TEXAS PESTICIDE
APPLICATOR GENERAL
STUDY GUIDE
COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS (FREQUENTLY
TESTED) WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
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[DATE]
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1. If unsupervised, you must have have a license to legally work with
restricted pesticides, but not to work with state-limited pesticides?
T/F Answer: False
2. T/F. To legally perform structure pest control, you must have a
license regard- less of the kinds of pesticides you use. Answer: True
3. Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide
applicator training, certification and licensing? Texas Department of
Agriculture(TDA), Texas Structural Pest Control Service (SPCS), or Texas
A&M Agrilife Research? Answer: - Texas A&M Agrilife Research
4. Which license must be obtained by a person who wants to perform
pest control as an employee of a privately owned apartment building
or hospital? Answer: A noncommercial license from the SPCS.
5. To work for hire, using restricted or state limited pesticides on
another per- son's land, you have Answer: Answer: A commercial license from
the TDA
6. T/F. All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must
be certified in each application category in which they practice?
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Answer: True
7. Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories?
Right-of-way, Predatory animal, Wood preservation, Fumigation. Answer:
Wood preservation
8. Which of the following is not among the SPCS application
categories? Termite, Seed treatment, Wood Preservation, Commodity
fumigation. Answer: Seed treatment
9. Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide
regulation? TDA, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas
Commission on Environmen- tal Quality. Answer: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Service
10. T/F. Under the Texas Pesticide Law, pesticides used in this
state must be registered with the TDA, even if they are already
registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Answer: True
11------is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent
landowners
before you apply pesticides. Answer: Prior Notification
, Contact for further consultation
12. T/F. In addition to state government, even county
commissioners courts may set rules on the use of certain pesticides.
Answer: True
13. T/F. Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still
obtain a spray permit before using regulated herbicides. Answer:
True
APPLICATOR GENERAL
STUDY GUIDE
COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS (FREQUENTLY
TESTED) WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Contact for further consultation
1. If unsupervised, you must have have a license to legally work with
restricted pesticides, but not to work with state-limited pesticides?
T/F Answer: False
2. T/F. To legally perform structure pest control, you must have a
license regard- less of the kinds of pesticides you use. Answer: True
3. Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide
applicator training, certification and licensing? Texas Department of
Agriculture(TDA), Texas Structural Pest Control Service (SPCS), or Texas
A&M Agrilife Research? Answer: - Texas A&M Agrilife Research
4. Which license must be obtained by a person who wants to perform
pest control as an employee of a privately owned apartment building
or hospital? Answer: A noncommercial license from the SPCS.
5. To work for hire, using restricted or state limited pesticides on
another per- son's land, you have Answer: Answer: A commercial license from
the TDA
6. T/F. All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must
be certified in each application category in which they practice?
, Contact for further consultation
Answer: True
7. Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories?
Right-of-way, Predatory animal, Wood preservation, Fumigation. Answer:
Wood preservation
8. Which of the following is not among the SPCS application
categories? Termite, Seed treatment, Wood Preservation, Commodity
fumigation. Answer: Seed treatment
9. Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide
regulation? TDA, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas
Commission on Environmen- tal Quality. Answer: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Service
10. T/F. Under the Texas Pesticide Law, pesticides used in this
state must be registered with the TDA, even if they are already
registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Answer: True
11------is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent
landowners
before you apply pesticides. Answer: Prior Notification
, Contact for further consultation
12. T/F. In addition to state government, even county
commissioners courts may set rules on the use of certain pesticides.
Answer: True
13. T/F. Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still
obtain a spray permit before using regulated herbicides. Answer:
True
