GEORGIA CERTIFIED OP ERATOR EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRE CT ANSWERS
Question 1: Isoptera
CORRECT ANSWER: Order of termites
Question 2: Diptera
CORRECT ANSWER: Order of flies and mosquitoes
Question 3: Black fly, stable fly, horse fly, deer fly
CORRECT ANSWER: Flies with biting mouthparts
Question 4: Mosquitoes, fleas, ticks and bed bugs
CORRECT ANSWER: Have piercing mouthparts
Question 5: House flies mouthparts
CORRECT ANSWER: Sponging
Question 6: Muscidae
CORRECT ANSWER: House flies
Question 7: Saracophagidae
CORRECT ANSWER: Flesh flies
Question 8: Calliphoridae
CORRECT ANSWER: Bottle flies
Question 9: Simuliidae
CORRECT ANSWER: Black flies
Question 10: Psychodidae
CORRECT ANSWER: Filter or moth flies
Question 11: Tabanidae
CORRECT ANSWER: Horse or deer flies
Question 12: Drosophilidae
CORRECT ANSWER: Vinegar or fruit flies
Question 13: Musca domestica
CORRECT ANSWER: Common house fly
Question 14: Stomoxys calciteans
CORRECT ANSWER: Stable fly
Question 15: Musca autumnalis
CORRECT ANSWER: Face fly
Question 16: Fannie caniculans
CORRECT ANSWER: Little house fly
Question 17: Face fly
CORRECT ANSWER: Common to northeastern and
central us can overwinter in wall voids looks similar to house fly but larger and darker
Question 18: Little house fly
CORRECT ANSWER: Smaller than house fly, 4th vein
extends to wing edge, appears early spring, eggs laid in larvae, flat larvae 6mm long life cycle 15 to 30 days
Question 19: Latrine fly
CORRECT ANSWER: Similar to little house fly
Question 20: Flesh flies
CORRECT ANSWER: Much larger than house flies,
common in dog runs
Question 21: Bottle and blow flies
CORRECT ANSWER: Large flies, blue black or green
metallic color, common in populated areas
Question 22: Cluster fly
CORRECT ANSWER: Yellow hair on thorax,
congregate in wall voids
