Exam Coverage
Exam coverage for the Oklahoma Service Technician Exam includes
core knowledge and practical skills required for certification as a
service technician in Oklahoma. It focuses on diagnostic procedures,
maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical, or
HVAC systems depending on the trade. The exam also evaluates
understanding of safety regulations, tools and equipment use, system
installation standards, code compliance, and customer service
practices. Emphasis is placed on applying technical knowledge
accurately, performing repairs and maintenance safely, adhering to
state regulations, and ensuring quality and efficient service delivery in
the relevant technical field.
,Define "intergrated pest managment" (IPM) and list several posible
control tactics that may be used in an IPM strategy.
Integrated pest management is the combining of appropeiate pest
and their damage to an acceptable level. Pest control tactics may
include: host resistance, biological control, cultural control,
mechanical control, sanitiation, and chemical (pesticide) control.
How can pest identification help you develop a good pest control
strategy?
Identification of the pest allows you to determine basic information
about the pest, including its life cycle and the time that it is most
susceptible to being controlled.
,You applied a pesticide, but it did not control the pest. Name three
resons why yopur control effort might hasve failed.
The failure of the pesticide to control the pest might have been
caused by pest resistance, choosing the wrong pesticide,
misidentifying the pest, applying the wrong amount, or applying thye
pesticide incorrectly.
What can you do to keep the pests you are trying to control from
becoming resistant to the pesticides you use?
Pest resistance can be reduced by using integrated pest management
and rotating the types of pesticides used.
, Name four of the six available methods to control pests when natural
controls are not sufficient.
The six pest control methods include: host resistance, biological
control, cultural control, mechanical control, sanitation, and chemical
control.
Name the four factors that affect pesticide ise outdoors.
Pestiucide use outdoors is affected by soil factors, surface moisture,
humidity and temperature, and wind.