Florida Termite + WDO Exam Questions &
Answers
1.Which type of termite is this?
Answer Reticulitermes (Rhino-termidae -
subterranean - native)
*only 2 sclerotized veins on wings,
web-like For soldiers -
*pronotum same size or smaller than head
*rectangle, block head shape
*smooth teeth on mandible (1 or less)
2.Which caste of termites is this in?
Answer Soldier
*have mandible for defense, wingless, blind,
sclerotized head
3.Which beetle leaves small round exit holes in hardwood?
Answer Powder-post beetle
,4.What was this damage caused by?
Answer Brown rot
5.What caused these stains?
Answer Ambrosia beetle
6.Does this insect need to be reported on the WDO form?
Answer NO
7.What caused this damage? e) aka
old
Answer Ceram-bycidae beetle (long-horned beetl house borer
Note - large oval exit hole
,8.What type of slab is this?
Answer Floating slab (example - townhouses) slab "floats"
on soil - poured after footer/foundation wall
9.Which type of slab is more stable against sink holes? Note - are also
they more stable in loose soils.
Answer Monolithic slab
*slab + footer poured at SAME time
10.What must you have signed by the customer BEFORE entering into a
contract on a property that is currently under an active WDO warranty?
Answer Form 13671 - Consumer consent form
11.Study MATH + LABEL questions too!
Answer
12.What is a WDO? What are the 4 categories of WDOs defined by state
statutes?
, Answer Wood destroying organism = an arthropod OR fungus that
damages and can reinfest seasoned wood in a structure
(Termites, powder-post beetles, old house borers, wood-decaying fungi)
13.Which wood-infesting pest usually leaves heavy damage in finished
SOFT- wood with the ONLY external evidence being 1-2 oval exit holes?
Typical control is fumigation for heavy infestations.
Answer Old House borer (a long-horned beetle/cerambycid)
14.Which wood-infesting pest is found in rough, bark-covered
urface "en-
wood leaving small exit holes 1/8 inch diameter with inner side ld, will not
of bark/wood s e same
color
graved" with galleries (NOT extensive tunnels)? The damage is
o reinfest dried wood, and NO control is required. The powder is
th as the bark.
Answer Bark beetles
15.Which wood-infesting pest leaves pinholes and slender galleries in sap-
wood/southern yellow pine, leaving burrows and area around them stained
dark by the action of fungi? The damage is old, will not re-infest dried
wood, and control may not be required.
Answer Ambrosia beetles
16.Which wood-infesting pest leaves NO openings (or VERY few + sealed
over), has extensive galleries running lengthwise in springwood which
hat are sand-
ay be
Answers
1.Which type of termite is this?
Answer Reticulitermes (Rhino-termidae -
subterranean - native)
*only 2 sclerotized veins on wings,
web-like For soldiers -
*pronotum same size or smaller than head
*rectangle, block head shape
*smooth teeth on mandible (1 or less)
2.Which caste of termites is this in?
Answer Soldier
*have mandible for defense, wingless, blind,
sclerotized head
3.Which beetle leaves small round exit holes in hardwood?
Answer Powder-post beetle
,4.What was this damage caused by?
Answer Brown rot
5.What caused these stains?
Answer Ambrosia beetle
6.Does this insect need to be reported on the WDO form?
Answer NO
7.What caused this damage? e) aka
old
Answer Ceram-bycidae beetle (long-horned beetl house borer
Note - large oval exit hole
,8.What type of slab is this?
Answer Floating slab (example - townhouses) slab "floats"
on soil - poured after footer/foundation wall
9.Which type of slab is more stable against sink holes? Note - are also
they more stable in loose soils.
Answer Monolithic slab
*slab + footer poured at SAME time
10.What must you have signed by the customer BEFORE entering into a
contract on a property that is currently under an active WDO warranty?
Answer Form 13671 - Consumer consent form
11.Study MATH + LABEL questions too!
Answer
12.What is a WDO? What are the 4 categories of WDOs defined by state
statutes?
, Answer Wood destroying organism = an arthropod OR fungus that
damages and can reinfest seasoned wood in a structure
(Termites, powder-post beetles, old house borers, wood-decaying fungi)
13.Which wood-infesting pest usually leaves heavy damage in finished
SOFT- wood with the ONLY external evidence being 1-2 oval exit holes?
Typical control is fumigation for heavy infestations.
Answer Old House borer (a long-horned beetle/cerambycid)
14.Which wood-infesting pest is found in rough, bark-covered
urface "en-
wood leaving small exit holes 1/8 inch diameter with inner side ld, will not
of bark/wood s e same
color
graved" with galleries (NOT extensive tunnels)? The damage is
o reinfest dried wood, and NO control is required. The powder is
th as the bark.
Answer Bark beetles
15.Which wood-infesting pest leaves pinholes and slender galleries in sap-
wood/southern yellow pine, leaving burrows and area around them stained
dark by the action of fungi? The damage is old, will not re-infest dried
wood, and control may not be required.
Answer Ambrosia beetles
16.Which wood-infesting pest leaves NO openings (or VERY few + sealed
over), has extensive galleries running lengthwise in springwood which
hat are sand-
ay be
