2025-2026 SERIES
TEXAS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR GENERAL COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED
AND THE LATEST SERIES
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
Ans: B) False
Question: To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license
regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use.
A) True
B) False
Ans: A) True
Question: 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 (SPCS)
C) Texas A&M AgriLife Research
, 2025-2026 SERIES
Ans: C) Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Question: 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) 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 the above
Ans: B) A noncommercial license from the SPCS
Question: 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
Ans: B) A commercial license from the TDA
Question: All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be
certified in each application category in which they practice.
, 2025-2026 SERIES
A) True
B) False
Ans: A) True
Question: Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories?
A) Right-of-way
B) Predatory animal
C) Wood preservation
D) Fumigation
Ans: C) Wood preservation
Question: Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
A) Termite
B) Seed treatment
C) Wood preservation
D) Commodity fumigation
Ans: B) Seed treatment
Question: Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide
regulation?
, 2025-2026 SERIES
A) Texas Department of Agriculture
B) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
C) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Ans: B) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Question: 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 US Environmental Protection Agency.
A) True
B) False
Ans: A) True
Question: __________ _____________ is your responsibility to inform nearby
residents or adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides.
Ans: Prior Notification
Question: In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may
set rules on the use of certain pesticides.
A) True
B) False
TEXAS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR GENERAL COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED
AND THE LATEST SERIES
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
Ans: B) False
Question: To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license
regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use.
A) True
B) False
Ans: A) True
Question: 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 (SPCS)
C) Texas A&M AgriLife Research
, 2025-2026 SERIES
Ans: C) Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Question: 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) 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 the above
Ans: B) A noncommercial license from the SPCS
Question: 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
Ans: B) A commercial license from the TDA
Question: All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be
certified in each application category in which they practice.
, 2025-2026 SERIES
A) True
B) False
Ans: A) True
Question: Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories?
A) Right-of-way
B) Predatory animal
C) Wood preservation
D) Fumigation
Ans: C) Wood preservation
Question: Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
A) Termite
B) Seed treatment
C) Wood preservation
D) Commodity fumigation
Ans: B) Seed treatment
Question: Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide
regulation?
, 2025-2026 SERIES
A) Texas Department of Agriculture
B) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
C) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Ans: B) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Question: 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 US Environmental Protection Agency.
A) True
B) False
Ans: A) True
Question: __________ _____________ is your responsibility to inform nearby
residents or adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides.
Ans: Prior Notification
Question: In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may
set rules on the use of certain pesticides.
A) True
B) False
