SC General and Structural Pest Control
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1. What is the series of events from egg to adult called? - ANSWER ✔
Lifecycle
2. What is metamorphosis? - ANSWER ✔ The change that must take place in
before the young insect matures into an adult is called Metamorphosis
3. What Phylum do all insect-related animals belong to? - ANSWER ✔ All
insect-related animals such as mites, ticks, and spiders belong to a phulum
called the Arthropoda
4. What are Arachnids? - ANSWER ✔ Spiders, Mites, scorpions, and ticks.
Most arthropod pests are insects or arachnids.
- four pairs of legs
- two body segments (abdomen and cephalothorax)
5. Name the four control strategies used to attempt the control of arthropods or
rodents. - ANSWER ✔ 1. Resource Management/Environment
Manipulation
2. Prevention/Mechanical Barriers
3. Biological Control
4. Chemical Control
6. Resource Management/Environment Manipulation - ANSWER ✔
Management of food, water, and shelter availability, and habitat
, modification to minimize or eliminate pest is usually one of the most
effective methods for controlling pests.
7. Prevention/Mechanical Barriers - ANSWER ✔ Barriers such as screens,
netting, and protective clothing all are mechanical means to protect people
from biting and nuisance insects.
8. Biological Control - ANSWER ✔ The use of predators, parasites, and
pathogens (insect diseases) can be effective in controlling some pest species,
if the beneficial organisms can establish themselves or if a population can be
maintained.
9. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - ANSWER ✔ This concept uses a
combination of biological, environmental and chemical control methods
10.IPM- How? - ANSWER ✔ Controlling pests by stressing non-chemical
methods is the goal of pest management programs
11.IPM- Why? - ANSWER ✔ An IPM program seeks to maintain to maintain
pest populations below the level at which they cause problems.
12.What order do non-biting flies belong to? - ANSWER ✔ Diptera, which
mean two wings
13.What is another name for a moth fly? - ANSWER ✔ Drain or Sewage fly
14.What species of moth is the most important of all stored product pests? -
ANSWER ✔ Indianmeal moth. It is found all over the U.S.
15.What are the three most commonly encounter stored product pest in homes
and grocery stores? - ANSWER ✔ 1. Indianmeal moth (tan and reddish
copper wings)
2. Sawtooth Grain Beetle (.1" long, can live 3 years)
3. Granary (rice) weevil, (1/8" to 1/4" long, good flyers, lays eggs in a kernel
of grain, shiny reddish brown)
16.What are the 4 guidelines for dealing with rodents? - ANSWER ✔ 1.
Respect Rodents
, 2. Do not panic
3. Educate consumers, especially children
4. Stress the importance of sanitary measures to home owners
17.What three species of commensal urban rodents create the principal rodent
problem in South Carolina? - ANSWER ✔ 1. The House Mouse
2. The Norway Rat
3. The Roof Rat
18.What is the world's leading rodent pest? - ANSWER ✔ The House Mouse,
dusty gray smooth fur, large ears
19.What is the most common rat found in America? - ANSWER ✔ The
Norway Rat, largest rat in the world, brown fur, scaley tails
20.Which rats find it easy to develop "Bait Shyness"? - ANSWER ✔ The
Norway Rat
21.What are the four successful methods for rat control? - ANSWER ✔ 1.
Identification
2. Sanitation
3. Elimination of harborages
4. Exclusion
22.What is a major reason for high rodent populations in urban and suburban
areas? - ANSWER ✔ Poor sanitation
23.Trapping - ANSWER ✔ - An effective method of controlling rodents
- Requires more skill and labor than most other methods
- Trapping is recommended
- Preferred method to try first in homes, garages, other small structures
where only a few rodents may be present
24.Rodenticide Baits - ANSWER ✔ - Typically formulated into compressed
grain pellets, extruded blocks, ground cereal meal, or liquid baits
- Most baits must be placed in tamper-resistant stations away from
children and pets.
, - Placement for of stations along the walls and rodent runways is very
important.
25.Compressed Grain Pellets - ANSWER ✔ - Cost effective and easy to apply
- PCO's can easily determine the amount to apply for light, moderate, or
heavy infestations
- Care must be taken, because rodents may take the pellets away from
the application site and store them in undesirable locations
26.Extruded Blocks - ANSWER ✔ - are one of the leading rodenticide for
mutations because they hold up well in both interior and exterior baiting
programs
- Blocks can be secured within bait stations to prevent rodents from
moving the bait to another location that might endanger people, pets,
or wildlife. The use of block baits maximized baiting safety
27.Ground Meal Baits - ANSWER ✔ - Less susceptible than grain pellets to
being carried off, but they also may absorb moisture from the air and
become moldy
- packet baits and pellets available
- Safety must be a top priority when applying packet baits
- Location must be placed in a location that is safe from pets or children
28.Liquid Formulation - ANSWER ✔ - are attractive to rodents in
environments where water is scarce or absent, such as bakeries, dry-goods
warehouses, etc.
- Anticoagulants can be diluted with waitron the job to make liquid
baits
- But because liquid baits can be spilled so easily, extra caution is
necessary during application guard against endangering pets,
livestock, or wildlife
29.Rodenticide Tracking Powder - ANSWER ✔ - Common rodenticide
formulation, but it not considered food bait
- Rodents pick up the powder on their feet and then ingest it
- The active ingredient is usually one of the anticoagulants.
- To be effective, tracking powders must contain relatively high
concentrations of the active ingredient.
