Category SPCA: Structural Pest
control Applicator Questions and All
Correct Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
Structural Pest Control Applicator (SPCA) License - Answer Enables you to:
- Destroy, control, mitigate, or repel invertebrate pests and/or commensal rodents using a
pesticide or other means inside structures and to the exterior of buildings
- Apply a label pesticide to a building perimeter generally within 10 feet of the structure (intent
of treatment to control pests)
*doesn't permit treatments intended for the protection of landscape plants and plantings
- Apply a labeled mosquito adulticide within a building perimeter (10 ft zone adjacent to and
around the structure)
- Apply a pesticide as a spot treatment outside of the 10 ft perimeter when an insecticide
treatment is required against wasps, carpenter ants, or other pests that may harm human
health or risk damage to structure; or if the label so designates, rodenticide use against
commensal rodents
Structural Pests - Answer Invertebrates and commensal rodents affecting structures and
people.
Structures - Answer residential homes; commercial and industrial buildings
- Vehicles: trucks rail cars, aircraft, docks
- Empty grain storage facilities and agriculture structures
- Utility structures
STATE LEAD AGENCY (SLA) - Answer Body empowered to enforce pesticide regulations in each
state
SPCA Journeyman Certification - Answer Entry level certification
SPCA Master Certification - Answer Advanced, can be applied after 2 years with journeyman or
comparable experience
SPC Company License - Answer - Must employ at least one licensed SPCA Master
,- Maintaining an active license (paying the renewal fee)
Leave-behind notice - Answer Must indicated the date and time that the pesticide was
applied, the name of the pest control company, and any post-application precautionary
instructions for the resident according to the product label.
Incident response plan - Answer Summarizes the planned actions that should take place in the
event of an accident, pesticide spill, fire, and other disaster.
*one plan per company is sufficient if it covers all employer locations
*plans must be updated every 3 years or once the information is out of date (whichever is
earliest), reviewed with employees at least once per year and include documentation of training
events, and made available to local first responders and documented accordingly
Fumigation Endorsement - Answer Permits a licensed person to use gas fumigants in and
around structures, vehicles, etc.
Category E: Turf and Ornamental - Answer Allows to control pests on turf, landscape plants,
and ornamental trees on customer premises
Category I: Anti-Microbial - Answer
Category J: Forestry, Rights-of-Way, and Natural Areas - Answer
Category L: Mosquito and Black Fly Control - Answer
Category P: Vertebrate Pest Control - Answer
Sites of application allowed with SPCA license - Answer
4 structures that fall within SPCA category - Answer
3 categories of SPCA license and the requirements to qualify for each - Answer
, Content required on a pesticide application record - Answer
Describe the conditions that require a leave-behind notice - Answer
Describe the contents of a leave-behind notice - Answer
List the requirements of an Incident Response Plan - Answer
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - Answer all pesticide applicators
must read and follow the directions on the label
USEPA - Answer United States Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticides - Answer any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing,
destroying, repelling, or migrating any pest
Repellants - Answer work by causing change to their behavior and avoid or leave an area.
Insect Growth Regulators (IGRs) - Answer Interfere with the development or reproduction of
the pest without having immediate toxic effects.
**These are substances that imitate the action of certain insect hormones, which govern the
insects growth and development. Usually an IGR prevents the insect pupa from ever becoming
an adult.
Restricted Use Pesticide (RUP) - Answer may be highly toxic to people or the environment
there may be special handling considerations or they may be packaged in a way that an
accidental release may be posed as a severe hazard
General Use Pesticide (GUP) - Answer products with a lower risk of damage or harm if a spill
or misapplication occurs
Over-The-Counter Pesticide - Answer typically found in the retail market
control Applicator Questions and All
Correct Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
Structural Pest Control Applicator (SPCA) License - Answer Enables you to:
- Destroy, control, mitigate, or repel invertebrate pests and/or commensal rodents using a
pesticide or other means inside structures and to the exterior of buildings
- Apply a label pesticide to a building perimeter generally within 10 feet of the structure (intent
of treatment to control pests)
*doesn't permit treatments intended for the protection of landscape plants and plantings
- Apply a labeled mosquito adulticide within a building perimeter (10 ft zone adjacent to and
around the structure)
- Apply a pesticide as a spot treatment outside of the 10 ft perimeter when an insecticide
treatment is required against wasps, carpenter ants, or other pests that may harm human
health or risk damage to structure; or if the label so designates, rodenticide use against
commensal rodents
Structural Pests - Answer Invertebrates and commensal rodents affecting structures and
people.
Structures - Answer residential homes; commercial and industrial buildings
- Vehicles: trucks rail cars, aircraft, docks
- Empty grain storage facilities and agriculture structures
- Utility structures
STATE LEAD AGENCY (SLA) - Answer Body empowered to enforce pesticide regulations in each
state
SPCA Journeyman Certification - Answer Entry level certification
SPCA Master Certification - Answer Advanced, can be applied after 2 years with journeyman or
comparable experience
SPC Company License - Answer - Must employ at least one licensed SPCA Master
,- Maintaining an active license (paying the renewal fee)
Leave-behind notice - Answer Must indicated the date and time that the pesticide was
applied, the name of the pest control company, and any post-application precautionary
instructions for the resident according to the product label.
Incident response plan - Answer Summarizes the planned actions that should take place in the
event of an accident, pesticide spill, fire, and other disaster.
*one plan per company is sufficient if it covers all employer locations
*plans must be updated every 3 years or once the information is out of date (whichever is
earliest), reviewed with employees at least once per year and include documentation of training
events, and made available to local first responders and documented accordingly
Fumigation Endorsement - Answer Permits a licensed person to use gas fumigants in and
around structures, vehicles, etc.
Category E: Turf and Ornamental - Answer Allows to control pests on turf, landscape plants,
and ornamental trees on customer premises
Category I: Anti-Microbial - Answer
Category J: Forestry, Rights-of-Way, and Natural Areas - Answer
Category L: Mosquito and Black Fly Control - Answer
Category P: Vertebrate Pest Control - Answer
Sites of application allowed with SPCA license - Answer
4 structures that fall within SPCA category - Answer
3 categories of SPCA license and the requirements to qualify for each - Answer
, Content required on a pesticide application record - Answer
Describe the conditions that require a leave-behind notice - Answer
Describe the contents of a leave-behind notice - Answer
List the requirements of an Incident Response Plan - Answer
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - Answer all pesticide applicators
must read and follow the directions on the label
USEPA - Answer United States Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticides - Answer any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing,
destroying, repelling, or migrating any pest
Repellants - Answer work by causing change to their behavior and avoid or leave an area.
Insect Growth Regulators (IGRs) - Answer Interfere with the development or reproduction of
the pest without having immediate toxic effects.
**These are substances that imitate the action of certain insect hormones, which govern the
insects growth and development. Usually an IGR prevents the insect pupa from ever becoming
an adult.
Restricted Use Pesticide (RUP) - Answer may be highly toxic to people or the environment
there may be special handling considerations or they may be packaged in a way that an
accidental release may be posed as a severe hazard
General Use Pesticide (GUP) - Answer products with a lower risk of damage or harm if a spill
or misapplication occurs
Over-The-Counter Pesticide - Answer typically found in the retail market
