Texas Pesticide Applicator General
Study Guide 2025/2026 Exam Questions
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If unsupervised, you must have have a license to legally work with
restricted pesticides, but not to work with state-limited pesticides? T/F - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔False
T/F. To legally perform structure 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? Texas Department of Agriculture(TDA),
,Texas Structural Pest Control Service (SPCS), or Texas A&M Agrilife
Research? - 🧠 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 have: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A commercial license from the
TDA
T/F. All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be
certified in each application category in which they practice? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔True
Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories? Right-
of-way, Predatory animal, Wood preservation, Fumigation. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Wood preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
Termite, Seed treatment, Wood Preservation, Commodity fumigation. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Seed treatment
,Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide
regulation? TDA, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Texas A&M
AgriLife Extension Service
T/F. 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. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
-------is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent
landowners before you apply pesticides. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Prior Notification
T/F. In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts
may set rules on the use of certain pesticides. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
T/F. Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a
spray permit before using regulated herbicides. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
T/F. Special 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. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
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, The Texas Structural Pest Control Agency requires you to give public
notice at least --- hours before commencing indoor pesticide treatments. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔48
Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal act? TDA, Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Commission of Aging, Texas
Hazardous Waste Commission. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality
What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates
pesticides: U.S. department of Agriculture, Office of Pesticide Programs,
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Agency(FIFRA),
Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Environmental
Protection Agency
Which of the things below is not something the EPA must do before a
pesticide may be marketed in the U.S.? Approve each use, Assign a
product registration number, Consult the Office of Pesticide Programs. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Consult the Office of Pesticide Programs.
Which two answers are penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who
violate the law? Civil penalties when the violation is unintentional, Criminal
Study Guide 2025/2026 Exam Questions
and Answers | 100% Solved
If unsupervised, you must have have a license to legally work with
restricted pesticides, but not to work with state-limited pesticides? T/F - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔False
T/F. To legally perform structure 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? Texas Department of Agriculture(TDA),
,Texas Structural Pest Control Service (SPCS), or Texas A&M Agrilife
Research? - 🧠 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 have: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A commercial license from the
TDA
T/F. All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be
certified in each application category in which they practice? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔True
Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories? Right-
of-way, Predatory animal, Wood preservation, Fumigation. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Wood preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
Termite, Seed treatment, Wood Preservation, Commodity fumigation. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Seed treatment
,Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide
regulation? TDA, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Texas A&M
AgriLife Extension Service
T/F. 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. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
-------is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent
landowners before you apply pesticides. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Prior Notification
T/F. In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts
may set rules on the use of certain pesticides. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
T/F. Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a
spray permit before using regulated herbicides. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
T/F. Special 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. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
3
, The Texas Structural Pest Control Agency requires you to give public
notice at least --- hours before commencing indoor pesticide treatments. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔48
Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal act? TDA, Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Commission of Aging, Texas
Hazardous Waste Commission. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality
What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates
pesticides: U.S. department of Agriculture, Office of Pesticide Programs,
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Agency(FIFRA),
Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Environmental
Protection Agency
Which of the things below is not something the EPA must do before a
pesticide may be marketed in the U.S.? Approve each use, Assign a
product registration number, Consult the Office of Pesticide Programs. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Consult the Office of Pesticide Programs.
Which two answers are penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who
violate the law? Civil penalties when the violation is unintentional, Criminal
