CA BRANCH 3 EXAMS SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Some beetle infestations can be controlled with residual liquid treatments? True or
False - ✔✔True
✔✔Fumigation will give immediate control and kill all stages of powder post and death
watch beetles. What dosage of sulfuryl fluoride will be needed to be effective? - ✔✔10x
✔✔Small items, such as furniture, may be fumigated in a small vault instead of
fumigating the entire structure? True or False - ✔✔True
✔✔Methyl bromide works very well and is commonly used to fumigate homes all over
California? True or False - ✔✔False, it is almost never used except in specially
assigned fumigation facilities or vaults.
✔✔Extreme cold or heat will kill off all stages of beetles and may be used for treating
sensitive items, such as piano? - ✔✔False, will only kill some beetles because some
are much harder to eradicate and may require much lower or higher temperatures to kill
off all stages of growth.
✔✔Which species of termite is the largest? - ✔✔Dampwood
✔✔What type of license would a person need to solicit pest control work on his or her
behalf? - ✔✔Operators
✔✔Which termite has secondary queens? - ✔✔Subterranean Termite
✔✔Which signal word will be associated with a pesticide that had a LD-50 value of 350?
- ✔✔Warning
✔✔What termite swarmers are all black and have pale white translucent wings? -
✔✔Subterranean Termite
✔✔Under the definition of Structural pest control, which of the following sites applies? -
✔✔Rail road cars
✔✔Which termite requires the least amount of moisture to survive? - ✔✔Drywood
Termite
✔✔Besides inspecting vehicles, storage areas and application sites, what else do Ag
inspectors look at? - ✔✔In house training records, and Pesticide usage records
, ✔✔Who can cite a licensee for not wearing provided safety equipment? - ✔✔County Ag
inspector
✔✔Which beetles head is visible from above?
a) Furniture Beetle
b)Deathwatch Beetle
c)False powder post beetle
d)True powder post beetle - ✔✔d)True powder post beetle
✔✔If you develop a leak in you compressed air sprayer hose, you should? - ✔✔Turn
the sprayer upside down, Do not use again until properly repaired
✔✔When can a chemical storage box be left unlocked? - ✔✔When it is under you direct
supervision?
✔✔How often should you wash your gloves? - ✔✔At the end of the day
✔✔How many days does a licensee have to notify the board of a change of address or
a change of employment? - ✔✔10 days
✔✔What are bundles of hyphae called? - ✔✔Mycelia
✔✔When can an unlicensed person sign a pest control contract? - ✔✔Only after a
licensed filed rep or operator has negotiated the contract
✔✔How many days do you have to file a termite report? - ✔✔10 business days
✔✔What type of life cycle or metamorphosis does a termite go through? -
✔✔Incomplete
✔✔When should a pesticide applicator read a pesticide label? - ✔✔Before each
application
✔✔How long does the board have to file an action against a company or a licensee
after an act or omission concerning fraud is committed? - ✔✔4 years
✔✔What best describes a wettable powder formulation? - ✔✔The formulation dissolves
in water
✔✔Deathwatch Beetles are what type of beetle? - ✔✔Anobid
✔✔What would be the mode of action for a poison that is ingested? - ✔✔Stomach
poison
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Some beetle infestations can be controlled with residual liquid treatments? True or
False - ✔✔True
✔✔Fumigation will give immediate control and kill all stages of powder post and death
watch beetles. What dosage of sulfuryl fluoride will be needed to be effective? - ✔✔10x
✔✔Small items, such as furniture, may be fumigated in a small vault instead of
fumigating the entire structure? True or False - ✔✔True
✔✔Methyl bromide works very well and is commonly used to fumigate homes all over
California? True or False - ✔✔False, it is almost never used except in specially
assigned fumigation facilities or vaults.
✔✔Extreme cold or heat will kill off all stages of beetles and may be used for treating
sensitive items, such as piano? - ✔✔False, will only kill some beetles because some
are much harder to eradicate and may require much lower or higher temperatures to kill
off all stages of growth.
✔✔Which species of termite is the largest? - ✔✔Dampwood
✔✔What type of license would a person need to solicit pest control work on his or her
behalf? - ✔✔Operators
✔✔Which termite has secondary queens? - ✔✔Subterranean Termite
✔✔Which signal word will be associated with a pesticide that had a LD-50 value of 350?
- ✔✔Warning
✔✔What termite swarmers are all black and have pale white translucent wings? -
✔✔Subterranean Termite
✔✔Under the definition of Structural pest control, which of the following sites applies? -
✔✔Rail road cars
✔✔Which termite requires the least amount of moisture to survive? - ✔✔Drywood
Termite
✔✔Besides inspecting vehicles, storage areas and application sites, what else do Ag
inspectors look at? - ✔✔In house training records, and Pesticide usage records
, ✔✔Who can cite a licensee for not wearing provided safety equipment? - ✔✔County Ag
inspector
✔✔Which beetles head is visible from above?
a) Furniture Beetle
b)Deathwatch Beetle
c)False powder post beetle
d)True powder post beetle - ✔✔d)True powder post beetle
✔✔If you develop a leak in you compressed air sprayer hose, you should? - ✔✔Turn
the sprayer upside down, Do not use again until properly repaired
✔✔When can a chemical storage box be left unlocked? - ✔✔When it is under you direct
supervision?
✔✔How often should you wash your gloves? - ✔✔At the end of the day
✔✔How many days does a licensee have to notify the board of a change of address or
a change of employment? - ✔✔10 days
✔✔What are bundles of hyphae called? - ✔✔Mycelia
✔✔When can an unlicensed person sign a pest control contract? - ✔✔Only after a
licensed filed rep or operator has negotiated the contract
✔✔How many days do you have to file a termite report? - ✔✔10 business days
✔✔What type of life cycle or metamorphosis does a termite go through? -
✔✔Incomplete
✔✔When should a pesticide applicator read a pesticide label? - ✔✔Before each
application
✔✔How long does the board have to file an action against a company or a licensee
after an act or omission concerning fraud is committed? - ✔✔4 years
✔✔What best describes a wettable powder formulation? - ✔✔The formulation dissolves
in water
✔✔Deathwatch Beetles are what type of beetle? - ✔✔Anobid
✔✔What would be the mode of action for a poison that is ingested? - ✔✔Stomach
poison
