CA BRANCH 3 PRACTICE TEST (WOOD DESTROYING ORGANISMS)
(LATEST 2026/2027 UPDATE) 170 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | GRADE
A+ | 100% CORRECT
The Black Polycaon are one of the wood destroying largest beetles at 1/2 to 1 inch long? True or False -
(answer)True
Beetles have a complete life cycle? True or False - (answer)True
A Lyctid beetle is a true powderpost beetle? True or False - (answer)True
Black Polycaons are likely to re-infest? True or False - (answer)False, they do not re-infest
Lyctid beetles attack mostly hardwoods and they do re-infest? True or False - (answer)True
Lead cable borers attack maple and other hardwoods. They will also bore through lead sheathing around
phone and power lines? True or False - (answer)True
Name 3 Bostrichidae (False Powderpost Beetles)? - (answer)Lead Cable Borer, Black Polycaon, Bamboo
Borer
Bamboo borers are very damaging to bamboo furniture and will re-infest? True or False - (answer)True
Deathwatch beetles are known for their mating signal. How do they do that? - (answer)Strike their head
against the surface they are standing on
Lead Cable Borers do not re-infest? True or False - (answer)False, they do re-infest
Deathwatch beetles attack oak and hardwoods and will re-infest? True or False - (answer)True
Name two Anobiidae (false powderpost beetles? - (answer)Deathwatch, Furniture Beetle
,CA BRANCH 3 PRACTICE TEST (WOOD DESTROYING ORGANISMS)
(LATEST 2026/2027 UPDATE) 170 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | GRADE
A+ | 100% CORRECT
Furniture beetles will attack coniferous and hardwoods and prefer new wood instead of old? True or
False - (answer)False, prefers old woods to new lumber
If a home has a problem with flat headed borers, you should fumigate the home because they are likely
to reinfest? True or False - (answer)False, they do not re-infest
New house borers prefer old seasoned wood? True or False - (answer)False, they attack green lumber,
likes pines, firs and especially Douglas fir. Will bore through hardwoods, plaster, comp. roofing and
linoleum to emerge. May be brought in with new lumber and firewood.
Old house borers prefer new/fresh wood? True or False - (answer)False, attacks seasoned wood. Prefers
pine, fir and spruce. Will attack rustic furniture.
Bark beetles don't really bore through bark to star their tunnels? True or False - (answer)False, they bore
through bark and work between bark and sapwood and often leave a scoring mark. Eggs are laid in their
tunnels.
If you see wood damaged by a new house borer, it will need to be treated because they will re-infest?
True or False - (answer)False, do not re-infest and they cannot survive in seasoned wood.
Name a Buprestidae Beetle? - (answer)Flat Headed Borer
What does frass from a lyctid beetle look like? - (answer)Talcum powder-like, packed in channels but will
fall freely from emergence holes.
Flat headed borer emergence holes are oval shaped and about 3/8 inch wide? True or False -
(answer)True
, CA BRANCH 3 PRACTICE TEST (WOOD DESTROYING ORGANISMS)
(LATEST 2026/2027 UPDATE) 170 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | GRADE
A+ | 100% CORRECT
Bark beetles are a serious pest of our forest but may be brought in with firewood? True or False -
(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? True or False - (answer)True
Bark beetles do no re-infest? True or False - (answer)True
Black polycaon emergence holes that are about 1/4 inch in diameter? True or False - (answer)True
You can tell the difference between a true powderpost and false powderpost beetle's frass because only
a true powderpost beetle has a fine "face-powder" like consistency? True or False - (answer)True
Lyctid beetle emergence holes are about 1/32nd to 1/16th inch in diameter? True or False - (answer)True
Will a bamboo borer re-infest? True or False - (answer)True
Furniture beetle emergence holes are about 1/16th to 1/8th inch in diameter and they will re-infest?
