Texas Pesticide Applicator General Study Guide correct 100%

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 T/F. To legally perform structure pest control, you must have a license regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use. - ANSWER True 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 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. To work for hire, using restricted or state limited pesticides on another person's land, you have: - ANSWER A commercial license from the TDA T/F. All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each application category in which they practice? - ANSWER True Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories? Right-of-way, Predatory animal, Wood preservation, Fumigation. - ANSWER Wood preservation Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories? Termite, Seed treatment, Wood Preservation, Commodity fumigation. - ANSWER Seed treatment Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation? TDA, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. - ANSWER Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service 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 -------is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides. - ANSWER Prior Notification T/F. In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on the use of certain pesticides. - ANSWER True T/F. Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit before using regulated herbicides. - ANSWER True T/F. Special fertilizer in containers with capacities of 50 pounds or less that are labeled for ornamental and turf use are exempt from classification as state-limited-use pesticides or regulated herbicides. - ANSWER True The Texas Structural Pest Control Agency requires you to give public notice at least --- hours before commencing indoor pesticide treatments. - ANSWER 48 Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal act? TDA, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Commission of Aging, Texas Hazardous Waste Commission. - ANSWER Texas Commission on Environmental Quality What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides: U.S. department of Agriculture, Office of Pesticide Programs, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Agency(FIFRA), Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) - ANSWER Environmental Protection Agency Which of the things below is not something the EPA must do before a pesticide