Texas Pesticide Applicators General Standards Exam
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If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but
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not to work with state-limited pesticides. - correct answer✔✔False
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To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the
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kinds of pesticides you use. - correct answer✔✔True
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Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training,
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certification and licensing? - correct answer✔✔Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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Which license must be obtained by a person who wants to perform pest control as an
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employee of a privately owned apartment building or hospital? - correct answer✔✔A
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noncommercial license from the SPCS || || || ||
To work for hire, using restricted or state-limited pesticides on another person's land,
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you must have? - correct answer✔✔A commercial license from the TDA
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All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each
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application category in which the practice. || || || || ||
a. True
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b. False - correct answer✔✔True
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Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories? - correct
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answer✔✔Wood preservation ||
,Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories? - correct
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answer✔✔Seed treatment ||
Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation? - correct
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answer✔✔Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service || || || ||
Under the Texas Pesticide Law, Pesticides used in this state must be registered with
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the TDA, even if they are already registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection
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Agency. T/F - correct answer✔✔True || || || ||
_____ _______ is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent
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landowners before you apply pesticides. - correct answer✔✔Prior Notification
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In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on
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the use of certain pesticides? - correct answer✔✔True
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Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit before
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using regulated herbicides. T/F - correct answer✔✔True
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Specialty fertilizer in containers with capacities of 50 pounds or less that are labeled
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for ornamental and turf use are exempt from classification as state-limited-use
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pesticides or regulated herbicides. || || || ||
T/F - correct answer✔✔True
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The Texas Structural Pest Control Act requires you to give public notice at least
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______ hours before commencing indoor pesticide treatments at a public building. -
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correct answer✔✔48 Hours || ||
,Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act? - correct answer✔✔Texas
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Commission on Environmental Quality || || ||
What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides? -
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correct answer✔✔Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides? - correct
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answer✔✔Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) || || || || || ||
Which of the following below is not something the EPA must do before a pesticide
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may be marketed in the U.S.? - correct answer✔✔Consult the Office of Pesticides
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Programs
What are two types of penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the law?
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- correct answer✔✔Civil penalties when the violation is unintentional & criminal
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penalties when the law is knowingly || || || || ||
Does FIFRA provide for prison terms for violators of the law? - correct answer✔✔Yes,
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up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial applicators
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What are regulations? - correct answer✔✔Interpretations of the law that have the
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force of law || ||
What is meant by the term "reentry interval"? - correct answer✔✔The time right after
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pesticide application when unprotected workers may not enter the treated area
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Warnings of pesticide application must be given in writing to workers according to the
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EPA. - correct answer✔✔False
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, What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on? - correct answer✔✔EPA
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evaluation of test data provided by the manufacturer
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If the EPA decides that a pesticide poses a risk to workers, what can the EPA do? -
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correct answer✔✔Set reentry intervals to restrict workers from entering a treated
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area; Set restrictions on the frequency of application and rates; Cancel or suspend use
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the pesticide.
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Which federal agency sets food tolerance for pesticides? - correct answer✔✔EPA
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Which federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticides? - correct answer✔✔FDA
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What is the purpose of the tolerance program? - correct answer✔✔The tolerance
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program is to ensure that U.S. consumers are not exposed to unsafe food pesticide
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residue levels ||
Which act is administered by EPA to manage all hazardous waste? - correct
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answer✔✔Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 || || || || || ||
How can triple rinsed used pesticide containers be disposed of? - correct answer✔✔In
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an EPA approved sanitary landfill
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What kind of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to establish? - correct
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answer✔✔Stricter than federal standards, but not more lenient || || || || || || ||
Which agency administers the Hazard Communication Standard? - correct
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answer✔✔OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration || || || || || ||
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with verified detailed solutions || || ||
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but
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not to work with state-limited pesticides. - correct answer✔✔False
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To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the
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kinds of pesticides you use. - correct answer✔✔True
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Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training,
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certification and licensing? - correct answer✔✔Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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Which license must be obtained by a person who wants to perform pest control as an
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employee of a privately owned apartment building or hospital? - correct answer✔✔A
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noncommercial license from the SPCS || || || ||
To work for hire, using restricted or state-limited pesticides on another person's land,
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you must have? - correct answer✔✔A commercial license from the TDA
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All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each
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application category in which the practice. || || || || ||
a. True
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b. False - correct answer✔✔True
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Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories? - correct
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answer✔✔Wood preservation ||
,Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories? - correct
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answer✔✔Seed treatment ||
Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation? - correct
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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
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Agency. T/F - correct answer✔✔True || || || ||
_____ _______ is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent
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landowners before you apply pesticides. - correct answer✔✔Prior Notification
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In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on
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the use of certain pesticides? - correct answer✔✔True
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Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit before
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using regulated herbicides. T/F - correct answer✔✔True
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Specialty fertilizer in containers with capacities of 50 pounds or less that are labeled
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for ornamental and turf use are exempt from classification as state-limited-use
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pesticides or regulated herbicides. || || || ||
T/F - correct answer✔✔True
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The Texas Structural Pest Control Act requires you to give public notice at least
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______ hours before commencing indoor pesticide treatments at a public building. -
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correct answer✔✔48 Hours || ||
,Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act? - correct answer✔✔Texas
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Commission on Environmental Quality || || ||
What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides? -
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correct answer✔✔Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides? - correct
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answer✔✔Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) || || || || || ||
Which of the following below is not something the EPA must do before a pesticide
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may be marketed in the U.S.? - correct answer✔✔Consult the Office of Pesticides
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Programs
What are two types of penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the law?
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- correct answer✔✔Civil penalties when the violation is unintentional & criminal
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penalties when the law is knowingly || || || || ||
Does FIFRA provide for prison terms for violators of the law? - correct answer✔✔Yes,
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up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial applicators
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What are regulations? - correct answer✔✔Interpretations of the law that have the
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force of law || ||
What is meant by the term "reentry interval"? - correct answer✔✔The time right after
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pesticide application when unprotected workers may not enter the treated area
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Warnings of pesticide application must be given in writing to workers according to the
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EPA. - correct answer✔✔False
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, What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on? - correct answer✔✔EPA
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evaluation of test data provided by the manufacturer
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If the EPA decides that a pesticide poses a risk to workers, what can the EPA do? -
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correct answer✔✔Set reentry intervals to restrict workers from entering a treated
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area; Set restrictions on the frequency of application and rates; Cancel or suspend use
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the pesticide.
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Which federal agency sets food tolerance for pesticides? - correct answer✔✔EPA
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Which federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticides? - correct answer✔✔FDA
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What is the purpose of the tolerance program? - correct answer✔✔The tolerance
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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? - correct
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answer✔✔Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 || || || || || ||
How can triple rinsed used pesticide containers be disposed of? - correct answer✔✔In
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an EPA approved sanitary landfill
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What kind of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to establish? - correct
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answer✔✔Stricter than federal standards, but not more lenient || || || || || || ||
Which agency administers the Hazard Communication Standard? - correct
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answer✔✔OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration || || || || || ||
