BRANCH 3 STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTION AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Species - (answer) Groups of plants or animals that look-alike with similar characteristics and living
traits
Hexapoda - (answer) The Class that all insects belong to, formally "insecta"
Chordata - (answer) The most familiar Phylum that includes the mammals, birds, reptiles and fish
"vertebrate pests"
Mollusca - (answer) Phylum that includes snails, clams, etc. These are also tiny organisms, almost too
small to be seen with the naked eye, called protozoa.
Arthropoda - (answer) largest phylum by far that contains the largest class,"Hexapoda". no one feature
alone will separate the Arthropoda from all other animals. Segmented bodies, jointed appendages, shell
like body "exoskeleton". They also have bilateral symmetry. (Each side of the body is the same as the
other)
Crustacea - (answer) water inhabiting animals which breath either by gills or through the surface of
their bodies. Numerous pairs of legs; two pairs of antennae, fused head to the body. Lobster, crawfish,
crab, sowbug & pillbug
Diplopoda - (answer) Land animals which breath through air tubes on the side of their bodies. one pair
of antennae, cylindrical bodies with a series of segments which look very much alike. each segment has
two pairs of legs. "Millipedes"
Chilopoda - (answer) Have antennae and breath by air tubes. body is more flattened and each segment
bears only one pair of legs. "centipedes"
Hexapoda - (answer) INSECTS: have three distinct body regions. The head, the thorax and the
abdomen. they have only one pair of antennae, six legs that are all attached to the thorax. usually four
wings if they have them that are also attached to the thorax. "Air tubes"
,BRANCH 3 STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTION AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Arachnida - (answer) Have only two body regions, The cephalothorax and the abdomen. they do not
have antennae and the cephalothorax bears eight legs. they breath with book lungs. Some smaller
arachnids breath through surfaces on the body.
8 Characteristics of Insects - (answer) 1. bilaterally symmetrical
2. segmented body
3. three body regions
4. exoskeleton
5. three pairs of jointed legs
6. one pair of antennae
7. two pairs of wings, usually
8. airs tubes for breathing
Ametabola (No Metamorphosis) - (answer) group said to have no metamorphosis. "Silverfish and
springtails"
Heterometabola (Gradual Metamorphosis) - (answer) there is some change in the insect as it grows up
other than merely a change in size. development of wings as the insect gets larger.
Life Stages: Egg, Nymph, Adult
(Roaches, grasshoppers, bedbugs, termites, stink bugs)
Holometabola (Complete Metamorphosis) - (answer) insects that have four distinct life stages. Usually
the larvae live on entirely different food and do not resemble the adults.
Egg, larva, pupa, adult.
Beetles, fleas, flies, ants, bees, weevils.
,BRANCH 3 STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTION AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Molting - (answer) the cells of the exoskeleton called the hypodermis secretes a molting fluid which
separates the insect allowing the insect to slide out of the shell and grow by filling itself with air or water.
Instar - (answer) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Instar describes the stage at which the size of the insect will represent
which molt age they are currently at.
Chitin - (answer) Chitin is the substance produced by the hypodermis that eventually hardens and
becomes the new exoskeleton
Compound Eyes & Ocelli - (answer) Compound eyes are the larger and most visible eyes (Fly) while
Ocelli are much smaller and vary in number but usually contain only three
Labrum - (answer) flap like upper lip which is hinged and moves back and forth. It covers the upper
part of the mouth
Mandibles - (answer) are powerful jaws that move in and out from each side masticating the food.
Maxillae - (answer) secondary smaller jaws that hold the food while the mandibles break it up
Maxillary Palp - (answer) Sense organs that taste and smell the food
Labium - (answer) Lower lip
Thorax - (answer) composed of three segments each bearing legs and two that bear wings.
the prothorax
the mesothorax
the metathorax
, BRANCH 3 STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTION AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Legs - (answer) from the body on out
coxa
trochanter
femur
tibia
tarsus (foot)
Diptera - (answer) Di (meaning two)
Pteron (meaning wing)
are insects with two wings rather than four
Abdomen Parts - (answer) Ovipositor- deposits eggs sometimes by cutting a slit where the eggs will go
to lay
Cerci- antennae like appendages at the tail
Tracheal Tubes - (answer) carry oxygen into the body that distributes it to the muscles and the rest of
the organs
Spiracles - (answer) small paired openings on both sides of the abdomen that also carries oxygen and
carbon dioxide in and out of the body
(Blood does not carry oxygen into the body)
Open Circulatory System - (answer) A tube that begins at the dorsal area of the abdomen and
continues forward into the head region. The area at which it contracts and expands is called the HEART.
the part that continues into the head is called the Aorta. the blood will carry food to the organs. It also
carries waste to the Malpighian tubes
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Species - (answer) Groups of plants or animals that look-alike with similar characteristics and living
traits
Hexapoda - (answer) The Class that all insects belong to, formally "insecta"
Chordata - (answer) The most familiar Phylum that includes the mammals, birds, reptiles and fish
"vertebrate pests"
Mollusca - (answer) Phylum that includes snails, clams, etc. These are also tiny organisms, almost too
small to be seen with the naked eye, called protozoa.
