Texas Pesticide Applicator General Questions
with Correct Answers
Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act?
a. TDA
b. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
c. Texas Commission on Aging
d. Texas hazardous Waste Commission b. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides:
a. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
b. Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
c. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Agency (FIFRA)
d. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) d. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticide?
a. Federal Insecticide Act (FIA)
b. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
,c. Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA) b. Federal Insecticide,
fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Which of the things below is NOT something the EPA must do before a pesticide may be
marketed in the U.S.?
a. Approve each use
b. Assign a product
c. Consult the Office of Pesticide Programs c. Consult the Office of Pesticide Programs
Which two answers are penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the law?
a. Civil penalties when the violation is unintentional
b. Criminal penalties when the violation is unintentional
c. Criminal penalties when the law is knowingly violated
d. Civil penalties when the law is knowingly violated a and c
Does FIFRA allow prison terms for criminal (intentional) violators?
a. Yes, up to 1 year for private and commercial applicators
b. No, FIFRA sets fines only
,c. Yes, up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial applicators
d. Not for private applicators but up to 1 year for commercial applicators c. Yes, up to 30
days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial applicators
What are regulations?
a. Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
b. Interpretations of the law intended only as a guide
c. Exception of the law a. Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
What is an endangered species?
a. A plant or animal that may not be harvested or hunted, except as allowed by law
b. A plant or animal that is in danger of extinction throughout all or much of its range
c. An animal whose habitat has been severely damaged b. A plant or animal that is in
danger of extinction throughout all or much of its range
Which federal agency determines what species are endangered?
a. The U.S. Department of Agriculture
b. Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) of the EPA
, c. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) of the Department of the Interior c. Fist and Wildlife
Services (FWS) of the Department of the Interior
Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered species from pesticides?
a. The federal government
b. The state government
c. Conservationists
d. You, the applicator d. You, the applicator
_________ is the capacity of a substance to injure or poison a living system, such as a human
being, an animal, a lake, or a forest. Toxicity
What is pesticide exposure?
a. Coming in contact with a pesticide
b. Being poisoned by a pesticide
c. Neither of the above
d. Both of the above a. Coming in contact with a pesticide
with Correct Answers
Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act?
a. TDA
b. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
c. Texas Commission on Aging
d. Texas hazardous Waste Commission b. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides:
a. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
b. Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
c. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Agency (FIFRA)
d. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) d. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticide?
a. Federal Insecticide Act (FIA)
b. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
,c. Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA) b. Federal Insecticide,
fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Which of the things below is NOT something the EPA must do before a pesticide may be
marketed in the U.S.?
a. Approve each use
b. Assign a product
c. Consult the Office of Pesticide Programs c. Consult the Office of Pesticide Programs
Which two answers are penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the law?
a. Civil penalties when the violation is unintentional
b. Criminal penalties when the violation is unintentional
c. Criminal penalties when the law is knowingly violated
d. Civil penalties when the law is knowingly violated a and c
Does FIFRA allow prison terms for criminal (intentional) violators?
a. Yes, up to 1 year for private and commercial applicators
b. No, FIFRA sets fines only
,c. Yes, up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial applicators
d. Not for private applicators but up to 1 year for commercial applicators c. Yes, up to 30
days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial applicators
What are regulations?
a. Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
b. Interpretations of the law intended only as a guide
c. Exception of the law a. Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
What is an endangered species?
a. A plant or animal that may not be harvested or hunted, except as allowed by law
b. A plant or animal that is in danger of extinction throughout all or much of its range
c. An animal whose habitat has been severely damaged b. A plant or animal that is in
danger of extinction throughout all or much of its range
Which federal agency determines what species are endangered?
a. The U.S. Department of Agriculture
b. Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) of the EPA
, c. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) of the Department of the Interior c. Fist and Wildlife
Services (FWS) of the Department of the Interior
Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered species from pesticides?
a. The federal government
b. The state government
c. Conservationists
d. You, the applicator d. You, the applicator
_________ is the capacity of a substance to injure or poison a living system, such as a human
being, an animal, a lake, or a forest. Toxicity
What is pesticide exposure?
a. Coming in contact with a pesticide
b. Being poisoned by a pesticide
c. Neither of the above
d. Both of the above a. Coming in contact with a pesticide
