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CA Branch 2 Study Guide, With 290 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 2024 ( A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED)
1. What is the most important tool when inspecting: Flashlight
2. The first thing you need to find out when you have a pest problem is?: What
conditions are allowing the pest to exist, to help you to identify
3. Which ongoing step is needed to ensure success of an ipm program?: Clear
communication with the customer
4. What is the best non chemical pest control practice for food preparation areas?:
Sanitation
5. Theoretically, what is the first step in the pest inspection process?: Detailed
interview with the customer
6. What does ipm stand for?: Integrated Pest Management
7. The final step in the urban pest management process is?: Program evaluation
8. Most insects are the most difficult to kill when they are?: In their pupae, if no
pupal stage, in the egg
9. What is the name of the insect order for the ants, bees and wasps?: Hymenoptera
10. invertebrates have no?: Backbone
11. What type of mouthparts do adult lepidoptera have?: Siphoning
12. What is the main purpose of the thorax?: Locomotion/movement
13. What is the main purpose of the abdomen?: Nutrition/reproduction
14. What is the insect blood called?: Hemolymph
15. What are the 4 stages of complete metamorphosis?: egg, larva, pupae, adult
16. True or false? All insects are arthropods, but not all arthropods are insects: True
17. What are the defining characteristics of arthropods?: Exoskeleton. Segmented
bodies. Jointed appendages. Bilateral Symmetry. Open Circulatory System.
18. The openings on the side of an insects body which allow them to breathe are
known as?: Spiracles
19. Knowing what mouthparts an insect has, helps us to understand their: Diet 20.
What order of insect is known for having a pronotum?: Blattodea(Cockroach)
21. True or False? Insects with complete metamorphosis are more highly evolved?:
True
22. CSI stands for?: Chitin synthesis inhibitor
23. What is the maximum area considered to be a spot treatment?: 2' x 2'
24. When treating inside wall voids, which chemical formulation is best?: Dust
, .
25. What happens when you leave chemical in a tank?: Solids can settle at the bottom
and tarnish the tank
26. How do you spray near a body of water?: Carefully, with large droplet size to
prevent drift
27 When applying to furniture, which of the following should be considered?: Is
there a visible residue
28. In what location should an insectide dust formulation be used?: Wall voids
29. Which practice will likely result in insecticide resistant insect populations?:
Using the same active ingredient repeatedly, without gaining control.
30. What pesticide category includes boric acid?: Inorganics
31. What should be added to a tank mix of residual pesticide for a long term control
plan?: Insect growth regulator
32. What is the greatest advantage of using wettable powder as a pesticide
treatment?: Residual affects
33. What is the best treatment for a 1' x 2' area?: Spot treatment
34. How far away do you hold an aerosol during treatment?: Refer to the label
35. What number is included on all pesticides?: EPA establishment number
36. How do you treat thick ground cover such as ivy?: Granules
37. What is the best area to treat in a commercial facility/food area?: Cracks and
Crevices
38. What pieces of legislation regulates pesticides?: FIFRA, The federal insecticide,
fungicide and rodenticide act of 1947
39. What are two types of resistance?: Physiological and Behavioral
40. What type of formulation has the active ingredient encapsulated in tiny plastic
capsules: Flowable microencapsulation
41. What is an advantage of using an aerosol?: No mixing required, ready to use
42. What pesticide group does Pyrethrum belong to?: Botanicals
43. What does JHA stand for?: Juvenile Hormone Analog
44. What does a dessicant do to an insect?: Dries it out, dehydrates it
45. What is the purpose of a Synergist?: To enhance the activity of an active
ingredient
46. When referring to pesticides, organic means?: Contains one atom of each
Carbon and Hydrogen
47. What class of chemistry was the first to replace the higky toxic chlorinated
hydrocarbons?: Organophosphates
48. What gloves do you use when handling pesticides?: Whatever the label requires
CA Branch 2 Study Guide, With 290 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 2024 ( A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED)
1. What is the most important tool when inspecting: Flashlight
2. The first thing you need to find out when you have a pest problem is?: What
conditions are allowing the pest to exist, to help you to identify
3. Which ongoing step is needed to ensure success of an ipm program?: Clear
communication with the customer
4. What is the best non chemical pest control practice for food preparation areas?:
Sanitation
5. Theoretically, what is the first step in the pest inspection process?: Detailed
interview with the customer
6. What does ipm stand for?: Integrated Pest Management
7. The final step in the urban pest management process is?: Program evaluation
8. Most insects are the most difficult to kill when they are?: In their pupae, if no
pupal stage, in the egg
9. What is the name of the insect order for the ants, bees and wasps?: Hymenoptera
10. invertebrates have no?: Backbone
11. What type of mouthparts do adult lepidoptera have?: Siphoning
12. What is the main purpose of the thorax?: Locomotion/movement
13. What is the main purpose of the abdomen?: Nutrition/reproduction
14. What is the insect blood called?: Hemolymph
15. What are the 4 stages of complete metamorphosis?: egg, larva, pupae, adult
16. True or false? All insects are arthropods, but not all arthropods are insects: True
17. What are the defining characteristics of arthropods?: Exoskeleton. Segmented
bodies. Jointed appendages. Bilateral Symmetry. Open Circulatory System.
18. The openings on the side of an insects body which allow them to breathe are
known as?: Spiracles
19. Knowing what mouthparts an insect has, helps us to understand their: Diet 20.
What order of insect is known for having a pronotum?: Blattodea(Cockroach)
21. True or False? Insects with complete metamorphosis are more highly evolved?:
True
22. CSI stands for?: Chitin synthesis inhibitor
23. What is the maximum area considered to be a spot treatment?: 2' x 2'
24. When treating inside wall voids, which chemical formulation is best?: Dust
, .
25. What happens when you leave chemical in a tank?: Solids can settle at the bottom
and tarnish the tank
26. How do you spray near a body of water?: Carefully, with large droplet size to
prevent drift
27 When applying to furniture, which of the following should be considered?: Is
there a visible residue
28. In what location should an insectide dust formulation be used?: Wall voids
29. Which practice will likely result in insecticide resistant insect populations?:
Using the same active ingredient repeatedly, without gaining control.
30. What pesticide category includes boric acid?: Inorganics
31. What should be added to a tank mix of residual pesticide for a long term control
plan?: Insect growth regulator
32. What is the greatest advantage of using wettable powder as a pesticide
treatment?: Residual affects
33. What is the best treatment for a 1' x 2' area?: Spot treatment
34. How far away do you hold an aerosol during treatment?: Refer to the label
35. What number is included on all pesticides?: EPA establishment number
36. How do you treat thick ground cover such as ivy?: Granules
37. What is the best area to treat in a commercial facility/food area?: Cracks and
Crevices
38. What pieces of legislation regulates pesticides?: FIFRA, The federal insecticide,
fungicide and rodenticide act of 1947
39. What are two types of resistance?: Physiological and Behavioral
40. What type of formulation has the active ingredient encapsulated in tiny plastic
capsules: Flowable microencapsulation
41. What is an advantage of using an aerosol?: No mixing required, ready to use
42. What pesticide group does Pyrethrum belong to?: Botanicals
43. What does JHA stand for?: Juvenile Hormone Analog
44. What does a dessicant do to an insect?: Dries it out, dehydrates it
45. What is the purpose of a Synergist?: To enhance the activity of an active
ingredient
46. When referring to pesticides, organic means?: Contains one atom of each
Carbon and Hydrogen
47. What class of chemistry was the first to replace the higky toxic chlorinated
hydrocarbons?: Organophosphates
48. What gloves do you use when handling pesticides?: Whatever the label requires