Arthropoda - (answer) largest phylum by far that contains the largest class,"Hexapoda". no one feature
alone will separate the Arthropoda from all other animals. Segmented bodies, jointed appendages, shell
like body "exoskeleton". They also have bilateral symmetry. (Each side of the body is the same as the
other)
Crustacea - (answer) water inhabiting animals which breath either by gills or through the surface of
their bodies. Numerous pairs of legs; two pairs of antennae, fused head to the body. Lobster, crawfish,
crab, sowbug & pillbug
Diplopoda - (answer) Land animals which breath through air tubes on the side of their bodies. one pair
of antennae, cylindrical bodies with a series of segments which look very much alike. each segment has
two pairs of legs. "Millipedes"
Chilopoda - (answer) Have antennae and breath by air tubes. body is more flattened and each segment
bears only one pair of legs. "centipedes"
Hexapoda - (answer) INSECTS: have three distinct body regions. The head, the thorax and the
abdomen. they have only one pair of antennae, six legs that are all attached to the thorax. usually four
wings if they have them that are also attached to the thorax. "Air tubes"
,BRANCH 3 STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTION AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Arachnida - (answer) Have only two body regions, The cephalothorax and the abdomen. they do not
have antennae and the cephalothorax bears eight legs. they breath with book lungs. Some smaller
arachnids breath through surfaces on the body.
8 Characteristics of Insects - (answer) 1. bilaterally symmetrical
2. segmented body
3. three body regions
4. exoskeleton
5. three pairs of jointed legs
6. one pair of antennae
7. two pairs of wings, usually
8. airs tubes for breathing
Ametabola (No Metamorphosis) - (answer) group said to have no metamorphosis. "Silverfish and
springtails"
Heterometabola (Gradual Metamorphosis) - (answer) there is some change in the insect as it grows up
other than merely a change in size. development of wings as the insect gets larger.
Life Stages: Egg, Nymph, Adult
(Roaches, grasshoppers, bedbugs, termites, stink bugs)
Holometabola (Complete Metamorphosis) - (answer) insects that have four distinct life stages. Usually
the larvae live on entirely different food and do not resemble the adults.
Egg, larva, pupa, adult.
Beetles, fleas, flies, ants, bees, weevils.
,BRANCH 3 STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTION AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Molting - (answer) the cells of the exoskeleton called the hypodermis secretes a molting fluid which
separates the insect allowing the insect to slide out of the shell and grow by filling itself with air or water.
Instar - (answer) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Instar describes the stage at which the size of the insect will represent
which molt age they are currently at.
Chitin - (answer) Chitin is the substance produced by the hypodermis that eventually hardens and
becomes the new exoskeleton
Compound Eyes & Ocelli - (answer) Compound eyes are the larger and most visible eyes (Fly) while
Ocelli are much smaller and vary in number but usually contain only three
Labrum - (answer) flap like upper lip which is hinged and moves back and forth. It covers the upper
part of the mouth
Mandibles - (answer) are powerful jaws that move in and out from each side masticating the food.
Maxillae - (answer) secondary smaller jaws that hold the food while the mandibles break it up
Maxillary Palp - (answer) Sense organs that taste and smell the food
Labium - (answer) Lower lip
Thorax - (answer) composed of three segments each bearing legs and two that bear wings.
the prothorax
the mesothorax
the metathorax
, BRANCH 3 STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTION AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Legs - (answer) from the body on out
coxa
trochanter
femur
tibia
tarsus (foot)
Diptera - (answer) Di (meaning two)
Pteron (meaning wing)
are insects with two wings rather than four
Abdomen Parts - (answer) Ovipositor- deposits eggs sometimes by cutting a slit where the eggs will go
to lay
Cerci- antennae like appendages at the tail
Tracheal Tubes - (answer) carry oxygen into the body that distributes it to the muscles and the rest of
the organs
Spiracles - (answer) small paired openings on both sides of the abdomen that also carries oxygen and
carbon dioxide in and out of the body
(Blood does not carry oxygen into the body)
Open Circulatory System - (answer) A tube that begins at the dorsal area of the abdomen and
continues forward into the head region. The area at which it contracts and expands is called the HEART.
the part that continues into the head is called the Aorta. the blood will carry food to the organs. It also
carries waste to the Malpighian tubes
