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
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
