CA BRANCH 3 UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Pesticides Use Instructions - ✔✔Sites of Application
Methods of Application
Target Pest
Mixing Instructions
✔✔Storage and Disposal - ✔✔Keep Locked
No Reuse of Container
✔✔Types of WDOs - ✔✔Termites
Beetles
Insects and Fungi
✔✔ - ✔✔Any material or product that contains Cellulos
✔✔ - ✔✔Hidden From Sight
✔✔Thorax - ✔✔chest, pleural cavity
✔✔Soldiers and Workers Body - ✔✔Creamy white without wings
✔✔Western Sub Termites Location - ✔✔Everywhere except Alaska
✔✔Sub Termite Home Called - ✔✔Termitarium
✔✔What are shelter tubes made of? - ✔✔Masticated Wood (Liquid fecal matter, wood
and earth)
✔✔Worker Termites sterile? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔When is the best time to see Subs? - ✔✔Sunny day after a rain from the top of
tubes.
✔✔Which wood is most resistant to termites? - ✔✔Heart Redwood
✔✔What happens if termites are disturbed? - ✔✔Soldiers will rattle their heads. This will
confirm an active infestation.
✔✔Why do termites eat fungus? - ✔✔To get their vitamins, this also spreads wood
decay faster.
✔✔Subterranean Sub Species - ✔✔Eastern
, South Eastern
Light South Eastern
Land
Desert
West Sub
Formoson
✔✔Formosan Subterranean Termite - ✔✔Found in Hawaii and warm coastal regions
✔✔Pyrethroids (Compound) - ✔✔Similar to Pyrethrines. Most of the products end in
thrin
✔✔Non-Repellent (Fipronil) - ✔✔Disrupts the normal function of the nervous system (
Termidor)
✔✔Non-Repellent (Chlorfenapyr) - ✔✔Energy Disruptor (Phantom)
✔✔Non-Repellent (Imidacloprid) - ✔✔Acts on Nervous System (Premise and Temprid)
✔✔Non-Repellant (Chlorontraniprole) - ✔✔Paralyzes mouths of termites (Altriset) No
hazard to humans or domestic animals.
✔✔Botanical Chemicals - ✔✔Short residual lifespan, plant-based chemical. Common
products are pyrethrum, Rotenone, Nicotine and all the oil's
✔✔Anti-coagulants - ✔✔Commonly used as rodent baits, cause internal bleeding.
Antidote is Vit K.
Products commonly know are.
Warfarin
Bromadiolone
Brodifacoum
Diphacinone
✔✔Insect Growth Regulators (IGR) - ✔✔Block development in immature insects, low
toxicity.
✔✔IGR-Hydropene - ✔✔Works well on roaches, drain and fruit flies, bed bugs.
✔✔IGR-Methprene - ✔✔Precor IGR and Precor 2000- works for flee control.
✔✔Synergist - ✔✔Chemical additives that make products more effective.
Pipernoyl
MGK 264
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Pesticides Use Instructions - ✔✔Sites of Application
Methods of Application
Target Pest
Mixing Instructions
✔✔Storage and Disposal - ✔✔Keep Locked
No Reuse of Container
✔✔Types of WDOs - ✔✔Termites
Beetles
Insects and Fungi
✔✔ - ✔✔Any material or product that contains Cellulos
✔✔ - ✔✔Hidden From Sight
✔✔Thorax - ✔✔chest, pleural cavity
✔✔Soldiers and Workers Body - ✔✔Creamy white without wings
✔✔Western Sub Termites Location - ✔✔Everywhere except Alaska
✔✔Sub Termite Home Called - ✔✔Termitarium
✔✔What are shelter tubes made of? - ✔✔Masticated Wood (Liquid fecal matter, wood
and earth)
✔✔Worker Termites sterile? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔When is the best time to see Subs? - ✔✔Sunny day after a rain from the top of
tubes.
✔✔Which wood is most resistant to termites? - ✔✔Heart Redwood
✔✔What happens if termites are disturbed? - ✔✔Soldiers will rattle their heads. This will
confirm an active infestation.
✔✔Why do termites eat fungus? - ✔✔To get their vitamins, this also spreads wood
decay faster.
✔✔Subterranean Sub Species - ✔✔Eastern
, South Eastern
Light South Eastern
Land
Desert
West Sub
Formoson
✔✔Formosan Subterranean Termite - ✔✔Found in Hawaii and warm coastal regions
✔✔Pyrethroids (Compound) - ✔✔Similar to Pyrethrines. Most of the products end in
thrin
✔✔Non-Repellent (Fipronil) - ✔✔Disrupts the normal function of the nervous system (
Termidor)
✔✔Non-Repellent (Chlorfenapyr) - ✔✔Energy Disruptor (Phantom)
✔✔Non-Repellent (Imidacloprid) - ✔✔Acts on Nervous System (Premise and Temprid)
✔✔Non-Repellant (Chlorontraniprole) - ✔✔Paralyzes mouths of termites (Altriset) No
hazard to humans or domestic animals.
✔✔Botanical Chemicals - ✔✔Short residual lifespan, plant-based chemical. Common
products are pyrethrum, Rotenone, Nicotine and all the oil's
✔✔Anti-coagulants - ✔✔Commonly used as rodent baits, cause internal bleeding.
Antidote is Vit K.
Products commonly know are.
Warfarin
Bromadiolone
Brodifacoum
Diphacinone
✔✔Insect Growth Regulators (IGR) - ✔✔Block development in immature insects, low
toxicity.
✔✔IGR-Hydropene - ✔✔Works well on roaches, drain and fruit flies, bed bugs.
✔✔IGR-Methprene - ✔✔Precor IGR and Precor 2000- works for flee control.
✔✔Synergist - ✔✔Chemical additives that make products more effective.
Pipernoyl
MGK 264
