GENERAL PEST CONTROL SUBCATEGORY
TEST | GENERAL AND STRUCTURAL PEST
CONTROL 7A CORE | MS GENERAL
STANDARDS ACTUAL EXAM 2025 WITH
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
ALREADY GRADED A+ | BRAND NEW LATEST
FINAL VERSION 2025
Define a pest in simple terms - ANSWER- An unwanted organism
Pest populations are part of an ecosystem. What following elements are included in an ecosystem?
- Populations and a community
- A community and biological and physical supports
- Populations and biological and physical supports
- Populations, a community, and biological and physical supports - ANSWER- D
Which of the following is true about starlings
- They feed at night
- They may fly up to 30 miles to their feeding sites
- They usually nest on the ground in low shrubbery
- All of the above
- None of the above - ANSWER- B 1 / 4
Starlings often congregate in large numbers during the winter
- True
- False - ANSWER- A
Which of the following is true about house sparrows:
- They are nervous around people and will not nest in high-traffic areas
- They often create fire hazards by nesting inside transformers and power stations
- They prefer to feed on small grains but will also feed on garbage
- All of the above
- B and C - ANSWER- E
The house sparrow was introduced into the United States, and is not a native bird
- True
- False - ANSWER- A
The most serious house risk from pest birds is
- Disease transmitted by ectoparasites
- Inhaling disease organisms from their droppings
- Food contamination
- There are no serious health hazards associated with pest birds - ANSWER- B
Bird control is regulated under which of the following laws or regulations:
- Migratory species act of 1918
- Federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act (FIFRA) 2 / 4
- State and local laws and regulations
- Endangered Species Act
- All of the above - ANSWER- E
AVITROL poison bait should be applied weekly for a month to be effective
- True
- False - ANSWER- B
Where nonlethal bird control is required, which of the following bird management
techniques may be used:
- Netting
- Sticky repellents
C. AVITROL
D. ORNITROL
- A or C
- A or B or D - ANSWER- F
Which of the following is true about bats:
- They are usually beneficial to the environment
- Most feed on animal blood
- Many feed on insects
- A and C - ANSWER- D
The best control method for bats in attics is to apply naphthalene crystals
- True
- False - ANSWER- A 3 / 4
Which of the following control methods is never used against tree squirrels
- Trimming tree branches that hang over a home
- Squirrel-death bait blocks
- squirrel-proofing with 1/2 inch hardware cloth
- naphthalene repellent - ANSWER- B
The most common silverfish outside is the
- common silverfish
- firebrat
- flour lined silverfish
- gray silverfish - ANSWER- C
The firebrat prefers moderate heat and high humidity
- true
- false - ANSWER- B
Silverfish and firebrats prefer to consume
- carbohydrates
- starches
- proteins
- vitamins - ANSWER- B
The Food of flea larvae is principally
- Blood they suck from the host
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