Landscape maintenance Pest
control Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested)
with Verified Answers Graded
A+
1. Which of the following is not a characteristic
of weeds?
Ca, some weeds are poisonous to people or animals
Tb weeds interfere with the safety or use of
landscaped areas
Lic. most weeds produce large quantities of seeds,
even under adverse conditions
Old weeds enhance the growth of landscape plants - Answer: D
2.
Perennial weeds are generally the most difficult to
control because they
Da, produce more seeds than other types of plants
b. can reproduce and spread from storage organs
such as rhizomes and tubers
,c. have seeds that remain viable longer than those
of annual and biennial plants
d. have hairy leaves that repel herbicides - Answer: B
Which of the following insect orders includes species
known to transmit some plant diseases?
Da. Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers)
O b. Thysanura (firebrats and silverhsh)
Dc. Blattodea (cockroaches)
O d. Thysanoptera (thrips) - Answer: D
Which feature characterizes vertebrates?
Da. never lays eggs
Ob. has fur
Oc. has backbone
O d. all of the above - Answer: C
Which of the following orders of insects includes
species that are pests of living plants?
Da. Isoptera (termites)
Db. Thysanura (firebrats and silverfish)
Dc. Blattodea (cockroaches)
O d. Heteroptera (true bugs) - Answer: D
The immature stages of an insect are known as
Oa. instars
,Ob. metamorphoses
Oc. juveniles
Od.pre-adults - Answer: A
Which of the following groups of insect orders
include both pests and beneficials that attack pest
insect species?
Ca. Hymenoptera (wasps and bees), Thysanoptera
(thrips), and Heteroptera (true bugs)
0b. Thysanura (firebrats and silverfish), Blattodea
(cockroaches), and Dermaptera (earwigs)
Cc. Isoptera (termites), Mallophaga (chewing lice),
and Anoplura (sucking lice)
Cd. Homoptera (aphids and whiteflies), Lepidoptera
(moths and butterflies), and Siphonaptera (leas) - Answer: A
8. Which of the fallowing insects suck plant juices out of
plant cells?
Da. Dermaptera (earwigs)
Db. Homoptera (aphids and whiteNies)
Dc. Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
O d. Orthoptera (crickets and locusts - Answer: B
Which part of a plant do nematodes most common!
attack?
Da. fruit
, Db. roots and other underground plant parts
Oc. germinating seeds
Od. flowers - Answer: B
10. Which of the following types of plant disorders
cannot be transmitted trom plant to plant?
Da. bacterial diseases
Db. fungal diseases
Dc. viruses
Od.abiotic problems - Answer: D
11. Ants belong to the insect order
Da. Coleoptera
Ob. Diptera
Dc. Hymenoptera
O d. Lepidoptera - Answer: C
12. Which of the following insects have chewing
mouth parts?
Da. caterpillars
O b. true bugs
Ic. aphids
Od. thrips - Answer: A
13. Vertebrates include which of the following types of
animals?
control Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested)
with Verified Answers Graded
A+
1. Which of the following is not a characteristic
of weeds?
Ca, some weeds are poisonous to people or animals
Tb weeds interfere with the safety or use of
landscaped areas
Lic. most weeds produce large quantities of seeds,
even under adverse conditions
Old weeds enhance the growth of landscape plants - Answer: D
2.
Perennial weeds are generally the most difficult to
control because they
Da, produce more seeds than other types of plants
b. can reproduce and spread from storage organs
such as rhizomes and tubers
,c. have seeds that remain viable longer than those
of annual and biennial plants
d. have hairy leaves that repel herbicides - Answer: B
Which of the following insect orders includes species
known to transmit some plant diseases?
Da. Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers)
O b. Thysanura (firebrats and silverhsh)
Dc. Blattodea (cockroaches)
O d. Thysanoptera (thrips) - Answer: D
Which feature characterizes vertebrates?
Da. never lays eggs
Ob. has fur
Oc. has backbone
O d. all of the above - Answer: C
Which of the following orders of insects includes
species that are pests of living plants?
Da. Isoptera (termites)
Db. Thysanura (firebrats and silverfish)
Dc. Blattodea (cockroaches)
O d. Heteroptera (true bugs) - Answer: D
The immature stages of an insect are known as
Oa. instars
,Ob. metamorphoses
Oc. juveniles
Od.pre-adults - Answer: A
Which of the following groups of insect orders
include both pests and beneficials that attack pest
insect species?
Ca. Hymenoptera (wasps and bees), Thysanoptera
(thrips), and Heteroptera (true bugs)
0b. Thysanura (firebrats and silverfish), Blattodea
(cockroaches), and Dermaptera (earwigs)
Cc. Isoptera (termites), Mallophaga (chewing lice),
and Anoplura (sucking lice)
Cd. Homoptera (aphids and whiteflies), Lepidoptera
(moths and butterflies), and Siphonaptera (leas) - Answer: A
8. Which of the fallowing insects suck plant juices out of
plant cells?
Da. Dermaptera (earwigs)
Db. Homoptera (aphids and whiteNies)
Dc. Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
O d. Orthoptera (crickets and locusts - Answer: B
Which part of a plant do nematodes most common!
attack?
Da. fruit
, Db. roots and other underground plant parts
Oc. germinating seeds
Od. flowers - Answer: B
10. Which of the following types of plant disorders
cannot be transmitted trom plant to plant?
Da. bacterial diseases
Db. fungal diseases
Dc. viruses
Od.abiotic problems - Answer: D
11. Ants belong to the insect order
Da. Coleoptera
Ob. Diptera
Dc. Hymenoptera
O d. Lepidoptera - Answer: C
12. Which of the following insects have chewing
mouth parts?
Da. caterpillars
O b. true bugs
Ic. aphids
Od. thrips - Answer: A
13. Vertebrates include which of the following types of
animals?
