QAL FINAL REVIEW SCRIPT 2026 TESTED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● light traps. Answer: Use UV light to attract flying insects and employ
a glue board or other device to trap the insects. Should be placed so that
it is not attracting outdoor insects into a building. These devices when
used indoors cannot compete with sunlight and should not be placed
near other light sources. The devices should be maintained as per
instructions on how often to change the UV light bulb and trapping
device to maintain effective attraction and trapping of insects.
● Blacklight trap. Answer: clean out at least once a week to prevent dead
insects from becoming food for carpet beetles or other insects
● Habitat Modification. Answer: reducing sources of food, water, and
harborage for a
particular pest.
Indoors - caulking cracks and crevices or fixing
leaking pipes, putting food and garbage into sealed pest-proof
containers.
outdoors - adjusting irrigation timing and location, reducing the depth of
mulch, putting exterior lights on a timer or motion sensor, putting
extensions on downspouts and condensate lines
● trapping. Answer: Used to monitor or kill pests
,● Pest Monitoring Methods. Answer: Visual Inspection
Communicating with People in the Building
Detection and Monitoring Devices
Pheromones and Other Attractants
● Visual Inspection. Answer: Look for:
- conditions such as food, shelter, access, and suitable environments that
favor pests
- signs of pest damage, entry, or presence (such as tracks, trails,
droppings, nests, and cast skins)
- the pest itself
● flypaper. Answer: strips of paper coated with a sticky substance and
sometimes a pheromone attractant; these strips are hung in areas inside
buildings
● glue boards. Answer: a small cardboard or plastic sheet or boxlike
apparatus having one or more surfaces coated with a thick sticky paste.
This is placed on surfaces to capture pest insects or small rodents.
● spring trap. Answer: a spring-loaded trap used to capture mice and rats
,● tracking powder. Answer: a fine powder that is dusted over a surface
to detect or control certain pests such as cockroaches or rodents
● Thresholds for Action. Answer: Health and Safety Thresholds
Legal Thresholds
Pest Acceptance Threshold
● Health and Safety Thresholds. Answer: commonly require fast,
extensive, and sometimes costly pest control measures due to the
potential to cause injury to people, transmit disease, or damage
structures
● Legal Thresholds. Answer: Health codes, marketing orders, and other
regulations limit the amount of pest infestation, damage, or
contamination allowed in food products offered for sale or transported to
other areas.
● Pest acceptance threshold. Answer: can be low or high threshold
depending on cultural or social factors, revulsion or fear, or aesthetics
● Pest Control Methods. Answer: Sanitation & Habitat Modification
, trapping
applications of pesticides
natural enemies
● Sanitation & Habitat Modification. Answer: Outdoor - trimming or
removing dense, pest-harboring vegetation near buildings, cleaning up
trash, keeping garbage in closed containers, providing for drainage of
standing water, cleaning up animal wastes and spilled animal feed,
eliminating items that attract pests.
Indoor - storing foods and food wastes in tightly closed containers,
eliminating hiding spots, cleaning up spills and residues, removing trash
and other materials, thorough vacuuming and dusting on a regular basis
● List and explain the criteria used to select a pesticide for use in a
school.. Answer: Safety - Low acute toxicity (high LD50), no known
chronic health effects, not highly mobile or volatile, not be persistent
Species specificity - specific to the type of pest and not toxic to other
plants/animals
Effectiveness - effective against the target pest without harming non
target organisms
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● light traps. Answer: Use UV light to attract flying insects and employ
a glue board or other device to trap the insects. Should be placed so that
it is not attracting outdoor insects into a building. These devices when
used indoors cannot compete with sunlight and should not be placed
near other light sources. The devices should be maintained as per
instructions on how often to change the UV light bulb and trapping
device to maintain effective attraction and trapping of insects.
● Blacklight trap. Answer: clean out at least once a week to prevent dead
insects from becoming food for carpet beetles or other insects
● Habitat Modification. Answer: reducing sources of food, water, and
harborage for a
particular pest.
Indoors - caulking cracks and crevices or fixing
leaking pipes, putting food and garbage into sealed pest-proof
containers.
outdoors - adjusting irrigation timing and location, reducing the depth of
mulch, putting exterior lights on a timer or motion sensor, putting
extensions on downspouts and condensate lines
● trapping. Answer: Used to monitor or kill pests
,● Pest Monitoring Methods. Answer: Visual Inspection
Communicating with People in the Building
Detection and Monitoring Devices
Pheromones and Other Attractants
● Visual Inspection. Answer: Look for:
- conditions such as food, shelter, access, and suitable environments that
favor pests
- signs of pest damage, entry, or presence (such as tracks, trails,
droppings, nests, and cast skins)
- the pest itself
● flypaper. Answer: strips of paper coated with a sticky substance and
sometimes a pheromone attractant; these strips are hung in areas inside
buildings
● glue boards. Answer: a small cardboard or plastic sheet or boxlike
apparatus having one or more surfaces coated with a thick sticky paste.
This is placed on surfaces to capture pest insects or small rodents.
● spring trap. Answer: a spring-loaded trap used to capture mice and rats
,● tracking powder. Answer: a fine powder that is dusted over a surface
to detect or control certain pests such as cockroaches or rodents
● Thresholds for Action. Answer: Health and Safety Thresholds
Legal Thresholds
Pest Acceptance Threshold
● Health and Safety Thresholds. Answer: commonly require fast,
extensive, and sometimes costly pest control measures due to the
potential to cause injury to people, transmit disease, or damage
structures
● Legal Thresholds. Answer: Health codes, marketing orders, and other
regulations limit the amount of pest infestation, damage, or
contamination allowed in food products offered for sale or transported to
other areas.
● Pest acceptance threshold. Answer: can be low or high threshold
depending on cultural or social factors, revulsion or fear, or aesthetics
● Pest Control Methods. Answer: Sanitation & Habitat Modification
, trapping
applications of pesticides
natural enemies
● Sanitation & Habitat Modification. Answer: Outdoor - trimming or
removing dense, pest-harboring vegetation near buildings, cleaning up
trash, keeping garbage in closed containers, providing for drainage of
standing water, cleaning up animal wastes and spilled animal feed,
eliminating items that attract pests.
Indoor - storing foods and food wastes in tightly closed containers,
eliminating hiding spots, cleaning up spills and residues, removing trash
and other materials, thorough vacuuming and dusting on a regular basis
● List and explain the criteria used to select a pesticide for use in a
school.. Answer: Safety - Low acute toxicity (high LD50), no known
chronic health effects, not highly mobile or volatile, not be persistent
Species specificity - specific to the type of pest and not toxic to other
plants/animals
Effectiveness - effective against the target pest without harming non
target organisms
