATEGORY PRACTICE TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
Characterized by having essentially tubular segmented bodies, paired and jointed appendages, bilateral
symmetry, and a chitinous exoskeleton - (ANSWER)Arthropod
Insects that develop without much change in form (ex silverfish) - (ANSWER)Ametabulous
Insects have immature with a different body structure than adults (ex dragonflies) -
(ANSWER)Hemimetabulous
Paurometabulous - (ANSWER)Insects have 3 distinct stages: egg, nymph, adult (ex crickets, cockroaches)
Insects undergo complete metamorphosis (ex ants, beetles, flies - (ANSWER)Holometabulous
These roaches prefer an outdoor habitat but move indoors during seasonal migration and adverse
weather conditions - (ANSWER)Smoky brown roaches
How many species of roaches have been identified worldwide?
A) 350
B) 3,500
C) 35,000 - (ANSWER)B) 3,500
Asian and German roaches can be distinguished apart by what characteristics? - (ANSWER)Habitat and
flight
Ants are members of which family? - (ANSWER)Formicidae
The #1 pest in the US - (ANSWER)Ants
There are approximately______species of ants in the US - (ANSWER)700
,TEXAS PEST CONTROL CATEGORY PRACTICE TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
The larvae of these moths attack whole GRAINS and feed inside and often pupate inside GRAINS (not
flour) - (ANSWER)Angumois grain moth
Forewings are gray near the body & reddish near the tip; head & thorax are reddish - (ANSWER)Indian
meal moth
Attack grain BEFORE harvest & storage - (ANSWER)Granary & rice weevils
Elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown & about 1/8 inch long beetles - (ANSWER)Red flour beetles
Small cylindrical slender dark brown beetles around 1/8 inch long; very strong mandibles that can cut
through wood - (ANSWER)Lesser grain borer
An expert is needed to provide exact identification of these beetles - (ANSWER)Dermestid beetles
There are over 55,000 described species - (ANSWER)Mites
Major pests of golf courses and cause physical & aesthetic damage when they burrow below the ground
surface - (ANSWER)Mole crickets
herbivorous, feeding on plants - (ANSWER)phytophagous
Feeding on other animals - (ANSWER)Zoophageous
Feeding on other insects - (ANSWER)Entomophageous
Feeding on dead and decaying plant or animal materials - (ANSWER)saprophagous
, TEXAS PEST CONTROL CATEGORY PRACTICE TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
One can use insect mouthparts to classify the type of damage an insect can cause
A) true
B) false - (ANSWER)A) true
The larvae of the angumois grain moth feed on flour.
A) true
B) false - (ANSWER)B) false
Which of the following Arthropods belong to the order Ixodida?
A) ticks
B) spiders
C)lobsters
D)mosquitos - (ANSWER)A)ticks
Which characteristics separates the ticks and mites from the class insecta?
A)lack of antennae
B)body is divided into 2 distinct regions
C)they have an exoskeleton made of chitin
D)they have 4 pair of legs in their adult stage
E)all of the above except for d
F)all of the above except for c - (ANSWER)F)all of the above except for c
What family do hard ticks belong to?
A)ixodidae
B)argasidae
C)nutalliellidae
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
Characterized by having essentially tubular segmented bodies, paired and jointed appendages, bilateral
symmetry, and a chitinous exoskeleton - (ANSWER)Arthropod
Insects that develop without much change in form (ex silverfish) - (ANSWER)Ametabulous
Insects have immature with a different body structure than adults (ex dragonflies) -
(ANSWER)Hemimetabulous
Paurometabulous - (ANSWER)Insects have 3 distinct stages: egg, nymph, adult (ex crickets, cockroaches)
Insects undergo complete metamorphosis (ex ants, beetles, flies - (ANSWER)Holometabulous
These roaches prefer an outdoor habitat but move indoors during seasonal migration and adverse
weather conditions - (ANSWER)Smoky brown roaches
How many species of roaches have been identified worldwide?
A) 350
B) 3,500
C) 35,000 - (ANSWER)B) 3,500
Asian and German roaches can be distinguished apart by what characteristics? - (ANSWER)Habitat and
flight
Ants are members of which family? - (ANSWER)Formicidae
The #1 pest in the US - (ANSWER)Ants
There are approximately______species of ants in the US - (ANSWER)700
,TEXAS PEST CONTROL CATEGORY PRACTICE TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
The larvae of these moths attack whole GRAINS and feed inside and often pupate inside GRAINS (not
flour) - (ANSWER)Angumois grain moth
Forewings are gray near the body & reddish near the tip; head & thorax are reddish - (ANSWER)Indian
meal moth
Attack grain BEFORE harvest & storage - (ANSWER)Granary & rice weevils
Elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown & about 1/8 inch long beetles - (ANSWER)Red flour beetles
Small cylindrical slender dark brown beetles around 1/8 inch long; very strong mandibles that can cut
through wood - (ANSWER)Lesser grain borer
An expert is needed to provide exact identification of these beetles - (ANSWER)Dermestid beetles
There are over 55,000 described species - (ANSWER)Mites
Major pests of golf courses and cause physical & aesthetic damage when they burrow below the ground
surface - (ANSWER)Mole crickets
herbivorous, feeding on plants - (ANSWER)phytophagous
Feeding on other animals - (ANSWER)Zoophageous
Feeding on other insects - (ANSWER)Entomophageous
Feeding on dead and decaying plant or animal materials - (ANSWER)saprophagous
, TEXAS PEST CONTROL CATEGORY PRACTICE TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+
GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
One can use insect mouthparts to classify the type of damage an insect can cause
A) true
B) false - (ANSWER)A) true
The larvae of the angumois grain moth feed on flour.
A) true
B) false - (ANSWER)B) false
Which of the following Arthropods belong to the order Ixodida?
A) ticks
B) spiders
C)lobsters
D)mosquitos - (ANSWER)A)ticks
Which characteristics separates the ticks and mites from the class insecta?
A)lack of antennae
B)body is divided into 2 distinct regions
C)they have an exoskeleton made of chitin
D)they have 4 pair of legs in their adult stage
E)all of the above except for d
F)all of the above except for c - (ANSWER)F)all of the above except for c
What family do hard ticks belong to?
A)ixodidae
B)argasidae
C)nutalliellidae
