Alabama OTPC Study Cards Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest 2026)
Five mains groups of pests. - Correct Answers ✅1. Insects
2. Snails and slugs
3. Vertebrates
4. Plant disease agents
5. Weeds
Pest - Correct Answers ✅living things that compete with
human beings for food, fiber, and space or attach humans
directly
Hosts - Correct Answers ✅living plants or animals some
pests depend on for survival
Name two identifying characteristics common to all adult
insects - Correct Answers ✅Six jointed legs
Three body regions
Two characteristics which aid in distinguishing one insect
from another - Correct Answers ✅Wings
Mouthparts
Explain the differences between the basic life cycles of
insects - Correct Answers ✅Some change only in size as
they develop
Some change form slightly
,Alabama OTPC Study Cards Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest 2026)
Some change completely in form and size
Gradual Life Cycle - Correct Answers ✅Eggs - Nymph -
Adult
Also referred to "Simple"
Complete Life Cycle - Correct Answers ✅Egg - Larva - Pupa
- Adult
Three characteristics of mites, ticks and spiders - Correct
Answers ✅Eight jointed legs
Two body regions
Lack wings
List four types of vertebrate animals that can be pests -
Correct Answers ✅Fish
Reptiles
Amphibians
Birds
List types of living organisms that cause plant diseases -
Correct Answers ✅Fungi
Bacteria
Viruses
, Alabama OTPC Study Cards Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest 2026)
Nematodes
List three main ways a plant responds to infection by a plant
disease agent - Correct Answers ✅Overdevelopment of
tissue
Underdevelopment of tissue
Death of tissue
Define weeds - Correct Answers ✅Weeds are plants
growing where thay are not wanted or in a way that is not
desireable
Characteristics of herbaceous grasses - Correct Answers
✅One leaf as the emerge
Leaves narrow and upright; veins parallel
Fibrous root system
Growing point sheathed and under soil surface
Growing point gradually moves above soil as plant matures
Chracteristics of herbaceous broadleaves - Correct Answers
✅Two leaves as they emerge
Leaves broad with net-like veins
Exposed growing points at end of each stem
Perennial broadleaved plant may have growing points on
roots and stems below soil
Questions and Answers (Latest 2026)
Five mains groups of pests. - Correct Answers ✅1. Insects
2. Snails and slugs
3. Vertebrates
4. Plant disease agents
5. Weeds
Pest - Correct Answers ✅living things that compete with
human beings for food, fiber, and space or attach humans
directly
Hosts - Correct Answers ✅living plants or animals some
pests depend on for survival
Name two identifying characteristics common to all adult
insects - Correct Answers ✅Six jointed legs
Three body regions
Two characteristics which aid in distinguishing one insect
from another - Correct Answers ✅Wings
Mouthparts
Explain the differences between the basic life cycles of
insects - Correct Answers ✅Some change only in size as
they develop
Some change form slightly
,Alabama OTPC Study Cards Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest 2026)
Some change completely in form and size
Gradual Life Cycle - Correct Answers ✅Eggs - Nymph -
Adult
Also referred to "Simple"
Complete Life Cycle - Correct Answers ✅Egg - Larva - Pupa
- Adult
Three characteristics of mites, ticks and spiders - Correct
Answers ✅Eight jointed legs
Two body regions
Lack wings
List four types of vertebrate animals that can be pests -
Correct Answers ✅Fish
Reptiles
Amphibians
Birds
List types of living organisms that cause plant diseases -
Correct Answers ✅Fungi
Bacteria
Viruses
, Alabama OTPC Study Cards Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest 2026)
Nematodes
List three main ways a plant responds to infection by a plant
disease agent - Correct Answers ✅Overdevelopment of
tissue
Underdevelopment of tissue
Death of tissue
Define weeds - Correct Answers ✅Weeds are plants
growing where thay are not wanted or in a way that is not
desireable
Characteristics of herbaceous grasses - Correct Answers
✅One leaf as the emerge
Leaves narrow and upright; veins parallel
Fibrous root system
Growing point sheathed and under soil surface
Growing point gradually moves above soil as plant matures
Chracteristics of herbaceous broadleaves - Correct Answers
✅Two leaves as they emerge
Leaves broad with net-like veins
Exposed growing points at end of each stem
Perennial broadleaved plant may have growing points on
roots and stems below soil
