SC General and Structural Pest Control 7A
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1. define a pest in simple terms - ANSWER unwanted organism
2. in infested apartments, pest infestations are evenly distributed - ANSWER
false
3. American cockroaches like environment that is:
a. slightly cool and moist
b. very warm and moist
c. hot and dry
d. lukewarm, average humidity - ANSWER (b)
4. oriental cockroach populations consist mostly of ___________ in the winter.
- ANSWER adults
5. cockroaches need _______________ to be successful - ANSWER food,
moisture, harborage
6. oriental cockroaches prefer a ______________________
a. moist
b. warm
c. high
d. small - ANSWER (a)
7. brownbanded cockroaches prefer a ______________ environment
a. cool
, b. very warm
c. sanitary
d. very moist - ANSWER (b)
8. german cockroaches have
a. two bands across their thorax
b. two stripes on their thorax
c. light markings on their thorax
d. short wings - ANSWER (b)
9. ants and termites are closely related social insects - ANSWER false
10.the ant species that almost always has its colony inside is:
a. carpenter ant
b. pharaoh ant
c. cornfield ant
d. odorous house ant - ANSWER (b)
11.carpenter ants make galleries in wood, which is also one of their principle
foods - ANSWER false
12.the ant caste system consists of: - ANSWER male and female reproductives
and workers
13.ants found inside a structure always come from a colony that is located
inside - ANSWER false
14.ants forage for _____________ to sustain themselves and the colony
a. honeydew, greases, sugars, and insects
b. wood
, c. honeydew alone
d. pheromones - ANSWER (a)
15.some common stored product pests that attack whole grains and chew
through the seed coat are:
a. rice and granary weevils
b. red and confused flour beetles
c. psocids and grain mites
d. sawtoothed and merchant grain beetles - ANSWER (a)
16.the most important element in a pest management program for fabric pests in
a museum would be:
a. fogging
b. monitoring
c. dusting
d. spraying - ANSWER (b)
17.the key to rat control is to control rat populations, not individual rats -
ANSWER true
18.in six months, one pair of house mice can eat about 4 pounds of food and
deposit about ___________ droppings
a. 400
b. 1,800
c. 4,000
d. 25,000 - ANSWER (d)
19.when mice infest food, the greatest loss is not what mice eat, but what is
thrown out because of contamination - ANSWER true
20.which of the following is not true about mice
, a. mice breed in spring
b. mice are mostly active at night
c. females can produce up to 50 young per year
d. mice seldom travel 30 feet from their nest
e. mice are nibblers, feeding 20 or more times per night - ANSWER (a)
21.mice will avoid anything new that appears in their territory - ANSWER
false
22.mouse control is difficult because
a. they can squeeze through openings slightly larger than 1/4 inch
b. there can be many nests in an infested building
c. they have a high reproductive potential
d. all of the above - ANSWER (d)
23.the key difference in baiting mice in contrast to rats is:
a. you need to apply many small bait placements
b. you must use water baits
c. you need to wait weeks for mice to stop avoiding the new bait
d. baits are not effective against mice - ANSWER (a)
24.tracking powders should be applied in a layer less than 1/16 inch deep for
control of mice - ANSWER true
25.mouse traps should be placed
a. about 6 inches away from a wall
b. every 30 ft
c. along walls, behind objects, and in dark corners
d. in the center of infested rooms - ANSWER (c)
26.which of the following is true about pigeons?
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Answers Already Graded A+
1. define a pest in simple terms - ANSWER unwanted organism
2. in infested apartments, pest infestations are evenly distributed - ANSWER
false
3. American cockroaches like environment that is:
a. slightly cool and moist
b. very warm and moist
c. hot and dry
d. lukewarm, average humidity - ANSWER (b)
4. oriental cockroach populations consist mostly of ___________ in the winter.
- ANSWER adults
5. cockroaches need _______________ to be successful - ANSWER food,
moisture, harborage
6. oriental cockroaches prefer a ______________________
a. moist
b. warm
c. high
d. small - ANSWER (a)
7. brownbanded cockroaches prefer a ______________ environment
a. cool
, b. very warm
c. sanitary
d. very moist - ANSWER (b)
8. german cockroaches have
a. two bands across their thorax
b. two stripes on their thorax
c. light markings on their thorax
d. short wings - ANSWER (b)
9. ants and termites are closely related social insects - ANSWER false
10.the ant species that almost always has its colony inside is:
a. carpenter ant
b. pharaoh ant
c. cornfield ant
d. odorous house ant - ANSWER (b)
11.carpenter ants make galleries in wood, which is also one of their principle
foods - ANSWER false
12.the ant caste system consists of: - ANSWER male and female reproductives
and workers
13.ants found inside a structure always come from a colony that is located
inside - ANSWER false
14.ants forage for _____________ to sustain themselves and the colony
a. honeydew, greases, sugars, and insects
b. wood
, c. honeydew alone
d. pheromones - ANSWER (a)
15.some common stored product pests that attack whole grains and chew
through the seed coat are:
a. rice and granary weevils
b. red and confused flour beetles
c. psocids and grain mites
d. sawtoothed and merchant grain beetles - ANSWER (a)
16.the most important element in a pest management program for fabric pests in
a museum would be:
a. fogging
b. monitoring
c. dusting
d. spraying - ANSWER (b)
17.the key to rat control is to control rat populations, not individual rats -
ANSWER true
18.in six months, one pair of house mice can eat about 4 pounds of food and
deposit about ___________ droppings
a. 400
b. 1,800
c. 4,000
d. 25,000 - ANSWER (d)
19.when mice infest food, the greatest loss is not what mice eat, but what is
thrown out because of contamination - ANSWER true
20.which of the following is not true about mice
, a. mice breed in spring
b. mice are mostly active at night
c. females can produce up to 50 young per year
d. mice seldom travel 30 feet from their nest
e. mice are nibblers, feeding 20 or more times per night - ANSWER (a)
21.mice will avoid anything new that appears in their territory - ANSWER
false
22.mouse control is difficult because
a. they can squeeze through openings slightly larger than 1/4 inch
b. there can be many nests in an infested building
c. they have a high reproductive potential
d. all of the above - ANSWER (d)
23.the key difference in baiting mice in contrast to rats is:
a. you need to apply many small bait placements
b. you must use water baits
c. you need to wait weeks for mice to stop avoiding the new bait
d. baits are not effective against mice - ANSWER (a)
24.tracking powders should be applied in a layer less than 1/16 inch deep for
control of mice - ANSWER true
25.mouse traps should be placed
a. about 6 inches away from a wall
b. every 30 ft
c. along walls, behind objects, and in dark corners
d. in the center of infested rooms - ANSWER (c)
26.which of the following is true about pigeons?
