Texas Pesticide Applicators General Standards| EXAM| UPDATED 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |100% PASS
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but not to work with state-limited pesticides. ✔️False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use. ✔️True
Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training, certification and licensing? ✔️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? ✔️A noncommercial license from the SPCS
To work for hire, using restricted or state-limited pesticides on another person's land, you must have? ✔️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 ✔️True
Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories? ✔️Wood preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories? ✔️Seed treatment
Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation? ✔️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 ✔️True
_____ _______ is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides. ✔️Prior Notification
In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on the use of certain pesticides? ✔️True
Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit before using regulated herbicides. T/F ✔️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 ✔️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. ✔️48 Hours
Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act? ✔️Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides? ✔️Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides? ✔️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.? ✔️Consult the Office of
Pesticides Programs
What are two types of penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the law? ✔️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? ✔️Yes, up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial
applicators
What are regulations? ✔️Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
What is meant by the term "reentry interval"? ✔️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. ✔️False
What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on? ✔️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? ✔️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? ✔️EPA
Which federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticides? ✔️FDA
What is the purpose of the tolerance program? ✔️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? ✔️Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
How can triple rinsed used pesticide containers be disposed of? ✔️In an EPA approved sanitary landfill
What kind of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to establish? ✔️Stricter than federal standards, but not more lenient
Which agency administers the Hazard Communication Standard? ✔️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? ✔️NO
Regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act are contained in 49 CFR. What do these regulations cover? ✔️All safety aspects of
transporting hazardous material
What is the act SARA Title III designed to do? ✔️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? ✔️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? ✔️Fish and Wildlife (FWS) of the Department of the Interior
Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered species from pesticides? ✔️The applicator
____ is the capacity of a substance to injure or poison a living system, such as a human being, an animal, a lake or a forest? ✔️Toxicity
What is pesticide exposure? ✔️Coming in contact with a pesticide
_____ _____ refers to how poisonous a pesticide is after the short term exposure? ✔️Acute toxicity
____ ____ is a one-time or short-term contact with pesticide ✔️Acute Exposure
____ ____ is a delayed poisonous effect from exposure to a substance ✔️Chronic Toxicity
____ ____ is long-term repeated contact with pesticides ✔️Chronic Exposure
The effects of which type of exposure---acute or chronic--- can be more easily detected and studied? ✔️Acute
A pesticide dose is the ____ of pesticide to which a surface, plant or animal is exposed ✔️Amount
Name 3 routes by which a pesticide can enter your body ✔️Dermal, Inhalation, and oral
Some pesticides are poisonous no matter how they enter the body ✔️True
Which pesticides solution is most likely absorbed through the skin? ✔️Oil-based
Which areas of the body absorb pesticides quickly? ✔️Eyes, ears, scalp, and genitals
Which two routes of entry are likely to be the most important to you? ✔️Dermal and Inhalation
Which factors affect the toxicity of a pesticide? ✔️Route of entry
Frequency and duration (rate) of exposure
Dose received
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but not to work with state-limited pesticides. ✔️False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use. ✔️True
Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training, certification and licensing? ✔️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? ✔️A noncommercial license from the SPCS
To work for hire, using restricted or state-limited pesticides on another person's land, you must have? ✔️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 ✔️True
Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories? ✔️Wood preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories? ✔️Seed treatment
Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation? ✔️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 ✔️True
_____ _______ is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides. ✔️Prior Notification
In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on the use of certain pesticides? ✔️True
Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit before using regulated herbicides. T/F ✔️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 ✔️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. ✔️48 Hours
Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act? ✔️Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides? ✔️Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides? ✔️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.? ✔️Consult the Office of
Pesticides Programs
What are two types of penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the law? ✔️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? ✔️Yes, up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial
applicators
What are regulations? ✔️Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
What is meant by the term "reentry interval"? ✔️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. ✔️False
What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on? ✔️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? ✔️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? ✔️EPA
Which federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticides? ✔️FDA
What is the purpose of the tolerance program? ✔️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? ✔️Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
How can triple rinsed used pesticide containers be disposed of? ✔️In an EPA approved sanitary landfill
What kind of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to establish? ✔️Stricter than federal standards, but not more lenient
Which agency administers the Hazard Communication Standard? ✔️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? ✔️NO
Regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act are contained in 49 CFR. What do these regulations cover? ✔️All safety aspects of
transporting hazardous material
What is the act SARA Title III designed to do? ✔️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? ✔️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? ✔️Fish and Wildlife (FWS) of the Department of the Interior
Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered species from pesticides? ✔️The applicator
____ is the capacity of a substance to injure or poison a living system, such as a human being, an animal, a lake or a forest? ✔️Toxicity
What is pesticide exposure? ✔️Coming in contact with a pesticide
_____ _____ refers to how poisonous a pesticide is after the short term exposure? ✔️Acute toxicity
____ ____ is a one-time or short-term contact with pesticide ✔️Acute Exposure
____ ____ is a delayed poisonous effect from exposure to a substance ✔️Chronic Toxicity
____ ____ is long-term repeated contact with pesticides ✔️Chronic Exposure
The effects of which type of exposure---acute or chronic--- can be more easily detected and studied? ✔️Acute
A pesticide dose is the ____ of pesticide to which a surface, plant or animal is exposed ✔️Amount
Name 3 routes by which a pesticide can enter your body ✔️Dermal, Inhalation, and oral
Some pesticides are poisonous no matter how they enter the body ✔️True
Which pesticides solution is most likely absorbed through the skin? ✔️Oil-based
Which areas of the body absorb pesticides quickly? ✔️Eyes, ears, scalp, and genitals
Which two routes of entry are likely to be the most important to you? ✔️Dermal and Inhalation
Which factors affect the toxicity of a pesticide? ✔️Route of entry
Frequency and duration (rate) of exposure
Dose received
