TEXAS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR GENERAL STANDARDS
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) The Texas Structural Pest Control Act requires you to give public notice at least
______ hours before commencing indoor pesticide treatments. -- Answer ✔✔ 48
hours
2) Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act?
a. TDA
b. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
c. Texas Commission on Aging
d. Texas hazardous Waste Commission -- Answer ✔✔ b. Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality
3) 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. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
4) What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticide?
a. Federal Insecticide Act (FIA)
b. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
, c. Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA) -- Answer ✔✔ b.
Federal Insecticide, fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
5) 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
c. Consult the Office of Pesticide Programs -- Answer ✔✔ c. Consult the
Office of Pesticide Programs
6) 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 ✔✔ a and c
7) 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. Yes, up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year
for commercial applicators
8) 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. Exception of the law -- Answer ✔✔ a. Interpretations of the law that
have the force of law
,9) What is an endangered species?
a. A plant or animal that may not be harvested or hunted, except as allowed
by law
b. A plant or animal that is in danger of extinction throughout all or much of
its range
c. An animal whose habitat has been severely damaged -- Answer ✔✔ b. A
plant or animal that is in danger of extinction throughout all or much of
its range
10) Which federal agency determines what species are endangered?
a. The U.S. Department of Agriculture
b. Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) of the EPA
c. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) of the Department of the Interior --
Answer ✔✔ c. Fist and Wildlife Services (FWS) of the Department of the
Interior
11) Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered species from
pesticides?
a. The federal government
b. The state government
c. Conservationists
d. You, the applicator -- Answer ✔✔ d. You, the applicator
12) An ___________ is a geologic formation of permeable rock, sand, or gravel that
stores large amounts of water. -- Answer ✔✔ Aquifer
13) Why are aquifers important?
a. Because they are the main water supply for manufacturing industries
b. Because so many people use water from aquifers for drinking
, c. Because building and maintaining them provides jobs -- Answer ✔✔ b.
Because so many people use water from aquifers for drinking
14) What is the name given to the complex prey/predator cycle in which all animals
(including man) take part?
a. Food chain
b. Habitat
c. Ecosystem -- Answer ✔✔ Food chain
15) The best protection against ground water pollution is __________?
a. preventing contamination
b. Stopping irrigation
c. Cleaning groundwater after contamination -- Answer ✔✔ a. Preventing
contamination
16) At what level is man in the food chain?
a. Near the bottom
b. Near the middle
c. near the top -- Answer ✔✔ c. Near the top
17) An __________ pesticide is one that builds up in animal an plant tissues. -- Answer
✔✔ Accumulative
18) A ___________ pesticide is one that remains in the environment without breaking
down. -- Answer ✔✔ Persistent
19) Even though persistent pesticides remain in the environment, they do not always
accumulate in animals or plants. T/F -- Answer ✔✔ True
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) The Texas Structural Pest Control Act requires you to give public notice at least
______ hours before commencing indoor pesticide treatments. -- Answer ✔✔ 48
hours
2) Which agency enforces the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act?
a. TDA
b. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
c. Texas Commission on Aging
d. Texas hazardous Waste Commission -- Answer ✔✔ b. Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality
3) 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. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
4) What is the full name and acronym of the law used to manage pesticide?
a. Federal Insecticide Act (FIA)
b. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
, c. Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA) -- Answer ✔✔ b.
Federal Insecticide, fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
5) 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
c. Consult the Office of Pesticide Programs -- Answer ✔✔ c. Consult the
Office of Pesticide Programs
6) 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 ✔✔ a and c
7) 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. Yes, up to 30 days for private applicators and up to 1 year
for commercial applicators
8) 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. Exception of the law -- Answer ✔✔ a. Interpretations of the law that
have the force of law
,9) What is an endangered species?
a. A plant or animal that may not be harvested or hunted, except as allowed
by law
b. A plant or animal that is in danger of extinction throughout all or much of
its range
c. An animal whose habitat has been severely damaged -- Answer ✔✔ b. A
plant or animal that is in danger of extinction throughout all or much of
its range
10) Which federal agency determines what species are endangered?
a. The U.S. Department of Agriculture
b. Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) of the EPA
c. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) of the Department of the Interior --
Answer ✔✔ c. Fist and Wildlife Services (FWS) of the Department of the
Interior
11) Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered species from
pesticides?
a. The federal government
b. The state government
c. Conservationists
d. You, the applicator -- Answer ✔✔ d. You, the applicator
12) An ___________ is a geologic formation of permeable rock, sand, or gravel that
stores large amounts of water. -- Answer ✔✔ Aquifer
13) Why are aquifers important?
a. Because they are the main water supply for manufacturing industries
b. Because so many people use water from aquifers for drinking
, c. Because building and maintaining them provides jobs -- Answer ✔✔ b.
Because so many people use water from aquifers for drinking
14) What is the name given to the complex prey/predator cycle in which all animals
(including man) take part?
a. Food chain
b. Habitat
c. Ecosystem -- Answer ✔✔ Food chain
15) The best protection against ground water pollution is __________?
a. preventing contamination
b. Stopping irrigation
c. Cleaning groundwater after contamination -- Answer ✔✔ a. Preventing
contamination
16) At what level is man in the food chain?
a. Near the bottom
b. Near the middle
c. near the top -- Answer ✔✔ c. Near the top
17) An __________ pesticide is one that builds up in animal an plant tissues. -- Answer
✔✔ Accumulative
18) A ___________ pesticide is one that remains in the environment without breaking
down. -- Answer ✔✔ Persistent
19) Even though persistent pesticides remain in the environment, they do not always
accumulate in animals or plants. T/F -- Answer ✔✔ True
