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This document features over 100 expertly verified and fully solved exam questions and answers from the 2025/2026 academic year, focusing on termites, wood-destroying organisms, pest identification, and treatment methods. It is an essential resource for students in entomology, pest control certification, environmental science, forestry, structural inspection, and building maintenance programs. It comprehensively covers termite biology and classification (e.g., Isoptera), soil preferences, caste systems (workers, soldiers, queens), and their signs of infestation. It contrasts subterranean, Formosan, and drywood termites—including behaviors, nesting habits, and moisture requirements. Also detailed are other structural pests such as powderpost beetles (e.g., Lyctidae, Anobiidae), old house borers, carpenter ants, and carpenter bees. Students are guided through inspection practices for Wood Destroying Insects (WDI), required tools, reporting protocols, and regulatory compliance (e.g., Texas SPCS). It outlines chemical treatment options like borates, pyrethroids, organophosphates, and insect growth regulators (IGRs), as well as physical and biological control strategies involving nematodes and fungi. Special focus is given to soil treatment procedures, slab treatment variations, baiting systems, termite barriers, crawl space treatments, and environmental safety during pesticide application. This guide is particularly valuable for those preparing for pest management licenses, state certification exams, or professional WDI inspections. Keywords: termite exam, isoptera, formosan termite, drywood termite, subterranean termite, wood destroying insects, powderpost beetle, old house borer, carpenter ants, carpenter bees, borates, pyrethroids, termidor, baiting systems, sds inspection, termite control, wood pest treatment, wdi report, pesticide safety, slab treatment, soil barriers, structural pest control, termite biology

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Termite and Other Wood Pests
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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Termites belong to the insect order: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Isoptera


Termites are more prevalent in ___________ soil. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sandy


The most numerous members in a termite colony are the: - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Workers


The termite caste with the greatly enlarged dark, reddish brown heads are

the: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Soldiers


The first bath of eggs layed by the queen in a new subterranean termite

colony contains: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔6-12 eggs

,Termite can enter structures through:

a. cracks in concrete

b. utility openings

c. expansion joints


d. all of the above - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔d. all of the above


When looking for signs of termite, the inspector should look for:

a. forms left in slabs around plumbing drains

b. wooden porch steps in soil contact

c. wooden fences or trellises contacting the structure


d. all of the above - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔d. all of the above


Buildings should be inspected at least once __________ for termite tubes. -

🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A year


Unlike other subterranean termites, Formosan termites do not need

constant contact with the soil if there is an alternative moisture supply. T/F -

🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True

, Formosan termite queens can produce up to 500 eggs per day. T/F - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔False (1000 eggs/day)


Formosan termites are the only species that constructs carton nests. T/F -

🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True


In many situations, fumigation may be the only effective means of

eliminating of Formosan termites. T/F - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True


Drywood termites construct their nest in wood and not in the soil as do

subterranean termites. T/F - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False


Drywood termites are restricted to the gulf coast region. T/F - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔False


Small "shot hole" openings in wood surfaces are an indication of

_____________ infestation.

a. powderpost beetle

b. drywood termite

c. dampwood termite


d. subterranean termite - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. powderpost beetle




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