Branch 3 - Termite (CA) exam with answers
Department of Consumer Affairs - Structural Pest Control Board -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Board the licenses individuals to perform
peat control work for hire.
Registered Fumigants - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Before a fumigant
may be used it must be approved by Cal-EPA and Department of
Pesticide Regulation (DPR)
June 30, 3 Year Renew License Requirements - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔8 Hrs: Laws and Regulations
4 Hrs: Technical for Each Branch
4 Hrs: Any Board Approved Activity
Wood Destroying Organisms (WDO) Report - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔A report from a certified pest control inspector determining the
presence or absence of visible current termite infestation, or any
visible evidence of structural damage from prior infestation or wood
rot. Report and status of work completed must be stamped and
turned in.
,Inspection Report Recipients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Requesting
Individual
Or Owner
And The SPCB
Organophosphates - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔All Organic
chemicals containing carbon atoms on the molecule. Organic
phosphates are made of phosphoric acid and contains atoms of
carbon, phosphorus and hydrogen.
Chlorpyrifos - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔organophosphate
insecticide used in termite control; inhibits acetylcholinesterase
activity
Botanical Pesticides - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Natural organic
chemicals, not synthetic organic. Directly extracted from plants.
Pyrethroid Termiticides - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Permethrin
( Torpedo and Dragnet)
Cypermethrin (Demon)
Fencerate (Tribute)
, Carbonates - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Recently developed
compounds from carbonic acids.
Types of Chemical Families - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Organophosphate
Botanicals
Carbonates
Inorganics
Chemical Forms - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Synergist
Wettable Powder
Solution
Emulsion
Residual
Non-Residual
Baits
Synergist - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Added to Pesticide to enhance
its activity
Wettable Powder - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pesticide formulation
of toxicant mixed with inert dust and a wetting agent that mixes
Department of Consumer Affairs - Structural Pest Control Board -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Board the licenses individuals to perform
peat control work for hire.
Registered Fumigants - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Before a fumigant
may be used it must be approved by Cal-EPA and Department of
Pesticide Regulation (DPR)
June 30, 3 Year Renew License Requirements - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔8 Hrs: Laws and Regulations
4 Hrs: Technical for Each Branch
4 Hrs: Any Board Approved Activity
Wood Destroying Organisms (WDO) Report - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔A report from a certified pest control inspector determining the
presence or absence of visible current termite infestation, or any
visible evidence of structural damage from prior infestation or wood
rot. Report and status of work completed must be stamped and
turned in.
,Inspection Report Recipients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Requesting
Individual
Or Owner
And The SPCB
Organophosphates - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔All Organic
chemicals containing carbon atoms on the molecule. Organic
phosphates are made of phosphoric acid and contains atoms of
carbon, phosphorus and hydrogen.
Chlorpyrifos - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔organophosphate
insecticide used in termite control; inhibits acetylcholinesterase
activity
Botanical Pesticides - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Natural organic
chemicals, not synthetic organic. Directly extracted from plants.
Pyrethroid Termiticides - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Permethrin
( Torpedo and Dragnet)
Cypermethrin (Demon)
Fencerate (Tribute)
, Carbonates - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Recently developed
compounds from carbonic acids.
Types of Chemical Families - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Organophosphate
Botanicals
Carbonates
Inorganics
Chemical Forms - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Synergist
Wettable Powder
Solution
Emulsion
Residual
Non-Residual
Baits
Synergist - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Added to Pesticide to enhance
its activity
Wettable Powder - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pesticide formulation
of toxicant mixed with inert dust and a wetting agent that mixes
