Texas Pesticide Applicator General Standards Exam
Questions with Correct Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides,
but not to work with state-limited pesticides.
Answer: False
2. To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regard- less of the
kinds of pesticides you use.
Answer: True
3. Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training,
certification and licensing?
Answer: Texas A&M AgriLife Research
4. 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?
Answer: A noncommercial license from the SPCS
5. To work for hire, using restricted or state-limited pesticides on another person's
land, you must have?
,Answer: A commercial license from the TDA
6. All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each
application category in which the practice.
a. True
b. False True
7. Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories?
Answer: Wood preservation
8. Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
Answer: Seed treatment
9. Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regula- tion?
Answer: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
10. 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
Answer: True
11. is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent
landowners before you apply pesticides.
Answer: Prior Notification
,12. In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on
the use of certain pesticides?
Answer: True
13. Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit
before using regulated herbicides. T/F
Answer: True
14. 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
Answer: True
15. The Texas Structural Pest Control Act requires you to give public notice at least
hours before commencing indoor pesticide treatments at a public building.
Answer: 48 Hours
16. Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act?
Answer: Texas Com- mission on Environmental Quality
, 17. What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides?
Answer: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
18. What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides?-
Answer: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
19. Which of the following below is not something the EPA must do before a pesticide
may be marketed in the U.S.?
Answer: Consult the Office of Pesticides Programs
20. What are two types of penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the
law?
Answer: Civil penalties when the violation is unintentional & criminal penalties when
the law is knowingly
21. Does FIFRA provide for prison terms for violators of the law?
Answer: Yes, up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial
applicators
22. What are regulations?
Answer: Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
23. What is meant by the term "reentry interval"?
Questions with Correct Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides,
but not to work with state-limited pesticides.
Answer: False
2. To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regard- less of the
kinds of pesticides you use.
Answer: True
3. Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training,
certification and licensing?
Answer: Texas A&M AgriLife Research
4. 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?
Answer: A noncommercial license from the SPCS
5. To work for hire, using restricted or state-limited pesticides on another person's
land, you must have?
,Answer: A commercial license from the TDA
6. All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each
application category in which the practice.
a. True
b. False True
7. Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories?
Answer: Wood preservation
8. Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
Answer: Seed treatment
9. Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regula- tion?
Answer: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
10. 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
Answer: True
11. is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent
landowners before you apply pesticides.
Answer: Prior Notification
,12. In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on
the use of certain pesticides?
Answer: True
13. Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit
before using regulated herbicides. T/F
Answer: True
14. 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
Answer: True
15. The Texas Structural Pest Control Act requires you to give public notice at least
hours before commencing indoor pesticide treatments at a public building.
Answer: 48 Hours
16. Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act?
Answer: Texas Com- mission on Environmental Quality
, 17. What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides?
Answer: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
18. What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides?-
Answer: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
19. Which of the following below is not something the EPA must do before a pesticide
may be marketed in the U.S.?
Answer: Consult the Office of Pesticides Programs
20. What are two types of penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the
law?
Answer: Civil penalties when the violation is unintentional & criminal penalties when
the law is knowingly
21. Does FIFRA provide for prison terms for violators of the law?
Answer: Yes, up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial
applicators
22. What are regulations?
Answer: Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
23. What is meant by the term "reentry interval"?
