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GENERAL PEST AND RODENT CONTROL GRC EXAM
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Which of the following is not a detection or monitoring device? A. Pheromone trap B. Light trap C. Pherbionone trap D. Glue board ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------C. Pherbionone trap Habitat modification includes: A. Removal of access to food, water and harborage Sites B. Using baits C. Applying sprays in cracks and crevices D. All of the above ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A. Removal of access to food, water and harborage sites. True or false? Pesticides do not play a role in an IPM program. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False ______________________________________ lights are better for outdoor use because they emit a spectrum of light that is less attractive to insects. - --------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Sodium vapor
True or false? Most pesticides should not be stored for longer than two years. --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True Pesticide containers must be________________ before they can be disposed of in a class 1 disposal site. ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------ -----Triple rinsed The most common pesticide types used in and around structures are______________________ ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Insecticide and rodenticides Pesticides dissolved in a liquid are called? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----- ------------Solutions True or false? Wettable powder formulations Can be abrasive to nozzles --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True True or false? It is rarely necessary to use respiratory protection when applying dusts. ----- ----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False Ant baits should be ___________ acting and fly bait should be ___________ acting. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Ant baits should be slow acting and fly baits should be fast acting.
American cockroaches like an environment that is? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Warm and moist Female oriental cockroaches have________. ---------CORRECT ANSWER- ----------------Short wings Cockroaches need_______to be successful. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-- ---------------Food, moisture and harborage Oriental cockroaches prefer a ______environment ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Damp and cool The ____________ cockroach does not require a close association with moisture ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Brown-banded ______________________________________Are the most widely used formulation for cockroach control. ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Baits German cockroaches have______________________________________ ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------2 stripes on their thorax. To treat for carpenter ants, the certified technician must work under the direction of an operator licensed in ______________________________________ ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------What destroying organisms (WDO)
_________________________ is the best way to get an insecticide to an entire pharaoh ant colony. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Baiting Acanthomyops or yellow ants smell of_________________________ when ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Lemon Odorous house ants smell of _________________________ when crushed. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Rotten coconut _________________________ ants may move their colony as often as every 23 days. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Odorous house True or false? When baiting for ants indoors, a applying persistent contact insecticide does not affect baiting success. ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- False Ants are not as sensitive to odors as cockroaches, so using hands that have touched cigarettes to place baits will not deter ants. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False Who is responsible for regulating the state pesticide laws of Tennessee? --- ------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------TDA
D.Licensed pest control operatorWorking for a chartered pest control company. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Pest control technician A pest control technician applying pesticides under the supervision of a licensed pest control operator____________________. A.Must be certified for in the presence of an applicator certified B.Must be trained as a pesticide handler C.Does not have to be certified D.Must always be in the presence of an applicator certified --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Must be certified or in the presence of an applicator who is certified. A Farmer, greenhouse and nursery operator are classified as what type of applicator in applying pesticides on their own property? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Private True or false? Your Pesticide certification expires five years from the date you were certified ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False How do you earn recertification points? ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------- --------By attending programs which are pertinent to the individual certification category and approved by UT or TDA for recertification points in Tennessee What instrument authorizes a person, a firm or corporation to engage in the business of commercial pest control operations ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Charter
Each person applying for a charter must have what type of individual for each category of service offered at each office or Branch? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A licensed pest control operator A person applying or holding a charter with a GRC license is required to be bonded for______________for the first three years in category seven, General pest and rodent control ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- $50, What is the minimum amount of liability insurance required for a charter ---- -----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------$250, How much errors is and omissions insurance is required when working with wood destroying organisms category? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------- ------$100, True or false? All persons chartered are required to list with TDA each person authorized to enter into pest-control contract and employees engaged and handling, transporting or applying pesticides ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------
- True TDA requires the vehicles of charter companies using pest-control work permanently marked on the side of their vehicles the following: --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Companies name and Charter number
True or false? Records of pesticide application must be made available on demand to the commissioner of agriculture, or his/her designee ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True The general pest and rodent control (GRC) licensing category covers which of the following pests? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Cockroaches, ants, flies, spiders, domestic rodents, and Indian meal moths. A Custom applicator operating without a valid charter, by law is considered to be a: ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Class A misdemeanor The licensing exams are offered during what months of the year? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------January, April, July and October The "Right to Know" law requires employers with employees exposed to hazardous chemicals to provide information to their employees on the hazards by means of hazard communication programs including: --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Labels, MSDS, training, access to written records. Under the hazard Communities Standard , all containers of hazardous chemicals in or leaving the workplace (unless the container is used for temporary transfer purposes) must be : ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------- --------Labeled, tagged, or marked with appropriate hazard warnings and with an identity permitting it to be cross referenced to the MSDS.
