Texas Pesticide Applicators General Standards
1. If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but not to work with state-limited pesticides.: False
2. To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use.: True
3. Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training, certification and licensing?: Texas A&M AgriLife
Research
4. 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 noncommercial license from the SPCS
5. To work for hire, using restricted or state-limited pesticides on another person's land, you must have?: A commercial license from the
TDA
6. All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each application category in which the practice. a. True
b. False: True
7. Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories?: Wood preservation
8. Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?: Seed treatment
9. Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation?: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
10. 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. T/F: True
11. _____ _______ is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides.: Prior Notification
12. In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on the use of certain pesticides?: True
13. Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit before using regulated herbicides. T/F: True
14. 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.
T/F: True
15. The Texas Structural Pest Control Act requires you to give public notice at least ______ hours before commencing indoor pesticide
treatments at a public building.: 48 Hours
16. Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act?: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
17 What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides?: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
18. What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides?-
: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
19. Which of the following below is not something the EPA must do before a pesticide may be marketed in the U.S.?: Consult the Office o
Pesticides
Programs
, Texas Pesticide Applicators General Standards
20. What are two types of penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the law?: Civil penalties when the violation is unintentiona
& criminal penalties when the law is knowingly
21. Does FIFRA provide for prison terms for violators of the law?: Yes, up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year fo
commercial applicators
22. What are regulations?: Interpretations of the law that have the force of law 23. What is meant by the term "reentry interval"?: The
time right after pesticide application when unprotected workers may not enter the treated area
24. Warnings of pesticide application must be given in writing to workers according to the EPA.: False
25. What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on?: EPA evaluation of test data provided by the manufacturer
26. If the EPA decides that a pesticide poses a risk to workers, what can the EPA do?: Set reentry intervals to restrict workers from entering
a treated area; Set restrictions on the frequency of application and rates; Cancel or suspend use the pesticide.
27. Which federal agency sets food tolerance for pesticides?: EPA
28. Which federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticides?: FDA
29. What is the purpose of the tolerance program?: The tolerance program is to ensure that U.S. consumers are not exposed to unsafe
food pesticide residue levels 30. Which act is administered by EPA to manage all hazardous waste?: Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976
31. How can triple rinsed used pesticide containers be disposed of?: In an EPA approved sanitary landfill
32. What kind of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to establish?: -
Stricter than federal standards, but not more lenient
33. Which agency administers the Hazard Communication Standard?: OSHA -
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
34. Pesticide applicators generate during normal work operations. Are triple rinsed used pesticide containers considered "regulated waste"
under the federal resource conservation and recovery act?: NO
35 Regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act are contained in 49 CFR. What do these regulations cover?: All safety aspects o
transporting hazardous material
36. What is the act SARA Title III designed to do?: Inform communities of hazardous chemicals in the area and provide for community
emergency response plans in the event of an accident
37. What is an endangered species?: a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction throughout all or much of its
range
38. Which federal agency determines what species are endangered?: Fish and
Wildlife (FWS) of the Department of the Interior
39. Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered species from pesticides?: The applicator
40. ____ is the capacity of a substance to injure or poison a living system, such as a human being, an animal, a lake or a forest?: Toxicity 41
What is pesticide exposure?: Coming in contact with a pesticide
42. _____ _____ refers to how poisonous a pesticide is after the short term exposure?: Acute toxicity
43. ____ ____ is a one-time or short-term contact with pesticide: Acute Exposure
44. ____ ____ is a delayed poisonous effect from exposure to a substance: Chronic Toxicity
1. If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but not to work with state-limited pesticides.: False
2. To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use.: True
3. Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training, certification and licensing?: Texas A&M AgriLife
Research
4. 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 noncommercial license from the SPCS
5. To work for hire, using restricted or state-limited pesticides on another person's land, you must have?: A commercial license from the
TDA
6. All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each application category in which the practice. a. True
b. False: True
7. Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories?: Wood preservation
8. Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?: Seed treatment
9. Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide regulation?: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
10. 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. T/F: True
11. _____ _______ is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides.: Prior Notification
12. In addition to state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on the use of certain pesticides?: True
13. Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit before using regulated herbicides. T/F: True
14. 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.
T/F: True
15. The Texas Structural Pest Control Act requires you to give public notice at least ______ hours before commencing indoor pesticide
treatments at a public building.: 48 Hours
16. Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act?: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
17 What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides?: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
18. What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides?-
: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
19. Which of the following below is not something the EPA must do before a pesticide may be marketed in the U.S.?: Consult the Office o
Pesticides
Programs
, Texas Pesticide Applicators General Standards
20. What are two types of penalties defined by FIFRA for applicators who violate the law?: Civil penalties when the violation is unintentiona
& criminal penalties when the law is knowingly
21. Does FIFRA provide for prison terms for violators of the law?: Yes, up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year fo
commercial applicators
22. What are regulations?: Interpretations of the law that have the force of law 23. What is meant by the term "reentry interval"?: The
time right after pesticide application when unprotected workers may not enter the treated area
24. Warnings of pesticide application must be given in writing to workers according to the EPA.: False
25. What is EPA's pesticide registration decision based on?: EPA evaluation of test data provided by the manufacturer
26. If the EPA decides that a pesticide poses a risk to workers, what can the EPA do?: Set reentry intervals to restrict workers from entering
a treated area; Set restrictions on the frequency of application and rates; Cancel or suspend use the pesticide.
27. Which federal agency sets food tolerance for pesticides?: EPA
28. Which federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticides?: FDA
29. What is the purpose of the tolerance program?: The tolerance program is to ensure that U.S. consumers are not exposed to unsafe
food pesticide residue levels 30. Which act is administered by EPA to manage all hazardous waste?: Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976
31. How can triple rinsed used pesticide containers be disposed of?: In an EPA approved sanitary landfill
32. What kind of pesticide standards does FIFRA allow states to establish?: -
Stricter than federal standards, but not more lenient
33. Which agency administers the Hazard Communication Standard?: OSHA -
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
34. Pesticide applicators generate during normal work operations. Are triple rinsed used pesticide containers considered "regulated waste"
under the federal resource conservation and recovery act?: NO
35 Regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act are contained in 49 CFR. What do these regulations cover?: All safety aspects o
transporting hazardous material
36. What is the act SARA Title III designed to do?: Inform communities of hazardous chemicals in the area and provide for community
emergency response plans in the event of an accident
37. What is an endangered species?: a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction throughout all or much of its
range
38. Which federal agency determines what species are endangered?: Fish and
Wildlife (FWS) of the Department of the Interior
39. Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered species from pesticides?: The applicator
40. ____ is the capacity of a substance to injure or poison a living system, such as a human being, an animal, a lake or a forest?: Toxicity 41
What is pesticide exposure?: Coming in contact with a pesticide
42. _____ _____ refers to how poisonous a pesticide is after the short term exposure?: Acute toxicity
43. ____ ____ is a one-time or short-term contact with pesticide: Acute Exposure
44. ____ ____ is a delayed poisonous effect from exposure to a substance: Chronic Toxicity
