QAL CATEGORY B LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE PREPARATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● Name six pests to landscape (besides weeds) Answer: insects, mites,
fungi, bacteria, viruses, & nematodes
● Pests that are vertebrates: Answer: rodents that make burrows,
mounds, & chew on roots, bark, & leaves
● Four main groups of landscape pests: Answer: Weeds, invertebrates,
vertebrates, plant pathogens
● Weeds are classified as: Answer: undesirable plants
● Invertebrate pests are: Answer: insects, spiders, mites, nematodes,
snails, slugs
● Vertebrate pests are: Answer: rodents, other mammals, birds
● Plant pathogens are: Answer: bacteria, viruses, fungi, other
microorganisms
, ● Ways that weeds reproduce: (2) Answer: many seeds (dormant for up
to 20 years), vegetative structures (stolons, rhizomes, tubers),
● Two main classifications of weeds: Answer: dicots & monocots
● Definition of Dicot: Answer: Broadleaves, produces two seedling
leaves (cotyledons)
● Parasitic Dicots: (2) Answer: Mistletoe and dodder
● Invertebrates are: Answer: animals without backbones
● Arthropods: Answer: "Jointed foot" external skeleton and jointed
body parts (insects, spiders, mites, and their relatives)
● Biotic Disease Factors: Answer: Pathogens that are spread form one
host to another.
● Three landscape biotic pathogens: Answer: bacteria, fungi, & viruses
● Fungi characteristics: Answer: Can live off both living and dead plant
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MAINTENANCE PREPARATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● Name six pests to landscape (besides weeds) Answer: insects, mites,
fungi, bacteria, viruses, & nematodes
● Pests that are vertebrates: Answer: rodents that make burrows,
mounds, & chew on roots, bark, & leaves
● Four main groups of landscape pests: Answer: Weeds, invertebrates,
vertebrates, plant pathogens
● Weeds are classified as: Answer: undesirable plants
● Invertebrate pests are: Answer: insects, spiders, mites, nematodes,
snails, slugs
● Vertebrate pests are: Answer: rodents, other mammals, birds
● Plant pathogens are: Answer: bacteria, viruses, fungi, other
microorganisms
, ● Ways that weeds reproduce: (2) Answer: many seeds (dormant for up
to 20 years), vegetative structures (stolons, rhizomes, tubers),
● Two main classifications of weeds: Answer: dicots & monocots
● Definition of Dicot: Answer: Broadleaves, produces two seedling
leaves (cotyledons)
● Parasitic Dicots: (2) Answer: Mistletoe and dodder
● Invertebrates are: Answer: animals without backbones
● Arthropods: Answer: "Jointed foot" external skeleton and jointed
body parts (insects, spiders, mites, and their relatives)
● Biotic Disease Factors: Answer: Pathogens that are spread form one
host to another.
● Three landscape biotic pathogens: Answer: bacteria, fungi, & viruses
● Fungi characteristics: Answer: Can live off both living and dead plant
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