QAC Category B Landscape Maintenance Exam 2025
/.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
/.Removing weeds before seed production is - Answer-✅sanitation
/.growing plants resistant to insects is - Answer-✅prevention
/.Pesticide toxicity is measured by its - Answer-✅LD50
/.Pesticide toxicity - Answer-✅capacity to cause injury
/.Post-emergent contact herbicide - Answer-✅Causes injury to any part of the plant it
touches
/.Amount of active ingredient in a 20lb bag of 25W formulation - Answer-✅5 lbs of AI
/.Amount of AI in a 5 Gal. bottle of 4EC formulation - Answer-✅20 lbs
/.Formulation requiring no further agitation after mixing with water - Answer-✅Soluble
powder (SP)
/.Mode of action - Answer-✅The way a pesticide controls a target organism
/.Incompatible mixtures - Answer-✅causes clumping or clogging of nozzles
/.Pesticide hazard - Answer-✅potential to cause injury
/.Pesticides active in the environment for long periods - Answer-✅persistent
/.Federal laws regulating manufacturing, sale, transportation and use of pesticides are
administered by - Answer-✅US EPA
/.Statement of practical treatment - Answer-✅first aid instructions
/.Allowable deviation from label directions - Answer-✅applying lower rate than specified
/.Required time to keep pesticide use records - Answer-✅2 years
/.QAC in category B allows people to - Answer-✅use or supervise use of general or
restricted use pesticides in turf, landscape, and interiorscape settings
/.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
/.Removing weeds before seed production is - Answer-✅sanitation
/.growing plants resistant to insects is - Answer-✅prevention
/.Pesticide toxicity is measured by its - Answer-✅LD50
/.Pesticide toxicity - Answer-✅capacity to cause injury
/.Post-emergent contact herbicide - Answer-✅Causes injury to any part of the plant it
touches
/.Amount of active ingredient in a 20lb bag of 25W formulation - Answer-✅5 lbs of AI
/.Amount of AI in a 5 Gal. bottle of 4EC formulation - Answer-✅20 lbs
/.Formulation requiring no further agitation after mixing with water - Answer-✅Soluble
powder (SP)
/.Mode of action - Answer-✅The way a pesticide controls a target organism
/.Incompatible mixtures - Answer-✅causes clumping or clogging of nozzles
/.Pesticide hazard - Answer-✅potential to cause injury
/.Pesticides active in the environment for long periods - Answer-✅persistent
/.Federal laws regulating manufacturing, sale, transportation and use of pesticides are
administered by - Answer-✅US EPA
/.Statement of practical treatment - Answer-✅first aid instructions
/.Allowable deviation from label directions - Answer-✅applying lower rate than specified
/.Required time to keep pesticide use records - Answer-✅2 years
/.QAC in category B allows people to - Answer-✅use or supervise use of general or
restricted use pesticides in turf, landscape, and interiorscape settings
