QAL - CATEGORY A EXAM QUESTIONS
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CORRECT.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - ANS An agricultural practice that uses a variety of
techniques designed to minimize pesticide inputs
light traps - ANS Use UV light to attract flying insects and employ a glue board or other device
to trap the insects. Should be placed so that it is not attracting outdoor insects into a building.
These devices when used indoors cannot compete with sunlight and should not be placed near
other light sources. The devices should be maintained as per instructions on how often to
change the UV light bulb and trapping device to maintain effective attraction and trapping of
insects.
Blacklight trap - ANS clean out at least once a week to prevent dead insects from becoming
food for carpet beetles or other insects
Habitat Modification - ANS reducing sources of food, water, and harborage for a
particular pest.
Indoors - caulking cracks and crevices or fixing
leaking pipes, putting food and garbage into sealed pest-proof containers.
outdoors - adjusting irrigation timing and location, reducing the depth of mulch, putting exterior
lights on a timer or motion sensor, putting extensions on downspouts and condensate lines
trapping - ANS Used to monitor or kill pests
Pest Monitoring Methods - ANS Visual Inspection
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,Communicating with People in the Building
Detection and Monitoring Devices
Pheromones and Other Attractants
Visual Inspection - ANS Look for:
- conditions such as food, shelter, access, and suitable environments that favor pests
- signs of pest damage, entry, or presence (such as tracks, trails, droppings, nests, and cast skins)
- the pest itself
flypaper - ANS strips of paper coated with a sticky substance and sometimes a pheromone
attractant; these strips are hung in areas inside buildings
glue boards - ANS a small cardboard or plastic sheet or boxlike apparatus having one or more
surfaces coated with a thick sticky paste. This is placed on surfaces to capture pest insects or
small rodents.
spring trap - ANS a spring-loaded trap used to capture mice and rats
tracking powder - ANS a fine powder that is dusted over a surface to detect or control certain
pests such as cockroaches or rodents
Thresholds for Action - ANS Health and Safety Thresholds
Legal Thresholds
Pest Acceptance Threshold
Health and Safety Thresholds - ANS commonly require fast, extensive, and sometimes costly
pest control measures due to the potential to cause injury to people, transmit disease, or
damage structures
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, Legal Thresholds - ANS Health codes, marketing orders, and other regulations limit the
amount of pest infestation, damage, or contamination allowed in food products offered for sale
or transported to other areas.
Pest acceptance threshold - ANS can be low or high threshold depending on cultural or social
factors, revulsion or fear, or aesthetics
Pest Control Methods - ANS Sanitation & Habitat Modification
trapping
applications of pesticides
natural enemies
Sanitation & Habitat Modification - ANS Outdoor - trimming or removing dense, pest-
harboring vegetation near buildings, cleaning up trash, keeping garbage in closed containers,
providing for drainage of standing water, cleaning up animal wastes and spilled animal feed,
eliminating items that attract pests.
Indoor - storing foods and food wastes in tightly closed containers, eliminating hiding spots,
cleaning up spills and residues, removing trash and other materials, thorough vacuuming and
dusting on a regular basis
List and explain the criteria used to select a pesticide for use in a school. - ANS Safety - Low
acute toxicity (high LD50), no known chronic health effects, not highly mobile or volatile, not be
persistent
Species specificity - specific to the type of pest and not toxic to other plants/animals
Effectiveness - effective against the target pest without harming non target organisms
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AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | 100%
CORRECT.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - ANS An agricultural practice that uses a variety of
techniques designed to minimize pesticide inputs
light traps - ANS Use UV light to attract flying insects and employ a glue board or other device
to trap the insects. Should be placed so that it is not attracting outdoor insects into a building.
These devices when used indoors cannot compete with sunlight and should not be placed near
other light sources. The devices should be maintained as per instructions on how often to
change the UV light bulb and trapping device to maintain effective attraction and trapping of
insects.
Blacklight trap - ANS clean out at least once a week to prevent dead insects from becoming
food for carpet beetles or other insects
Habitat Modification - ANS reducing sources of food, water, and harborage for a
particular pest.
Indoors - caulking cracks and crevices or fixing
leaking pipes, putting food and garbage into sealed pest-proof containers.
outdoors - adjusting irrigation timing and location, reducing the depth of mulch, putting exterior
lights on a timer or motion sensor, putting extensions on downspouts and condensate lines
trapping - ANS Used to monitor or kill pests
Pest Monitoring Methods - ANS Visual Inspection
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,Communicating with People in the Building
Detection and Monitoring Devices
Pheromones and Other Attractants
Visual Inspection - ANS Look for:
- conditions such as food, shelter, access, and suitable environments that favor pests
- signs of pest damage, entry, or presence (such as tracks, trails, droppings, nests, and cast skins)
- the pest itself
flypaper - ANS strips of paper coated with a sticky substance and sometimes a pheromone
attractant; these strips are hung in areas inside buildings
glue boards - ANS a small cardboard or plastic sheet or boxlike apparatus having one or more
surfaces coated with a thick sticky paste. This is placed on surfaces to capture pest insects or
small rodents.
spring trap - ANS a spring-loaded trap used to capture mice and rats
tracking powder - ANS a fine powder that is dusted over a surface to detect or control certain
pests such as cockroaches or rodents
Thresholds for Action - ANS Health and Safety Thresholds
Legal Thresholds
Pest Acceptance Threshold
Health and Safety Thresholds - ANS commonly require fast, extensive, and sometimes costly
pest control measures due to the potential to cause injury to people, transmit disease, or
damage structures
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, Legal Thresholds - ANS Health codes, marketing orders, and other regulations limit the
amount of pest infestation, damage, or contamination allowed in food products offered for sale
or transported to other areas.
Pest acceptance threshold - ANS can be low or high threshold depending on cultural or social
factors, revulsion or fear, or aesthetics
Pest Control Methods - ANS Sanitation & Habitat Modification
trapping
applications of pesticides
natural enemies
Sanitation & Habitat Modification - ANS Outdoor - trimming or removing dense, pest-
harboring vegetation near buildings, cleaning up trash, keeping garbage in closed containers,
providing for drainage of standing water, cleaning up animal wastes and spilled animal feed,
eliminating items that attract pests.
Indoor - storing foods and food wastes in tightly closed containers, eliminating hiding spots,
cleaning up spills and residues, removing trash and other materials, thorough vacuuming and
dusting on a regular basis
List and explain the criteria used to select a pesticide for use in a school. - ANS Safety - Low
acute toxicity (high LD50), no known chronic health effects, not highly mobile or volatile, not be
persistent
Species specificity - specific to the type of pest and not toxic to other plants/animals
Effectiveness - effective against the target pest without harming non target organisms
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