TENNESSEE CAT 7 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in
interstate commerce? Answer: FIFRA
◉ Which act focuses on interstate and intrastate commerce for pesticides
in Tennessee? Answer: TIFRA
◉ 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
◉ 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
◉ Which is NOT an example of pest habitat manipulation? Answer:
Use of harpoon mole traps
◉ Which is not an example of a lethal trapping program? Answer:
Multiple-catch traps
◉ IPM stands for? Answer: Integrated pest management
◉ The first main component of IPM listed in this manual is? Answer:
Inspection
◉ The second main component of IPM listed in this manual is? Answer:
pest threshold determination
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in
interstate commerce? Answer: FIFRA
◉ Which act focuses on interstate and intrastate commerce for pesticides
in Tennessee? Answer: TIFRA
◉ 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
◉ 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
◉ Which is NOT an example of pest habitat manipulation? Answer:
Use of harpoon mole traps
◉ Which is not an example of a lethal trapping program? Answer:
Multiple-catch traps
◉ IPM stands for? Answer: Integrated pest management
◉ The first main component of IPM listed in this manual is? Answer:
Inspection
◉ The second main component of IPM listed in this manual is? Answer:
pest threshold determination
