CA Branch 3 Practice Test 2025/2026 | Verified Questions and Correct Answers (Pest Control Exam Guide)

CA Branch 3 Practice Test
The Black Polycaon are one of the wood destroying largest beetles at 1/2 to 1 inch long? True or False -
answer✔✔✨-True



Beetles have a complete life cycle? True or False - answer✔✔✨-True



A Lyctid beetle is a true powderpost beetle? True or False - answer✔✔✨-True



Black Polycaons are likely to re-infest? True or False - answer✔✔✨-False, they do not re-infest



Lyctid beetles attack mostly hardwoods and they do re-infest? True or False - 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 - answer✔✔✨-True



Name 3 Bostrichidae (False Powderpost Beetles)? - answer✔✔✨-Lead Cable Borer, Black Polycaon,
Bamboo Borer



Bamboo borers are very damaging to bamboo furniture and will re-infest? True or False -
answer✔✔✨-True



Deathwatch beetles are known for their mating signal. How do they do that? - answer✔✔✨-Strike
their head against the surface they are standing on



Lead Cable Borers do not re-infest? True or False - answer✔✔✨-False, they do re-infest



Deathwatch beetles attack oak and hardwoods and will re-infest? True or False - answer✔✔✨-True

,Name two Anobiidae (false powderpost beetles? - answer✔✔✨-Deathwatch, Furniture Beetle



Furniture beetles will attack coniferous and hardwoods and prefer new wood instead of old? True or
False - 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 - answer✔✔✨-False, they do not re-infest



New house borers prefer old seasoned wood? True or False - 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 - 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 - 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 - answer✔✔✨-False, do not re-infest and they cannot survive in seasoned wood.



Name a Buprestidae Beetle? - answer✔✔✨-Flat Headed Borer



What does frass from a lyctid beetle look like? - 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 -
answer✔✔✨-True

,Bark beetles are a serious pest of our forest but may be brought in with firewood? True or False -
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 - answer✔✔✨-True



Bark beetles do no re-infest? True or False - answer✔✔✨-True



Black polycaon emergence holes that are about 1/4 inch in diameter? True or False - 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 - answer✔✔✨-
True



Lyctid beetle emergence holes are about 1/32nd to 1/16th inch in diameter? True or False -
answer✔✔✨-True



Will a bamboo borer re-infest? True or False - answer✔✔✨-True



Furniture beetle emergence holes are about 1/16th to 1/8th inch in diameter and they will re-infest?
True or False - answer✔✔✨-True



Old house borers do not live in the U.S. but may be imported? True or False - answer✔✔✨-True



A new house borer may emerge from a new home a few moths to a year after it is built? True or False -
answer✔✔✨-True



If you see a beetle infestation in a home, it always means that the treatment is needed? True or False -
answer✔✔✨-False

, Seasoned or kiln dried wood is a good choice for building because it is less likely to have problems with
beetle infestations? True or False - answer✔✔✨-True



Before starting any control program, you need to determine which of the following?



a)Make a positive identification of the beetle

b)Find out if the beetle will re-infest

c)Can the beetle survive in your climate

d)Does the beetle prefer dry or seasoned wood

e) Does the beetle need moisture to survive

f)Is the damage current or is if from the past

g)All the above - answer✔✔✨-g)All the above



Some beetle infestations can be controlled with residual liquid treatments? True or False -
answer✔✔✨-True



Fumigation will give immediate control and kill all stages of powder post and death watch beetles. What
dosage of sulfuryl fluoride will be needed to be effective? - answer✔✔✨-10x



Small items, such as furniture, may be fumigated in a small vault instead of fumigating the entire
structure? True or False - answer✔✔✨-True



Methyl bromide works very well and is commonly used to fumigate homes all over California? True or
False - answer✔✔✨-False, it is almost never used except in specially assigned fumigation facilities or
vaults.



Extreme cold or heat will kill off all stages of beetles and may be used for treating sensitive items, such
as piano? - answer✔✔✨-False, will only kill some beetles because some are much harder to
eradicate and may require much lower or higher temperatures to kill off all stages of growth.



Which species of termite is the largest? - answer✔✔✨-Dampwood