The DOT is authorized to regulate: ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- --The shipment of hazardous materials in commerce The hazmat employee training requirement is designed to increase the employee awareness of safety considerations involved in: A. Loading unloading, handling, storing and shipping paper preparation B. Marking, labeling, placarding, and transporting of hazardous materials C. Improving emergency preparedness for responding to transportation incidents and accidents. D. All of the above. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------D. All of the above. An application for a licensing exam will be completed and sent to the certification training supervisor with the TDA. This must arrive at TDA how long before the licensing exam? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- By the 10th of the month preceding the month of the exam. It is unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or transport in interstate or interstate commerce any pesticide that does not meet the following qualifications: A. Must be registered according to Tennessee laws B. Must be in manufactures unbroken, properly labeled container C. Must not be a pesticide that is adulterated or miss branded D. All of the above plus more ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------D. All of the above plus more It is unlawful to detach, alter, deface or destroy a label or labeling. It is also unlawful to dispose or store pesticides in a manner that would cause injury
Equipment safety is best maintained by___________. A. Daily rinsing B. Daily house inspection C. Scheduled cleaning D. All of the above ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------D. All of the above To apply pesticides in a school, applicators must: ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Work under the supervision of a person licensed to apply pesticides. Which of the following pesticide applications reduce exposure to building occupants? A. Fogging B. Bait stations C. Spraying baseboards D. Time released aerosol ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------B. Bait stations True or false? Chemical control will eliminate a fly problem. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-- ---------------False _________________________ often over winter in homes in Tennessee. -- -------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Cluster flies, Face flies and bluebottle flies
_________________________ is the single most important step in controlling flies. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Sanitation The glow of light traps should not be visible from outside of a structure because _________________________ ---------CORRECT ANSWER------- ----------It will attract insects into the structure Most fly baits contain _________________________. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Sugar and a sex pheromone Blowfly larva feed in/on _________________________. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Dead animals Cluster fly larva feet in/on _________________________. --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Earthworms Rocky Mountain spotted fever is transmitted by: ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------American dog tick's Seed ticks or tick larva have how many pairs of legs ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Three In Tennessee, cat fleas are a medical concern because they transmit? ------ ---CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Dog tapeworms
Lyme disease is transmitted by _________________________ which is rarely found in Tennessee. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Ixodes scapularis The only effective way to remove a tick attached to a person is? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A pair of tweezers A non-chemical method for reducing tick problems is? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Mowing the lawn _________________________ ticks attack dogs but rarely humans. --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Brown dog Rodent and Bird mites are usually what size? ---------CORRECT ANSWER- ----------------The size of a period at the end of the sentence. True or false? Chiggers burrow into the skin. ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- False The preferred host of the common Bedbug is? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Humans Paper wasps construct nests shaped like a? ---------CORRECT ANSWER--- --------------Umbrella
Bald faced hornets nest may resemble a? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------ -----------Football The best season and a time to treat yellow jacket nest are? --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Spring time, at night True or false? European hornets are attracted to light and maybe found tapping at Windows at night. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True Black widow spider venom is a? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Nerve toxin Brown recluse spiders have? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Three pairs of eyes in a semi circular arrangement and a brown violin marking True or false? Glue boards are effective at catching mice and cockroaches but are ineffective in trapping Brown recluse spiders. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-- ---------------False One of the first steps in a pest management program for fabric pests would be: A. Removing the source of the infestation
____________________ moth larva prefer to feed on soiled material, spinning silken mats over it ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Webbing clothes ____________________ moth larvae do not spin a web of silk over the food material, but eat clean cut holes not usually in one spot. --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Case making clothes Black carpet beetle adults have ____________________ --------- CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Shiny black body True or false? Clothes moths are attracted to light and therefore are often confused with Indian meal moths. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------False ____________________ moths are the most commonly encountered Cloths moth in Tennessee ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------- Webbing clothes ____________________ moths are rarely encountered in Tennessee ------- --CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Carpet or tapestry Some common stored product pests that attack whole grains and chew through the seedcoat are ____________________ ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Rice and granary weevils
Psocids and grain mites need ____________________ to build large populations ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Hi humidity Merchant grain beetles area behind the head is ____________________ then the sawtooth the grain beetle. ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- --Smaller and more pointed Granary weevils can't fly, but rice weevils can. rice weevils have ____________________ ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Four reddish spots on the Elytra True or false? Granery weevils never forage in the wild for food. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True Which is not an example of an anobiid beetle? E. Cigarette beetle B. Drugstore beetle C. Powder post beetles D. Red flower beetle ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Red flower beetle The most common pest of coarsely ground flours and cornmeal is? A. Black carpet beetle B. Indian meal moth C. Cigarette beetle
