GEORGIA CERTIFIED OPERATOR EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Hymenoptera. Answer: Ants, Bees, Wasps, Hornets, Yellow Jackets,
Horntails (Order)
⩥ IGR's (Insect Growth Regulators). Answer: Hydroprene (Gentrol),
Methoprene (Precor), Pyriproxyfen (Nylar), Hexaflumuron (Recruit I),
Noviflumuron (Recruit III or HD), Diflubenzuron (Advance), Novaluron
(Trelona), END IN 'PRENE' 'URON' 'OXYFEN'
⩥ Incomplete metamorphosis. Answer: Egg, naiad , adult
⩥ Indian meal moth. Answer: External feeder, nocturnal, attracted to
lights, wings are tan with reddish brown tint
⩥ Inorganic (Minerals). Answer: Made from the Earth, Silica aerogel
(Drione, TriDie), Diatomaceous earth, Limestone, Boric Acid (Terro,
InTice), Borates (BoraCare, Timbor)
⩥ Insects have how many body parts and legs. Answer: 3 and 3 , insects
only
,⩥ Instar. Answer: Period between each molt
⩥ Isoptera. Answer: Order of termites
⩥ itch mite. Answer: ecto parasite, may burrow under skin of man and
cause scabies
⩥ Key to identify Ambrosia beetles. Answer: The staining of wood
inside galleries and surrounding the exit holes to the galleries
⩥ Khapra Beetle. Answer: very destructive, has been subject to federal
quarantine in the past
⩥ Lady bugs. Answer: Red shiny beetles overwinter in homes, often
return to the same structure
⩥ Larder Beetle. Answer: Dark brown, pale yellow band across front
half of elytra, 6 darker spots on it, infests hides.
⩥ Latrine fly. Answer: Similar to little house fly
⩥ Leaf Cutter ant. Answer: Polymorphic, 2 noded, 3 pair of spines on
thorax, builds mounds
, ⩥ Leeching. Answer: The movement of pesticide through the soil. (Most
likely to occur in Sandy soil)
⩥ Lepidoptera. Answer: Moths, Butterflies (order)
⩥ Lesser Grain Borer. Answer: Small grain beetle, head hidden under
pronotum, roughened elytra with holes or pits in it
⩥ Licenses and certifications are renewed every how many years.
Answer: 2 years
⩥ Lindane. Answer: Chlorinated hydrocarbon
⩥ Little house fly. Answer: Smaller than house fly, 4th vein extends to
wing edge, appears early spring, eggs laid in larvae, flat larvae 6mm
long life cycle 15 to 30 days
⩥ Long horned wood borers. Answer: have antennae as long or longer
than their body length
⩥ Lyme disease. Answer: Spread by deer ticks
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Hymenoptera. Answer: Ants, Bees, Wasps, Hornets, Yellow Jackets,
Horntails (Order)
⩥ IGR's (Insect Growth Regulators). Answer: Hydroprene (Gentrol),
Methoprene (Precor), Pyriproxyfen (Nylar), Hexaflumuron (Recruit I),
Noviflumuron (Recruit III or HD), Diflubenzuron (Advance), Novaluron
(Trelona), END IN 'PRENE' 'URON' 'OXYFEN'
⩥ Incomplete metamorphosis. Answer: Egg, naiad , adult
⩥ Indian meal moth. Answer: External feeder, nocturnal, attracted to
lights, wings are tan with reddish brown tint
⩥ Inorganic (Minerals). Answer: Made from the Earth, Silica aerogel
(Drione, TriDie), Diatomaceous earth, Limestone, Boric Acid (Terro,
InTice), Borates (BoraCare, Timbor)
⩥ Insects have how many body parts and legs. Answer: 3 and 3 , insects
only
,⩥ Instar. Answer: Period between each molt
⩥ Isoptera. Answer: Order of termites
⩥ itch mite. Answer: ecto parasite, may burrow under skin of man and
cause scabies
⩥ Key to identify Ambrosia beetles. Answer: The staining of wood
inside galleries and surrounding the exit holes to the galleries
⩥ Khapra Beetle. Answer: very destructive, has been subject to federal
quarantine in the past
⩥ Lady bugs. Answer: Red shiny beetles overwinter in homes, often
return to the same structure
⩥ Larder Beetle. Answer: Dark brown, pale yellow band across front
half of elytra, 6 darker spots on it, infests hides.
⩥ Latrine fly. Answer: Similar to little house fly
⩥ Leaf Cutter ant. Answer: Polymorphic, 2 noded, 3 pair of spines on
thorax, builds mounds
, ⩥ Leeching. Answer: The movement of pesticide through the soil. (Most
likely to occur in Sandy soil)
⩥ Lepidoptera. Answer: Moths, Butterflies (order)
⩥ Lesser Grain Borer. Answer: Small grain beetle, head hidden under
pronotum, roughened elytra with holes or pits in it
⩥ Licenses and certifications are renewed every how many years.
Answer: 2 years
⩥ Lindane. Answer: Chlorinated hydrocarbon
⩥ Little house fly. Answer: Smaller than house fly, 4th vein extends to
wing edge, appears early spring, eggs laid in larvae, flat larvae 6mm
long life cycle 15 to 30 days
⩥ Long horned wood borers. Answer: have antennae as long or longer
than their body length
⩥ Lyme disease. Answer: Spread by deer ticks
