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Texas Certified Technician Practice Termite
Exam Questions With Verified Answers
Cellulose digestion - Answers✔Process dependent upon protozoa and/or a virus for subterranean
and drywood termites.
Subterranean termites - Answers✔Found throughout the state and in the southern region, not just
far West Texas.
Termite caste - Answers✔Worker caste is directly responsible for damaging wood.
Soldier termites - Answers✔Recognizable by well-developed mandibles and white coloration.
Termite habitat - Answers✔All termites live in colonies and shelter tubes.
Presence indication - Answers✔Subterranean termites indicated by shed wings and shelter tubes.
Drywood termites - Answers✔Require a source of cellulose and can be indicated by presence.
Sub-slab injectors - Answers✔Special tools for injecting chemicals beneath slab-on-ground
floors.
Powder-post beetles - Answers✔Attack all types of wood and seasoned hardwoods.
Wood-boring beetles - Answers✔Main damaging life stage is the larva.
Termite inspection technique - Answers✔Includes sounding, rodding, and trenching.
Monolithic slab entry - Answers✔Termites may enter through cracks, around utility and
plumbing lines, and around the edge.
Termite control strategies - Answers✔Include mechanical alteration, soil treating, and
foundation treating.
Formosan termite - Answers✔More aggressive, can locate water sources without soil connection,
and established in Southeast Texas.
Low pressure spraying - Answers✔Treatment at 10 to 15 PSI in certain situations.
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Well proximity - Answers✔Soil removal and replacement technique should be used within a
reasonable distance.
Non-reinfesting beetles - Answers✔Include deathwatch or furniture beetles.
Carpenter ants nesting - Answers✔May nest in trees, wood members of buildings, and tree
stumps.
Electrical tools grounding - Answers✔Grounded through the use of a ground fault interrupter.
Ventilation relationship - Answers✔Free ventilation area and square footage of the crawl space
have a 1/50 to 1/500 relationship.
Active ingredient - Answers✔Generic name of the active ingredient is chlorpyrifos.
Chemical name - Answers✔Chemical name includes cis-trans 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2, 2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate.
Flea treatment - Answers✔Treating at the 1% level is impermissible.
Atropine antidote - Answers✔Atropine with 2-PAM is the antidote.
EPA establishment number - Answers✔The EPA establishment number is 279-3062.
Baits traps application - Answers✔Recommended rate of application for a 1 square foot area is 2
to 4 gallons.
DDVP mixing - Answers✔DDVP can be mixed with baits traps.
Powderpost beetle control - Answers✔Application rate for old wood is 1 gal per 100 square feet.
Spray respirator approval - Answers✔When applying as a spray, use a respirator approved by
NIOSH.
Termite insect order - Answers✔Termites belong to the insect order Isoptera.
Termite colony members - Answers✔The most numerous members in a termite colony are
workers.
Soldier termite caste - Answers✔The greatly enlarged dark, reddish brown heads are
characteristic of the soldier caste.
Termite entry points - Answers✔Termites can enter structures through cracks in concrete, utility
openings, and expansion joints.
Termite signs - Answers✔Inspectors should look for form boards left in slabs, wooden porch
steps in soil contact, and wooden fences or trellises contacting the structure.
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Texas Certified Technician Practice Termite
Exam Questions With Verified Answers
Cellulose digestion - Answers✔Process dependent upon protozoa and/or a virus for subterranean
and drywood termites.
Subterranean termites - Answers✔Found throughout the state and in the southern region, not just
far West Texas.
Termite caste - Answers✔Worker caste is directly responsible for damaging wood.
Soldier termites - Answers✔Recognizable by well-developed mandibles and white coloration.
Termite habitat - Answers✔All termites live in colonies and shelter tubes.
Presence indication - Answers✔Subterranean termites indicated by shed wings and shelter tubes.
Drywood termites - Answers✔Require a source of cellulose and can be indicated by presence.
Sub-slab injectors - Answers✔Special tools for injecting chemicals beneath slab-on-ground
floors.
Powder-post beetles - Answers✔Attack all types of wood and seasoned hardwoods.
Wood-boring beetles - Answers✔Main damaging life stage is the larva.
Termite inspection technique - Answers✔Includes sounding, rodding, and trenching.
Monolithic slab entry - Answers✔Termites may enter through cracks, around utility and
plumbing lines, and around the edge.
Termite control strategies - Answers✔Include mechanical alteration, soil treating, and
foundation treating.
Formosan termite - Answers✔More aggressive, can locate water sources without soil connection,
and established in Southeast Texas.
Low pressure spraying - Answers✔Treatment at 10 to 15 PSI in certain situations.
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Well proximity - Answers✔Soil removal and replacement technique should be used within a
reasonable distance.
Non-reinfesting beetles - Answers✔Include deathwatch or furniture beetles.
Carpenter ants nesting - Answers✔May nest in trees, wood members of buildings, and tree
stumps.
Electrical tools grounding - Answers✔Grounded through the use of a ground fault interrupter.
Ventilation relationship - Answers✔Free ventilation area and square footage of the crawl space
have a 1/50 to 1/500 relationship.
Active ingredient - Answers✔Generic name of the active ingredient is chlorpyrifos.
Chemical name - Answers✔Chemical name includes cis-trans 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2, 2-
dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate.
Flea treatment - Answers✔Treating at the 1% level is impermissible.
Atropine antidote - Answers✔Atropine with 2-PAM is the antidote.
EPA establishment number - Answers✔The EPA establishment number is 279-3062.
Baits traps application - Answers✔Recommended rate of application for a 1 square foot area is 2
to 4 gallons.
DDVP mixing - Answers✔DDVP can be mixed with baits traps.
Powderpost beetle control - Answers✔Application rate for old wood is 1 gal per 100 square feet.
Spray respirator approval - Answers✔When applying as a spray, use a respirator approved by
NIOSH.
Termite insect order - Answers✔Termites belong to the insect order Isoptera.
Termite colony members - Answers✔The most numerous members in a termite colony are
workers.
Soldier termite caste - Answers✔The greatly enlarged dark, reddish brown heads are
characteristic of the soldier caste.
Termite entry points - Answers✔Termites can enter structures through cracks in concrete, utility
openings, and expansion joints.
Termite signs - Answers✔Inspectors should look for form boards left in slabs, wooden porch
steps in soil contact, and wooden fences or trellises contacting the structure.
