QAC LANDSCAPE AND MAINTENANCE FINAL
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ 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
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ 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
