QAC Category B Landscape Maintenance Exam 2023 Complete Solutions Perennial weeds are difficult to control because... - Correct Answer They can reproduce from organs like rhizomes, stolons, tubers Insect order known to transmit plant disease - Correct Answer Thysanoptera (Thrips) Insect order of pests to living plants - Correct Answer Heteroptera (true bugs) Immature stages of insects - Correct Answer Instars Insect order that suck juices from plant cells - Correct Answer Homoptera (aphids and whiteflies) Part of plant nematodes often attack - Correct Answer Roots & underground parts Plant disorder that cannot be transmitted between plants - Correct Answer Abiotic problems Ant insect order - Correct Answer Hymenoptera Insects with chewing mouthparts - Correct Answer Caterpillars What kind of insect are mites - Correct Answer arthropods Insects that cause leaf stippling - Correct Answer Mites Life stages of complete metamorphosis - Correct Answer egg, larva, pupa, adult Complete elimination of pest species - Correct Answer eradication Pests that cause damage on a regular basis - Correct Answer Key Pests Use of preemergence pesticide is an example of - Correct Answer preventive use Keeping pests below a certain level - Correct Answer pest suppression example of cultural and mechanical control - Correct Answer Mowing weeds use of physical barriers - Correct Answer exclusion Method for controlling rodents - Correct Answer sanitation Inspecting plants before planting is - Correct Answer preventive control 1 / 2
Removing weeds before seed production is - Correct Answer sanitation growing plants resistant to insects is - Correct Answer prevention Pesticide toxicity is measured by its - Correct Answer LD50 Pesticide toxicity - Correct Answer capacity to cause injury Post-emergent contact herbicide - Correct Answer Causes injury to any part of the plant it touches Amount of active ingredient in a 20lb bag of 25W formulation - Correct Answer 5 lbs of AI Amount of AI in a 5 Gal. bottle of 4EC formulation - Correct Answer 20 lbs Formulation requiring no further agitation after mixing with water - Correct Answer Soluble powder (SP) Mode of action - Correct Answer The way a pesticide controls a target organism Incompatible mixtures - Correct Answer causes clumping or clogging of nozzles Pesticide hazard - Correct Answer potential to cause injury Pesticides active in the environment for long periods - Correct Answer persistent Federal laws regulating manufacturing, sale, transportation and use of pesticides are administered by - Correct Answer US EPA Statement of practical treatment - Correct Answer first aid instructions Allowable deviation from label directions - Correct Answer applying lower rate than specified Required time to keep pesticide use records - Correct Answer 2 years QAC in category B allows people to - Correct Answer use or supervise use of general or restricted use pesticides in turf, landscape, and interiorscape settings Pest control business license holders must retain use records for - Correct Answer 2 years Maintenance gardener pest control category - Correct Answer allows use of general use and restricted use pesticides incidental to landscape business
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