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GA Pest Employee Registration Exam/197 Answered Questions
GA Pest Employee Registration Exam/197 Answered Questions
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GA Pest Employee RegistrationExam/197 Answered Questions
Certified Operator Categories - -household pest control (HPC), wood
destroying organisms (WDO), and fumigation (FUM)
-All wood infestation inspection reports must be issued on the state-
approved form. The report is a statement of what was observed and
recorded when the structure was inspected. It requires the inspection and
documentation of previous and active infestations of:
WDO FORMS... - -• Subterranean termites
• Powder post beetles
• Wood boring beetles
• Dry wood termites
• Wood decaying fungus
-Comprehensive Post Construction Soil Termiticide Application - -• Removal
of all cellulosic material from under the building
• Removal of all wood to earth contacts except pressure treated wood
designed for ground contact
• Removal of all visible and accessible termite tunnels
• Application of an approved termiticide to all exterior and interior soils,
consistent with the products label and labeling directions. State regulations
may exceed label requirements for drill intervals.
-Defined Post Construction Soil Termiticide Application - -• Removal of all
cellulosic material from under the building
• Removal of all wood to earth contacts except pressure treated wood
designed for ground contact
• Removal of all accessible termite tunnels
• Application of an approved termiticide consistent with product label and
labeling directions. State regulations may exceed label requirements for drill
intervals
-Post Construction Non Soil Termiticide Applications, Other Than Baits - -•
Removal of all cellulosic material from under the building
• Removal of all wood to earth contacts except pressure treated wood
designed for ground contact
• Removal of all visible and accessible termite tunnels
• Application of an approved termiticide consistent with product label and
labeling directions
-Post Construction Termiticide Bait Applications - -• Removal of all cellulosic
material from under the building
,• Removal of all wood to earth contacts except pressure treated wood
designed for ground contact
• Removal of all visible and accessible termite tunnels
• Install/service an approved baiting system consistent with the product label
and labeling directions.
-Pre-Construction Termiticide Bait Applications - -Systems must be
monitored consistent with the product/system label for one year at no
additional cost when installed for pre-construction or to control infestations
found during the coverage period of an Official Georgia Wood Infestation
Inspection Report
-Treatment of Powder Post Beetles and Wood Borers - -* Application of an
approved pesticide
*Ventilation of the under-floor space between the bottom of the floor joists
and the earth
*Installation of a vapor barrier to cover a minimum of 70% of the exposed
soil surface in a crawlspace.
-Treatment of Wood Decay Fungi - -* Ventilation of the under-floor space
between the bottom of the floor joists and the earth
*Installation of a vapor barrier to cover a minimum of 70% of the exposed
soil surface in a crawlspace.
*If an infestation of water conducting fungi is located in the under-floor
space, then additional control measures are required.
-Treatment of Dry Wood Termites - -* Application of an approved pesticide
-Household Pest Control - -Only pesticides registered with the EPA and the
Georgia Department of Agriculture are permitted for use. All pesticides must
be applied consistent with the product label and labeling directions.
-Household Pest Control Contracts Must Contain... - -A contract must be
issued for all treatments. All residential contracts must contain:
*three-day right to cancel the contract
*terms for any contract extension
*insurance requirement statement.
-Fair Business Practices Act - -The Georgia Office of Consumer Affairs
administers the Fair Business Practices Act, requiring all contracts signed at
the customer's home or business contain a notice that the contract may be
canceled for up to three business days after signing. It also requires that all
work will be done in a quality manner.
-Hazardous Waste Management Act - -In 1979 Georgia passed the Georgia
Hazardous Waste Management Act to follow the Federal Resource
, Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). This law protects human health and
the environment from improper activities involving hazardous waste.
-Pesticide Use and Application Act - -This law deals with the regulation and
licensing of certain areas related to structural pest control. These include
areas such as mosquito control and applications of pesticides to lawns.
-Three life-support requirements a pest needs to survive are... - -Food,
Water, and Harborage (place to hide)
-The services provided by the pest management professional address pests
that can be put into three major groups: - -•Insects and other arthropods
(mites, ticks, and spiders)
•Vertebrates (birds, squirrels, rats and mice)
•Wood decay fungi
-Arthropods are a group of animals that includes... - -Insects, Spiders, Mites
and Ticks
-All arthropods share some biological characters with humans including: - -
•A central nervous system - a main nerve cord that runs the length of the
body
•Striated skeletal muscles - like in humans but arthropod muscles are
attached inside the exoskeleton
•Bilateral symmetry - like humans, if you cut an arthropod down the
middle...both halves look like mirror images
-But all arthropods differ from humans because they have: - -•Segmented
body and appendages - a body with at least 2 segments and legs and
antennae that are divided into sections
•Chitinous exoskeleton - the skeleton is on the exterior and made of a
protein called chitin. This 'skin' must be shed in order for the arthropod to
grow
•Open circulatory system - the exoskeleton creates a body cavity and 'blood'
flows inside this cavity. Arthropods don't have a system of veins and arteries
•The arthropod central nervous system - has main nerve cord but it includes
several 'control' centers or little brains (called ganglia), usually one ganglia
per body segment, not a single 'brain' like humans.
-Insects can be separated from their arthropod 'cousins' by the following
features: - -•Segmented body divided into three sections - head, thorax,
abdomen
*Head with one pair of antennae
*Thorax with three pairs of legs and if they have wings, they have 2 pairs
(even though adult flies appear to have one pair).
*Abdomen has no locomotion appendages except with springtails.
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