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
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1. What is the series of events from egg to adult called? - ANSWER ✔
Lifecycle
2. What is metamorphosis? - ANSWER ✔ The change that must take place in
before the young insect matures into an adult is called Metamorphosis
3. What Phylum do all insect-related animals belong to? - ANSWER ✔ All
insect-related animals such as mites, ticks, and spiders belong to a phulum
called the Arthropoda
4. What are Arachnids? - ANSWER ✔ Spiders, Mites, scorpions, and ticks.
Most arthropod pests are insects or arachnids.
- four pairs of legs
- two body segments (abdomen and cephalothorax)
5. Name the four control strategies used to attempt the control of arthropods or
rodents. - ANSWER ✔ 1. Resource Management/Environment
Manipulation
2. Prevention/Mechanical Barriers
3. Biological Control
4. Chemical Control
6. Resource Management/Environment Manipulation - ANSWER ✔
Management of food, water, and shelter availability, and habitat
, modification to minimize or eliminate pest is usually one of the most
effective methods for controlling pests.
7. Prevention/Mechanical Barriers - ANSWER ✔ Barriers such as screens,
netting, and protective clothing all are mechanical means to protect people
from biting and nuisance insects.
8. Biological Control - ANSWER ✔ The use of predators, parasites, and
pathogens (insect diseases) can be effective in controlling some pest species,
if the beneficial organisms can establish themselves or if a population can be
maintained.
9. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - ANSWER ✔ This concept uses a
combination of biological, environmental and chemical control methods
10.IPM- How? - ANSWER ✔ Controlling pests by stressing non-chemical
methods is the goal of pest management programs
11.IPM- Why? - ANSWER ✔ An IPM program seeks to maintain to maintain
pest populations below the level at which they cause problems.
12.What order do non-biting flies belong to? - ANSWER ✔ Diptera, which
mean two wings
13.What is another name for a moth fly? - ANSWER ✔ Drain or Sewage fly
14.What species of moth is the most important of all stored product pests? -
ANSWER ✔ Indianmeal moth. It is found all over the U.S.
15.What are the three most commonly encounter stored product pest in homes
and grocery stores? - ANSWER ✔ 1. Indianmeal moth (tan and reddish
copper wings)
2. Sawtooth Grain Beetle (.1" long, can live 3 years)
3. Granary (rice) weevil, (1/8" to 1/4" long, good flyers, lays eggs in a kernel
of grain, shiny reddish brown)
16.What are the 4 guidelines for dealing with rodents? - ANSWER ✔ 1.
Respect Rodents
, 2. Do not panic
3. Educate consumers, especially children
4. Stress the importance of sanitary measures to home owners
17.What three species of commensal urban rodents create the principal rodent
problem in South Carolina? - ANSWER ✔ 1. The House Mouse
2. The Norway Rat
3. The Roof Rat
18.What is the world's leading rodent pest? - ANSWER ✔ The House Mouse,
dusty gray smooth fur, large ears
19.What is the most common rat found in America? - ANSWER ✔ The
Norway Rat, largest rat in the world, brown fur, scaley tails
20.Which rats find it easy to develop "Bait Shyness"? - ANSWER ✔ The
Norway Rat
21.What are the four successful methods for rat control? - ANSWER ✔ 1.
Identification
2. Sanitation
3. Elimination of harborages
4. Exclusion
22.What is a major reason for high rodent populations in urban and suburban
areas? - ANSWER ✔ Poor sanitation
23.Trapping - ANSWER ✔ - An effective method of controlling rodents
- Requires more skill and labor than most other methods
- Trapping is recommended
- Preferred method to try first in homes, garages, other small structures
where only a few rodents may be present
24.Rodenticide Baits - ANSWER ✔ - Typically formulated into compressed
grain pellets, extruded blocks, ground cereal meal, or liquid baits
- Most baits must be placed in tamper-resistant stations away from
children and pets.
, - Placement for of stations along the walls and rodent runways is very
important.
25.Compressed Grain Pellets - ANSWER ✔ - Cost effective and easy to apply
- PCO's can easily determine the amount to apply for light, moderate, or
heavy infestations
- Care must be taken, because rodents may take the pellets away from
the application site and store them in undesirable locations
26.Extruded Blocks - ANSWER ✔ - are one of the leading rodenticide for
mutations because they hold up well in both interior and exterior baiting
programs
- Blocks can be secured within bait stations to prevent rodents from
moving the bait to another location that might endanger people, pets,
or wildlife. The use of block baits maximized baiting safety
27.Ground Meal Baits - ANSWER ✔ - Less susceptible than grain pellets to
being carried off, but they also may absorb moisture from the air and
become moldy
- packet baits and pellets available
- Safety must be a top priority when applying packet baits
- Location must be placed in a location that is safe from pets or children
28.Liquid Formulation - ANSWER ✔ - are attractive to rodents in
environments where water is scarce or absent, such as bakeries, dry-goods
warehouses, etc.
- Anticoagulants can be diluted with waitron the job to make liquid
baits
- But because liquid baits can be spilled so easily, extra caution is
necessary during application guard against endangering pets,
livestock, or wildlife
29.Rodenticide Tracking Powder - ANSWER ✔ - Common rodenticide
formulation, but it not considered food bait
- Rodents pick up the powder on their feet and then ingest it
- The active ingredient is usually one of the anticoagulants.
- To be effective, tracking powders must contain relatively high
concentrations of the active ingredient.
