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QAL Category B Landscape Maintenance Post Exam
COMPLETE EXAM Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026) UPDATE!!
Dicots ......ANSWER......Two seedling leaves (cotyledons)
Netlike veins
Herbaceous or woody
Example: mallow, mustard weeds
Monocots ......ANSWER......Single seedling leaf (cotyledons)
Parallel veins
Grassy weeds like crabgrass, nutsedge, rushes
Algae ......ANSWER......a very simple plant without stems or leaves that
grows in or near water.
Byrophytes ......ANSWER......Nonvascular plants - examples are
liverworms, hornworts, and mosses.
nematodes ......ANSWER......(round worms) round smooth body; have a
tube within a tube body plan, separate mouth and anus; no circulatory
system; some free living, some parasite
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arthropods ......ANSWER......A group of organisms (phylum) that have
jointed appendages, an exoskeleton, bilateral symmetry, and reproduce
sexually. Examples: insects, arachnids, millipedes and cenitpedes, and
crustaceans.
metamorphosis ......ANSWER......Change in form; transformation.
Ticks ......ANSWER......Small, gray-brown parasites burrow into skin and
suck blood. Cause discoloration and defoliation.
Mites ......ANSWER......tiny, often parasitic arachnids living on animals or
plants. Cause discoloration and defoliation.
Cockroaches ......ANSWER......carry bacteria, viruses, and parasite eggs
live and breed in places that are:
dark
moist
hard to clean
Grasshoppers ......ANSWER......feed on plants
Earwigs ......ANSWER......feed on vegetables, fruits, and flowers
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QAL Category B Landscape Maintenance Post Exam
COMPLETE EXAM Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026) UPDATE!!
Dicots ......ANSWER......Two seedling leaves (cotyledons)
Netlike veins
Herbaceous or woody
Example: mallow, mustard weeds
Monocots ......ANSWER......Single seedling leaf (cotyledons)
Parallel veins
Grassy weeds like crabgrass, nutsedge, rushes
Algae ......ANSWER......a very simple plant without stems or leaves that
grows in or near water.
Byrophytes ......ANSWER......Nonvascular plants - examples are
liverworms, hornworts, and mosses.
nematodes ......ANSWER......(round worms) round smooth body; have a
tube within a tube body plan, separate mouth and anus; no circulatory
system; some free living, some parasite
pg. 1
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arthropods ......ANSWER......A group of organisms (phylum) that have
jointed appendages, an exoskeleton, bilateral symmetry, and reproduce
sexually. Examples: insects, arachnids, millipedes and cenitpedes, and
crustaceans.
metamorphosis ......ANSWER......Change in form; transformation.
Ticks ......ANSWER......Small, gray-brown parasites burrow into skin and
suck blood. Cause discoloration and defoliation.
Mites ......ANSWER......tiny, often parasitic arachnids living on animals or
plants. Cause discoloration and defoliation.
Cockroaches ......ANSWER......carry bacteria, viruses, and parasite eggs
live and breed in places that are:
dark
moist
hard to clean
Grasshoppers ......ANSWER......feed on plants
Earwigs ......ANSWER......feed on vegetables, fruits, and flowers
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