QAL B License-Landscape
Maintenance Pest Control Chpt
1 Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers Graded A+
Four ways that weeds compete with the desirable plants: - Answer: water, nutrients, light,
reduced visual beauty
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 tissue
Fungi vegetative body is called: - Answer: Mycelium
Major form of fungal reproduction: - Answer: Spores
Maintenance Pest Control Chpt
1 Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers Graded A+
Four ways that weeds compete with the desirable plants: - Answer: water, nutrients, light,
reduced visual beauty
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 tissue
Fungi vegetative body is called: - Answer: Mycelium
Major form of fungal reproduction: - Answer: Spores
