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,If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but not to work with state-
limited pesticides.
T/F - ✓✓✓False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use.
T/F - ✓✓✓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 - ✓✓✓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
b. A noncommercial license from SPCS
c. A private license from either TDA or the SPCS
d. none of the above - ✓✓✓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 - ✓✓✓b. A commercial license from the TDA
All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each application category in which
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,they practice. T/F - ✓✓✓True
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, Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories?
a. Right of way
b. Predatory animal
c. Wood preservation
d. Fumigation - ✓✓✓c. wood preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
a. Termite
b. Seed treatment
c. Wood preservation
d. Commodity fumigation - ✓✓✓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 - ✓✓✓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 -
✓✓✓True
is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent landowners before you
apply pesticides. - ✓✓✓Prior notification
In addition of the state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on the use of certain
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To Pass. Assured A+
,If unsupervised, you must have a license to legally work with restricted pesticides, but not to work with state-
limited pesticides.
T/F - ✓✓✓False
To legally perform structural pest control, you must have a license regardless of the kinds of pesticides you use.
T/F - ✓✓✓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 - ✓✓✓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
b. A noncommercial license from SPCS
c. A private license from either TDA or the SPCS
d. none of the above - ✓✓✓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 - ✓✓✓b. A commercial license from the TDA
All licensed commercial and noncommercial applicators must be certified in each application category in which
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,they practice. T/F - ✓✓✓True
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, Which of the following is not among the TDA application categories?
a. Right of way
b. Predatory animal
c. Wood preservation
d. Fumigation - ✓✓✓c. wood preservation
Which of the following is not among the SPCS application categories?
a. Termite
b. Seed treatment
c. Wood preservation
d. Commodity fumigation - ✓✓✓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 - ✓✓✓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 -
✓✓✓True
is your responsibility to inform nearby residents or adjacent landowners before you
apply pesticides. - ✓✓✓Prior notification
In addition of the state government, even county commissioners courts may set rules on the use of certain
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