North Carolina Pest Certification Exam (set 1) Questions and Answers With
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Requirements for Certification - ✔✔Registered Technician School (RT School), pass the core exam, and
an exam in each phase of structural pest control in which certification is desired
Can Certified Applicators perform pest services for hire? - ✔✔No, they must be employed by a licensee.
How much is the fee for the certified applicator's identification card? - ✔✔$50.00
Abdomen - ✔✔The hindmost or rear body section of an arthropod.
Arachnid - ✔✔A class of arthropod that has the head and throax joined together to form a
cephalothroax.
Arthropod - ✔✔An animal with jointed legs and a segmented joined exoskelton. Insects , crayfish,
spiders are examples
Cephalothroax - ✔✔The front body region of an arachnid. A cephalothorax is a combination of the head
and thorax. A spider's eyes, mouthparts, and legs are on the cephalothorax.
Exoskelton - ✔✔The hard, flexible outer covering of an arthropod
Head - ✔✔The region of an insect where the eyes, antenne, and mouthparts are found
Insect - ✔✔An arthropod with three body regions, six legs, and winged adults.
Instar - ✔✔The insect as it appears between molts
Larva - ✔✔An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect with complete metaphorphosis. In complete
metamorphosis, the larval stage occurs between the egg and pupa stage.
, Metamorphosis - ✔✔The change in body form during the life cycle. Some organims hatch looking like
small adults. Others change as they develop.
Molt - ✔✔To shed. Arthropods shed their exoskelton when they molt.
Nymph - ✔✔The developmental stage of an insect with gradual metamorphosis. Nymphs hatch from
eggs and gradually develop into mature adults.
Pupa - ✔✔In complete metamorphosis, the stage of development between the larva and adult. Pupae
do not feed and are not mobile.
Thorax - ✔✔The second of three body regions of an insect. Legs and wings are attached to the thorax.
Arthropods means... - ✔✔joined legs
Examples of Arthropods: - ✔✔spiders, mites, ticks, millipedes, centipedes.
What characteristics do insects have? - ✔✔1. Head 2. Thorax (where the wings and legs attach) 3.
Abdomen (vital organs) 4. three pairs of legs. 5. Wings on adults.
Arachnids - ✔✔two body divisions: the cephalothorax - head and thorax, four pairs of legs
Gradual Metamorphosis - ✔✔Egg - Nymph - Adult
Complete Metamorphosis - ✔✔Egg - Larva - Pupa - Adult
Incomplete Metamorphosis - ✔✔Egg - Larva - Nymph - Adult
What is the process in which insects change their skin? - ✔✔molting
Verified Solutions 2025
Requirements for Certification - ✔✔Registered Technician School (RT School), pass the core exam, and
an exam in each phase of structural pest control in which certification is desired
Can Certified Applicators perform pest services for hire? - ✔✔No, they must be employed by a licensee.
How much is the fee for the certified applicator's identification card? - ✔✔$50.00
Abdomen - ✔✔The hindmost or rear body section of an arthropod.
Arachnid - ✔✔A class of arthropod that has the head and throax joined together to form a
cephalothroax.
Arthropod - ✔✔An animal with jointed legs and a segmented joined exoskelton. Insects , crayfish,
spiders are examples
Cephalothroax - ✔✔The front body region of an arachnid. A cephalothorax is a combination of the head
and thorax. A spider's eyes, mouthparts, and legs are on the cephalothorax.
Exoskelton - ✔✔The hard, flexible outer covering of an arthropod
Head - ✔✔The region of an insect where the eyes, antenne, and mouthparts are found
Insect - ✔✔An arthropod with three body regions, six legs, and winged adults.
Instar - ✔✔The insect as it appears between molts
Larva - ✔✔An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect with complete metaphorphosis. In complete
metamorphosis, the larval stage occurs between the egg and pupa stage.
, Metamorphosis - ✔✔The change in body form during the life cycle. Some organims hatch looking like
small adults. Others change as they develop.
Molt - ✔✔To shed. Arthropods shed their exoskelton when they molt.
Nymph - ✔✔The developmental stage of an insect with gradual metamorphosis. Nymphs hatch from
eggs and gradually develop into mature adults.
Pupa - ✔✔In complete metamorphosis, the stage of development between the larva and adult. Pupae
do not feed and are not mobile.
Thorax - ✔✔The second of three body regions of an insect. Legs and wings are attached to the thorax.
Arthropods means... - ✔✔joined legs
Examples of Arthropods: - ✔✔spiders, mites, ticks, millipedes, centipedes.
What characteristics do insects have? - ✔✔1. Head 2. Thorax (where the wings and legs attach) 3.
Abdomen (vital organs) 4. three pairs of legs. 5. Wings on adults.
Arachnids - ✔✔two body divisions: the cephalothorax - head and thorax, four pairs of legs
Gradual Metamorphosis - ✔✔Egg - Nymph - Adult
Complete Metamorphosis - ✔✔Egg - Larva - Pupa - Adult
Incomplete Metamorphosis - ✔✔Egg - Larva - Nymph - Adult
What is the process in which insects change their skin? - ✔✔molting
