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TEXAS TERMITE TECHNICIAN EXAM
2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM
WITH ANSWERS.
1. You must have a TDA license to perform structural pest control
regardless of the pesticides used.-correct answer -True
2. Name the two state agencies responsible for applicator
certification and training.-correct answer -TDA and SPCS
3. What kind of SPCS license must be obtained to work as an
employee strictly on private property?-correct answer -
Noncommercial
4. Name the four most common SPCS application categories.-
correct answer -Pest, Termite, Ornamental Lawn, Wood.
5. What is the law the gives TDA it's authority?-correct answer -
The Texas Pesticide Law
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6. Name the agency that regulates structural pest control in
Texas.-correct answer -SPCS
7. What is the law the gives SPCS it's authority?-correct answer -
The Texas Structural Pest Control Act
8. Name the two state agencies involved in pesticide chemical
regulation.-correct answer -TDA and TCEQ
9. SPCS requires how many hours of notice before spraying
multifamily units?-correct answer -48 Hours
10. What state agency enforces the solid waste disposal act?-
correct answer -Texas Commission on Environmental Quality,
TCEQ
11. Name the law that gives the TCEQ it's authority.-correct
answer -The Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act
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12. What is the name and acronym for the federal regulator of
pesticides?-correct answer -Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA
13. What is the name and acronym of the federal law used to
manage pesticides?-correct answer -Federal Insecticide
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, FIFRA
14. What federal law and agency protects unique "at risk"
animals and plants?-correct answer -Endangered Species Act,
ESA. US Fish and Wildlife Service.
15. What is meant by the term "reentry interval"?-correct answer
-Time right after application when unprotected people may not
enter.
16. What level of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to
establish?-correct answer -Anything equal to or more strict.
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17. What agency regulates pesticide transportation?-correct
answer -US Department of Transportation
18. What law gives the US DOT it's authority?-correct answer -
The Transportation Safety Act
19. What areas of the body absorb pesticides quickly?-correct
answer -Ears, eyes, head, genitals.
20. Name a short term and long term exposure.-correct answer -
Acute and chronic.
21. Name the three routes of entry for pesticides into your body.-
correct answer -Dermal, inhalation, oral.
22. What does LD50 stand for?-correct answer -Legal dose up
to 50% of test subjects.
TEXAS TERMITE TECHNICIAN EXAM
2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM
WITH ANSWERS.
1. You must have a TDA license to perform structural pest control
regardless of the pesticides used.-correct answer -True
2. Name the two state agencies responsible for applicator
certification and training.-correct answer -TDA and SPCS
3. What kind of SPCS license must be obtained to work as an
employee strictly on private property?-correct answer -
Noncommercial
4. Name the four most common SPCS application categories.-
correct answer -Pest, Termite, Ornamental Lawn, Wood.
5. What is the law the gives TDA it's authority?-correct answer -
The Texas Pesticide Law
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6. Name the agency that regulates structural pest control in
Texas.-correct answer -SPCS
7. What is the law the gives SPCS it's authority?-correct answer -
The Texas Structural Pest Control Act
8. Name the two state agencies involved in pesticide chemical
regulation.-correct answer -TDA and TCEQ
9. SPCS requires how many hours of notice before spraying
multifamily units?-correct answer -48 Hours
10. What state agency enforces the solid waste disposal act?-
correct answer -Texas Commission on Environmental Quality,
TCEQ
11. Name the law that gives the TCEQ it's authority.-correct
answer -The Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act
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12. What is the name and acronym for the federal regulator of
pesticides?-correct answer -Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA
13. What is the name and acronym of the federal law used to
manage pesticides?-correct answer -Federal Insecticide
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, FIFRA
14. What federal law and agency protects unique "at risk"
animals and plants?-correct answer -Endangered Species Act,
ESA. US Fish and Wildlife Service.
15. What is meant by the term "reentry interval"?-correct answer
-Time right after application when unprotected people may not
enter.
16. What level of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to
establish?-correct answer -Anything equal to or more strict.
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17. What agency regulates pesticide transportation?-correct
answer -US Department of Transportation
18. What law gives the US DOT it's authority?-correct answer -
The Transportation Safety Act
19. What areas of the body absorb pesticides quickly?-correct
answer -Ears, eyes, head, genitals.
20. Name a short term and long term exposure.-correct answer -
Acute and chronic.
21. Name the three routes of entry for pesticides into your body.-
correct answer -Dermal, inhalation, oral.
22. What does LD50 stand for?-correct answer -Legal dose up
to 50% of test subjects.
