Define a pest in simple terms ✔️Ans - any unwanted organism
Pest populations are part of an ecosystem where following elements are
included in an ecosystem? ✔️Ans - A community and biological and
physical support.
In infested apartments, pest infestations are evenly distributed ✔️Ans -
False
In a simple sequence of methods, which of the following is the first method
or activity a pest technician should do? ✔️Ans - Inspection
Which of the following are not integrated pest management, IPM
components, goals or activities? ✔️Ans - Preventative spring, total pest
elimination
The integrated pest management approach to pest control, more than other
approaches, emphasizes: ✔️Ans - The reduction of pest to a tolerable
number
New sprayers are well calibrated until they have been used one season
✔️Ans - False
Hand held sprayers can be calibrated, if the following is known: ✔️Ans
- Pressure used, amount of liquid used, time elapsed per liquid used, area
sprayed per amount of liquid used
Fogging fills a room volume, including cracks, crevices, and cabinets
✔️Ans - False
High pressure must be maintained in handheld sprayer is to be effective
✔️Ans - False
If a sprayer malfunctions, ✔️Ans - Release pressure and remove it to a
repair area
, Equipment safety is best maintained by, ✔️Ans - Daily rinsing, daily
hose inspection, scheduled cleaning
What are the four principal classes of the phylum Arthropoda? ✔️Ans -
Arachnida, Diploda, Chilopoda, Insecta
What are the three basic types of insect development? ✔️Ans - Simple
metamophosis, gradual metamorphosis, complete metamorphosis.
The cockroach that requires the most control effort is the, ✔️Ans -
German
American coackroaches like an environment that is ✔️Ans - Very
warm, moist
Oriental cockroach population consists of mostly _______ in the winter
✔️Ans - Adults
Cockroaches need ______ to be successful ✔️Ans - Food, moisture, and
harborage
Oriental cockroaches prefer a ______ environment ✔️Ans - Moist
Brown banded cockroaches, prefer a ________ environment ✔️Ans - Very
warm
German cockroaches have, ✔️Ans - Two stripes on their thorax
True or False, Ants and termites are closely related social insects ✔️Ans
- False
The ant species that almost always has its colony inside is, ✔️Ans -
Paroah ant
Carpenter ants make galleries in wood, which is also one of their principal
foods ✔️Ans - False
The ant caste system consists of, ✔️Ans - Male and female,
reproductive and workers
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