PCA VERTEBRATES EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 2026 | PEST
CONTROL ADVISER (PCA) | ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED ANSWERS | UPDATED
VERSION!
Laws and Regulations pertinent to vertebrate management ----------------
---------------------CA Dept. of Fish and Game Code, Migratory Bird Act,
Endangered Species Act, CA Dept. of Food and Ag. Administrative Code,
County Interim Measures Bulletins, and local ordinances
The agencies that enforce laws and regulations pertinent to vertebrate
pest management -------------------------------------US EPA, US Fish and
Wildlife Service, CA Dept. of Fish and Game, CA Dept. of Food and Ag,
CA DPR, County Ag Commissioner, CA Dept. of Public Health, State
Highway Patrol
Characteristics that make an animal a pest -------------------------------------
high reproductive rate, high density-congregating behavior, propensity
for feeding on crops, overabundance, value of crop being damaged,
nuisance behaviors, vectors or reservoirs for disease
,Identify the major mammal pests in CA Ag -------------------------------------
eastern fox squirrels, deer, ground squirrels, jackrabbits, meadow voles,
Norway rats, pocket gophers, rats, wild pigs
Identify the major bird pests in CA Ag -------------------------------------
blackbirds, crows, crowned sparrows, gold finches, house sparrows,
horned larks, house finches, jays, magpies, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with alfalfa ----------------------------------
---CA and belding's ground squirrels, jackrabbits, meadow voles, pocket
gophers
Vertebrate pests most associated with citrus -----------------------------------
--ground squirrels, meadow voles, roof rats
Vertebrate pests most associated with fruit trees -----------------------------
--------ground squirrels, house finches, meadow voles, pocket gophers,
starlings
,Vertebrate pests most associated with forage crops --------------------------
-----------ground squirrels, meadow voles, pigs, pocket gophers
Vertebrate pests most associated with grapes ----------------------------------
---meadow voles, pocket voles, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with lettuce ---------------------------------
----horned larks
Vertebrate pests most associated with nut trees -------------------------------
------crows, ground squirrels, jays, magpies, pocket gophers, tree
squirrels
Vertebrate pests most associated with rice -------------------------------------
blackbirds, muskrats, norway rats
Vertebrate pests most associated with strawberries --------------------------
-----------gold finches, ground squirrels, meadow voles
, Vertebrate pests most associated with sugarbeets ----------------------------
---------ground squirrels, meadow voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with tomatoes ------------------------------
-------meadow voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with forestry --------------------------------
-----deer, mountain beaver, pocket gophers, porcupines, rabbits, tree
squirrels
Vertebrate pests most associated with cattle feedlots, dairies, and
poultry and pork producing facilities -------------------------------------
blackbirds, house mice, house sparrows, norway rats, roof rats,
pigeons, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with public health -------------------------
------------bats, deer mice, ground squirrels, raccoons, norway & roof
rats, skunks
CONTROL ADVISER (PCA) | ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED ANSWERS | UPDATED
VERSION!
Laws and Regulations pertinent to vertebrate management ----------------
---------------------CA Dept. of Fish and Game Code, Migratory Bird Act,
Endangered Species Act, CA Dept. of Food and Ag. Administrative Code,
County Interim Measures Bulletins, and local ordinances
The agencies that enforce laws and regulations pertinent to vertebrate
pest management -------------------------------------US EPA, US Fish and
Wildlife Service, CA Dept. of Fish and Game, CA Dept. of Food and Ag,
CA DPR, County Ag Commissioner, CA Dept. of Public Health, State
Highway Patrol
Characteristics that make an animal a pest -------------------------------------
high reproductive rate, high density-congregating behavior, propensity
for feeding on crops, overabundance, value of crop being damaged,
nuisance behaviors, vectors or reservoirs for disease
,Identify the major mammal pests in CA Ag -------------------------------------
eastern fox squirrels, deer, ground squirrels, jackrabbits, meadow voles,
Norway rats, pocket gophers, rats, wild pigs
Identify the major bird pests in CA Ag -------------------------------------
blackbirds, crows, crowned sparrows, gold finches, house sparrows,
horned larks, house finches, jays, magpies, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with alfalfa ----------------------------------
---CA and belding's ground squirrels, jackrabbits, meadow voles, pocket
gophers
Vertebrate pests most associated with citrus -----------------------------------
--ground squirrels, meadow voles, roof rats
Vertebrate pests most associated with fruit trees -----------------------------
--------ground squirrels, house finches, meadow voles, pocket gophers,
starlings
,Vertebrate pests most associated with forage crops --------------------------
-----------ground squirrels, meadow voles, pigs, pocket gophers
Vertebrate pests most associated with grapes ----------------------------------
---meadow voles, pocket voles, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with lettuce ---------------------------------
----horned larks
Vertebrate pests most associated with nut trees -------------------------------
------crows, ground squirrels, jays, magpies, pocket gophers, tree
squirrels
Vertebrate pests most associated with rice -------------------------------------
blackbirds, muskrats, norway rats
Vertebrate pests most associated with strawberries --------------------------
-----------gold finches, ground squirrels, meadow voles
, Vertebrate pests most associated with sugarbeets ----------------------------
---------ground squirrels, meadow voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with tomatoes ------------------------------
-------meadow voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with forestry --------------------------------
-----deer, mountain beaver, pocket gophers, porcupines, rabbits, tree
squirrels
Vertebrate pests most associated with cattle feedlots, dairies, and
poultry and pork producing facilities -------------------------------------
blackbirds, house mice, house sparrows, norway rats, roof rats,
pigeons, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with public health -------------------------
------------bats, deer mice, ground squirrels, raccoons, norway & roof
rats, skunks
