Texas Termite Technician Exam
Questions with Correct Answers
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1. pose the least problem as pests, occurring mainly in dead, damp, and rotting
logs
Answer Dampwood Termites
2. Because termites rely on soil moisture, they are generally more prevalent and able to
survive in
Answer sandy soils
3. Termites have and in their hindgut that allow them to digest cellu- lose
Answer Protozoa and bacteria
4. The three forms (or castes) of termites are
Answer Workers (pseudergates) Soldiers
Reproductives
5. are by far the most numerous members of a colony
Answer Workers
6. are creamy white, wingless, eyeless, and soft-bodied, with chewing mouth-
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,parts
Answer workers
7. Workers are sometimes mistaken for
Answer White ants
8. Workers mature within and may live for
Answer A few months 2-3 years
9. to % of a colony's population are
Answer 1-3% Soldiers
10. Soldier termites can be distinguished by what characteristics?
Answer Greatly enlarged reddish-brown heads
sword-like mandibles
11. The three types of reproductive termites are
Answer Primary (alate) Secondary
Tertiary
12. Kings and queens develop from which type of reproductives?
Answer Primary (alate)
13. A queen termite may lay up to eggs in her lifetime
Answer 60,000
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, 14. Reproductive termites are produced in mature colonies to years
old
Answer 3-5 years
15. Secondary reproductives develop under what conditions?
Answer King and queen die
Part of the colony becomes separated from the main colony
16. Subterranean termites usually swarm from to
Answer January to June depending on temperature and rain conditions
17. The "rule of thumb" is that swarming will generally occur within days
after
Answer 10 days after a warm spring rain
18. T or F
Not all colonies swarm annually
Answer True
19. A swarm is also referred to as a
Answer Dispersal Flight
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Questions with Correct Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. pose the least problem as pests, occurring mainly in dead, damp, and rotting
logs
Answer Dampwood Termites
2. Because termites rely on soil moisture, they are generally more prevalent and able to
survive in
Answer sandy soils
3. Termites have and in their hindgut that allow them to digest cellu- lose
Answer Protozoa and bacteria
4. The three forms (or castes) of termites are
Answer Workers (pseudergates) Soldiers
Reproductives
5. are by far the most numerous members of a colony
Answer Workers
6. are creamy white, wingless, eyeless, and soft-bodied, with chewing mouth-
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,parts
Answer workers
7. Workers are sometimes mistaken for
Answer White ants
8. Workers mature within and may live for
Answer A few months 2-3 years
9. to % of a colony's population are
Answer 1-3% Soldiers
10. Soldier termites can be distinguished by what characteristics?
Answer Greatly enlarged reddish-brown heads
sword-like mandibles
11. The three types of reproductive termites are
Answer Primary (alate) Secondary
Tertiary
12. Kings and queens develop from which type of reproductives?
Answer Primary (alate)
13. A queen termite may lay up to eggs in her lifetime
Answer 60,000
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, 14. Reproductive termites are produced in mature colonies to years
old
Answer 3-5 years
15. Secondary reproductives develop under what conditions?
Answer King and queen die
Part of the colony becomes separated from the main colony
16. Subterranean termites usually swarm from to
Answer January to June depending on temperature and rain conditions
17. The "rule of thumb" is that swarming will generally occur within days
after
Answer 10 days after a warm spring rain
18. T or F
Not all colonies swarm annually
Answer True
19. A swarm is also referred to as a
Answer Dispersal Flight
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