PURDUE INTRO TO PEST MANAGEMENT EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ o Complete Metamorphosis. Answer: Egg larvae pupa adult
(Ants, wasps, beetles, tichoptera)
◉ No metamorphosis. Answer: ♣ Egg, Young, adult
Collembola, thysanura
◉ Incomplete metamorphosis. Answer: Egg, naiads, adult
Odonatan, plecoptera, ephemeroptera
◉ Gradual Metamorphosis. Answer: ♣ Egg, nymph, adult
Roaches, hoppers, termites
◉ What are some advantages of using insect growth regulators. Answer:
o Low toxicity to mammals
o Generally allowed in more areas
Affects all stages that undergo complete metamorphosis
,◉ Understand the general routes by which pesticides can enter a
person's body. Answer: Ingestion, absorption, inhalation
◉ differences in baiting techniques for rats and mice. Answer: o Mice:
Place bait between harborage and food source, favorable feeding
locations, corners, warm areas, 3d layout, keep fresh.
o Rats: Eliminate food sources, space 15-50, between harborage and
food sources, loose pellets in burrows, don't move once used, place
sufficient bait, fresh baits with zinc phosphide placed in evening so fresh
at night.
◉ What are some advantages and disadvantages of using dusts for insect
pest management? Answer: o Advantages
♣ Great residual, no mixing.
o Disadvantages
♣ Visual residues, takes experience to use correctly, difficult to control
dispersal to non-target areas.
◉ Be able to describe why crack and crevice applications are preferred
for German cockroach management. Answer: o Those are preferred
areas for harborage and breeding/egg development
◉ What are the different castes of termites found within a termite
colony? Answer: o Workers
,o Soldiers
o Supplementary reproductive
Primary reproductive (swarmers
◉ What are the three species of commensal rodents of importance to
pest management professionals? Answer: house mouse, norway (brown)
rat, Roof (black) rat
◉ List the ways termites communicate. Answer: Pheromone, sound
(banging by workers and soldiers), trophallaxis (feeding each other)
◉ What is a manifest and why should you carry one in your vehicle.
Answer: Lists the types and amounts of pesticides or other hazmat
carried in vehicle. Must be carried during transport
◉ active ingredient. Answer: chemical product responsible for pesticidal
effect
◉ formulation. Answer: the way active and inert ingredients are put
together
◉ Hazard. Answer: the degree of danger involved in exposure to
pesticide
, ◉ LD50. Answer: the amount of a chemical that kills 50% of the
animals in a test population. Higher number=lower toxicity
◉ toxicity. Answer: the innate capacity of a chemical to be poisonous at
some level
◉ signal word. Answer: ♣ Alerts users to the relative level of toxicity
and precautionary statements next to it
◉ active ingredient. Answer: The portion of the pesticide formulation
that is effective against the targeted pest.
◉ innert ingredient. Answer: portion that does not have any pesticidal
effect
◉ CHEMTREC. Answer: Chemical Transportation Emergency
Response Center
where you call regarding spills or accidents with the product
◉ Synergist. Answer: alone has low toxicity, but combines with products
to accelerate them. often by inhibiting enzymes that resist pyrethins
◉ liquid formulations. Answer: Emulsifiable concentrations(EC/E)
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SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ o Complete Metamorphosis. Answer: Egg larvae pupa adult
(Ants, wasps, beetles, tichoptera)
◉ No metamorphosis. Answer: ♣ Egg, Young, adult
Collembola, thysanura
◉ Incomplete metamorphosis. Answer: Egg, naiads, adult
Odonatan, plecoptera, ephemeroptera
◉ Gradual Metamorphosis. Answer: ♣ Egg, nymph, adult
Roaches, hoppers, termites
◉ What are some advantages of using insect growth regulators. Answer:
o Low toxicity to mammals
o Generally allowed in more areas
Affects all stages that undergo complete metamorphosis
,◉ Understand the general routes by which pesticides can enter a
person's body. Answer: Ingestion, absorption, inhalation
◉ differences in baiting techniques for rats and mice. Answer: o Mice:
Place bait between harborage and food source, favorable feeding
locations, corners, warm areas, 3d layout, keep fresh.
o Rats: Eliminate food sources, space 15-50, between harborage and
food sources, loose pellets in burrows, don't move once used, place
sufficient bait, fresh baits with zinc phosphide placed in evening so fresh
at night.
◉ What are some advantages and disadvantages of using dusts for insect
pest management? Answer: o Advantages
♣ Great residual, no mixing.
o Disadvantages
♣ Visual residues, takes experience to use correctly, difficult to control
dispersal to non-target areas.
◉ Be able to describe why crack and crevice applications are preferred
for German cockroach management. Answer: o Those are preferred
areas for harborage and breeding/egg development
◉ What are the different castes of termites found within a termite
colony? Answer: o Workers
,o Soldiers
o Supplementary reproductive
Primary reproductive (swarmers
◉ What are the three species of commensal rodents of importance to
pest management professionals? Answer: house mouse, norway (brown)
rat, Roof (black) rat
◉ List the ways termites communicate. Answer: Pheromone, sound
(banging by workers and soldiers), trophallaxis (feeding each other)
◉ What is a manifest and why should you carry one in your vehicle.
Answer: Lists the types and amounts of pesticides or other hazmat
carried in vehicle. Must be carried during transport
◉ active ingredient. Answer: chemical product responsible for pesticidal
effect
◉ formulation. Answer: the way active and inert ingredients are put
together
◉ Hazard. Answer: the degree of danger involved in exposure to
pesticide
, ◉ LD50. Answer: the amount of a chemical that kills 50% of the
animals in a test population. Higher number=lower toxicity
◉ toxicity. Answer: the innate capacity of a chemical to be poisonous at
some level
◉ signal word. Answer: ♣ Alerts users to the relative level of toxicity
and precautionary statements next to it
◉ active ingredient. Answer: The portion of the pesticide formulation
that is effective against the targeted pest.
◉ innert ingredient. Answer: portion that does not have any pesticidal
effect
◉ CHEMTREC. Answer: Chemical Transportation Emergency
Response Center
where you call regarding spills or accidents with the product
◉ Synergist. Answer: alone has low toxicity, but combines with products
to accelerate them. often by inhibiting enzymes that resist pyrethins
◉ liquid formulations. Answer: Emulsifiable concentrations(EC/E)
Talstar
