QAC Category B Landscape
Maintenance
Perennial weeds are difficult to control because... - answer They can reproduce from
organs like rhizomes, stolon’s, tubers
Insect order known to transmit plant disease - answer Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Insect order of pests to living plants – answer Heteropteran (true bugs)
Immature stages of insects - answer Instars
Insect order that suck juices from plant cells - answer Homopteran (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 - answerMites
Life stages of complete metamorphosis - answeregg, larva, pupa, adult
Complete elimination of pest species - answereradication
Pests that cause damage on a regular basis - answerKey Pests
Use of preemergence pesticide is an example of - answerpreventive use
Keeping pests below a certain level - answerpest suppression
example of cultural and mechanical control - answerMowing weeds
use of physical barriers - answerexclusion
, Method for controlling rodents - answersanitation
Inspecting plants before planting is - answerpreventive control
Removing weeds before seed production is - answersanitation
growing plants resistant to insects is - answerprevention
Pesticide toxicity is measured by its - answerLD50
Pesticide toxicity - answercapacity to cause injury
Post-emergent contact herbicide - answerCauses injury to any part of the plant it
touches
Amount of active ingredient in a 20lb bag of 25W formulation - answer5 lbs of AI
Amount of AI in a 5 Gal. bottle of 4EC formulation - answer20 lbs
Formulation requiring no further agitation after mixing with water - answerSoluble
powder (SP)
Mode of action - answerThe way a pesticide controls a target organism
Incompatible mixtures - answercauses clumping or clogging of nozzles
Pesticide hazard - answerpotential to cause injury
Pesticides active in the environment for long periods - answerpersistent
Federal laws regulating manufacturing, sale, transportation and use of pesticides are
administered by - answerUS EPA
Statement of practical treatment - answerfirst aid instructions
Allowable deviation from label directions - answerapplying lower rate than specified
Required time to keep pesticide use records - answer2 years
QAC in category B allows people to - answeruse 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 - answer2 years
Maintenance gardener pest control category - answerallows use of general use and
restricted use pesticides incidental to landscape business
Maintenance
Perennial weeds are difficult to control because... - answer They can reproduce from
organs like rhizomes, stolon’s, tubers
Insect order known to transmit plant disease - answer Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Insect order of pests to living plants – answer Heteropteran (true bugs)
Immature stages of insects - answer Instars
Insect order that suck juices from plant cells - answer Homopteran (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 - answerMites
Life stages of complete metamorphosis - answeregg, larva, pupa, adult
Complete elimination of pest species - answereradication
Pests that cause damage on a regular basis - answerKey Pests
Use of preemergence pesticide is an example of - answerpreventive use
Keeping pests below a certain level - answerpest suppression
example of cultural and mechanical control - answerMowing weeds
use of physical barriers - answerexclusion
, Method for controlling rodents - answersanitation
Inspecting plants before planting is - answerpreventive control
Removing weeds before seed production is - answersanitation
growing plants resistant to insects is - answerprevention
Pesticide toxicity is measured by its - answerLD50
Pesticide toxicity - answercapacity to cause injury
Post-emergent contact herbicide - answerCauses injury to any part of the plant it
touches
Amount of active ingredient in a 20lb bag of 25W formulation - answer5 lbs of AI
Amount of AI in a 5 Gal. bottle of 4EC formulation - answer20 lbs
Formulation requiring no further agitation after mixing with water - answerSoluble
powder (SP)
Mode of action - answerThe way a pesticide controls a target organism
Incompatible mixtures - answercauses clumping or clogging of nozzles
Pesticide hazard - answerpotential to cause injury
Pesticides active in the environment for long periods - answerpersistent
Federal laws regulating manufacturing, sale, transportation and use of pesticides are
administered by - answerUS EPA
Statement of practical treatment - answerfirst aid instructions
Allowable deviation from label directions - answerapplying lower rate than specified
Required time to keep pesticide use records - answer2 years
QAC in category B allows people to - answeruse 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 - answer2 years
Maintenance gardener pest control category - answerallows use of general use and
restricted use pesticides incidental to landscape business
