Texas Pesticide Applicators General Standards Exam
Questions and Answers
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides,
but not to work with state-limited pesticides. True or False? - ANSWER False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of
the kinds of pesticides you use. True or False? - 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 (SPCA)
c. Texas A&M AgriLife Research - ANSWER c. 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?
a. A business license from the SPCS
b. A noncommercial license from the SPCS
c. A private license from either the TDA or the SPCS
, Texas Pesticide Applicators General Standards Exam Questions and Answers
d. None of the above - ANSWER b. A noncommercial license from the 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 the practice. True or False? - 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
"Quinclorac", "Dicamba (2,4-D)", "Propanil (2,4-DB)", "Bromacil (2,4-DP)", and
"Prometon (MCPA)" are all examples of what? - ANSWER Type 1
State-Limited-Use (SLU) Pesticides
"Sodium Floroacetate (Compound 1080)" and "Sodium Cyanide (M-44)" are both
examples of what? - ANSWER Type 2 State-Limited-Use Predacides
These are rules set by the TDA to enforce the Texas Pesticide Law - ANSWER
Texas Pesticide Regulations