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Pest Control Technician Exam: Glossary of Terms and Concepts, Exams of Pest Management

Widener University - DelawarePest Management

A comprehensive glossary of terms and concepts related to pest control, covering topics such as pest identification, control methods, pesticide safety, and regulatory requirements. It is a valuable resource for individuals preparing for a pest control technician exam or seeking to enhance their knowledge in this field.

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Pest Control Technician Exam
air gap - ✔️✔️an air space that separates a water supply outlet from a potentially
contaminated source
American Cockroach - ✔️✔️
Annuals - ✔️✔️every year
Aquifer - ✔️✔️A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow
of groundwater.
Arthropods - ✔️✔️largest group in the animal kingdom, making up almost 90%
of all known animal species. Arthropods include insects, spiders, mites, ticks,
scorpions, centipedes, sowbugs, crabs, shrimps, lobsters, and many others
Back flow prevention device - ✔️✔️Stops water from the toxic system from flowing
back into the feed water
Bed Bugs - ✔️✔️- at normal room temp, bed bugs will hatch in 6-17 days
- howevee there is considerable variation in bed bug development
Biennials - ✔️✔️A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in two years.
Biological Control - ✔️✔️the control of a pest by the introduction of a natural enemy or
predator.
Black Widow Spider - ✔️✔️
Box Elder Bug - ✔️✔️
broad-spectrum pesticide - ✔️✔️a pesticide that kills many different types of pests
Carpenter Bees - ✔️✔️resemble large bumble bees but have very different nesting
behaviors
- they bore long tunnels into wood
CAUTION - ✔️✔️slightly toxic orally,
dermally, or through inhalation, or it causes slight eye irritation.
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air gap - ✔️ ✔️ an air space that separates a water supply outlet from a potentially contaminated source American Cockroach - ✔️ ✔️ Annuals - ✔️ ✔️ every year Aquifer - ✔️ ✔️ A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater. Arthropods - ✔️ ✔️ largest group in the animal kingdom, making up almost 90% of all known animal species. Arthropods include insects, spiders, mites, ticks, scorpions, centipedes, sowbugs, crabs, shrimps, lobsters, and many others Back flow prevention device - ✔️ ✔️ Stops water from the toxic system from flowing back into the feed water Bed Bugs - ✔️ ✔️ - at normal room temp, bed bugs will hatch in 6-17 days

  • howevee there is considerable variation in bed bug development Biennials - ✔️ ✔️ A flowering plant that completes its life cycle in two years. Biological Control - ✔️ ✔️ the control of a pest by the introduction of a natural enemy or predator. Black Widow Spider - ✔️ ✔️ Box Elder Bug - ✔️ ✔️ broad-spectrum pesticide - ✔️ ✔️ a pesticide that kills many different types of pests Carpenter Bees - ✔️ ✔️ resemble large bumble bees but have very different nesting behaviors
  • they bore long tunnels into wood CAUTION - ✔️ ✔️ slightly toxic orally, dermally, or through inhalation, or it causes slight eye irritation.

Centipedes - ✔️ ✔️ - characterized by a flattened, elongated, many segmented body with one pair of legs per segment Chemical degradation - ✔️ ✔️ weakening of material by exposure to chemicals A Deposit vs. A Residue - ✔️ ✔️ Deposit- The pesticide which is on the leaves, skin, or other surface right after application Residue- If the pesticide deposit remains on the surface for a period of time A Special Local Need Registration (SLN) allows - ✔️ ✔️ Uses of pesticides for crops or sites not listed on the label Accumulative Pesticides - ✔️ ✔️ Pesticides that build up in the bodies of animals acute toxicity - ✔️ ✔️ adverse effects that occur within a short period after exposure to a toxicant Chitin synthesis inhibitors - ✔️ ✔️ Prevents fungues from producing and breaks down whatever fungus has already formed Cholinesterase - ✔️ ✔️ enzyme produced in the liver Cultural Control - ✔️ ✔️ Control of agricultural pests through environmental techniques, such as crop rotation and maintenance of native vegetation DANGER - ✔️ ✔️ highly toxic by at least one route of entry into the body

  • 1 drop could kill DEC - ✔️ ✔️ Department of Environmental Conservation Dessictants - ✔️ ✔️ kill by disrupting the protective coating of an insect's body wall, causing loss of body fluids Do carpenter ants eat wood? - ✔️ ✔️ No, they only use the wood for nesting purposes. Does pesticide poisoning mimic other illnesses? - ✔️ ✔️ Yes, such as Flu, diarrhea, etc.

