CA BRANCH 3 UPDATED SETS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔Reinspection report - ✔✔An owner of agent may request and they have 4 months
from the date of inspection to make request.
✔✔Licensee must perform Reinspection - ✔✔10 days of the request
✔✔ Acute - ✔✔Immediate results ( within minutes or hours )
✔✔Chronic - ✔✔Multiple exposure over time .
✔✔Dermal - ✔✔Skin , Highest hazard , MOST COMMON
✔✔Termites - ✔✔belong to family : Isoptera Gradual metamorphosis ( Incomplete ) • 2
pair EQUAL length wings .
✔✔Dampwood - ✔✔wings → Longest
✔✔Subterranean wings - ✔✔Shortest
✔✔Drywood wings - ✔✔Medium length
✔✔Compressed air Sprayers - ✔✔-Lower Pressure and increasing droplet size .
reduces drift Can't be used when wind exceeds 8-10mph
✔✔VOID INJECTIONS - ✔✔Dusts , aerosols and foams
✔✔Spot Treatment - ✔✔Limited to 2 sq . ft .
✔✔Pin Stream - ✔✔1 in . Wide or less .
✔✔Perimeter band treatment - ✔✔3ft wide or less from base of building outward .
✔✔The Lower the LD ( LC ) 50 - ✔✔The More Toxic the product is .
✔✔Toxicity - ✔✔The ability of a substance to produce . an adverse effect incalbiologic
system ( s )
✔✔Hazard - ✔✔the potential that a substance will cause an adverse effect in a given
situation . or environment ..
✔✔Danger - ✔✔Category 1. Most toxic. LD50 (0-50). Few drops to 1 tsp
, ✔✔warning - ✔✔Category 2. Moderately toxic. LD50 (50-500) 1 tsp to 1 oz.
✔✔caution - ✔✔category 3. Least toxic. LD50 (500-5,000) 1 oz to 1 pint or pound.
✔✔Lyctid Beetles - ✔✔Lyctidae. a true powderpost.
Reddish - brown to black .
Head visible from above .
Last 2 segments on antennae form short - enlarged club.
About th to th inch long .
✔✔Lyctid Beetles - ✔✔Female lays eggs in wood pores , cracks & crevices.
Eggs may be laid back in emergence holes.
Emergence holes nd to th inch diameter.
✔✔Lyctid Beetles - ✔✔Attack mostly hardwoods.
Channels follow grain wood.
Do reinfest
✔✔Black Polycaon - ✔✔Bostrichidae
a false powderpost
Frass is fine to coarse, packed tightly in channels and does not show up when adults
emerge.
✔✔Black Polycaon - ✔✔One generation per year
Larva stage lasts 9 months.
Pupates in 4 days.
Live about 1 year.
Bores holes to prepare egg tunnels.
Females lay eggs in pores leading from tunnels.
✔✔Black polycaon - ✔✔Emergence holes are about 1/4th inch in diameter.
Attacks softwoods, several hardwoods and plywood.
✔✔Black polycaon - ✔✔Rarely reinvest
✔✔Lead cable borer - ✔✔Reddish to black; Prefer hardwoods, especially oak
They will attack wine corks, newly painted houses, bore through lead and telephone
cables, and asphalt roofing tiles
Will reinfest.
✔✔Bamboo borer - ✔✔Brown, 1/8th inch long, head not visible from above.
✔✔Bamboo borer - ✔✔Female lays eggs on surfaces or in crevices.
GRADED A+
✔✔Reinspection report - ✔✔An owner of agent may request and they have 4 months
from the date of inspection to make request.
✔✔Licensee must perform Reinspection - ✔✔10 days of the request
✔✔ Acute - ✔✔Immediate results ( within minutes or hours )
✔✔Chronic - ✔✔Multiple exposure over time .
✔✔Dermal - ✔✔Skin , Highest hazard , MOST COMMON
✔✔Termites - ✔✔belong to family : Isoptera Gradual metamorphosis ( Incomplete ) • 2
pair EQUAL length wings .
✔✔Dampwood - ✔✔wings → Longest
✔✔Subterranean wings - ✔✔Shortest
✔✔Drywood wings - ✔✔Medium length
✔✔Compressed air Sprayers - ✔✔-Lower Pressure and increasing droplet size .
reduces drift Can't be used when wind exceeds 8-10mph
✔✔VOID INJECTIONS - ✔✔Dusts , aerosols and foams
✔✔Spot Treatment - ✔✔Limited to 2 sq . ft .
✔✔Pin Stream - ✔✔1 in . Wide or less .
✔✔Perimeter band treatment - ✔✔3ft wide or less from base of building outward .
✔✔The Lower the LD ( LC ) 50 - ✔✔The More Toxic the product is .
✔✔Toxicity - ✔✔The ability of a substance to produce . an adverse effect incalbiologic
system ( s )
✔✔Hazard - ✔✔the potential that a substance will cause an adverse effect in a given
situation . or environment ..
✔✔Danger - ✔✔Category 1. Most toxic. LD50 (0-50). Few drops to 1 tsp
, ✔✔warning - ✔✔Category 2. Moderately toxic. LD50 (50-500) 1 tsp to 1 oz.
✔✔caution - ✔✔category 3. Least toxic. LD50 (500-5,000) 1 oz to 1 pint or pound.
✔✔Lyctid Beetles - ✔✔Lyctidae. a true powderpost.
Reddish - brown to black .
Head visible from above .
Last 2 segments on antennae form short - enlarged club.
About th to th inch long .
✔✔Lyctid Beetles - ✔✔Female lays eggs in wood pores , cracks & crevices.
Eggs may be laid back in emergence holes.
Emergence holes nd to th inch diameter.
✔✔Lyctid Beetles - ✔✔Attack mostly hardwoods.
Channels follow grain wood.
Do reinfest
✔✔Black Polycaon - ✔✔Bostrichidae
a false powderpost
Frass is fine to coarse, packed tightly in channels and does not show up when adults
emerge.
✔✔Black Polycaon - ✔✔One generation per year
Larva stage lasts 9 months.
Pupates in 4 days.
Live about 1 year.
Bores holes to prepare egg tunnels.
Females lay eggs in pores leading from tunnels.
✔✔Black polycaon - ✔✔Emergence holes are about 1/4th inch in diameter.
Attacks softwoods, several hardwoods and plywood.
✔✔Black polycaon - ✔✔Rarely reinvest
✔✔Lead cable borer - ✔✔Reddish to black; Prefer hardwoods, especially oak
They will attack wine corks, newly painted houses, bore through lead and telephone
cables, and asphalt roofing tiles
Will reinfest.
✔✔Bamboo borer - ✔✔Brown, 1/8th inch long, head not visible from above.
✔✔Bamboo borer - ✔✔Female lays eggs on surfaces or in crevices.
