Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Multifamily Housing Exam Your Name (optional): ______Job Title: ______

Date: ______Location: ______

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Instructions: Circle the best answer for each question.

A. Schedule for routine baiting 1. What pest is this? B. Instructions to residents on how to A. Cockroach spray their units B. Mouse C. A list of pesticides that may be used C. Rat on the property

2. What pest is this? 9. What do pests need to survive? A. Cockroach A. Food, water, shelter B. Mouse B. Food, gel bait, shelter C. Bed Bug C. Food, water, gnawing

3. What pest is this? 10. When are household pests most active? A. Cockroach A. Morning B. Mouse B. Afternoon C. Bed Bug C. Night

4. How can cockroaches make people sick? 11. How do rodents usually travel? A. They cause Lyme disease A. Touching a wall B. They trigger asthma attacks B. In groups C. They cause heart disease C. Avoiding dark areas

5. Which item poses the LEAST risk of 12. How do mice react to a new trap? pesticide exposure to people? A. They are curious and visit it A. Fogger set off in a kitchen B. They avoid it for a week B. Bait in a station under the sink C. They attack it C. Boric acid in piles on the floor 13. Where do cockroaches usually hide? 6. Which product is NOT poisonous? A. Under carpet A. Snap trap B. In cracks and crevices B. Pesticide spray C. In brightly lit areas C. Insecticidal dust 14. Which pest is most likely to be found on 7. Why should pest-related problems be a mattress? reported? A. Rat A. To document the problem so IPM B. Bed bug team members can solve it C. Mouse B. Reports keep staff busy 15. C. To budget for routine pesticide sprays 8. Which item should be a part of the pest control contractor’s proposal?

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16. Which pest may gnaw electrical wires? 23. At a multifamily property, who has the A. Cockroach overall responsibility for the IPM B. Mouse program? C. Bed Bug A. Property Manager/ IPM Coordinator 17. Where should a snap trap be placed to B. Pest Management Professional catch a mouse? C. Residents A. Anywhere in the kitchen B. Trigger end touching the wall 24. At a multifamily property, who generally along which they travel repairs water leaks? C. In the middle of the floor A. Maintenance Staff B. Pest Management Professional 18. Which IPM method helps manage an C. Residents infestation of rats? A. Mattress encasement 25. How do residents participate in IPM? B. Rodenticide bait in tamper A. Trim bushes and have cats resistant stations B. Keep food in containers and C. Pesticide spray remove trash from their units C. Apply pesticides weekly 19. Which IPM method helps manage bed bugs? 26. At a multifamily property, who has the A. Mattress encasement overall responsibility to provide B. Boric Acid assistance to residents who cannot C. Gel baits complete their responsibilities related to IPM? 20. For which pest are some Pest A. Property Inspector Management Professionals using spray B. Pest Management Professional pesticides? C. Property Manager A. Rat B. Mouse C. Bed bug

21. Approximately how fast do baits kill cockroaches? A. Instantly B. Within a month C. After two months

22. Which item may be used near cockroach bait? A. Nicotine B. Pesticide spray C. Sticky trap

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