termites have a broad waist and have straight antennae how do carbamates and organophosphates affect Cholinesterase? - ✔️ ✔️ - organophosphate insecticides inhibit cholinesterase activity

  • carbamate insecticides inhibit cholinesterase activity How long must you keep pesticide records? - ✔️ ✔️ 3 years How long should you flush your eyes if pesticides get in them? - ✔️ ✔️ 15 - 20 mins How many species of ants may be found in structures? - ✔️ ✔️ about 30, but most do not cause any damage. Just simply a nuisance IGR - ✔️ ✔️ Insect Growth Regulators; Prevent maturation from larvae to adult; Given as feed through or spot-on; No effect on animal or resistance IGR - ✔️ ✔️ Insecticide Growth Regulator- insecticide that controls insects by interfering with normal development
  • don't allow reproductive organs to form..hence killing off incomplete metamorphosis - ✔️ ✔️ Insect development consisting of three stages: egg, nymph, and adult Increase Pressure --> Droplet Size? - ✔️ ✔️ decreases droplet size Indian Meal Moth - ✔️ ✔️ Leaching - ✔️ ✔️ Process in which various chemicals in upper layers of soil are dissolved and carried to lower layers and, in some cases, to groundwater. Lice - ✔️ ✔️ wingless parasites that spend virtually all their lives on their warm blooded hosts Lower the boom - ✔️ ✔️ decreases drift microbial degradation - ✔️ ✔️ Breakdown of a chemical by microorganisms. Millipedes - ✔️ ✔️ - oval in cross section and have 2 pair of legs per segment molting - ✔️ ✔️ the process of shedding an outgrown exoskeleton

Most common way for pesticide poisoning? - ✔️ ✔️ Dermal (Through the skin) Most effective way of controlling ants nesting indoors? - ✔️ ✔️ place baits as near as possible to all the nest areas Most insecticides act on the _______ system of the pest - ✔️ ✔️ Nervous Mud-Dauber Wasp - ✔️ ✔️ nonsocial or solitary wasp N Respirators - ✔️ ✔️ Not resistant to oil Narrow spectrum pesticides - ✔️ ✔️ targets only a specific type of insect or plant Non-Accumulative Pesticides - ✔️ ✔️ Pesticides that do not build up in the bodies of animals non-point source pollution - ✔️ ✔️ excess pesticides polluting Occasional Invaders - ✔️ ✔️ pests that often occur in buildings at some stage in their life cycle but do not usually complete their entire life cycle within the building Oriental Cockroach - ✔️ ✔️ P Respirators - ✔️ ✔️ Strongly Resistant to oil P100 Resiprators - ✔️ ✔️ Filters at least 99.97% of airborne particles.

  • strongly resistant to oil P99 Respirators - ✔️ ✔️ Filters at least 99.% of airborne particles.
  • strongly resistant to oil Particle Drift - ✔️ ✔️ the airborne movement of particles such as pesticide dusts and pesticide-contaminated soil from the application site Perennial plants - ✔️ ✔️ Plants that grow year after year Pesticide mode of action - ✔️ ✔️ the way in which the pesticide causes physiogical damage to the pest Photodegradation - ✔️ ✔️ breaking down of molecules by forms of light sometimes used to destroy pollution in water
  • most common is Rocky Mtn Wood Tick Universal ant bait? - ✔️ ✔️ not effective because every ant species has varying food preferences USDA - ✔️ ✔️ United States Department of Agriculture Vapor drift - ✔️ ✔️ movement of pesticide vapors caused by chemical volatilization of the product Volatility - ✔️ ✔️ a measure of how readily a substance vaporizes WARNING - ✔️ ✔️ moderately toxic either orally, dermally, or through inhalation, or it causes moderate eye and skin irritation Ways a pest can be resistant - ✔️ ✔️ pests can form resistance to pesticides through generations Webbing Clothes Moth - ✔️ ✔️ Where do yellow jackets typically build their nests? - ✔️ ✔️ underground, so workers will come and go from the nest via an earthen tunnel that ends in a hole at the soil surface Which is more toxic, Low LD50 or high LD50? - ✔️ ✔️ Low LD50 has a higher toxicity chronic toxicity - ✔️ ✔️ the ability of a chemical to cause harm to an organism only after the chemical accumulates to a specific level after many exposures over time Commercial Applicator - ✔️ ✔️ A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of pesticides for purposes other than those covered under a private applicator certification. complete metamorphosis - ✔️ ✔️ Insect development consisting of four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult Contact pesticide - ✔️ ✔️ pesticide that controls a pest when it comes into direct contact with the pesticide