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,TEXAS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR GENERAL | EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WELL DETAILED |
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 - CORRECT ANSWER -False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license
regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use. T/F - CORRECT
ANSWER -True
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 - CORRECT ANSWER -c. Texas
A&M AgriLife Research
Which licnese 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 SPCS
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,b. A noncommercial license from SPCS
c. A private license from either TDA or the SPCS
d. none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -b. A noncommercial
license from 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -b. A commercial license
from the TDA
All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be
certified in each application category in which they practice. T/F -
CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -c. wood preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
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, a. Termite
b. Seed treatment
c. Wood preservation
d. Commodity fumigation - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Seed
Treatment
Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticides
regulations?
a. Texas department of agriculture
b. Texas A&M Agrilife extension service
c. Texas commission of Environmental quality - CORRECT
ANSWER -b. Texas A&M agrilife extension service
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 - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
_______ ________ is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or
adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Prior notification
In addition of the state government, even county commissioners courts
may set rules on the use of certain pesticides. T/F - CORRECT
ANSWER -True
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,TEXAS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR GENERAL | EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WELL DETAILED |
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 - CORRECT ANSWER -False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license
regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use. T/F - CORRECT
ANSWER -True
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 - CORRECT ANSWER -c. Texas
A&M AgriLife Research
Which licnese 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 SPCS
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,b. A noncommercial license from SPCS
c. A private license from either TDA or the SPCS
d. none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -b. A noncommercial
license from 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -b. A commercial license
from the TDA
All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be
certified in each application category in which they practice. T/F -
CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -c. wood preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
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, a. Termite
b. Seed treatment
c. Wood preservation
d. Commodity fumigation - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Seed
Treatment
Which of the following state agencies is not involved in pesticides
regulations?
a. Texas department of agriculture
b. Texas A&M Agrilife extension service
c. Texas commission of Environmental quality - CORRECT
ANSWER -b. Texas A&M agrilife extension service
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 - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
_______ ________ is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or
adjacent landowners before you apply pesticides. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Prior notification
In addition of the state government, even county commissioners courts
may set rules on the use of certain pesticides. T/F - CORRECT
ANSWER -True
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