QAC Category B Landscape
Maintenance Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested)
with Verified Answers Graded
A+
Perennial weeds are difficult to control because... - Answer: They can reproduce from organs
like rhizomes, stolons, tubers
Insect order known to transmit plant disease - Answer: Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Insect order of pests to living plants - Answer: Heteroptera (true bugs)
Immature stages of insects - Answer: Instars
Insect order that suck juices from plant cells - Answer: Homoptera (aphids and whiteflies)
Part of plant nematodes often attack - Answer: Roots & underground parts
Plant disorder that cannot be transmitted between plants - Answer: Abiotic problems
, Ant insect order - Answer: Hymenoptera
Insects with chewing mouthparts - Answer: Caterpillars
What kind of insect are mites - Answer: arthropods
Insects that cause leaf stippling - Answer: Mites
Life stages of complete metamorphosis - Answer: egg, larva, pupa, adult
Complete elimination of pest species - Answer: eradication
Pests that cause damage on a regular basis - Answer: Key Pests
Use of preemergence pesticide is an example of - Answer: preventive use
Keeping pests below a certain level - Answer: pest suppression
example of cultural and mechanical control - Answer: Mowing weeds
use of physical barriers - Answer: exclusion
Method for controlling rodents - Answer: sanitation
Inspecting plants before planting is - Answer: preventive control
Maintenance Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested)
with Verified Answers Graded
A+
Perennial weeds are difficult to control because... - Answer: They can reproduce from organs
like rhizomes, stolons, tubers
Insect order known to transmit plant disease - Answer: Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Insect order of pests to living plants - Answer: Heteroptera (true bugs)
Immature stages of insects - Answer: Instars
Insect order that suck juices from plant cells - Answer: Homoptera (aphids and whiteflies)
Part of plant nematodes often attack - Answer: Roots & underground parts
Plant disorder that cannot be transmitted between plants - Answer: Abiotic problems
, Ant insect order - Answer: Hymenoptera
Insects with chewing mouthparts - Answer: Caterpillars
What kind of insect are mites - Answer: arthropods
Insects that cause leaf stippling - Answer: Mites
Life stages of complete metamorphosis - Answer: egg, larva, pupa, adult
Complete elimination of pest species - Answer: eradication
Pests that cause damage on a regular basis - Answer: Key Pests
Use of preemergence pesticide is an example of - Answer: preventive use
Keeping pests below a certain level - Answer: pest suppression
example of cultural and mechanical control - Answer: Mowing weeds
use of physical barriers - Answer: exclusion
Method for controlling rodents - Answer: sanitation
Inspecting plants before planting is - Answer: preventive control
