MOSQUITO CONTROL APPLICATOR COMPRREHENSIVE
EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED
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✔✔The dark rice field mosquito adult can be distinguished by? - ✔✔A proboscis broadly
banded with white
Psorophora columbiae
✔✔Dogs become infected with heartworms by? - ✔✔being bitten by an infected
mosquito
✔✔Pesticides are divided into two categories... - ✔✔1. General use (unrestricted)
2. Restricted use
✔✔Eastern equine encephalitis symptoms in humans are more severe in? - ✔✔infants
and children
✔✔Name three biological control agents for mosquitoes... - ✔✔Bacillus thuringiensis
bar israelensis (bacteria)
Gambusia affinis (minnows)
Toxorhynchites (mosquito larvae)
✔✔Landing rate counts are... - ✔✔1. inexpensive
2. quick
3. assess a wide range of species
✔✔Psorophora columbiae, the dark rice field mosquito, is? - ✔✔Economically/medically
important and is an abundant species
✔✔Which of the following mosquito-borne diseases has been found in the most states
in the U.S.? - ✔✔St. Louis encephalitis
✔✔Insecticide formulations that are formulated on some porous carrier material like
clay, sand, or ground corn cobs and that are commonly used as larvicides are referred
to as? - ✔✔Granules
✔✔The most common botanical (plant origin) insecticide associated with mosquito
control is? - ✔✔Pyrethrum
✔✔Eastern equine encephalitis is more commonly found? - ✔✔Along the gulf coast,
Florida and eastern U.S. coastline.
, ✔✔While taking a blood meal, the body of this female mosquito is almost in a vertical
position? - ✔✔Malaria mosquito
Anopheles spp.
✔✔Which type of insecticide was once used extensively but has been replaced with
less persistent and more environmentally compatible pesticides? - ✔✔Chlorinated
hydrocarbons
✔✔West Nile Encephalitis (WNV) - ✔✔transmitted between birds by certain mosquito
species.
Humans, horses, dogs, and cats are dead-end hosts
✔✔St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE) - ✔✔transmitted between birds by Culex mosquitoes
Humans are dead-end hosts
✔✔Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) - ✔✔Viral infection
Transmitted by birds and mosquito species
Deadliest mosquito-borne virus in the US
Horses and humans are dead-end hosts
✔✔Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE) - ✔✔Humans are dead-end hosts
Transmitted to birds by mosquito
Extremely dangerous to infants and small children
✔✔La Crosse Encephalitis (LAC) - ✔✔Hosts are small/medium sized animals (rabbits)
Transmitted by woodland mosquitoes (Aedes)
✔✔Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE) - ✔✔6 different strains
Hosts are small mammals (Rodents)
Humans are dead-end hosts
✔✔What is the common name for Psorophora ferox? - ✔✔Woodland mosquito
✔✔What is the common name for Aedes triseriatus? - ✔✔Eastern tree hole mosquito
✔✔What is the common name for Anopheles quadrimaculatus? - ✔✔Malaria mosquito
✔✔What is the common name for Culiseta inornata? - ✔✔Winter mosquito
EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED
A+
✔✔The dark rice field mosquito adult can be distinguished by? - ✔✔A proboscis broadly
banded with white
Psorophora columbiae
✔✔Dogs become infected with heartworms by? - ✔✔being bitten by an infected
mosquito
✔✔Pesticides are divided into two categories... - ✔✔1. General use (unrestricted)
2. Restricted use
✔✔Eastern equine encephalitis symptoms in humans are more severe in? - ✔✔infants
and children
✔✔Name three biological control agents for mosquitoes... - ✔✔Bacillus thuringiensis
bar israelensis (bacteria)
Gambusia affinis (minnows)
Toxorhynchites (mosquito larvae)
✔✔Landing rate counts are... - ✔✔1. inexpensive
2. quick
3. assess a wide range of species
✔✔Psorophora columbiae, the dark rice field mosquito, is? - ✔✔Economically/medically
important and is an abundant species
✔✔Which of the following mosquito-borne diseases has been found in the most states
in the U.S.? - ✔✔St. Louis encephalitis
✔✔Insecticide formulations that are formulated on some porous carrier material like
clay, sand, or ground corn cobs and that are commonly used as larvicides are referred
to as? - ✔✔Granules
✔✔The most common botanical (plant origin) insecticide associated with mosquito
control is? - ✔✔Pyrethrum
✔✔Eastern equine encephalitis is more commonly found? - ✔✔Along the gulf coast,
Florida and eastern U.S. coastline.
, ✔✔While taking a blood meal, the body of this female mosquito is almost in a vertical
position? - ✔✔Malaria mosquito
Anopheles spp.
✔✔Which type of insecticide was once used extensively but has been replaced with
less persistent and more environmentally compatible pesticides? - ✔✔Chlorinated
hydrocarbons
✔✔West Nile Encephalitis (WNV) - ✔✔transmitted between birds by certain mosquito
species.
Humans, horses, dogs, and cats are dead-end hosts
✔✔St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE) - ✔✔transmitted between birds by Culex mosquitoes
Humans are dead-end hosts
✔✔Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) - ✔✔Viral infection
Transmitted by birds and mosquito species
Deadliest mosquito-borne virus in the US
Horses and humans are dead-end hosts
✔✔Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE) - ✔✔Humans are dead-end hosts
Transmitted to birds by mosquito
Extremely dangerous to infants and small children
✔✔La Crosse Encephalitis (LAC) - ✔✔Hosts are small/medium sized animals (rabbits)
Transmitted by woodland mosquitoes (Aedes)
✔✔Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE) - ✔✔6 different strains
Hosts are small mammals (Rodents)
Humans are dead-end hosts
✔✔What is the common name for Psorophora ferox? - ✔✔Woodland mosquito
✔✔What is the common name for Aedes triseriatus? - ✔✔Eastern tree hole mosquito
✔✔What is the common name for Anopheles quadrimaculatus? - ✔✔Malaria mosquito
✔✔What is the common name for Culiseta inornata? - ✔✔Winter mosquito
