Household Pest Control exam questions with answers – latest update

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Red imported fire ants: red - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Non-
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chemical control: keep lawn short
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Chemical control: 2-step process (1. broadcast bait insecticide
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over entire infested area, 2. treat individual mounds no sooner
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than 7 days after baited)
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Argentine ants: light to dark brown with legs that are lighter -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Non-chemical control: seal cracks, keep
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area clean, control moisture, trim foliage
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Chemical control: Residual insecticide, then bait and outside
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perimeter barrier |\




Odorous house ants: brown to black in color - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Non-chemical control: seal cracks, general
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sanitation, seal food items |\ |\ |\




Chemical control: you must locate all of the nests then bait then
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boric acid dust in void areas outside ground floor walls and
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perimeter

, Pharaoh ants: reddish-gold - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Non-
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chemical control: clear roof debris, seal cracks
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Chemical control: bait and exclusion (spraying causes groups to
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break off and form new colonies, budding)
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Acrobat ants: light brown to black, sometimes mulitcolored; heart
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shaped abdoment - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Non-chemical
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control: control moisture, clear brush/shrubs/limbs away from
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structure, seal cracks |\ |\




Chemical control: direct inject in the wood home, wettable
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powder or microencapsulated formulation
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Cockroaches - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Do not necessarily cause
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disease, but their feces, cast skin, and body parts are among the
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primary causes of allergies among sensitive people
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Cockroach control is a five step process... - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔1. Prevention
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2. Identification
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3. Inspection
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4. Non-chemical strategies (exclusion, sanitation)
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5. Chemical control (baits, growth regulators, liquids, aerosols,
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etc.