Texas Pesticide Applicator General 2025
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If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted
pesticides, but not to work with state-limited pesticides.
T/F - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license
regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use. T/F - 🧠 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 (SPCS)
,c. Texas A&M AgriLife Research - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. Texas A&M AgriLife
Research
Which licnese 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 SPCS
b. A noncommercial license from SPCS
c. A private license from either TDA or the SPCS
d. none of the above - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. A noncommercial license from
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 they practice. T/F - 🧠 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
Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticides
regulations?
a. Texas department of agriculture
b. Texas A&M Agrilife extension service
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, c. Texas commission of Environmental quality - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. Texas
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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
_______ ________ is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or
adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Prior
notification
In addition of the state government, even county commissioners courts
may set rules on the use of certain pesticides. T/F - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray
permit before using regulated herbicides. T/F - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
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
Expert Verified | Ace the Test
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted
pesticides, but not to work with state-limited pesticides.
T/F - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license
regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use. T/F - 🧠 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 (SPCS)
,c. Texas A&M AgriLife Research - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. Texas A&M AgriLife
Research
Which licnese 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 SPCS
b. A noncommercial license from SPCS
c. A private license from either TDA or the SPCS
d. none of the above - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. A noncommercial license from
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 they practice. T/F - 🧠 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
Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticides
regulations?
a. Texas department of agriculture
b. Texas A&M Agrilife extension service
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, c. Texas commission of Environmental quality - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. Texas
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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
_______ ________ is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or
adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Prior
notification
In addition of the state government, even county commissioners courts
may set rules on the use of certain pesticides. T/F - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray
permit before using regulated herbicides. T/F - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
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