True or False - (answer)True
Old house borers do not live in the U.S. but may be imported? True or False - (answer)True
A new house borer may emerge from a new home a few moths to a year after it is built? True or False -
(answer)True
If you see a beetle infestation in a home, it always means that the treatment is needed? True or False -
(answer)False
(LATEST 2026/2027 UPDATE) 170 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | GRADE
A+ | 100% CORRECT
The Black Polycaon are one of the wood destroying largest beetles at 1/2 to 1 inch long? True or False -
(answer)True
Beetles have a complete life cycle? True or False - (answer)True
A Lyctid beetle is a true powderpost beetle? True or False - (answer)True
Black Polycaons are likely to re-infest? True or False - (answer)False, they do not re-infest
Lyctid beetles attack mostly hardwoods and they do re-infest? True or False - (answer)True
Lead cable borers attack maple and other hardwoods. They will also bore through lead sheathing around
phone and power lines? True or False - (answer)True
Name 3 Bostrichidae (False Powderpost Beetles)? - (answer)Lead Cable Borer, Black Polycaon, Bamboo
Borer
Bamboo borers are very damaging to bamboo furniture and will re-infest? True or False - (answer)True
Deathwatch beetles are known for their mating signal. How do they do that? - (answer)Strike their head
against the surface they are standing on
Lead Cable Borers do not re-infest? True or False - (answer)False, they do re-infest
Deathwatch beetles attack oak and hardwoods and will re-infest? True or False - (answer)True
Name two Anobiidae (false powderpost beetles? - (answer)Deathwatch, Furniture Beetle
,CA BRANCH 3 PRACTICE TEST (WOOD DESTROYING ORGANISMS)
(LATEST 2026/2027 UPDATE) 170 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | GRADE
A+ | 100% CORRECT
Furniture beetles will attack coniferous and hardwoods and prefer new wood instead of old? True or
False - (answer)False, prefers old woods to new lumber
If a home has a problem with flat headed borers, you should fumigate the home because they are likely
to reinfest? True or False - (answer)False, they do not re-infest
New house borers prefer old seasoned wood? True or False - (answer)False, they attack green lumber,
likes pines, firs and especially Douglas fir. Will bore through hardwoods, plaster, comp. roofing and
linoleum to emerge. May be brought in with new lumber and firewood.
Old house borers prefer new/fresh wood? True or False - (answer)False, attacks seasoned wood. Prefers
pine, fir and spruce. Will attack rustic furniture.
Bark beetles don't really bore through bark to star their tunnels? True or False - (answer)False, they bore
through bark and work between bark and sapwood and often leave a scoring mark. Eggs are laid in their
tunnels.
If you see wood damaged by a new house borer, it will need to be treated because they will re-infest?
True or False - (answer)False, do not re-infest and they cannot survive in seasoned wood.
Name a Buprestidae Beetle? - (answer)Flat Headed Borer
What does frass from a lyctid beetle look like? - (answer)Talcum powder-like, packed in channels but will
fall freely from emergence holes.
Flat headed borer emergence holes are oval shaped and about 3/8 inch wide? True or False -
(answer)True
, CA BRANCH 3 PRACTICE TEST (WOOD DESTROYING ORGANISMS)
(LATEST 2026/2027 UPDATE) 170 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | GRADE
A+ | 100% CORRECT
Bark beetles are a serious pest of our forest but may be brought in with firewood? True or False -
(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? True or False - (answer)True
Bark beetles do no re-infest? True or False - (answer)True
Black polycaon emergence holes that are about 1/4 inch in diameter? True or False - (answer)True
You can tell the difference between a true powderpost and false powderpost beetle's frass because only
a true powderpost beetle has a fine "face-powder" like consistency? True or False - (answer)True
Lyctid beetle emergence holes are about 1/32nd to 1/16th inch in diameter? True or False - (answer)True
Will a bamboo borer re-infest? True or False - (answer)True
Furniture beetle emergence holes are about 1/16th to 1/8th inch in diameter and they will re-infest?
True or False - (answer)True
Old house borers do not live in the U.S. but may be imported? True or False - (answer)True
A new house borer may emerge from a new home a few moths to a year after it is built? True or False -
(answer)True
If you see a beetle infestation in a home, it always means that the treatment is needed? True or False -
(answer)False
