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TENNESSEE CAT 7 [100 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS]
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GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What agency is responsible for the enforcement of federal pesticide laws and
regulations? - ANSWER ✔✔- EPA
Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in interstate
commerce? - ANSWER ✔✔- FIFRA
Which law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner inconsistent
with label directions? - ANSWER ✔✔- FEPCA
Any commercial applicator who violates any provision of FIFRA may be assessed
a civil penalty of not more than? - ANSWER ✔✔- 5,000
Which agency is responsible for the protection of health, safety and welfare of pest
control employees and the general public from the hazards of pesticide use in
Tennessee? - ANSWER ✔✔- TDA
The TDA certification and enforcement functions are coordinated primarily
through what division of TDA? - ANSWER ✔✔- Regulatory services division
Pesticides that may cause adverse effects on the environment and/ or the
applicator, unless subject to additional regulatory restrictions are classified as? -
ANSWER ✔✔- Restricted-use pesticides
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A certification period last for how many years? - ANSWER ✔✔- 3 years
One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the recertification
program? - ANSWER ✔✔- 50%
How many recertification points are required for category 7 in a 3 year period? -
ANSWER ✔✔- 30 Points
Which is not a step in an IPM program? - ANSWER ✔✔- Scheduled pesticide
applications
Which is not an objective of a general inspection? - ANSWER ✔✔- Locate
pesticide drift
A good inspection technique is to first identity areas within a structure that offer a
tropical environment (warmth, moist, dark, and humid). - ANSWER ✔✔- True
Which is not likely to be used as a pest travel route? - ANSWER ✔✔- Color
pattern in a rug
Which is NOT an example of pest-proofing? - ANSWER ✔✔- Using a vacuum to
remove pest
Habitat is a location? - ANSWER ✔✔- Where a pest lives naturally and has access
to food, water and harborage
TENNESSEE CAT 7 [100 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS]
|ALREADY
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What agency is responsible for the enforcement of federal pesticide laws and
regulations? - ANSWER ✔✔- EPA
Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in interstate
commerce? - ANSWER ✔✔- FIFRA
Which law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner inconsistent
with label directions? - ANSWER ✔✔- FEPCA
Any commercial applicator who violates any provision of FIFRA may be assessed
a civil penalty of not more than? - ANSWER ✔✔- 5,000
Which agency is responsible for the protection of health, safety and welfare of pest
control employees and the general public from the hazards of pesticide use in
Tennessee? - ANSWER ✔✔- TDA
The TDA certification and enforcement functions are coordinated primarily
through what division of TDA? - ANSWER ✔✔- Regulatory services division
Pesticides that may cause adverse effects on the environment and/ or the
applicator, unless subject to additional regulatory restrictions are classified as? -
ANSWER ✔✔- Restricted-use pesticides
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A certification period last for how many years? - ANSWER ✔✔- 3 years
One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the recertification
program? - ANSWER ✔✔- 50%
How many recertification points are required for category 7 in a 3 year period? -
ANSWER ✔✔- 30 Points
Which is not a step in an IPM program? - ANSWER ✔✔- Scheduled pesticide
applications
Which is not an objective of a general inspection? - ANSWER ✔✔- Locate
pesticide drift
A good inspection technique is to first identity areas within a structure that offer a
tropical environment (warmth, moist, dark, and humid). - ANSWER ✔✔- True
Which is not likely to be used as a pest travel route? - ANSWER ✔✔- Color
pattern in a rug
Which is NOT an example of pest-proofing? - ANSWER ✔✔- Using a vacuum to
remove pest
Habitat is a location? - ANSWER ✔✔- Where a pest lives naturally and has access
to food, water and harborage
