BRANCH II CA EXAMPREP 2026 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Beetles have a complete life cycle? True or False Answer: True
● A Lyctid beetle is a true powderpost beetle? True or False Answer:
True
● Black Polycaons are likely to re-infest? True or False Answer: False,
they do not re-infest
● Lyctid beetles attack mostly hardwoods and they do re-infest? True or
False 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 Answer: True
● Name 3 Bostrichidae (False Powderpost Beetles)? Answer: Lead
Cable Borer, Black Polycaon, Bamboo Borer
,● Bamboo borers are very damaging to bamboo furniture and will re-
infest? True or False Answer: True
● Deathwatch beetles are known for their mating signal. How do they do
that? Answer: Strike their head against the surface they are standing on
● Lead Cable Borers do not re-infest? True or False Answer: False, they
do re-infest
● Deathwatch beetles attack oak and hardwoods and will re-infest? True
or False Answer: True
● Name two Anobiidae (false powderpost beetles? Answer:
Deathwatch, Furniture Beetle
● Furniture beetles will attack coniferous and hardwoods and prefer new
wood instead of old? True or False 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 Answer:
False, they do not re-infest
● New house borers prefer old seasoned wood? True or False 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 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 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 Answer: False, do not
re-infest and they cannot survive in seasoned wood.
● Name a Buprestidae Beetle? Answer: Flat Headed Borer
● What does frass from a lyctid beetle look like? 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 Answer: True
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Beetles have a complete life cycle? True or False Answer: True
● A Lyctid beetle is a true powderpost beetle? True or False Answer:
True
● Black Polycaons are likely to re-infest? True or False Answer: False,
they do not re-infest
● Lyctid beetles attack mostly hardwoods and they do re-infest? True or
False 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 Answer: True
● Name 3 Bostrichidae (False Powderpost Beetles)? Answer: Lead
Cable Borer, Black Polycaon, Bamboo Borer
,● Bamboo borers are very damaging to bamboo furniture and will re-
infest? True or False Answer: True
● Deathwatch beetles are known for their mating signal. How do they do
that? Answer: Strike their head against the surface they are standing on
● Lead Cable Borers do not re-infest? True or False Answer: False, they
do re-infest
● Deathwatch beetles attack oak and hardwoods and will re-infest? True
or False Answer: True
● Name two Anobiidae (false powderpost beetles? Answer:
Deathwatch, Furniture Beetle
● Furniture beetles will attack coniferous and hardwoods and prefer new
wood instead of old? True or False 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 Answer:
False, they do not re-infest
● New house borers prefer old seasoned wood? True or False 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 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 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 Answer: False, do not
re-infest and they cannot survive in seasoned wood.
● Name a Buprestidae Beetle? Answer: Flat Headed Borer
● What does frass from a lyctid beetle look like? 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 Answer: True
