Iowa General and Household Pest Management Category 7A questions with answers

Iowa General and Household Pest
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Management Category 7A questions with |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




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Define integrated pest management, threshold, harborage, bait. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A systematic approach to pest control
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that uses all reasonable pest control methods in an
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environmentally compatible and economically feasible manner to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


reduce or eliminate pest populations. Thresholds mark the
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highest acceptable point a pest population can reach without risk
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of damage to people or the environment. Harborages are
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locations where pests seek shelter. Bait is a food or other
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substance used to attract a pest to a pesticide or a trap.
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Tell the difference between gradual and complete
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metamorphosis. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Gradual |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


metamorphosis involves less extreme changes in an insect and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


usually involves a change in size. It has three stages: egg,
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nymph, and adult. Complete metamorphosis has four stages:
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egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
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Identify four places to inspect to look for pests or evidence of
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pest activity. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cracks and crevices,
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behind/under appliances, in cluttered areas, and along utility |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


lines.


List five tools needed during a facility inspection. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Flashlight, Black light, magnifying glass/hand lens,
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,access tools such as screwdrivers, and a clipboard with paper
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and pen. |\




List several monitoring techniques used in pest management. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Flushing agents, sticky traps, pheromone
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traps, mechanical traps, light traps, and product inspection.
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Give examples of food handling establishments requiring pest
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control. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Restaurants, cafeterias, bars,
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military mess halls, food trucks. |\ |\ |\ |\




Distinguish between the following treatment types: spot and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


crack and crevice; void and space; barrier and bait. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Spot treatment the application to a small area no
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larger than two square feet. Crack and crevice application occurs
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in cracks and crevices that pests may seek shelter in or enter the
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facility through. Void treatment is applied in very small gaps and
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areas such as a small gap in a furniture piece. Space treatments
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involves a larger scale of application and is delivered via
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aerosols. Barrier applications are meant to stop insects from
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entering a building through the exterior ground level. Bait
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treatment is designed to lure pests into traps. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




State three types of application equipment that could be used in
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a perimeter treatment. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Backpack
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sprayers, compressed air sprayers, large capacity sprayers
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Discuss where to use hand-held dusters versus power dusters
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inside a structure. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔power dusters are
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, more useful for dusting a large area such as an attic or pipe
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systems. Hand held dusters are better for smaller target areas.
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Explain the two types of ultra-low volume application devices. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cold foggers use spinning rotors or discs
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to break liquid into small droplets which are then forced out of
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the device. Thermal foggers use heat to vaporize insecticide
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concentrate. When the heated vapors exit the equipment, they |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


cool and condense into particles ranging from 1 to 10 microns in
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diameter.


Tell the importance of equipment maintenance in pest
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management programs. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cleaning |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


equipment maintains its efficiency and professional appearance.
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It also improves the life of the machine.
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Define, thigmotactic; oothecae; gregarious - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔The thigmotactic response of cockroaches means that they
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like to be where they can touch surfaces both above and below
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them. Oothecae is the term for the bean-shaped egg cases they
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lay. Gregarious means that they like to travel in groups.
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Explain the health concerns associated with cockroach
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infestations. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cockroaches may carry |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


bacteria to and from food sources which may cause food-born
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illnesses.


Identify four common, structure-infesting cockroach species. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔German cockroach, brown-banded |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


cockroach, american cockroach, oriental cockroach. |\ |\ |\ |\