MISSISSIPI PESTICIDE LICENSE Exam 2025
UPDATE/PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS (complete solutions) ASSURED
SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
Insurance required per occurrence and aggregate. - CORRECT ANSWER-
$100,000 and $200,000
Time records are to be kept after the end of a contract. - CORRECT ANSWER-2
years
How many hours of classroom training are required for a registered technician. -
CORRECT ANSWER-8 hours general training, and 8 hours specific to the
category.
To renew a license or permit, you must do what? - CORRECT ANSWER-Complete
an approved training course, or pass an examination within the past 12 months.
Types of insect life cycles. - CORRECT ANSWER-Gradual - Complete -
Ametabolus (Without Metamorphosis)
,Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Beetles - CORRECT ANSWER-Coleoptera -
Complete - Chewing
Hours of college credit in category required for a license. - CORRECT ANSWER-
15
Years experience within what time frame required to qualify for a license. -
CORRECT ANSWER-1 year within 3
How long is a license valid. - CORRECT ANSWER-Three years.
Bond requirement for Pest control. - CORRECT ANSWER-$5,000
Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Butterflies & Moths - CORRECT ANSWER-
Lepidoptera - Complete - Chewing as caterpillars, and siphoning as adults.
Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of flies. - CORRECT ANSWER-Diptera -
Complete - Chewing as immatures, and sucking or sponging as adults.
Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Ants, Bees, and Wasps. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Hymenoptera - Complete - Chewing or chewing and sucking
Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of true bugs, cicadas, leafhoppers, fulgorids,
aphids, whiteflies, and scales. - CORRECT ANSWER-Hemiptera - Gradual -
Sucking
,Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Crickets and grasshoppers. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Orthopetera - Gradual - Chewing
Stages of a gradual life cycle. - CORRECT ANSWER-Egg, nymph, and adult.
Stages of a complete life cycle. - CORRECT ANSWER-Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
Stages of ametabolus life cycle. - CORRECT ANSWER-Young look just like adults
in every way, just smaller.
Characteristics of Chewing mouthparts. - CORRECT ANSWER-Strong mandibles,
smaller pair of maxillae.
Characteristics of Piercing/Sucking mouthparts. - CORRECT ANSWER-Elongate
holo proboscis used to pierce plant, animal, or insect being fed upon to suck up
sap or blood.
Characteristics of mouthparts used for both Chewing and Sucking - CORRECT
ANSWER-Chewing mandibles as well as other mouthparts modified for sucking.
Characteristics of mouthparts used for Sponging - CORRECT ANSWER-Hollow
proboscis with an enlarged sponge-like structure.
, Characteristics of mouthparts used for Siphoning - CORRECT ANSWER-Long
hollow proboscis usually rolled up when not in use.
A large order of insects having a single pair of wings, and sucking or piercing
mouthparts. Describe picture. - CORRECT ANSWER-Diptera (Flys)
Leaf Miner - Describe picture, what they are, and how they feed. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and
feed on leaf tissue.
Describe picture and name of result of damage from an insect to the leaf of a
plant. Insect is usually gone. - CORRECT ANSWER-Leaf Gall
Crane Fly (Identify, life cycle, and food) - CORRECT ANSWER-Long-legged
slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite. Complete life cycle.
Feeds on grass roots, but adults do not feed.
Hymenoptera - CORRECT ANSWER-an order of insects including: bees
Cicada killer (Life cycle, food, and characteristic) - CORRECT ANSWER-large black
or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas, complete life cycle, largest wasp
UPDATE/PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS (complete solutions) ASSURED
SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
Insurance required per occurrence and aggregate. - CORRECT ANSWER-
$100,000 and $200,000
Time records are to be kept after the end of a contract. - CORRECT ANSWER-2
years
How many hours of classroom training are required for a registered technician. -
CORRECT ANSWER-8 hours general training, and 8 hours specific to the
category.
To renew a license or permit, you must do what? - CORRECT ANSWER-Complete
an approved training course, or pass an examination within the past 12 months.
Types of insect life cycles. - CORRECT ANSWER-Gradual - Complete -
Ametabolus (Without Metamorphosis)
,Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Beetles - CORRECT ANSWER-Coleoptera -
Complete - Chewing
Hours of college credit in category required for a license. - CORRECT ANSWER-
15
Years experience within what time frame required to qualify for a license. -
CORRECT ANSWER-1 year within 3
How long is a license valid. - CORRECT ANSWER-Three years.
Bond requirement for Pest control. - CORRECT ANSWER-$5,000
Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Butterflies & Moths - CORRECT ANSWER-
Lepidoptera - Complete - Chewing as caterpillars, and siphoning as adults.
Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of flies. - CORRECT ANSWER-Diptera -
Complete - Chewing as immatures, and sucking or sponging as adults.
Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Ants, Bees, and Wasps. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Hymenoptera - Complete - Chewing or chewing and sucking
Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of true bugs, cicadas, leafhoppers, fulgorids,
aphids, whiteflies, and scales. - CORRECT ANSWER-Hemiptera - Gradual -
Sucking
,Order, life cycle, and mouthparts of Crickets and grasshoppers. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Orthopetera - Gradual - Chewing
Stages of a gradual life cycle. - CORRECT ANSWER-Egg, nymph, and adult.
Stages of a complete life cycle. - CORRECT ANSWER-Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
Stages of ametabolus life cycle. - CORRECT ANSWER-Young look just like adults
in every way, just smaller.
Characteristics of Chewing mouthparts. - CORRECT ANSWER-Strong mandibles,
smaller pair of maxillae.
Characteristics of Piercing/Sucking mouthparts. - CORRECT ANSWER-Elongate
holo proboscis used to pierce plant, animal, or insect being fed upon to suck up
sap or blood.
Characteristics of mouthparts used for both Chewing and Sucking - CORRECT
ANSWER-Chewing mandibles as well as other mouthparts modified for sucking.
Characteristics of mouthparts used for Sponging - CORRECT ANSWER-Hollow
proboscis with an enlarged sponge-like structure.
, Characteristics of mouthparts used for Siphoning - CORRECT ANSWER-Long
hollow proboscis usually rolled up when not in use.
A large order of insects having a single pair of wings, and sucking or piercing
mouthparts. Describe picture. - CORRECT ANSWER-Diptera (Flys)
Leaf Miner - Describe picture, what they are, and how they feed. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and
feed on leaf tissue.
Describe picture and name of result of damage from an insect to the leaf of a
plant. Insect is usually gone. - CORRECT ANSWER-Leaf Gall
Crane Fly (Identify, life cycle, and food) - CORRECT ANSWER-Long-legged
slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite. Complete life cycle.
Feeds on grass roots, but adults do not feed.
Hymenoptera - CORRECT ANSWER-an order of insects including: bees
Cicada killer (Life cycle, food, and characteristic) - CORRECT ANSWER-large black
or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas, complete life cycle, largest wasp
