GEORGIA WDO STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔True or False
Georgia department of agriculture considers an opening in the foundation wall with the
crawlspace door missing as an adequate vent - ✔✔F
✔✔True or False
The Georgia Department of agriculture considers a vent opening adequate if it is 8" x
16" in size and not blocked by a hollow block or floor joist behind it - ✔✔F
✔✔True or False
The Georgia Department of agriculture considers a block turned sideways an adequate
vent - ✔✔F
✔✔True or False
The Georgia Department of agriculture considers a timbor or bora care treatment
meeting the minimum standards for wood decay treatment - ✔✔F
✔✔True or False
Wood decay can occur when the moisture level of wood is 28% or more - ✔✔T
✔✔True or False
The Georgia Department of agriculture considers wood decay around a pipe leak in the
crawlspace as active wood decay on a WIIR report - ✔✔F
✔✔This wood destroying beetle does not leave frass in its tunnels - ✔✔Ambrosia beetle
✔✔This wood destroying beetle larva leaves rippled ridges that are parallel in it's
galleries - ✔✔Old house borer
✔✔This reinfesting wood destroying beetle is often found in the attic - ✔✔Old house
borer
✔✔Contrary to its name this reinfesting wood destroying beetle often attacks new
softwood - ✔✔Old house borer
✔✔This bostrichid beetle attacks wood and telephone cables - ✔✔Lead cable borer
✔✔Which swarmer termite has two dark veins at the base of its front wings and prefers
redwood - ✔✔Subterranean termites
, ✔✔Which swarmer termite has three or more dark veins at the base of its front wings
and it's nymphs are found in wet wood - ✔✔Damp wood termites
✔✔Which swarm of termites has three or more darker beans at the base of the different
wings and prefers to live in Drywood - ✔✔Drywood termites
✔✔Which Termite kicks out six sided concave fecal pellets with blunt ends -
✔✔Drywood termites
✔✔Which termite produces fecal pellets without distinct ridges - ✔✔Damp wood
termites
✔✔Which Termite builds Mud tunnels or tubes - ✔✔Subterranean termites
✔✔Which termite eats across the grain of the wood - ✔✔Drywood termites
✔✔Which termite eats with the grain of the wood - ✔✔Subterranean termites
✔✔Which swarmer is the largest - ✔✔Damp wood termites
✔✔Which swarmer is the smallest - ✔✔Subterranean termites
✔✔This swarmer termite usually swarms in the day - ✔✔Subterranean termites
(reticulitermes)
✔✔This large swarmer termite usually swarms in the early evening - ✔✔Formosan
subterranean termites (coptotermes)
✔✔This medium sized swarmer termite may swarm in the evening or in the day -
✔✔Drywood termites
✔✔This termite builds a carton nest - ✔✔Formosan subterranean termite
✔✔This swarmer termite has small hairs on its wings - ✔✔Formosan subterranean
termite
✔✔This termite usually has moist fecal pellets associated with it - ✔✔Damp wood
termites
✔✔This termite has a fontanelle on its head - ✔✔Formosan
✔✔This termite is usually found in Westwood and coastal states such as Washington
Oregon California Texas Florida and even Nevada - ✔✔Damp wood termites
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔True or False
Georgia department of agriculture considers an opening in the foundation wall with the
crawlspace door missing as an adequate vent - ✔✔F
✔✔True or False
The Georgia Department of agriculture considers a vent opening adequate if it is 8" x
16" in size and not blocked by a hollow block or floor joist behind it - ✔✔F
✔✔True or False
The Georgia Department of agriculture considers a block turned sideways an adequate
vent - ✔✔F
✔✔True or False
The Georgia Department of agriculture considers a timbor or bora care treatment
meeting the minimum standards for wood decay treatment - ✔✔F
✔✔True or False
Wood decay can occur when the moisture level of wood is 28% or more - ✔✔T
✔✔True or False
The Georgia Department of agriculture considers wood decay around a pipe leak in the
crawlspace as active wood decay on a WIIR report - ✔✔F
✔✔This wood destroying beetle does not leave frass in its tunnels - ✔✔Ambrosia beetle
✔✔This wood destroying beetle larva leaves rippled ridges that are parallel in it's
galleries - ✔✔Old house borer
✔✔This reinfesting wood destroying beetle is often found in the attic - ✔✔Old house
borer
✔✔Contrary to its name this reinfesting wood destroying beetle often attacks new
softwood - ✔✔Old house borer
✔✔This bostrichid beetle attacks wood and telephone cables - ✔✔Lead cable borer
✔✔Which swarmer termite has two dark veins at the base of its front wings and prefers
redwood - ✔✔Subterranean termites
, ✔✔Which swarmer termite has three or more dark veins at the base of its front wings
and it's nymphs are found in wet wood - ✔✔Damp wood termites
✔✔Which swarm of termites has three or more darker beans at the base of the different
wings and prefers to live in Drywood - ✔✔Drywood termites
✔✔Which Termite kicks out six sided concave fecal pellets with blunt ends -
✔✔Drywood termites
✔✔Which termite produces fecal pellets without distinct ridges - ✔✔Damp wood
termites
✔✔Which Termite builds Mud tunnels or tubes - ✔✔Subterranean termites
✔✔Which termite eats across the grain of the wood - ✔✔Drywood termites
✔✔Which termite eats with the grain of the wood - ✔✔Subterranean termites
✔✔Which swarmer is the largest - ✔✔Damp wood termites
✔✔Which swarmer is the smallest - ✔✔Subterranean termites
✔✔This swarmer termite usually swarms in the day - ✔✔Subterranean termites
(reticulitermes)
✔✔This large swarmer termite usually swarms in the early evening - ✔✔Formosan
subterranean termites (coptotermes)
✔✔This medium sized swarmer termite may swarm in the evening or in the day -
✔✔Drywood termites
✔✔This termite builds a carton nest - ✔✔Formosan subterranean termite
✔✔This swarmer termite has small hairs on its wings - ✔✔Formosan subterranean
termite
✔✔This termite usually has moist fecal pellets associated with it - ✔✔Damp wood
termites
✔✔This termite has a fontanelle on its head - ✔✔Formosan
✔✔This termite is usually found in Westwood and coastal states such as Washington
Oregon California Texas Florida and even Nevada - ✔✔Damp wood termites
