and Answers from test 2024\2025 A+
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Communication is an important feature of many IPM program because?
- correct answer It provides a record of the ongoing dialog of visits, actions, and interventions.
What is the application rate of a termiticide to a trench with the footer at a depth of 3 feet?
- correct answer 4 gallon per 10linear feet.
A minimum treatment for control or prevention of all wood destroying fungi contracts includes:
- correct answer Removing sources of moister by fixing leaking pipes.
What is the purpose of the IRAC group number in the upper right hand corner of a pesticide label?
- correct answer It identifies which pesticides can be used in rotation, series, or mixture to help slow
down insecticides resistance.
What is the application rate of a termiticide into a hollow block wall?
- correct answer 2 gallons per 10 linear feet
Dusts are most effective when applied:
- correct answer In a thin layer to cracks and crevices
Many factors affect pesticide drift including:
- correct answer Particle size of liquid application, the smaller the particle the greater the risk of drift.
A spot treatment is:
- correct answer A pesticide application to surfaces not larger than 2 sqft.
, A routine schedule of maintenance/cleaning/checking and calibration equipment is important to:
- correct answer Ensure application of label directed amounts of pesticides.
Protecting surface water from pesticides involves
- correct answer All the above.
What is the major objective of a soil termiticide application?
- correct answer To establish a chemical barrier in the soil between the termites and the wood structure.
What is a crack and crevice pesticide application for household pest control?
- correct answer An application into cracks and crevices where pests hide or enter structures.
The three life-support requirements that pests need to survive include:
- correct answer Food, water, and harborage.
Ants:
- correct answer Social insects that display complete metamorphosis
Bedbugs:
- correct answer A blood feeding nocturnal insect that undergo in complete metamorphosis
Flies:
- correct answer Are good a flying when they mature into the adult stage
Carpenter ants:
- correct answer Large nocturnal ants that feed on insects not wood
Two methods recommended for properly identifying a pest include:
- correct answer Send a specimen to your local county/ or use a company pest collection
Dry wood termites:
- correct answer Produce distinctive hard fecal pellets that appear in piles below