PESTICIDE LICENSE EXAM 2026 144
QUESTIONS ANSWERS COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A+
◉ Years experience within what time frame required to qualify for a
license. Answer: 1 year within 3
◉ How long is a license valid. Answer: Three years.
◉ Bond requirement for Pest control. Answer: $5,000
◉ Insurance required per occurrence and aggregate. Answer: $100,000
and $200,000
◉ Time records are to be kept after the end of a contract. Answer: 2
years
◉ How many hours of classroom training are required for a registered
technician. Answer: 8 hours general training, and 8 hours specific to the
category.
◉ To renew a license or permit, you must do what? Answer: Complete
an approved training course, or pass an examination within the past 12
months.
,◉ Types of insect life cycles. Answer: Gradual - Complete - Ametabolus
(Without Metamorphosis)
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Beetles Answer: Coleoptera -
Complete - Chewing
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Butterflies & Moths Answer:
Lepidoptera - Complete - Chewing as caterpillars, and siphoning as
adults.
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of flies. Answer: Diptera - Complete
- Chewing as immatures, and sucking or sponging as adults.
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Ants, Bees, and Wasps. Answer:
Hymenoptera - Complete - Chewing or chewing and sucking
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of true bugs, cicadas, leafhoppers,
fulgorids, aphids, whiteflies, and scales. Answer: Hemiptera - Gradual -
Sucking
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Crickets and grasshoppers.
Answer: Orthopetera - Gradual - Chewing
,◉ Stages of a gradual life cycle. Answer: Egg, nymph, and adult.
◉ Stages of a complete life cycle. Answer: Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
◉ Stages of ametabolus life cycle. Answer: Young look just like adults
in every way, just smaller.
◉ Characteristics of Chewing mouthparts. Answer: Strong mandibles,
smaller pair of maxillae.
◉ Characteristics of Piercing/Sucking mouthparts. Answer: Elongate
holo proboscis used to pierce plant, animal, or insect being fed upon to
suck up sap or blood.
◉ Characteristics of mouthparts used for both Chewing and Sucking
Answer: Chewing mandibles as well as other mouthparts modified for
sucking.
◉ Characteristics of mouthparts used for Sponging Answer: Hollow
proboscis with an enlarged sponge-like structure.
◉ Characteristics of mouthparts used for Siphoning Answer: Long
hollow proboscis usually rolled up when not in use.
, ◉ A large order of insects having a single pair of wings, and sucking or
piercing mouthparts. Describe picture. Answer: Diptera (Flys)
◉ Leaf Miner - Describe picture, what they are, and how they feed.
Answer: Various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow
into and feed on leaf tissue.
◉ Describe picture and name of result of damage from an insect to the
leaf of a plant. Insect is usually gone. Answer: Leaf Gall
◉ Crane Fly (Identify, life cycle, and food) Answer: Long-legged
slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite. Complete
life cycle. Feeds on grass roots, but adults do not feed.
◉ Hymenoptera Answer: an order of insects including: bees
◉ Cicada killer (Life cycle, food, and characteristic) Answer: large black
or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas, complete life cycle, largest
wasp
◉ Imported fire ant (Identify, life cycle, food, characteristics) Answer:
Hymenoptera holometabolous chewing pest, Complete life cycle, feeds
on insects and seeds, has painful sting.
◉ Orthoptera Answer: Order of grasshoppers, and crickets
QUESTIONS ANSWERS COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A+
◉ Years experience within what time frame required to qualify for a
license. Answer: 1 year within 3
◉ How long is a license valid. Answer: Three years.
◉ Bond requirement for Pest control. Answer: $5,000
◉ Insurance required per occurrence and aggregate. Answer: $100,000
and $200,000
◉ Time records are to be kept after the end of a contract. Answer: 2
years
◉ How many hours of classroom training are required for a registered
technician. Answer: 8 hours general training, and 8 hours specific to the
category.
◉ To renew a license or permit, you must do what? Answer: Complete
an approved training course, or pass an examination within the past 12
months.
,◉ Types of insect life cycles. Answer: Gradual - Complete - Ametabolus
(Without Metamorphosis)
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Beetles Answer: Coleoptera -
Complete - Chewing
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Butterflies & Moths Answer:
Lepidoptera - Complete - Chewing as caterpillars, and siphoning as
adults.
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of flies. Answer: Diptera - Complete
- Chewing as immatures, and sucking or sponging as adults.
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Ants, Bees, and Wasps. Answer:
Hymenoptera - Complete - Chewing or chewing and sucking
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of true bugs, cicadas, leafhoppers,
fulgorids, aphids, whiteflies, and scales. Answer: Hemiptera - Gradual -
Sucking
◉ Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Crickets and grasshoppers.
Answer: Orthopetera - Gradual - Chewing
,◉ Stages of a gradual life cycle. Answer: Egg, nymph, and adult.
◉ Stages of a complete life cycle. Answer: Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
◉ Stages of ametabolus life cycle. Answer: Young look just like adults
in every way, just smaller.
◉ Characteristics of Chewing mouthparts. Answer: Strong mandibles,
smaller pair of maxillae.
◉ Characteristics of Piercing/Sucking mouthparts. Answer: Elongate
holo proboscis used to pierce plant, animal, or insect being fed upon to
suck up sap or blood.
◉ Characteristics of mouthparts used for both Chewing and Sucking
Answer: Chewing mandibles as well as other mouthparts modified for
sucking.
◉ Characteristics of mouthparts used for Sponging Answer: Hollow
proboscis with an enlarged sponge-like structure.
◉ Characteristics of mouthparts used for Siphoning Answer: Long
hollow proboscis usually rolled up when not in use.
, ◉ A large order of insects having a single pair of wings, and sucking or
piercing mouthparts. Describe picture. Answer: Diptera (Flys)
◉ Leaf Miner - Describe picture, what they are, and how they feed.
Answer: Various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow
into and feed on leaf tissue.
◉ Describe picture and name of result of damage from an insect to the
leaf of a plant. Insect is usually gone. Answer: Leaf Gall
◉ Crane Fly (Identify, life cycle, and food) Answer: Long-legged
slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite. Complete
life cycle. Feeds on grass roots, but adults do not feed.
◉ Hymenoptera Answer: an order of insects including: bees
◉ Cicada killer (Life cycle, food, and characteristic) Answer: large black
or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas, complete life cycle, largest
wasp
◉ Imported fire ant (Identify, life cycle, food, characteristics) Answer:
Hymenoptera holometabolous chewing pest, Complete life cycle, feeds
on insects and seeds, has painful sting.
◉ Orthoptera Answer: Order of grasshoppers, and crickets
