GEORGIA PEST CONTROL CERTIFICATION
ACTUAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Number of different insect species. Answer: 1,000,000
◉ (Stored product pest). Answer: Larva develops in kernel or grain
◉ (Stored product pest). Answer: Larvae develops develops outside
but feeds on whole grains and processed
◉ (Stored product pest). Answer: Only attack grains that have
already been damaged or fed on
◉ (Stored product pest). Answer: Infest grains that are old or moldy
◉ 2 disadvantages of emulsion. Answer: Phytotoxic and being
absorbed into porous surfaces
◉ 2 disadvantages of wettable powders. Answer: Difficult to mix, can
be inhaled while being mixed
,◉ 3 large roaches. Answer: American, smokey brown, austrailian
◉ 4 medium roaches. Answer: Oriental, woods,cuban,surinam
◉ 4 small roaches. Answer: German,Asian brown banded, woods
◉ 5 flies that bite man. Answer: black fly, horse fly, sand flies, deer
flies, stable flies
◉ 5 reasons german roaches are successful. Answer: thigomotatic,
carry egg capsule, high reproductive potential, resistance to
pesticides, can find harborage in many areas
◉ Acrobat Ant. Answer: builds nests in the dead wood of trees
◉ Acute Rodenticides (Non-Anticoagulant). Answer: Zinc Phosphide,
Bromethalin (Vengance), Cholecalciferol (Quintox)
◉ Adults are small, dark, hard bodied, laterally flattened wingless
insects that jump. Answer: Fleas
◉ Adults are small, their bites may cause itching, have piercing
sucking mouthparts, take a blood meal, and stay firmly attached to
the body hairs of the host. Answer: Sucking Lice
,◉ Adults are small, wingless insects that jump when leaves are
moved. they prefer moist areas inside. Answer: Springtails
◉ Adults have only one pair of wings. Answer: Flies and Mosquitos
◉ aedes aegypti. Answer: mosquito that transmits yellow fever and
plague
◉ Aerosol. Answer: liquid insecticide solution that in pressurized in
a can with a propellant to produce small fine droplets when released
◉ Allegheny Mound Ant. Answer: Medium sized, 1 noded, builds
dome shaped mounds
◉ Ambrosia beetle. Answer: Beetle does not eat wood, eats fungus
brought into holes into the wood, frass emerges in tubes
◉ Ambrosia Fungus. Answer: stains galleries blue, dark grey, dark
brown, or black
◉ American cockroach. Answer: large, reddish-brown, pale brown
or yellow border on its pronotum, largest of all house infesting
roaches. boiler rooms and manholes of sewers
, ◉ american dog tick& rocky mtn wood tick. Answer: bite is capable
of causing tick paralysis
◉ American roach. Answer: Redial brown, yellow on pronotum
largest of all home entering roaches
◉ Amidinohydrazones. Answer: Hydramethylon (MaxForce, Siege)
◉ Angoumois Grain Moth. Answer: Most destructive stored grain
moth, narrow finger like extension of rear wings (pointed) fringed
with long hair, 2/3" wingspan
◉ Anopheles quadrimaculatus. Answer: mosquito that transmits
malaria
◉ Anticoagulant. Answer: Prevents the normal clotting of the blood
and causes the pest to bleed internally
◉ Applicant must be registered within how many days of
employment?. Answer: 30 days
◉ Application for certification must be postmarked within how
many days of the exam?. Answer: 45 days?
ACTUAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Number of different insect species. Answer: 1,000,000
◉ (Stored product pest). Answer: Larva develops in kernel or grain
◉ (Stored product pest). Answer: Larvae develops develops outside
but feeds on whole grains and processed
◉ (Stored product pest). Answer: Only attack grains that have
already been damaged or fed on
◉ (Stored product pest). Answer: Infest grains that are old or moldy
◉ 2 disadvantages of emulsion. Answer: Phytotoxic and being
absorbed into porous surfaces
◉ 2 disadvantages of wettable powders. Answer: Difficult to mix, can
be inhaled while being mixed
,◉ 3 large roaches. Answer: American, smokey brown, austrailian
◉ 4 medium roaches. Answer: Oriental, woods,cuban,surinam
◉ 4 small roaches. Answer: German,Asian brown banded, woods
◉ 5 flies that bite man. Answer: black fly, horse fly, sand flies, deer
flies, stable flies
◉ 5 reasons german roaches are successful. Answer: thigomotatic,
carry egg capsule, high reproductive potential, resistance to
pesticides, can find harborage in many areas
◉ Acrobat Ant. Answer: builds nests in the dead wood of trees
◉ Acute Rodenticides (Non-Anticoagulant). Answer: Zinc Phosphide,
Bromethalin (Vengance), Cholecalciferol (Quintox)
◉ Adults are small, dark, hard bodied, laterally flattened wingless
insects that jump. Answer: Fleas
◉ Adults are small, their bites may cause itching, have piercing
sucking mouthparts, take a blood meal, and stay firmly attached to
the body hairs of the host. Answer: Sucking Lice
,◉ Adults are small, wingless insects that jump when leaves are
moved. they prefer moist areas inside. Answer: Springtails
◉ Adults have only one pair of wings. Answer: Flies and Mosquitos
◉ aedes aegypti. Answer: mosquito that transmits yellow fever and
plague
◉ Aerosol. Answer: liquid insecticide solution that in pressurized in
a can with a propellant to produce small fine droplets when released
◉ Allegheny Mound Ant. Answer: Medium sized, 1 noded, builds
dome shaped mounds
◉ Ambrosia beetle. Answer: Beetle does not eat wood, eats fungus
brought into holes into the wood, frass emerges in tubes
◉ Ambrosia Fungus. Answer: stains galleries blue, dark grey, dark
brown, or black
◉ American cockroach. Answer: large, reddish-brown, pale brown
or yellow border on its pronotum, largest of all house infesting
roaches. boiler rooms and manholes of sewers
, ◉ american dog tick& rocky mtn wood tick. Answer: bite is capable
of causing tick paralysis
◉ American roach. Answer: Redial brown, yellow on pronotum
largest of all home entering roaches
◉ Amidinohydrazones. Answer: Hydramethylon (MaxForce, Siege)
◉ Angoumois Grain Moth. Answer: Most destructive stored grain
moth, narrow finger like extension of rear wings (pointed) fringed
with long hair, 2/3" wingspan
◉ Anopheles quadrimaculatus. Answer: mosquito that transmits
malaria
◉ Anticoagulant. Answer: Prevents the normal clotting of the blood
and causes the pest to bleed internally
◉ Applicant must be registered within how many days of
employment?. Answer: 30 days
◉ Application for certification must be postmarked within how
many days of the exam?. Answer: 45 days?
