Colorado Pest Control Category 304 State Test (QS) Latest Update 2025-2026 100 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
- types of residual applications - CORRECT ANSWER: General (application to broad
expanse of surfaces), Spot (application to limited area where insects are and will not ordinarily be contacted by workers), and Crack and Crevice (application of small amounts where insects hide like voids and entry points).
Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER: Movement of chemical into a plant, animal, or
person. Number ons source of pesticide exposure for operators.
Aerosol and Fog Generators - CORRECT ANSWER: Break liquid pesticides into aerosol droplets through either mechanical means (cold fogging) or heat (thermal fogging).
American Cockroach - CORRECT ANSWER: largest insect pest in Colorado; commonly
found in warm moist habitats like city sewer lines
Animal Kingdom - CORRECT ANSWER: All insects are part of the largest group in the animal kingdom - phylum arthropoda. Includes all arthropods including spiders, mites, ticks, millipedes, crab, shrimp, and insects.
Ant - CORRECT ANSWER: One of the most common pests in homes in Colorado;
become a nuisance problem when foraging into home for food or to form nest in unwanted areas like a playground; social insects with workers, male reproductives, and queens; nests are largely unnoticeable until there is a large population.
Arachnida - CORRECT ANSWER: A class of arthropods, marked by 4 pairs of legs and two body regions
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Bait Shyness - CORRECT ANSWER: Avoidance of bait due to rodents that do not eat
the lethal dose and communicate this preferences to the colony.
Bald Faced Hornet - CORRECT ANSWER: Stout body and darker color; produce large
gray nests in trees/shrubs/eaves; treat by destroying nests with insecticide applied directly to entrance, residual dusts are particularly effective, remove nests and apply residual to prevent additional nesting
Bat Bug - CORRECT ANSWER: Commonly confused with bed bug; hosts are bats,
birds, or small mammals; treated in similar way to bed bugs but make sure to identify host and remove that source.
Bed Bug - CORRECT ANSWER: They are ectoparasites of humans, inflicting a painless bite that causes swelling and itching; typically come from infested items; treated by identifying sources, laundering items, spraying insecticides where insects hide.
Blow Fly - CORRECT ANSWER: Metallic green/blue color; maggots feed on garbage;
breed in decaying carcasses; best treatment is fly traps
Boxelder Bug - CORRECT ANSWER: Red and black insects; nymphs feed on tree
foliage; seek overwintering in structures; treated by sealing and applying treatment to all possible entry points with residual pesticides.
Brown Banded Cockroach - CORRECT ANSWER: Similar in size and look to German;
never show two stripes like German; like warm areas of multi-family dwellings and offices; highest populations in kitchens and bedrooms
Brown Recluse Spider - CORRECT ANSWER: Only spider with 3 pairs of eyes instead
of 4; marked by brown color with violin shaped banding behind eyes; bites don't hurt but intense pain and stinging sensation follow; skin ulceration can develop from bits; most misdiagnosed spider in Colorado as it is very rare here.
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