2025-2026 SERIES
TEXAS PEST CONTROL CATEGORY PRACTICE TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
GRADED AND THE LATEST SERIES
Oriental Cockroach
Ans: A medium to large sized glossy dark brown to black cockroach with wings
shorter than the abdomen.
Question: Flour Beetles
Ans: Insects that damage stored food by chewing in both the adult and larval
stage.
Question: Indian Meal Moth
Ans: The adult insect that has wings and can fly
Question: Red Flour Beetle
Ans: The beetle that is elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown, about 1/8 inch long,
can fly, and has three antennal segments enlarged abruptly into a club.
Question: Insects with complete metamorphosis go through four life stages.
Ans: Egg, larvae, pupae, adult
Question: Infested flour shoes large amount of webbing with larvae actively
feeding. Small, reddish-gray moths are the Adult form. Larvae are not spotted.
Ans: Indian Meal Moth
, 2025-2026 SERIES
Question: Ground Beetles prey on
Ans: Other Insects
Question: When considering pest management of house flies and related
species of flies, consider chemical control only after you have established a
sound program including.
Ans: Sanitation & Exclusion
Question: German Cockroaches & Asian cockroaches can be distinguished from
one another by...
Ans: Habitat & flight
Question: T or F The granary weevil attacks grain before harvest and storage
Ans: True
Question: T or F Smoky brown cockroaches prefer an outside habitat but move
indoors during seasonal migration and adverse weather conditions..
Ans: True
Question: T or F The larvae of the Angoumois grain moth fedd on flour
Ans: False
Question: T or F The larval stage of a fly is called a maggot
, 2025-2026 SERIES
Ans: True
Question: T or F The larvae of the house fly develop in animal waste or rotting
fruits and vegetables.
Ans: True
Question: T or F Dermestid beetles can attack and destroy pantry materials,
such as grain and flour, as well as on woolens, furs, and feathers.
Ans: True
Question: What does the house dust mite feed on?
Ans: Shed Skin Scales
Question: House dust mites are linked to and often thought to be the cause of
what disease?
Ans: Asthma
Question: Clover Mites Cause most of their damage by?
Ans: Staining Walls and furniture when crushed
Question: Earwigs have a distinctive pincer-like structure on the end of the
abdomen T or F
TEXAS PEST CONTROL CATEGORY PRACTICE TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
GRADED AND THE LATEST SERIES
Oriental Cockroach
Ans: A medium to large sized glossy dark brown to black cockroach with wings
shorter than the abdomen.
Question: Flour Beetles
Ans: Insects that damage stored food by chewing in both the adult and larval
stage.
Question: Indian Meal Moth
Ans: The adult insect that has wings and can fly
Question: Red Flour Beetle
Ans: The beetle that is elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown, about 1/8 inch long,
can fly, and has three antennal segments enlarged abruptly into a club.
Question: Insects with complete metamorphosis go through four life stages.
Ans: Egg, larvae, pupae, adult
Question: Infested flour shoes large amount of webbing with larvae actively
feeding. Small, reddish-gray moths are the Adult form. Larvae are not spotted.
Ans: Indian Meal Moth
, 2025-2026 SERIES
Question: Ground Beetles prey on
Ans: Other Insects
Question: When considering pest management of house flies and related
species of flies, consider chemical control only after you have established a
sound program including.
Ans: Sanitation & Exclusion
Question: German Cockroaches & Asian cockroaches can be distinguished from
one another by...
Ans: Habitat & flight
Question: T or F The granary weevil attacks grain before harvest and storage
Ans: True
Question: T or F Smoky brown cockroaches prefer an outside habitat but move
indoors during seasonal migration and adverse weather conditions..
Ans: True
Question: T or F The larvae of the Angoumois grain moth fedd on flour
Ans: False
Question: T or F The larval stage of a fly is called a maggot
, 2025-2026 SERIES
Ans: True
Question: T or F The larvae of the house fly develop in animal waste or rotting
fruits and vegetables.
Ans: True
Question: T or F Dermestid beetles can attack and destroy pantry materials,
such as grain and flour, as well as on woolens, furs, and feathers.
Ans: True
Question: What does the house dust mite feed on?
Ans: Shed Skin Scales
Question: House dust mites are linked to and often thought to be the cause of
what disease?
Ans: Asthma
Question: Clover Mites Cause most of their damage by?
Ans: Staining Walls and furniture when crushed
Question: Earwigs have a distinctive pincer-like structure on the end of the
abdomen T or F
