Texas Pesticide Applicator General Standards Exam
Questions with Approved Answers | Latest 2025/2026
/. If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but
not to work with state-limited pesticides. - Answer-✅False
/.To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the
kinds of pesticides you use. - Answer-✅True
/.Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training,
certification and licensing? - Answer-✅Texas 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? - Answer-✅A
noncommercial license from the SPCS
/.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
/.All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each
application category in which the practice.
a. True
b. False - Answer-✅True
/.Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories? - Answer-✅Wood
preservation
/.Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories? - Answer-
✅Seed treatment
/.Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation? - Answer-
✅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 to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on
the use of certain pesticides? - 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
/.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
/.Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act? - Answer-✅Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality
/.What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides? -
Answer-✅Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
/.What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides? - Answer-
✅Federal 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.? - Answer-✅Consult the Office of Pesticides Programs
/.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
/.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
/.What are regulations? - Answer-✅Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
/.What is meant by the term "reentry interval"? - Answer-✅The 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. - Answer-✅False
/.What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on? - Answer-✅EPA 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? -
Answer-✅Set 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? - Answer-✅EPA
/.Which federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticides? - Answer-✅FDA
/.What is the purpose of the tolerance program? - Answer-✅The 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? - Answer-
✅Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
/.How can triple rinsed used pesticide containers be disposed of? - Answer-✅In an EPA
approved sanitary landfill
/.What kind of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to establish? - Answer-
✅Stricter than federal standards, but not more lenient
/.Which agency administers the Hazard Communication Standard? - Answer-✅OSHA -
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? - Answer-✅NO
/.Regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act are contained in 49 CFR. What
do these regulations cover? - Answer-✅All safety aspects of transporting hazardous
material
/.What is the act SARA Title III designed to do? - Answer-✅Inform communities of
hazardous chemicals in the area and provide for community emergency response plans
in the event of an accident
/.What is an endangered species? - Answer-✅a species of animal or plant that is
seriously at risk of extinction throughout all or much of its range
/.Which federal agency determines what species are endangered? - Answer-✅Fish and
Wildlife (FWS) of the Department of the Interior
Questions with Approved Answers | Latest 2025/2026
/. If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but
not to work with state-limited pesticides. - Answer-✅False
/.To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the
kinds of pesticides you use. - Answer-✅True
/.Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training,
certification and licensing? - Answer-✅Texas 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? - Answer-✅A
noncommercial license from the SPCS
/.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
/.All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each
application category in which the practice.
a. True
b. False - Answer-✅True
/.Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories? - Answer-✅Wood
preservation
/.Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories? - Answer-
✅Seed treatment
/.Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation? - Answer-
✅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 to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on
the use of certain pesticides? - 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
/.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
/.Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act? - Answer-✅Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality
/.What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides? -
Answer-✅Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
/.What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides? - Answer-
✅Federal 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.? - Answer-✅Consult the Office of Pesticides Programs
/.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
/.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
/.What are regulations? - Answer-✅Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
/.What is meant by the term "reentry interval"? - Answer-✅The 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. - Answer-✅False
/.What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on? - Answer-✅EPA 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? -
Answer-✅Set 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? - Answer-✅EPA
/.Which federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticides? - Answer-✅FDA
/.What is the purpose of the tolerance program? - Answer-✅The 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? - Answer-
✅Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
/.How can triple rinsed used pesticide containers be disposed of? - Answer-✅In an EPA
approved sanitary landfill
/.What kind of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to establish? - Answer-
✅Stricter than federal standards, but not more lenient
/.Which agency administers the Hazard Communication Standard? - Answer-✅OSHA -
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? - Answer-✅NO
/.Regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act are contained in 49 CFR. What
do these regulations cover? - Answer-✅All safety aspects of transporting hazardous
material
/.What is the act SARA Title III designed to do? - Answer-✅Inform communities of
hazardous chemicals in the area and provide for community emergency response plans
in the event of an accident
/.What is an endangered species? - Answer-✅a species of animal or plant that is
seriously at risk of extinction throughout all or much of its range
/.Which federal agency determines what species are endangered? - Answer-✅Fish and
Wildlife (FWS) of the Department of the Interior
