CA BRANCH 3 REP ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
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CA BRANCH 3 REP ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
Which is true of wood damage by dampwood termites? - ANSWER- Tunnels are of mini sizes and shapes
Pellets will be found throughout
Their runways have a velvety appearance and may be covered with feces
Damp ...
CA BRANCH 3 REP ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
Which is true of wood damage by dampwood termites? - ANSWER- Tunnels are of mini
sizes and shapes
Pellets will be found throughout
Their runways have a velvety appearance and may be covered with feces
Damp wood nymphs may be up to 5/8 inch long and they do all the work of the colony?
- ANSWER- True
Dampwood termites prefer the softer springwood and will never eat the hard
Summerwood? - ANSWER- False
Fumigation is the best way to eliminate 100% of a dampwood colony? - ANSWER-
False
When doing an inspection for damp wood termites, you should always start by looking
for moisture problems and/or decaying wood? - ANSWER- True
If the infested wood members are saturated with water, you should always use a liquid
product instead of dust? - ANSWER- False
Damp wood soldiers 3/8 to 3/4 long and have flattened brown and yellowish brown head
with elongated black or dark brown mandibles? - ANSWER- True
By eliminating the moisture source, you may be able to completely control a damp wood
termite infestation? - ANSWER- True
Damp wood termites are the flyers? - ANSWER- True
A damn word termite colony may have up to 4000 members? - ANSWER- True
Well damn wood termite swarm, you may see up to several hundred at a time? -
ANSWER- False
Earth to wood contacts may be conducive to infestations of damp wood termites? -
ANSWER- True
Damp wood termites are found throughout all of California? - ANSWER- False
,Lyctid beetles attack mostly hardwoods and they do re-infest? - ANSWER- True
Lead cable borers attack maple and other hardwoods. They will also bore through lead
sheathing around phone and powerlines? - ANSWER- True
Name 3 bostrichidae (false powderpost beetles)? - ANSWER- Lead Cable
Black polycaon
Bamboo borer
Bamboo borers are very damaging to bamboo furniture in will re-infest? - ANSWER-
True
Deathwatch Beatles are known for their meeting signal. How do they do that? -
ANSWER- Strike their head against the surface they are standing on
Lead cable borers do not re-infest? - ANSWER- False
Deathwatch Beatles attack Oak and hardwoods and will re-infest? - ANSWER- True
Name two anobiidae (false powderpost) beetles? - ANSWER- Death Watch, Furniture
Beetle
Furniture Beatles will attack conferiuos in hardwoods and prefer new wood instead of
old? - ANSWER- False
If the home has a problem with flat headed borers, you should fumigate the home
because they are likely to re-infest? - ANSWER- False
New house borers prefer old seasoned wood? - ANSWER- False
Old house borers prefers new/fresh wood? - ANSWER- False
Bark beetles don't really bore through bark to start their tunnels? - ANSWER- False
If you see wood damage by a new house borer, it will need to be treated because they
will re-infest? - ANSWER- False
Name a burprestidae beetle? - ANSWER- Flat Headed borer
What does Frost from a lyctid beetle look like? - ANSWER- Talcum Powder like
Flat headed border emergence holes or oval shaped in about 3/8 inch wide? -
ANSWER- True
, Bark beetles are a series pest of our forest but may be brought in with firewood? -
ANSWER- True
New house borers may bore through hardwoods, plaster, composition roofing and
linoleum to emerge but they do not require treatment because they will not re-infest? -
ANSWER- True
Bark beetles do not re-infest? - ANSWER- True
Black Polycaon emergence holes that are about 1/4 inch in diameter? - ANSWER- True
You can tell the difference between a true powderpost and a false powderpost's crass
because only true powderpost beetles has a fine "face powder" like consistency? -
ANSWER- True
Lyctid Beetle Emergence holes are about 1/32 to 1/16 inch in diameter? - ANSWER-
True
Will a bamboo borer re-infest? - ANSWER- True
Furniture beetle emergence holes are about 1/16 to 1/8 inch in diameter and they will
re-infest. - ANSWER- True
Old house borers do not live in the U.S. but may be imported? - ANSWER- True
A new house borer may emerge from a new home a few months to a year after it is
built? - ANSWER- True
If you see a beetle infestation in a home, it always means treatment is needed? -
ANSWER- False
Seasoned or kiln dried wood is a good choice for building because it is less likely to
have problems with beetle infestations? - ANSWER- True
Before starting any control program, do you need to determine which of the following? -
ANSWER- Make a positive identification of the beetle
Find out if the Beetle will re-infest
Can the beetle survive in your climate
Does the beetle prefer dry or seasoned wood
Does the beetle need moisture to survive
Is the damage current or is it from the past
Some beetle infestation's can be controlled with residual liquid treatment? - ANSWER-
True
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