CA Branch 3 Practice Test EXAM Questions & Answers
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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
| 100% Verified solutions |Questions with Correct
Answers|| GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE 2025/26
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
