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QAC Category B Landscape Maintenance Exam
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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
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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
Amount of AI in a 5 Gal. bottle of 4EC formulation - ANSWER ✔✔-20 lbs
Formulation requiring no further agitation after mixing with water - ANSWER ✔✔-Soluble powder (SP)
Mode of action - ANSWER ✔✔-The way a pesticide controls a target organism
Incompatible mixtures - ANSWER ✔✔-causes clumping or clogging of nozzles
Pesticide hazard - ANSWER ✔✔-potential to cause injury
Pesticides active in the environment for long periods - ANSWER ✔✔-persistent
Federal laws regulating manufacturing, sale, transportation and use of pesticides are administered by -
ANSWER ✔✔-US EPA
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QAC Category B Landscape Maintenance Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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
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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
Amount of AI in a 5 Gal. bottle of 4EC formulation - ANSWER ✔✔-20 lbs
Formulation requiring no further agitation after mixing with water - ANSWER ✔✔-Soluble powder (SP)
Mode of action - ANSWER ✔✔-The way a pesticide controls a target organism
Incompatible mixtures - ANSWER ✔✔-causes clumping or clogging of nozzles
Pesticide hazard - ANSWER ✔✔-potential to cause injury
Pesticides active in the environment for long periods - ANSWER ✔✔-persistent
Federal laws regulating manufacturing, sale, transportation and use of pesticides are administered by -
ANSWER ✔✔-US EPA
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