CA Branch 3 Practice Test 100% Correct Answers

CA Branch 3 Practice Test 100% Correct Answers The Black Polycaon are one of the wood destroying largest beetles at 1/2 to 1 inch long? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -True Beetles have a complete life cycle? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -True A Lyctid beetle is a true powderpost beetle? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -True Black Polycaons are likely to re-infest? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -False, they do not re-infest Lyctid beetles attack mostly hardwoods and they do re-infest? True or False - Correct 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 - Correct Answer ️️ -True Name 3 Bostrichidae (False Powderpost Beetles)? - Correct Answer ️️ -Lead Cable Borer, Black Polycaon, Bamboo Borer Bamboo borers are very damaging to bamboo furniture and will re-infest? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -True Deathwatch beetles are known for their mating signal. How do they do that? - Correct Answer ️️ -Strike their head against the surface they are standing on Lead Cable Borers do not re-infest? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -False, they do re-infest Deathwatch beetles attack oak and hardwoods and will re-infest? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -True Name two Anobiidae (false powderpost beetles? - Correct Answer ️️ -Deathwatch, Furniture Beetle Furniture beetles will attack coniferous and hardwoods and prefer new wood instead of old? True or False - Correct 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 - Correct Answer ️️ -False, they do not re-infest New house borers prefer old seasoned wood? True or False - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct Answer ️️ -False, do not re-infest and they cannot survive in seasoned wood. Name a Buprestidae Beetle? - Correct Answer ️️ -Flat Headed Borer What does frass from a lyctid beetle look like? - Correct 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 - Correct Answer ️️ -True Bark beetles are a serious pest of our forest but may be brought in with firewood? True or False - Correct 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 - Correct Answer ️️ -True Bark beetles do no re-infest? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -True Black polycaon emergence holes that are about 1/4 inch in diameter? True or False - Correct 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 - Correct Answer ️️ -True Lyctid beetle emergence holes are about 1/32nd to 1/16th inch in diameter? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -True Will a bamboo borer re-infest? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -True Furniture beetle emergence holes are about 1/16th to 1/8th inch in diameter and they will re-infest? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -True Old house borers do not live in the U.S. but may be imported? True or False - Correct 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 - Correct Answer ️️ -True If you see a beetle infestation in a home, it always means that the treatment is needed? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -False Seasoned or kiln dried wood is a good choice for building because it is less likely to have problems with beetle infestations? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -True Before starting any control program, you need to determine which of the following? a)Make a positive identification of the beetle b)Find out if the beetle will re-infest c)Can the beetle survive in your climate d)Does the beetle prefer dry or seasoned wood e) Does the beetle need moisture to survive f)Is the damage current or is if from the past g)All the above - Correct Answer ️️ -g)All the above Some beetle infestations can be controlled with residual liquid treatments? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -True Fumigation will give immediate control and kill all stages of powder post and death watch beetles. What dosage of sulfuryl fluoride will be needed to be effective? - Correct Answer ️️ -10x Small items, such as furniture, may be fumigated in a small vault instead of fumigating the entire structure? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -True Methyl bromide works very well and is commonly used to fumigate homes all over California? True or False - Correct Answer ️️ -False, it is almost never used except in specially assigned fumigation facilities or vaults. Extreme cold or heat will kill off all stages of beetles and may be used for treating sensitive items, such as piano? - Correct Answer ️️ -False, will only kill some beetles because some are much harder to eradicate and may require much lower or higher temperatures to kill off all stages of growth. Which species of termite is the largest? - Correct Answer ️️ -Dampwood What type of license would a person need to solicit pest control work on his or her behalf? - Correct Answer ️️ -Operators Which termite has secondary queens? - Correct Answer ️️ -Subterranean Termite Which signal word will be associated with a pesticide that had a LD-50 value of 350? - Correct Answer ️️ -Warning What termite swarmers are all black and have pale white translucent wings? - Correct Answer ️️ -Subterranean Termite Under the definition of Structural pest control, which of the following sites applies? - Correct Answer ️️ -Rail road cars Which termite requires the least amount of moisture to survive? - Correct Answer ️️ - Drywood Termite Besides inspecting vehicles, storage areas and application sites, what else do Ag inspectors look at? - Correct Answer ️️ -In house training records, and Pesticide usage records Who can cite a licensee for not wearing provided safety equipment? - Correct Answer ️️ -County Ag inspector Which beetles head is visible from above? a) Furniture Beetle b)Deathwatch Beetle c)False powder post beetle d)True powder post beetle - Correct Answer ️️ -d)True powder post beetle If you develop a leak in you compressed air sprayer hose, you should