GENERAL STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL 7A
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION GUIDE
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS 2026
• Define a pest in simple terms Answer: any unwanted organism
• Pest populations are part of an ecosystem where following elements
are included in an ecosystem? Answer: A community and biological and
physical support.
• In infested apartments, pest infestations are evenly distributed Answer:
False
• In a simple sequence of methods, which of the following is the first
method or activity a pest technician should do? Answer: Inspection
• Which of the following are not integrated pest management, IPM
components, goals or activities? Answer: Preventative spring, total pest
elimination
• The integrated pest management approach to pest control, more than
other approaches, emphasizes: Answer: The reduction of pest to a
tolerable number
,• New sprayers are well calibrated until they have been used one season
Answer: False
• Hand held sprayers can be calibrated, if the following is known:
Answer: Pressure used, amount of liquid used, time elapsed per liquid
used, area sprayed per amount of liquid used
• Fogging fills a room volume, including cracks, crevices, and cabinets
Answer: False
• High pressure must be maintained in handheld sprayer is to be
effective Answer: False
• If a sprayer malfunctions, Answer: Release pressure and remove it to a
repair area
• Equipment safety is best maintained by, Answer: Daily rinsing, daily
hose inspection, scheduled cleaning
• What are the four principal classes of the phylum Arthropoda?
Answer: Arachnida, Diploda, Chilopoda, Insecta
• What are the three basic types of insect development? Answer: Simple
metamophosis, gradual metamorphosis, complete metamorphosis.
, • The cockroach that requires the most control effort is the, Answer:
German
• American coackroaches like an environment that is Answer: Very
warm, moist
• Oriental cockroach population consists of mostly _______ in the
winter Answer: Adults
• Cockroaches need ______ to be successful Answer: Food, moisture,
and harborage
• Oriental cockroaches prefer a ______ environment Answer: Moist
• Brown banded cockroaches, prefer a ________ environment Answer:
Very warm
• German cockroaches have, Answer: Two stripes on their thorax
• True or False, Ants and termites are closely related social insects
Answer: False
• The ant species that almost always has its colony inside is, Answer:
Paroah ant
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION GUIDE
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS 2026
• Define a pest in simple terms Answer: any unwanted organism
• Pest populations are part of an ecosystem where following elements
are included in an ecosystem? Answer: A community and biological and
physical support.
• In infested apartments, pest infestations are evenly distributed Answer:
False
• In a simple sequence of methods, which of the following is the first
method or activity a pest technician should do? Answer: Inspection
• Which of the following are not integrated pest management, IPM
components, goals or activities? Answer: Preventative spring, total pest
elimination
• The integrated pest management approach to pest control, more than
other approaches, emphasizes: Answer: The reduction of pest to a
tolerable number
,• New sprayers are well calibrated until they have been used one season
Answer: False
• Hand held sprayers can be calibrated, if the following is known:
Answer: Pressure used, amount of liquid used, time elapsed per liquid
used, area sprayed per amount of liquid used
• Fogging fills a room volume, including cracks, crevices, and cabinets
Answer: False
• High pressure must be maintained in handheld sprayer is to be
effective Answer: False
• If a sprayer malfunctions, Answer: Release pressure and remove it to a
repair area
• Equipment safety is best maintained by, Answer: Daily rinsing, daily
hose inspection, scheduled cleaning
• What are the four principal classes of the phylum Arthropoda?
Answer: Arachnida, Diploda, Chilopoda, Insecta
• What are the three basic types of insect development? Answer: Simple
metamophosis, gradual metamorphosis, complete metamorphosis.
, • The cockroach that requires the most control effort is the, Answer:
German
• American coackroaches like an environment that is Answer: Very
warm, moist
• Oriental cockroach population consists of mostly _______ in the
winter Answer: Adults
• Cockroaches need ______ to be successful Answer: Food, moisture,
and harborage
• Oriental cockroaches prefer a ______ environment Answer: Moist
• Brown banded cockroaches, prefer a ________ environment Answer:
Very warm
• German cockroaches have, Answer: Two stripes on their thorax
• True or False, Ants and termites are closely related social insects
Answer: False
• The ant species that almost always has its colony inside is, Answer:
Paroah ant
