Structural Pest Control Applicator's
Training Program: General Category
Manual Study Questions Fully Solved.
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Answer b
All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each application
category in which the practice.
,a. True
b. False - 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 - Answer c
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
a. Termite
b. Seed treatment
c. Wood preservation
d. commodity fumigation - 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 - 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 - Answer a
_________________ _____________________ 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.
a. true
b. false - Answer a
Even with a commercial applicator license, you still must obtain a spray permit before using
regulated herbicides.
,a. true
b. false - 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 - Answer a
The Texas Structural Pest Control Act 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?
a. Texas Department of Agriculture
b. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
c. Texas Commission on Aging
d. Texas Hazardous Waste Commission - 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) - 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) - 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
c. Consult the office of pesticide programs - Answer c
Which two answers are penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the law?
, a. Civil penalties when the violation is unintentional
b. Criminal penalties when the violation is unintentional
c. Criminal penalties when the law is knowingly violated
d. Civil penalties when the law is knowingly violated - Answer ac
Does FIFRA allow prison terms for criminal (intentional) violators?
a. Yes, up to 1 year for private and commercial applicators
b. No, FIFRA sets fines only
c. Yes, up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial applicators
d. Not for private applicators but up to 1 year for commercial applicators - Answer c
What are regulations?
a. Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
b. Interpretations of the law intended only as a guide
c. Exceptions to the law - Answer a
What is meant by the term "reentry interval"?
a. The time right after pesticide application when protected workers may not enter the treated
area
b. The time during pesticide application when unprotected workers may not stay in the treated
area.
c. The time right after pesticide application when unprotected workers may not enter the
treated area - Answer c
Of the following statements about the EPA rules on warning to workers, which is not true?
a. Warnings of pesticide application must be timely and appropriate
b. Warnings of pesticide application must be in the language understood by the workers
c. Warnings of pesticide application must be given in writing
d. Warnings of pesticide application may be given verbally or in writing - Answer c
What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on?
a. EPA evaluation of test data provided by the manufacturer
b. The manufacturer's evaluation of test data
c. EPA evaluation of test data provided by certified applicators - Answer a
If the EPA decides that a pesticide poses a risk to workers, what can the EPA do?
Training Program: General Category
Manual Study Questions Fully Solved.
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Answer b
All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each application
category in which the practice.
,a. True
b. False - 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 - Answer c
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
a. Termite
b. Seed treatment
c. Wood preservation
d. commodity fumigation - 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 - 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 - Answer a
_________________ _____________________ 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.
a. true
b. false - Answer a
Even with a commercial applicator license, you still must obtain a spray permit before using
regulated herbicides.
,a. true
b. false - 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 - Answer a
The Texas Structural Pest Control Act 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?
a. Texas Department of Agriculture
b. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
c. Texas Commission on Aging
d. Texas Hazardous Waste Commission - 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) - 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) - 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
c. Consult the office of pesticide programs - Answer c
Which two answers are penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the law?
, a. Civil penalties when the violation is unintentional
b. Criminal penalties when the violation is unintentional
c. Criminal penalties when the law is knowingly violated
d. Civil penalties when the law is knowingly violated - Answer ac
Does FIFRA allow prison terms for criminal (intentional) violators?
a. Yes, up to 1 year for private and commercial applicators
b. No, FIFRA sets fines only
c. Yes, up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year for commercial applicators
d. Not for private applicators but up to 1 year for commercial applicators - Answer c
What are regulations?
a. Interpretations of the law that have the force of law
b. Interpretations of the law intended only as a guide
c. Exceptions to the law - Answer a
What is meant by the term "reentry interval"?
a. The time right after pesticide application when protected workers may not enter the treated
area
b. The time during pesticide application when unprotected workers may not stay in the treated
area.
c. The time right after pesticide application when unprotected workers may not enter the
treated area - Answer c
Of the following statements about the EPA rules on warning to workers, which is not true?
a. Warnings of pesticide application must be timely and appropriate
b. Warnings of pesticide application must be in the language understood by the workers
c. Warnings of pesticide application must be given in writing
d. Warnings of pesticide application may be given verbally or in writing - Answer c
What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on?
a. EPA evaluation of test data provided by the manufacturer
b. The manufacturer's evaluation of test data
c. EPA evaluation of test data provided by certified applicators - Answer a
If the EPA decides that a pesticide poses a risk to workers, what can the EPA do?
