California pesticide applicators study guide questions
and answers 2026\2027 A+ Grade
Bed bugs will bite ?
- correct answer All of the above
Many crickets will lay their eggs
- correct answer in soil
Argentine ants are very adaptable and nest in a variety of conditions where is present?
- correct answer water
FIFRA is a law, and the EPA is the enforcement agent for it
- correct answer TRUE
Which ant may have multiple queens?
- correct answer Argentine ants
As the weather warms, insects _________________
- correct answer Increase reproduction
Ticks cane spread diseases such as __________
- correct answer lyme disease
Lyme disease is carried by ________
- correct answer The black legged deer tick
House flies and many other insects have compound eyes
- correct answer TRUE
, The most commonly found flea in home infestations in California is the ?
- correct answer Cat flea
Firebrats have three "tails" and like very warm environments(90 degrees)
- correct answer TRUE
Rats are less curious than mice and are scared of new things. This is called
- correct answer Neophobia
The norway rat can jump how high from a stand still?
- correct answer 3 ft
Fumigants such as sulfuryl fluoride are ______
- correct answer All the above, inhaled by insects through spiracles, a gas at room temperature, non-
specific and at high concentrations will kill most living things, and known for NO residual after the gas is
cleared from the structure.
Scorpions are related to
- correct answer Ticks, mites, spiders due to them both having exoskeletons
Black widows have what type of web?
- correct answer Unkempt irregular disorganized with "scaffold" webbing.
There are usually two nymphs per segment of a roach ootheca
- correct answer TRUE
Clothes moths are strong fliers and are attracted to light
- correct answer False
Fabric pests are looking to ingest woolens and silk to digest what ?
- correct answer Keratin
and answers 2026\2027 A+ Grade
Bed bugs will bite ?
- correct answer All of the above
Many crickets will lay their eggs
- correct answer in soil
Argentine ants are very adaptable and nest in a variety of conditions where is present?
- correct answer water
FIFRA is a law, and the EPA is the enforcement agent for it
- correct answer TRUE
Which ant may have multiple queens?
- correct answer Argentine ants
As the weather warms, insects _________________
- correct answer Increase reproduction
Ticks cane spread diseases such as __________
- correct answer lyme disease
Lyme disease is carried by ________
- correct answer The black legged deer tick
House flies and many other insects have compound eyes
- correct answer TRUE
, The most commonly found flea in home infestations in California is the ?
- correct answer Cat flea
Firebrats have three "tails" and like very warm environments(90 degrees)
- correct answer TRUE
Rats are less curious than mice and are scared of new things. This is called
- correct answer Neophobia
The norway rat can jump how high from a stand still?
- correct answer 3 ft
Fumigants such as sulfuryl fluoride are ______
- correct answer All the above, inhaled by insects through spiracles, a gas at room temperature, non-
specific and at high concentrations will kill most living things, and known for NO residual after the gas is
cleared from the structure.
Scorpions are related to
- correct answer Ticks, mites, spiders due to them both having exoskeletons
Black widows have what type of web?
- correct answer Unkempt irregular disorganized with "scaffold" webbing.
There are usually two nymphs per segment of a roach ootheca
- correct answer TRUE
Clothes moths are strong fliers and are attracted to light
- correct answer False
Fabric pests are looking to ingest woolens and silk to digest what ?
- correct answer Keratin
