Structural Pest Control Applicators Training Program
General Category Manual Study Questions with
accurate answers
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but not to
work with state-limited pesticides.
a. true
b. false - correct answer✔✔b
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the kinds of
pesticides you use.
a. true
b. false - correct answer✔✔a
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
c. Texas AgriLife Research - correct answer✔✔c
Which license must be obtained by a person who wants to perform pest control as an
employee at a privately owned apartment building or Hospital?
a. A business license from the SPCS
b. A noncommercial license from the SPCS
c. A private license from either the TDA or the SPCS
d. None of the above - correct answer✔✔b
,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 - correct answer✔✔b
All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each
application category in which the practice.
a. True
b. False - correct answer✔✔a
Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories?
a. Right of Way
b. Predatory animal
c. Wood preservation
d. Fumigation - correct answer✔✔c
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
a. Termite
b. Seed treatment
c. Wood preservation
d. commodity fumigation - correct answer✔✔b
Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation?
,a. Texas Department of Agriculture
b. Texas AgriLife Extension Service
c. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - correct answer✔✔b
Under the Texas Pesticide Law, pesticides used in this state must be registered with the Texas
Department of Agriculture, even if they are already registered with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
a. true
b. false - correct answer✔✔a
_________________ _____________________ is your responsibility to inform nearby
residents or adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides. - correct answer✔✔prior
notification
In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on the use
of certain pesticides.
a. true
b. false - correct answer✔✔a
Even with a commercial applicator license, you still must obtain a spray permit before using
regulated herbicides.
a. true
b. false - correct answer✔✔a
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.
a. true
, b. false - correct answer✔✔a
The Texas Structural Pest Control Act requires you to give public notice at least _____ hours
before commencing indoor pesticide treatments. - correct answer✔✔48
Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act?
a. Texas Department of Agriculture
b. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
c. Texas Commission on Aging
d. Texas Hazardous Waste Commission - correct answer✔✔b
What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides?
a. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
b. Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
c. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Agency (FIFRA)
d. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - correct answer✔✔d
What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides?
a. Federal Insecticide Act (FIA)
b. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Agency (FIFRA)
c. Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA) - correct answer✔✔b
Which of the things below is not something the EPA must do before a pesticide may be
marketed in the U.S.?
a. Approve each use
b. Assign a product registration number
General Category Manual Study Questions with
accurate answers
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but not to
work with state-limited pesticides.
a. true
b. false - correct answer✔✔b
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the kinds of
pesticides you use.
a. true
b. false - correct answer✔✔a
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
c. Texas AgriLife Research - correct answer✔✔c
Which license must be obtained by a person who wants to perform pest control as an
employee at a privately owned apartment building or Hospital?
a. A business license from the SPCS
b. A noncommercial license from the SPCS
c. A private license from either the TDA or the SPCS
d. None of the above - correct answer✔✔b
,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 - correct answer✔✔b
All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each
application category in which the practice.
a. True
b. False - correct answer✔✔a
Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories?
a. Right of Way
b. Predatory animal
c. Wood preservation
d. Fumigation - correct answer✔✔c
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
a. Termite
b. Seed treatment
c. Wood preservation
d. commodity fumigation - correct answer✔✔b
Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation?
,a. Texas Department of Agriculture
b. Texas AgriLife Extension Service
c. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - correct answer✔✔b
Under the Texas Pesticide Law, pesticides used in this state must be registered with the Texas
Department of Agriculture, even if they are already registered with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
a. true
b. false - correct answer✔✔a
_________________ _____________________ is your responsibility to inform nearby
residents or adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides. - correct answer✔✔prior
notification
In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on the use
of certain pesticides.
a. true
b. false - correct answer✔✔a
Even with a commercial applicator license, you still must obtain a spray permit before using
regulated herbicides.
a. true
b. false - correct answer✔✔a
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.
a. true
, b. false - correct answer✔✔a
The Texas Structural Pest Control Act requires you to give public notice at least _____ hours
before commencing indoor pesticide treatments. - correct answer✔✔48
Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act?
a. Texas Department of Agriculture
b. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
c. Texas Commission on Aging
d. Texas Hazardous Waste Commission - correct answer✔✔b
What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides?
a. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
b. Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
c. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Agency (FIFRA)
d. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - correct answer✔✔d
What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides?
a. Federal Insecticide Act (FIA)
b. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Agency (FIFRA)
c. Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA) - correct answer✔✔b
Which of the things below is not something the EPA must do before a pesticide may be
marketed in the U.S.?
a. Approve each use
b. Assign a product registration number
