TEXAS PEST CONTROL TEST 200 QUESTIONS &
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST 2025
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides,
but not to work with state-limited pesticides.
T/F - ANSWER-False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of
the kinds of pesticides you use. T/F - ANSWER-True
Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training,
certification and Licensing?
A-TDA Texas Department of Agriculture
B-SPCS Texas Structural Pest Control Service
C-Texas A&M Agrilife - ANSWER-Texas A&M AgriLife
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? - ANSWER-A
Noncommercial From the SPCS
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-A Commercial License
All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each
application category in which they practice. T/F - ANSWER-True
Which of the following is not among the TDA Application Categories
A-Right of way
B-Predatory animal
C-Wood Preservation
D-Fumigation - ANSWER-Wood Preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS Categories
A-Termite
B-Seed Treatment
C-Wood Preservation
D-Commodity fumigation - ANSWER-Seed Treatment
Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide Regulation?
A-TDA
B-Texas A&M AgriLife
C-TCEQ Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - ANSWER-Texas A&M
Agrilife
What is the TDA?
,A-Texas department and Agency
B- Texas deposit and agriculture
C- Texas Department of Agriculture - ANSWER-Texas Department of Agriculture
The primary agency for the regulation of Pesticide in Texas - ANSWER-Texas
Department of Agriculture TDA
What is an entity within the TDA that tests and licenses people who want to
perform structural pest control in Texas. - ANSWER-Texas Structural Pest Control
Service SPCS
Type of Licenses In Texas - ANSWER-Commercial
Noncommercial
Business
Technician
Apprentice
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 - ANSWER-True
-------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 T/F - ANSWER-True
, Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit
before using regulated herbicides. T/F - ANSWER-True, Herbicides are different
than Pesticides
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 - ANSWER-True
The Texas Structural pest control act requires you to give public notice at least
___ hours before commencing indoor pesticide treatment at a public building. -
ANSWER-48
Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act? - ANSWER-Texas
Commission of Environmental Quality
What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides? -
ANSWER-Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act FIFRA
What is FIFRA - ANSWER-Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
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
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST 2025
If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides,
but not to work with state-limited pesticides.
T/F - ANSWER-False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of
the kinds of pesticides you use. T/F - ANSWER-True
Which is not an agency that shares responsibility for pesticide applicator training,
certification and Licensing?
A-TDA Texas Department of Agriculture
B-SPCS Texas Structural Pest Control Service
C-Texas A&M Agrilife - ANSWER-Texas A&M AgriLife
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? - ANSWER-A
Noncommercial From the SPCS
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-A Commercial License
All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each
application category in which they practice. T/F - ANSWER-True
Which of the following is not among the TDA Application Categories
A-Right of way
B-Predatory animal
C-Wood Preservation
D-Fumigation - ANSWER-Wood Preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS Categories
A-Termite
B-Seed Treatment
C-Wood Preservation
D-Commodity fumigation - ANSWER-Seed Treatment
Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticide Regulation?
A-TDA
B-Texas A&M AgriLife
C-TCEQ Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - ANSWER-Texas A&M
Agrilife
What is the TDA?
,A-Texas department and Agency
B- Texas deposit and agriculture
C- Texas Department of Agriculture - ANSWER-Texas Department of Agriculture
The primary agency for the regulation of Pesticide in Texas - ANSWER-Texas
Department of Agriculture TDA
What is an entity within the TDA that tests and licenses people who want to
perform structural pest control in Texas. - ANSWER-Texas Structural Pest Control
Service SPCS
Type of Licenses In Texas - ANSWER-Commercial
Noncommercial
Business
Technician
Apprentice
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 - ANSWER-True
-------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 T/F - ANSWER-True
, Even with a commercial applicator license, you must still obtain a spray permit
before using regulated herbicides. T/F - ANSWER-True, Herbicides are different
than Pesticides
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 - ANSWER-True
The Texas Structural pest control act requires you to give public notice at least
___ hours before commencing indoor pesticide treatment at a public building. -
ANSWER-48
Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act? - ANSWER-Texas
Commission of Environmental Quality
What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticides? -
ANSWER-Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act FIFRA
What is FIFRA - ANSWER-Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
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
