CA BRANCH 3 ACTUAL
PRACTICE TEST 170 +
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETED
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026 GRADED A+ .
,1. The Black Polycaon are one of the wood destroying largest beetles at 1/2 to 1 inch long? True or False✓✓
correct answer True
2. Beetles have a complete life cycle? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
3. A Lyctid beetle is a true powderpost beetle? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
4. Black Polycaons are likely to re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer False, they do not re-infest
5. Lyctid beetles attack mostly hardwoods and they do re-infest? True or False-
✓✓ correct answer True
6. 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
7. Name 3 Bostrichidae (False Powderpost Beetles)?✓✓ correct answer Lead Cable Borer, Black Polycaon, Bamboo Borer
8. Bamboo borers are very damaging to bamboo furniture and will re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer
True
9. 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
10. Lead Cable Borers do not re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer False, they do re-infest
11. Deathwatch beetles attack oak and hardwoods and will re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
12. Name two Anobiidae (false powderpost beetles?✓✓ correct answer Deathwatch, Furniture Beetle
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
, 18. 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.
19. Name a Buprestidae Beetle?✓✓ correct answer Flat Headed Borer
20. What does frass from a lyctid beetle look like?✓✓ correct answer Talcum powder-like, packed in channels but will fall freely from emergence
holes.
21. Flat headed borer emergence holes are oval shaped and about 3/8 inch wide? True or False✓✓ correct
answer True
22. Bark beetles are a serious pest of our forest but may be brought in with firewood? True or False✓✓
correct answer True
23. New house borers may bore through hardwoods, plaster, composition roof- ing and linoleum to emerge but
they do not require treatment because they will not re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
24. Bark beetles do no re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
25. Black polycaon emergence holes that are about 1/4 inch in diameter? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
26. You can tell the difference between a true powderpost and false powderpost beetle's frass because only a true
powderpost beetle has a fine "face-powder" like consistency? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
27. Lyctid beetle emergence holes are about 1/32nd to 1/16th inch in diameter? True or False✓✓ correct answer
True
28. Will a bamboo borer re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
29. Furniture beetle emergence holes are about 1/16th to 1/8th inch in diameter and they will re-infest? True or False
✓✓ correct answer True
30. Old house borers do not live in the U.S. but may be imported? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
31. A new house borer may emerge from a new home a few moths to a year after it is built? True or False✓✓ correct
answer True
32. If you see a beetle infestation in a home, it always means that the treatment is needed? True or False✓✓ correct
answer False
33. Seasoned or kiln dried wood is a good choice for building because it is less likely to have problems with beetle
infestations? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
PRACTICE TEST 170 +
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETED
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026 GRADED A+ .
,1. The Black Polycaon are one of the wood destroying largest beetles at 1/2 to 1 inch long? True or False✓✓
correct answer True
2. Beetles have a complete life cycle? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
3. A Lyctid beetle is a true powderpost beetle? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
4. Black Polycaons are likely to re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer False, they do not re-infest
5. Lyctid beetles attack mostly hardwoods and they do re-infest? True or False-
✓✓ correct answer True
6. 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
7. Name 3 Bostrichidae (False Powderpost Beetles)?✓✓ correct answer Lead Cable Borer, Black Polycaon, Bamboo Borer
8. Bamboo borers are very damaging to bamboo furniture and will re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer
True
9. 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
10. Lead Cable Borers do not re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer False, they do re-infest
11. Deathwatch beetles attack oak and hardwoods and will re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
12. Name two Anobiidae (false powderpost beetles?✓✓ correct answer Deathwatch, Furniture Beetle
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
, 18. 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.
19. Name a Buprestidae Beetle?✓✓ correct answer Flat Headed Borer
20. What does frass from a lyctid beetle look like?✓✓ correct answer Talcum powder-like, packed in channels but will fall freely from emergence
holes.
21. Flat headed borer emergence holes are oval shaped and about 3/8 inch wide? True or False✓✓ correct
answer True
22. Bark beetles are a serious pest of our forest but may be brought in with firewood? True or False✓✓
correct answer True
23. New house borers may bore through hardwoods, plaster, composition roof- ing and linoleum to emerge but
they do not require treatment because they will not re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
24. Bark beetles do no re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
25. Black polycaon emergence holes that are about 1/4 inch in diameter? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
26. You can tell the difference between a true powderpost and false powderpost beetle's frass because only a true
powderpost beetle has a fine "face-powder" like consistency? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
27. Lyctid beetle emergence holes are about 1/32nd to 1/16th inch in diameter? True or False✓✓ correct answer
True
28. Will a bamboo borer re-infest? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
29. Furniture beetle emergence holes are about 1/16th to 1/8th inch in diameter and they will re-infest? True or False
✓✓ correct answer True
30. Old house borers do not live in the U.S. but may be imported? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
31. A new house borer may emerge from a new home a few moths to a year after it is built? True or False✓✓ correct
answer True
32. If you see a beetle infestation in a home, it always means that the treatment is needed? True or False✓✓ correct
answer False
33. Seasoned or kiln dried wood is a good choice for building because it is less likely to have problems with beetle
infestations? True or False✓✓ correct answer True
