QAC Landscape Maintenance Test Questions
and Answers
Where does a maintenance gardener spray?
On or around ornamental plants, turf, fruit trees, shrubs, and small fruits and berries. Areas
typically include homes, businesses, cemeteries, parks, malls and places with indoor plants.
Work often around human activities.
Why does a maintenance gardener spray?
To control a pest so that it does not compete with other plants for nutrition, and for aesthetics.
What is a weed?
A weed is a plant that is not desired in a landscape. Weeds also compete with desired plants for
water, nutrition, and space.
What is a pest?
A pest is an organism that can cause problems in various ways including: competing with people
for food and fiber; transmitting diseases between plants, damaging plants, and damaging
structures
Why is it important to identify a pest?
Misidentification and lack of information about a pest could cause you to choose the wrong
control method or apply the control at the wrong time.
True or False? Pesticide labels refer to most pests by their common names.
True, like housefly, roof rat, american cockroach
and Answers
Where does a maintenance gardener spray?
On or around ornamental plants, turf, fruit trees, shrubs, and small fruits and berries. Areas
typically include homes, businesses, cemeteries, parks, malls and places with indoor plants.
Work often around human activities.
Why does a maintenance gardener spray?
To control a pest so that it does not compete with other plants for nutrition, and for aesthetics.
What is a weed?
A weed is a plant that is not desired in a landscape. Weeds also compete with desired plants for
water, nutrition, and space.
What is a pest?
A pest is an organism that can cause problems in various ways including: competing with people
for food and fiber; transmitting diseases between plants, damaging plants, and damaging
structures
Why is it important to identify a pest?
Misidentification and lack of information about a pest could cause you to choose the wrong
control method or apply the control at the wrong time.
True or False? Pesticide labels refer to most pests by their common names.
True, like housefly, roof rat, american cockroach
