QAL B License-Landscape Maintenance Pest Control
Exam || (LATEST UPDATE 2025/26) With Complete
Solutions
Four ways that weeds compete with the desirable plants: -CORRECT ANSWER water,
nutrients, light, reduced visual beauty
Name six pests to landscape (besides weeds) -CORRECT ANSWER insects, mites,
fungi, bacteria, viruses, & nematodes
Pests that are vertebrates: -CORRECT ANSWER rodents that make burrows, mounds,
& chew on roots, bark, & leaves
Four main groups of landscape pests: -CORRECT ANSWER Weeds, invertebrates,
vertebrates, plant pathogens
Weeds are classified as: -CORRECT ANSWER undesirable plants
Invertebrate pests are: -CORRECT ANSWER insects, spiders, mites, nematodes,
snails, slugs
Vertebrate pests are: -CORRECT ANSWER rodents, other mammals, birds
, Plant pathogens are: -CORRECT ANSWER bacteria, viruses, fungi, other
microorganisms
Ways that weeds reproduce: (2) -CORRECT ANSWER many seeds (dormant for up to
20 years), vegetative structures (stolons, rhizomes, tubers),
Two main classifications of weeds: -CORRECT ANSWER dicots & monocots
Definition of Dicot: -CORRECT ANSWER Broadleaves, produces two seedling leaves
(cotyledons)
Parasitic Dicots: (2) -CORRECT ANSWER Mistletoe and dodder
Invertebrates are: -CORRECT ANSWER animals without backbones
Arthropods: -CORRECT ANSWER "Jointed foot" external skeleton and jointed body
parts (insects, spiders, mites, and their relatives)
Biotic Disease Factors: -CORRECT ANSWER Pathogens that are spread form one host
to another.
Three landscape biotic pathogens: -CORRECT ANSWER bacteria, fungi, & viruses
Exam || (LATEST UPDATE 2025/26) With Complete
Solutions
Four ways that weeds compete with the desirable plants: -CORRECT ANSWER water,
nutrients, light, reduced visual beauty
Name six pests to landscape (besides weeds) -CORRECT ANSWER insects, mites,
fungi, bacteria, viruses, & nematodes
Pests that are vertebrates: -CORRECT ANSWER rodents that make burrows, mounds,
& chew on roots, bark, & leaves
Four main groups of landscape pests: -CORRECT ANSWER Weeds, invertebrates,
vertebrates, plant pathogens
Weeds are classified as: -CORRECT ANSWER undesirable plants
Invertebrate pests are: -CORRECT ANSWER insects, spiders, mites, nematodes,
snails, slugs
Vertebrate pests are: -CORRECT ANSWER rodents, other mammals, birds
, Plant pathogens are: -CORRECT ANSWER bacteria, viruses, fungi, other
microorganisms
Ways that weeds reproduce: (2) -CORRECT ANSWER many seeds (dormant for up to
20 years), vegetative structures (stolons, rhizomes, tubers),
Two main classifications of weeds: -CORRECT ANSWER dicots & monocots
Definition of Dicot: -CORRECT ANSWER Broadleaves, produces two seedling leaves
(cotyledons)
Parasitic Dicots: (2) -CORRECT ANSWER Mistletoe and dodder
Invertebrates are: -CORRECT ANSWER animals without backbones
Arthropods: -CORRECT ANSWER "Jointed foot" external skeleton and jointed body
parts (insects, spiders, mites, and their relatives)
Biotic Disease Factors: -CORRECT ANSWER Pathogens that are spread form one host
to another.
Three landscape biotic pathogens: -CORRECT ANSWER bacteria, fungi, & viruses
