TEXAS CERTIFIED APPLICATOR EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
What is SARA Title III Act? -- Answer ✔✔ Design to form communities about
hazardous chemicals located nearby and to address the need for community emergency
response plans
What act protects endangered species? -- Answer ✔✔ The Endangered Species Act of
1973
Who administers the Endangered Species Act?* -- Answer ✔✔ Fish and Wildlife
Services of Department of Interior
Signs of roach infestation* -- Answer ✔✔ Musty odor, empty Ootheca, shed skin, and
excrement similar to mouse droppings
The TDA has classified certain pesticides a _______ _______ use when distributed in
containers larger than 1 quart for liquid or 2 pounds for dry or solid. -- Answer ✔✔
State limited
In Texas the state lead agency for regulation of pesticide is -- Answer ✔✔ TDA
, The responsibility of farm personnel to notify adjacent land owners and others before
pesticide application* -- Answer ✔✔ Prior notification
The 1971 Texas Structural Pest Control Act is enforced by -- Answer ✔✔ The Texas
Structural Pest Control Service
You must handout SPCS consumer info sheets before indoor and outdoor pesticide
application posing notice at least ____ hours before treatment. -- Answer ✔✔ 48 hrs
Hazardous waste is regulated under which two acts? -- Answer ✔✔ Federal
Conservation and Recovery Act and Texas Solid Waste Act
Define LD50 -- Answer ✔✔ Lethal dose 50: The dose that will produce death in 50% of
the population of test subjects
hazard indicators* -- Answer ✔✔ I highly toxic Danger, II moderately toxic warning, III
slightly toxic. IV. Relatively non toxic caution
What is the measure of risk -- Answer ✔✔ Hazard
Pesticide found on soil, leaves, skin and other surfaces is known as?* -- Answer ✔✔
Deposit
After application pesticide deposit that remains is known as a? -- Answer ✔✔ Residual
WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
What is SARA Title III Act? -- Answer ✔✔ Design to form communities about
hazardous chemicals located nearby and to address the need for community emergency
response plans
What act protects endangered species? -- Answer ✔✔ The Endangered Species Act of
1973
Who administers the Endangered Species Act?* -- Answer ✔✔ Fish and Wildlife
Services of Department of Interior
Signs of roach infestation* -- Answer ✔✔ Musty odor, empty Ootheca, shed skin, and
excrement similar to mouse droppings
The TDA has classified certain pesticides a _______ _______ use when distributed in
containers larger than 1 quart for liquid or 2 pounds for dry or solid. -- Answer ✔✔
State limited
In Texas the state lead agency for regulation of pesticide is -- Answer ✔✔ TDA
, The responsibility of farm personnel to notify adjacent land owners and others before
pesticide application* -- Answer ✔✔ Prior notification
The 1971 Texas Structural Pest Control Act is enforced by -- Answer ✔✔ The Texas
Structural Pest Control Service
You must handout SPCS consumer info sheets before indoor and outdoor pesticide
application posing notice at least ____ hours before treatment. -- Answer ✔✔ 48 hrs
Hazardous waste is regulated under which two acts? -- Answer ✔✔ Federal
Conservation and Recovery Act and Texas Solid Waste Act
Define LD50 -- Answer ✔✔ Lethal dose 50: The dose that will produce death in 50% of
the population of test subjects
hazard indicators* -- Answer ✔✔ I highly toxic Danger, II moderately toxic warning, III
slightly toxic. IV. Relatively non toxic caution
What is the measure of risk -- Answer ✔✔ Hazard
Pesticide found on soil, leaves, skin and other surfaces is known as?* -- Answer ✔✔
Deposit
After application pesticide deposit that remains is known as a? -- Answer ✔✔ Residual
