GENERAL PEST MANAGEMENT 7A PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+recent version

GENERAL PEST MANAGEMENT 7A PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+recent version 1) Monitoring traps - ANSWER Estimating the numbers of pests present before and after a control program (often uses pheromones) 2) Building plans - ANSWER Locating areas in the building that are warm and humid 3) Inspection reports - ANSWER Listing the structural deficiencies contributing to the pest problem. 4) Inspection Diagram - ANSWER Providing an overview of the structure and surrounding area 5) Flashlight - ANSWER Viewing pests in their hiding places. 6) Flushing Agent - ANSWER Determining if pests are present in areas physically impossible see. 7) Spraying is always considered essential to an effective structural pest management program. - ANSWER False 8) Backpack sprayer - ANSWER Has a 2- to 5-gallon tank capacity and is pressurized by priming a piston pump. 9) Power sprayer - ANSWER Uses a relatively large tank to spray building perimeters and lawns 10) Hand-held sprayer - ANSWER Most likely sprayer to select for use indoors in smaller areas; pest control in cracks and crevices; applying flushing agents. 11) Backpack sprayer - ANSWER Most likely sprayer to select for treating larger indoor areas (warehouses, commercial food facilities); outside, it is used on lawns, along fences, and around building perimeters. 12) Hand-held sprayer - ANSWER Produces two different flow patterns: pin- stream and flat-fan. 13) Hand-held sprayer Which type of nozzle spray pattern delivers the largest amount of spray per minute at 20 psi? - ANSWER Coarse fan, 50 degrees 14) What is the advantage of using a crack and crevice extension tube on a nozzle? - ANSWER It allows crack and crevice application with little spilling or splashing. 15) High pressure must be maintained in hand-held sprayers to be effective. - ANSWER False 16) New sprayers are well calibrated until they have been used one season. - ANSWER False 17) A general effective pressure for fan spray applications is: - ANSWER 20 to 25 psi. 18) For crack and crevice treatments, an effective pressure is - ANSWER Less than 10 psi. 19) Which are proper procedures when filling a sprayer? - ANSWER Check to see that all components are working at the beginning of the day. 20) If a sprayer malfunctions - ANSWER Release pressure and do not use again untill repaired. 21) Equipment safety is best maintained by: - ANSWER Routine rinsing. Routine hose inspection. Scheduled cleaning 22) What effect will increasing the pressure of a held sprayer have on flow rate? - ANSWER Disproportional increase in flow rate 23) What effect will increasing travel speed have on the pesticide application rate? - ANSWER Decrease application rate 24) What is the purpose of the pre calibration check? - ANSWER Determine if equipment is operating properly Determine if spray application is uniform 25) Travel speed is less critical to structural pest management because the spray mixture is normally on a percentage basis and to the point of runoff. - ANSWER True 26) In order to calibrate a hand held sprayer you must know - ANSWER How much spray mixture your sprayer applies per unit area how much area you can spray per tank the rate of pesticide application as specified by the label the amount of pesticide product to add to the tank 27) List the steps needed to calibrate a hand-held sprayer - ANSWER Measure a minimum of 250 square feet fill the sprayer with water to a level that is easily recognized. Spray the area add water back to the tank multiply the volume by the proper conversion 28) Define pest in simple terms - ANSWER Any unwanted organism 30) Pest populations are part of an ecosystem. What following elements are included in an ecosystem? A. Populations and a community B. A community and biological and physical supports C. Populations and biological and physical supports D. Populations, a community, and biological and physical supports - ANSWER D 31) In infested apartments, pest infestations are evenly distributed? A. True B. False - ANSWER B 32) In a simple sequence of methods, which of the following is the first method or activity a pest control technician should do? A. Pesticide Application B. Habitat alteration C. Inspection D. Follow up - ANSWER C 33) Which of the following are not integrated pest management components, goals or activities: A. Monitoring B. Pesticide Application C. Preventative Spraying D. Recordkeeping E. Total Pest Elimination - ANSWER C and E 34) The pest management style of pest control, more than the other styles, emphasizes: A. Safe Pesticide application B. The reduction of pests to a tolerable number C. Inspection D. Client Communication - ANSWER B 35) New sprayers are well calibrated until they have been used one season A. True B. False - ANSWER B 36) Hand held sprayers can be calibrated if the following is known: A. Pressure used B. Amount of liquid used C. Time elapsed per liquid used D. Area sprayed per amount of liquid used E. All of these F. None of these - ANSWER E 37) Fogging fills a room volume including cracks, crevices and cabinets. A. True B. False - ANSWER B 38) High Pressure must be maintained in hand held sprayers to be effective. A. True B. False - ANSWER B 39) If a sprayer malfunctions,_______________ A. Repair it immediately B. Increase pressure by pumping C. Release pressure and remove it to a repair area D. Use very soft and thin wire to clear the nozzle after releasing pressure - ANSWER C 40) Equipment safety is best maintained by ________. A. Daily Rinsing B. Daily hose inspection C. Scheduled cleaning D. All of these - ANSWER D 41) The responsibility of the environmental protection Agency (EPA) is to ________. A. Regulate Pesticide use B. Regulate pesticide applicators C. Protect public health and the environment D. enforce Fifra - ANSWER C 42) Pest Control applicators may be certified in either of two classifications. a. Private and commercial B. Fumigation and non fumigation C. Urban and agriculture D. Certified and non-certified - ANSWER A 43) Pesticide registration decisions are based on the demonstration that the use of a pesticide will not result in "Unreasonable human health or environmental effects". The law that mandates that is called the ________. - ANSWER FIFRA, The Federal Insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act 44) The state plan that regulates pesticide applicators and their certification is approved and evaluated by ________. A. FDA B. USDA C. EPA D. OSHA - ANSWER C 45) The cockroach that requires the most control effort is the _______. A. Asian B. American C. German D. Australian - ANSWER C 46) American cockroaches like an environment that is A. slightly cool, moist B. very warm, moist C. hot, dry D. lukewarm, average humidity - ANSWER B 47) Oriental cockroach populations consist mostly of _____ in the winter. A. Adults B. nymphs C. eggs D. pupae - ANSWER A 48) Cockroaches need _________ to be successful. A. food, moisture, harborage B. food, moisture, open spaces C. warmth, food, cracks, D. cracks, crevices, food - ANSWER A 49) Oriental cockroaches prefer a _________ environment A. moist B. Warm C. High D. Small - ANSWER A 50) Brown-banded cockroaches prefer a _______ environment a. cool b. very warm c. sanitary d. very moist - ANSWER B 51) Smokey brown cockroaches prefer a ______ environment a. open b. very warm c. very moist d. high - ANSWER C 52) German cockroaches have A. Two bands across their thorax B. Two stripes on their thorax C. Light markings on their thorax D. Short wings - ANSWER B 53) Ants and termites are both closely related social insects. A. True B. False - ANSWER B 54) The ant species that almost always has its colony inside is _____ a. carpenter ant b. pharaoh ant c. fire ant d. odorous house ant - ANSWER B 55) Carpenter ants make galleries in wood which is also one of their principal foods. A. True B. False - ANSWER B