Alabama OTPC Exam Pests & Weeds (70+ Qs) – Turf Insects, Lawn Diseases, Invasive Weeds

This professionally organized document includes over 70 fully answered and graded questions from the 2025/2026 Alabama OTPC (Ornamental and Turf Pest Control) certification exam. It serves as a detailed prep guide for anyone pursuing pesticide applicator licensing in ornamental and turf pest management within Alabama and surrounding Southeastern regions. Content areas cover a wide spectrum of insect pests such as aphids, mealybugs, whiteflies, scales, thrips, borers, and mole crickets. Lawn and turf diseases such as brown patch, spring dead spot, dollar spot, anthracnose, and fireblight are also thoroughly explained. In addition, the document provides in-depth weed identification and classification—covering summer and winter annuals, perennials, broadleaf weeds, sedges, and grasses—like crabgrass, goosegrass, spurge, henbit, wild garlic, dandelion, and Virginia buttonweed. This material is ideal for students in agricultural sciences, horticulture, turfgrass management, pest control, and landscaping. It also supports professionals preparing for state pesticide applicator exams and anyone managing ornamental and turf environments. Keywords: ornamental pests, turfgrass pests, Alabama OTPC, mole crickets, white grubs, scale insects, aphids, thrips, lace bugs, brown patch, dollar spot, fireblight, leaf spot, weed ID, crabgrass, goosegrass, spurge, sedges, nutsedge, broadleaf weeds, pesticide exam prep