QAC CATEGORY B LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE LICENSE EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS 2025
◉ 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
◉ Symptoms of Fungi disease: (6) Answer: Powdery mildew, downy
mildew, root & stem rot, sooty mold, slime molds
◉ How are fungi spread? (8-9) Answer: Wind, rain, irrigation water,
propagation (grafting and pollenization, seeds, insects, people,
equipment, cultural practices
◉ Fungal Infections enter a plant by: Answer: wounds and natural
opening and penetrating the outer surface
◉ Environmental conditions that promote fungal growth? Answer:
high humidity, combined water and warm temperatures
◉ Bacterial Disease symptoms? Answer: wilts, blights, cankers, galls,
leaf spots, soft rots, scabs, and systemic disorders
MAINTENANCE LICENSE EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS 2025
◉ 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
◉ Symptoms of Fungi disease: (6) Answer: Powdery mildew, downy
mildew, root & stem rot, sooty mold, slime molds
◉ How are fungi spread? (8-9) Answer: Wind, rain, irrigation water,
propagation (grafting and pollenization, seeds, insects, people,
equipment, cultural practices
◉ Fungal Infections enter a plant by: Answer: wounds and natural
opening and penetrating the outer surface
◉ Environmental conditions that promote fungal growth? Answer:
high humidity, combined water and warm temperatures
◉ Bacterial Disease symptoms? Answer: wilts, blights, cankers, galls,
leaf spots, soft rots, scabs, and systemic disorders
