TEXAS PESTICIDE APPLICATORS GENERAL STANDARDS EXAM 2025
UPDATES QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ASNSWERS GRADED A+
(BRAND NEW VISION)
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but not to
work with state-limited pesticides. – answersFalse
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the kinds of
pesticides you use. - answersTrue
Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training, certification
and licensing? - answersTexas 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? - answersA noncommercial license from
the SPCS
To work for hire, using restricted or state-limited pesticides on another person's land, you must
have? - answersA commercial license from the TDA
All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each application
category in which the practice.
a. True
b. False - answersTrue
Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories? - answersWood
preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories? - answersSeed treatment
,Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation? - answersTexas
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 -
answersTrue
_____ _______ is your responsibility to inform Notification nearby residents or adjacent
landowners before you apply pesticides .answersPrior
In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on the use of
certain pesticides? - answersTrue
Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit before using
regulated herbicides. T/F - answersTrue
Specialty 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.
T/F - answersTrue
The Texas Structural Pest Control Act requires you to give public notice at least ______ hours
before commencing indoor pesticide treatments at a public building. - answers48 Hours
Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act? - answersTexas Commission on
Environmental Quality
,What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides? -
answersEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides? - answersFederal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Which of the following below is not something the EPA must do before a pesticide may be
marketed in the U.S.? - answersConsult the Office of Pesticides Programs
What are two types of penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the law? -
answersCivil penalties when the violation is unintentional & criminal penalties when the law
is knowingly
Does FIFRA provide for prison terms for violators of the law? - answersYes, up to 30 days for
private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial applicators
What are regulations? - answersInterpretations of the law that have the force of law
What is meant by the term "reentry interval"? - answersThe time right after pesticide
application when unprotected workers may not enter the treated area
Warnings of pesticide application must be given in writing to workers according to the EPA. -
answersFalse
What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on? - answersEPA evaluation of test data
provided by the manufacturer
, If the EPA decides that a pesticide poses a risk to workers, what can the EPA do? - answersSet
reentry intervals to restrict workers from entering a treated area; Set restrictions on the
frequency of application and rates; Cancel or suspend use the pesticide.
Which federal agency sets food tolerance for pesticides? - answersEPA
Which federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticides? - answersFDA
What is the purpose of the tolerance program? - answersThe tolerance program is to ensure
that U.S. consumers are not exposed to unsafe food pesticide residue levels
Which act is administered by EPA to manage all hazardous waste? - answersResource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
How can triple rinsed used pesticide containers be disposed of? - answersIn an EPA approved
sanitary landfill
What kind of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to establish? - answersStricter than
federal standards, but not more lenient
Which agency administers the Hazard Communication Standard? - answersOSHA -
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Pesticide applicators generate during normal work operations. Are triple rinsed used pesticide
containers considered "regulated waste" under the federal resource conservation and recovery
act? - answersNO
Regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act are contained in 49 CFR. What do these
regulations cover? - answersAll safety aspects of transporting hazardous material
UPDATES QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ASNSWERS GRADED A+
(BRAND NEW VISION)
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but not to
work with state-limited pesticides. – answersFalse
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the kinds of
pesticides you use. - answersTrue
Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training, certification
and licensing? - answersTexas 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? - answersA noncommercial license from
the SPCS
To work for hire, using restricted or state-limited pesticides on another person's land, you must
have? - answersA commercial license from the TDA
All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each application
category in which the practice.
a. True
b. False - answersTrue
Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories? - answersWood
preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories? - answersSeed treatment
,Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation? - answersTexas
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 -
answersTrue
_____ _______ is your responsibility to inform Notification nearby residents or adjacent
landowners before you apply pesticides .answersPrior
In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on the use of
certain pesticides? - answersTrue
Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit before using
regulated herbicides. T/F - answersTrue
Specialty 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.
T/F - answersTrue
The Texas Structural Pest Control Act requires you to give public notice at least ______ hours
before commencing indoor pesticide treatments at a public building. - answers48 Hours
Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act? - answersTexas Commission on
Environmental Quality
,What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides? -
answersEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides? - answersFederal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Which of the following below is not something the EPA must do before a pesticide may be
marketed in the U.S.? - answersConsult the Office of Pesticides Programs
What are two types of penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the law? -
answersCivil penalties when the violation is unintentional & criminal penalties when the law
is knowingly
Does FIFRA provide for prison terms for violators of the law? - answersYes, up to 30 days for
private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial applicators
What are regulations? - answersInterpretations of the law that have the force of law
What is meant by the term "reentry interval"? - answersThe time right after pesticide
application when unprotected workers may not enter the treated area
Warnings of pesticide application must be given in writing to workers according to the EPA. -
answersFalse
What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on? - answersEPA evaluation of test data
provided by the manufacturer
, If the EPA decides that a pesticide poses a risk to workers, what can the EPA do? - answersSet
reentry intervals to restrict workers from entering a treated area; Set restrictions on the
frequency of application and rates; Cancel or suspend use the pesticide.
Which federal agency sets food tolerance for pesticides? - answersEPA
Which federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticides? - answersFDA
What is the purpose of the tolerance program? - answersThe tolerance program is to ensure
that U.S. consumers are not exposed to unsafe food pesticide residue levels
Which act is administered by EPA to manage all hazardous waste? - answersResource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
How can triple rinsed used pesticide containers be disposed of? - answersIn an EPA approved
sanitary landfill
What kind of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to establish? - answersStricter than
federal standards, but not more lenient
Which agency administers the Hazard Communication Standard? - answersOSHA -
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Pesticide applicators generate during normal work operations. Are triple rinsed used pesticide
containers considered "regulated waste" under the federal resource conservation and recovery
act? - answersNO
Regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act are contained in 49 CFR. What do these
regulations cover? - answersAll safety aspects of transporting hazardous material
