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CA BRANCH 3 Structural Pest Control CA Branch 3 Practice Test Latest Update - Actual Exam 195 Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ Verified by Professor

2 Stored Product Pests - CORRECT ANSWER: Beetles and Moths

A registered company has how many days to perform an inspection after inspection is

ordered? - CORRECT ANSWER: 10 business days

A registered company shall not subcontract structural fumigation work without what? -

CORRECT ANSWER: Written consent from the consumer

A written inspection and report of wood destroying pests and organisms shall be

delivered in how many days from the date of inspection - CORRECT ANSWER: 10

Business Days

after 4 months from original inspections - CORRECT ANSWER: ALL re-inspections shall be ORIGINAL

all REPORTS and WORKSHEETS - CORRECT ANSWER: MUST be kept for 3 years

Are carpenter ants exclusively found in only moist wood? - CORRECT ANSWER: No.

They will extend into sound wood.

Are you required to water test a second floor stall shower? - CORRECT ANSWER: No.However, if water stains are evident on the ceiling below the shower, the recommendation should be made for further inspection and testing. 1 / 3

Black Polycaon - CORRECT ANSWER: Dark Brown to black; Will infest any wood;

Prefer softwoods and new construction materials; Will attack cabinets, furniture, dead or living trees, and especially plywood; Will not reinfest.

Brown rot attacks primarily... - CORRECT ANSWER: Softwoods

Brown Rot fungi does what - CORRECT ANSWER: digest the hemicellulose and

cellulose which causes the wood to shrink and turn BROWN

Carpenter Ant colonies are polymorphic. What does Polymorphic mean? - CORRECT

ANSWER: Those in the same colony are of different sizes.

Carpenter Ants - CORRECT ANSWER: Do not eat the wood they just chew it out wet/

rotten wood to make a nest area. Largest ants in GA

cellulose debris - CORRECT ANSWER: MUST be recommended to be removed if

larger than rakeable size

Complete Metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER: insects include the egg, leveral larval instars, a pupa stage and winged adult. These appearance of these insects changes drastically. (BUTTERFLIES, BEETLES, FLEAS, ANTS, FLIES, AND WASPS,

completion tag - CORRECT ANSWER: posted next to inspection tag when work is

completed

Completion tags must be posted in what location? - CORRECT ANSWER: Next to the

inspection tag

Death Watch Beetles are what type of Beelte? - CORRECT ANSWER: Anobiid 2 / 3

Deathwatch Beetle - CORRECT ANSWER: Dark grayish brown; Make a tapping sound

as a mating signal; Only eat hardwood that has been attacked by fungi; Will attack furniture and book; Will reinfest structures.

Deathwatch Beetle feeds on - CORRECT ANSWER: softwood and hardwood and pine

commonly re-infest any softwood

Describe the appearance of an adult old house borer. - CORRECT ANSWER: Adults

are about 3/4 inch long and grayish brown to black. They have two white patches on the wing covers.

Describe the difference between the exit holes of powderpost beetles and the exit holes of old house borers. - CORRECT ANSWER: Powderpost beetle exit holes are generally small (about 1/32 to 5/16 inch wide) and perfectly round. Old house borer exit holes are larger (about 1/4 to 3/8 inch wide) and irregularly shaped (often oval).

Describe the differences in the frass produced by the three different groups of powderpost beetles described in this manual. - CORRECT ANSWER: Lyctids - very fine and powdery frass; also very abundant.

Anobiids - coarse and powdery frass; also contains distinctive fecal pellets shaped like hotdog buns.

Bostrichids - grainy or mealy frass tightly packed in galleries.

Describe the frass of powderpost beetles. - CORRECT ANSWER: Powderpost beetle

frass appears as a fine wood dust or powder. Slight jarring of infested wood can cause the frass to sift from holes. This is a sure sign of a powderpost beetle infestation. In addition, the frass of anobiid beetles has a distinctive hotdog bun shape.

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