Termite WDO Exam QUESTIONS AND

Termite + WDO Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) Which type of termite is this? - Correct Answers ✅Reticulitermes (Rhinotermidae - subterranean - native) *only 2 sclerotized veins on wings, web-like For soldiers - *pronotum same size or smaller than head *rectangle, block head shape *smooth teeth on mandible (1 or less) Which caste of termites is this in? - Correct Answers ✅Soldier *have mandible for defense, wingless, blind, sclerotized head Which beetle leaves small round exit holes in hardwood? - Correct Answers ✅Powderpost beetle What was this damage caused by? - Correct Answers ✅Brown rot What caused these stains? - Correct Answers ✅Ambrosia beetle Does this insect need to be reported on the WDO form? - Correct Answers ✅NO 1 / 4

Termite + WDO Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) What caused this damage? - Correct Answers ✅Cerambycidae beetle (longhorned beetle) aka old house borer Note - large oval exit hole What type of slab is this? - Correct Answers ✅Floating slab (example - townhouses) slab "floats" on soil - poured after footer/foundation wall Which type of slab is more stable against sink holes? Note - they are also more stable in loose soils. - Correct Answers ✅Monolithic slab *slab + footer poured at SAME time What must you have signed by the customer BEFORE entering into a contract on a property that is currently under an active WDO warranty? - Correct Answers ✅Form 13671

• Consumer consent form

Study MATH + LABEL questions too! - Correct Answers ✅ What is a WDO? What are the 4 categories of WDOs defined by state statutes? - Correct Answers ✅Wood destroying organism = an arthropod OR fungus that damages and can reinfest seasoned wood in a structure 2 / 4

Termite + WDO Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) (Termites, powderpost beetles, old house borers, wood- decaying fungi) Which wood-infesting pest usually leaves heavy damage in finished SOFTwood with the ONLY external evidence being 1-2 oval exit holes? Typical control is fumigation for heavy infestations. - Correct Answers ✅Old House borer (a longhorned beetle/cerambycid) Which wood-infesting pest is found in rough, bark-covered wood leaving small exit holes 1/8 inch diameter with inner side of bark/wood surface "engraved" with galleries (NOT extensive tunnels)? The damage is old, will not reinfest dried wood, and NO control is required. The powder is the same color as the bark. - Correct Answers ✅Bark beetles Which wood-infesting pest leaves pinholes and slender galleries in sapwood/southern yellow pine, leaving burrows and area around them stained dark by the action of fungi?The damage is old, will not re-infest dried wood, and control may not be required. - Correct Answers ✅Ambrosia beetles Which wood-infesting pest leaves NO openings (or VERY few

• sealed over), has extensive galleries running lengthwise in

springwood which are packed with hard/masticlike frass?They may infest old cellulose objects near/in contact with soil.

• Correct Answers ✅Subterranean termites 3 / 4

Termite + WDO Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) Which wood-infesting pest timbers with extensive galleries that are sandpaper smooth with rounded edges and contain NO frass? There may be coarse sawdust found near their damage. - Correct Answers ✅Carpenter ants Which wood-infesting pest leaves round ENTRY holes in wood near the side/edge/end that lead into long tunnels (3-24 inches). The holes turn at right angles and tunnels run WITH grain of wood. - Correct Answers ✅Carpenter bees

Are the following WDOs or NON-WDOs:

Subterranean termites Drywood/powderpost termites Dampwood termites Arboreal/subterranean termite Wood-boring beetles Wood-decay fungi - Correct Answers ✅WDOs!

Are the following WDOs or NON-WDOs:

Bark beetles Ambrosia beetles Metallic wood borers

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