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CA Branch 3 Practice Test Questions
and Correct Verified Answers
The Black Polycaon are one of the wood destroying largest beetles at 1/2 to 1 inch
long? True or False
✓ True
Beetles have a complete life cycle? True or False
✓ True
A Lyctid beetle is a true powderpost beetle? True or False
✓ True
Black Polycaons are likely to re-infest? True or False
✓ False, they do not re-infest
Lyctid beetles attack mostly hardwoods and they do re-infest? True or False
✓ True
Lead cable borers attack maple and other hardwoods. They will also bore through lead
sheathing around phone and power lines? True or False
✓ True
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Name 3 Bostrichidae (False Powderpost Beetles)?
✓ Lead Cable Borer, Black Polycaon, Bamboo Borer
Bamboo borers are very damaging to bamboo furniture and will re-infest? True or False
✓ True
Deathwatch beetles are known for their mating signal. How do they do that?
✓ Strike their head against the surface they are standing on
Lead Cable Borers do not re-infest? True or False
✓ False, they do re-infest
Deathwatch beetles attack oak and hardwoods and will re-infest? True or False
✓ True
Name two Anobiidae (false powderpost beetles?
✓ Deathwatch, Furniture Beetle
Furniture beetles will attack coniferous and hardwoods and prefer new wood instead of
old? True or False
✓ False, prefers old woods to new lumber
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If a home has a problem with flat headed borers, you should fumigate the home
because they are likely to reinfest? True or False
✓ False, they do not re-infest
New house borers prefer old seasoned wood? True or False
✓ 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
✓ 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
✓ 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
✓ False, do not re-infest and they cannot survive in seasoned wood.
Name a Buprestidae Beetle?
✓ Flat Headed Borer
What does frass from a lyctid beetle look like?
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CA Branch 3 Practice Test Questions
and Correct Verified Answers
The Black Polycaon are one of the wood destroying largest beetles at 1/2 to 1 inch
long? True or False
✓ True
Beetles have a complete life cycle? True or False
✓ True
A Lyctid beetle is a true powderpost beetle? True or False
✓ True
Black Polycaons are likely to re-infest? True or False
✓ False, they do not re-infest
Lyctid beetles attack mostly hardwoods and they do re-infest? True or False
✓ True
Lead cable borers attack maple and other hardwoods. They will also bore through lead
sheathing around phone and power lines? True or False
✓ True
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, Top Mark Questions and Correct Verified Answers
Name 3 Bostrichidae (False Powderpost Beetles)?
✓ Lead Cable Borer, Black Polycaon, Bamboo Borer
Bamboo borers are very damaging to bamboo furniture and will re-infest? True or False
✓ True
Deathwatch beetles are known for their mating signal. How do they do that?
✓ Strike their head against the surface they are standing on
Lead Cable Borers do not re-infest? True or False
✓ False, they do re-infest
Deathwatch beetles attack oak and hardwoods and will re-infest? True or False
✓ True
Name two Anobiidae (false powderpost beetles?
✓ Deathwatch, Furniture Beetle
Furniture beetles will attack coniferous and hardwoods and prefer new wood instead of
old? True or False
✓ False, prefers old woods to new lumber
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, Top Mark Questions and Correct Verified Answers
If a home has a problem with flat headed borers, you should fumigate the home
because they are likely to reinfest? True or False
✓ False, they do not re-infest
New house borers prefer old seasoned wood? True or False
✓ 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
✓ 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
✓ 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
✓ False, do not re-infest and they cannot survive in seasoned wood.
Name a Buprestidae Beetle?
✓ Flat Headed Borer
What does frass from a lyctid beetle look like?
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