Iowa General and Household Pest
Management Category 7A Exam/120 Q’s and
A’s
Define integrated pest management, threshold, harborage, bait. - -A
systematic approach to pest control that uses all reasonable pest control
methods in an environmentally compatible and economically feasible
manner to reduce or eliminate pest populations. Thresholds mark the highest
acceptable point a pest population can reach without risk of damage to
people or the environment. Harborages are locations where pests seek
shelter. Bait is a food or other substance used to attract a pest to a pesticide
or a trap.
-Tell the difference between gradual and complete metamorphosis. - -
Gradual metamorphosis involves less extreme changes in an insect and
usually involves a change in size. It has three stages: egg, nymph, and adult.
Complete metamorphosis has four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
-Identify four places to inspect to look for pests or evidence of pest activity. -
-Cracks and crevices, behind/under appliances, in cluttered areas, and along
utility lines.
-List five tools needed during a facility inspection. - -Flashlight, Black light,
magnifying glass/hand lens, access tools such as screwdrivers, and a
clipboard with paper and pen.
-List several monitoring techniques used in pest management. - -Flushing
agents, sticky traps, pheromone traps, mechanical traps, light traps, and
product inspection.
-Give examples of food handling establishments requiring pest control. - -
Restaurants, cafeterias, bars, military mess halls, food trucks.
-Distinguish between the following treatment types: spot and crack and
crevice; void and space; barrier and bait. - -Spot treatment the application
to a small area no larger than two square feet. Crack and crevice application
occurs in cracks and crevices that pests may seek shelter in or enter the
facility through. Void treatment is applied in very small gaps and areas such
as a small gap in a furniture piece. Space treatments involves a larger scale
of application and is delivered via aerosols. Barrier applications are meant to
stop insects from entering a building through the exterior ground level. Bait
treatment is designed to lure pests into traps.
, -State three types of application equipment that could be used in a
perimeter treatment. - -Backpack sprayers, compressed air sprayers, large
capacity sprayers
-Discuss where to use hand-held dusters versus power dusters inside a
structure. - -power dusters are more useful for dusting a large area such as
an attic or pipe systems. Hand held dusters are better for smaller target
areas.
-Explain the two types of ultra-low volume application devices. - -Cold
foggers use spinning rotors or discs to break liquid into small droplets which
are then forced out of the device. Thermal foggers use heat to vaporize
insecticide concentrate. When the heated vapors exit the equipment, they
cool and condense into particles ranging from 1 to 10 microns in diameter.
-Tell the importance of equipment maintenance in pest management
programs. - -Cleaning equipment maintains its efficiency and professional
appearance. It also improves the life of the machine.
-Define, thigmotactic; oothecae; gregarious - -The thigmotactic response of
cockroaches means that they like to be where they can touch surfaces both
above and below them. Oothecae is the term for the bean-shaped egg cases
they lay. Gregarious means that they like to travel in groups.
-Explain the health concerns associated with cockroach infestations. - -
Cockroaches may carry bacteria to and from food sources which may cause
food-born illnesses.
-Identify four common, structure-infesting cockroach species. - -German
cockroach, brown-banded cockroach, american cockroach, oriental
cockroach.
-Identify the cockroach species that can be found accidentally in a structure.
- -Wood cockroaches
-Recognize the signs of a cockroach infestation in a structure. - -Live
cockroaches, dead cockroaches, shed skins, oothecae, dry fecal material
(looks like dark grains of sand), fecal spotting in corners (tiny dark spots)
-State the environmental conditions required by cockroaches to survive in a
structure. - -Most cockroaches need cool, damp, and dark areas to thrive.
-Explain the relationship between conducive conditions and cockroach
population levels. - -The more conducive an environment, the easier it will
be for cockroaches to live there.
Management Category 7A Exam/120 Q’s and
A’s
Define integrated pest management, threshold, harborage, bait. - -A
systematic approach to pest control that uses all reasonable pest control
methods in an environmentally compatible and economically feasible
manner to reduce or eliminate pest populations. Thresholds mark the highest
acceptable point a pest population can reach without risk of damage to
people or the environment. Harborages are locations where pests seek
shelter. Bait is a food or other substance used to attract a pest to a pesticide
or a trap.
-Tell the difference between gradual and complete metamorphosis. - -
Gradual metamorphosis involves less extreme changes in an insect and
usually involves a change in size. It has three stages: egg, nymph, and adult.
Complete metamorphosis has four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
-Identify four places to inspect to look for pests or evidence of pest activity. -
-Cracks and crevices, behind/under appliances, in cluttered areas, and along
utility lines.
-List five tools needed during a facility inspection. - -Flashlight, Black light,
magnifying glass/hand lens, access tools such as screwdrivers, and a
clipboard with paper and pen.
-List several monitoring techniques used in pest management. - -Flushing
agents, sticky traps, pheromone traps, mechanical traps, light traps, and
product inspection.
-Give examples of food handling establishments requiring pest control. - -
Restaurants, cafeterias, bars, military mess halls, food trucks.
-Distinguish between the following treatment types: spot and crack and
crevice; void and space; barrier and bait. - -Spot treatment the application
to a small area no larger than two square feet. Crack and crevice application
occurs in cracks and crevices that pests may seek shelter in or enter the
facility through. Void treatment is applied in very small gaps and areas such
as a small gap in a furniture piece. Space treatments involves a larger scale
of application and is delivered via aerosols. Barrier applications are meant to
stop insects from entering a building through the exterior ground level. Bait
treatment is designed to lure pests into traps.
, -State three types of application equipment that could be used in a
perimeter treatment. - -Backpack sprayers, compressed air sprayers, large
capacity sprayers
-Discuss where to use hand-held dusters versus power dusters inside a
structure. - -power dusters are more useful for dusting a large area such as
an attic or pipe systems. Hand held dusters are better for smaller target
areas.
-Explain the two types of ultra-low volume application devices. - -Cold
foggers use spinning rotors or discs to break liquid into small droplets which
are then forced out of the device. Thermal foggers use heat to vaporize
insecticide concentrate. When the heated vapors exit the equipment, they
cool and condense into particles ranging from 1 to 10 microns in diameter.
-Tell the importance of equipment maintenance in pest management
programs. - -Cleaning equipment maintains its efficiency and professional
appearance. It also improves the life of the machine.
-Define, thigmotactic; oothecae; gregarious - -The thigmotactic response of
cockroaches means that they like to be where they can touch surfaces both
above and below them. Oothecae is the term for the bean-shaped egg cases
they lay. Gregarious means that they like to travel in groups.
-Explain the health concerns associated with cockroach infestations. - -
Cockroaches may carry bacteria to and from food sources which may cause
food-born illnesses.
-Identify four common, structure-infesting cockroach species. - -German
cockroach, brown-banded cockroach, american cockroach, oriental
cockroach.
-Identify the cockroach species that can be found accidentally in a structure.
- -Wood cockroaches
-Recognize the signs of a cockroach infestation in a structure. - -Live
cockroaches, dead cockroaches, shed skins, oothecae, dry fecal material
(looks like dark grains of sand), fecal spotting in corners (tiny dark spots)
-State the environmental conditions required by cockroaches to survive in a
structure. - -Most cockroaches need cool, damp, and dark areas to thrive.
-Explain the relationship between conducive conditions and cockroach
population levels. - -The more conducive an environment, the easier it will
be for cockroaches to live there.
