CA Branch 3 Practice Test Questions and Answers
The Black Polycaon are one of the wood destroying largest beetles at 1/2 to 1 inch long? True or False - correct answer-True
Beetles have a complete life cycle? True or False - correct answer-True
A Lyctid beetle is a true powderpost beetle? True or False - correct answer-True
Black Polycaons are likely to re-infest? True or False - correct answer-False, they do not re-infest
Lyctid beetles attack mostly hardwoods and they do re-infest? True or False - correct 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 - correct answer-True
Name 3 Bostrichidae (False Powderpost Beetles)? - correct answer-Lead Cable Borer, Black Polycaon, Bamboo Borer
Bamboo borers are very damaging to bamboo furniture and will re-infest? True or False - correct answer-True
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 Lead Cable Borers do not re-infest? True or False - correct answer-False, they do re-infest
Deathwatch beetles attack oak and hardwoods and will re-infest? True or False - correct answer-True
Name two Anobiidae (false powderpost beetles? - correct answer-Deathwatch, Furniture Beetle
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Name a Buprestidae Beetle? - correct answer-Flat Headed Borer What does frass from a lyctid beetle look like? - correct 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 - correct answer-True
Bark beetles are a serious pest of our forest but may be brought in with firewood? True or False - correct
answer-True
New house borers may bore through hardwoods, plaster, composition roofing and linoleum to emerge but they do not require treatment because they will not re-infest? True or False - correct answer-True
Bark beetles do no re-infest? True or False - correct answer-True
Black polycaon emergence holes that are about 1/4 inch in diameter? True or False - correct answer-
True
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
Lyctid beetle emergence holes are about 1/32nd to 1/16th inch in diameter? True or False - correct answer-True
Will a bamboo borer re-infest? True or False - correct answer-True
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
Old house borers do not live in the U.S. but may be imported? True or False - correct answer-True
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