TEXAS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR GENERAL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
2024/2025
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with
restricted pesticides, but not to work with state-limited
pesticides.
T/F - ANSWER-False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a
license regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use. T/F -
ANSWER-True
Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide
applicator training, certification and licensing?
a. Texas department of Agriculture (TDA)
,b. Texas Structural Pest Control Service (SPCS)
c. Texas A&M AgriLife Research - ANSWER-c. Texas A&M
AgriLife Research
Which licnese must be obtained by a person who wants to
perform pest control as an employee of a privately owned
apartment building or hospital?
a. A business license from SPCS
b. A noncommercial license from SPCS
c. A private license from either TDA or the SPCS
d. none of the above - ANSWER-b. A noncommercial license
from SPCS
To work for hire, using restricted or state-limited pesticides on
another person's land, you must have:
a. A business license from the TDA
b. A commercial license from the TDA
c. A private license from the TDA
d. All of the above - ANSWER-b. A commercial license from the
TDA
,All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must
be certified in each application category in which they practice.
T/F - ANSWER-True
Which of the following is not among the TDA application
categories?
a. Right of way
b. Predatory animal
c. Wood preservation
d. Fumigation - ANSWER-c. wood preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application
categories?
a. Termite
b. Seed treatment
c. Wood preservation
d. Commodity fumigation - ANSWER-b. Seed Treatment
, Which of the following state agencies is not involved in
pesticides regulations?
a. Texas department of agriculture
b. Texas A&M Agrilife extension service
c. Texas commission of Environmental quality - ANSWER-b.
Texas A&M agrilife extension service
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. T/F - ANSWER-
True
_______ ________ is your responsibility to inform nearby
residents or adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides. -
ANSWER-Prior notification
In addition of the state government, even county
commissioners courts may set rules on the use of certain
pesticides. T/F - ANSWER-True
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
2024/2025
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with
restricted pesticides, but not to work with state-limited
pesticides.
T/F - ANSWER-False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a
license regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use. T/F -
ANSWER-True
Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide
applicator training, certification and licensing?
a. Texas department of Agriculture (TDA)
,b. Texas Structural Pest Control Service (SPCS)
c. Texas A&M AgriLife Research - ANSWER-c. Texas A&M
AgriLife Research
Which licnese must be obtained by a person who wants to
perform pest control as an employee of a privately owned
apartment building or hospital?
a. A business license from SPCS
b. A noncommercial license from SPCS
c. A private license from either TDA or the SPCS
d. none of the above - ANSWER-b. A noncommercial license
from SPCS
To work for hire, using restricted or state-limited pesticides on
another person's land, you must have:
a. A business license from the TDA
b. A commercial license from the TDA
c. A private license from the TDA
d. All of the above - ANSWER-b. A commercial license from the
TDA
,All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must
be certified in each application category in which they practice.
T/F - ANSWER-True
Which of the following is not among the TDA application
categories?
a. Right of way
b. Predatory animal
c. Wood preservation
d. Fumigation - ANSWER-c. wood preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application
categories?
a. Termite
b. Seed treatment
c. Wood preservation
d. Commodity fumigation - ANSWER-b. Seed Treatment
, Which of the following state agencies is not involved in
pesticides regulations?
a. Texas department of agriculture
b. Texas A&M Agrilife extension service
c. Texas commission of Environmental quality - ANSWER-b.
Texas A&M agrilife extension service
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. T/F - ANSWER-
True
_______ ________ is your responsibility to inform nearby
residents or adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides. -
ANSWER-Prior notification
In addition of the state government, even county
commissioners courts may set rules on the use of certain
pesticides. T/F - ANSWER-True
