Minnesota Pesticide Applicator Practice Test
Questions and Answers
Question 1
What type of sites do Culex mosquitoes prefer to lay eggs?
a) grassy areas
b) temporary or permanent pools of water
c) Moist soil
d) dry soil areas that usually flood
Correct Answer
b) temporary or permanent pools of water
Question 2
Maps for the treatment of adult mosquitoes should pay particular attention to?
a) structures
b) Catch-basins
c) beehives
d) harborage areas
Correct Answer
c) beehives
Question 3
To attract mosquitoes that have taken a blood meal, the best trap is?
a) BG Sentinel trap
b) Ovitrap
c) CO2 trap
d) Gravid trap
Correct Answer
d) Gravid trap
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,Question 4
The best place to collect adult black fly samples is?
a) near the edge of the woods
b) near streams and rivers
c) in an open field
d) near a pond or wetland
Correct Answer
a) near the edge of the woods
Question 5
What are the life cycle stages of a tick?
a) Pupa, nymph, larva, adult
b) Pupa, egg, larva, adult
c) Egg, larva, nymph, adult
d) Egg, larva, pupa, adult
Correct Answer
c) Egg, larva, nymph, adult
Question 6
Harborage areas are important because?
a) that is where mosquitoes rest during the day
b) that is the best place to find mosquitoes that spread disease
c) that is where you will find man-made structures
d) that is where disease carrying mosquitoes breed
Correct Answer
a) that is where mosquitoes rest during the day
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, Question 7
------- control can provide the greatest impact on mosquito populations?
a) adult
b) barrier
c) Larval
d) physical
Correct Answer
c) Larval
Question 8
Black flies are primary responsible for transmitting what disease?
a) Zika virus
b) heartworm
c) Eastern Equine encephalitis
d) none of the above
Correct Answer
d) none of the above
Question 9
Methoprene pellets are effective for approximately?
a) 1-7 days
b) 12-24 days
c) 30-45 days
d) over 45 days
Correct Answer
c) 30-45 days
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Questions and Answers
Question 1
What type of sites do Culex mosquitoes prefer to lay eggs?
a) grassy areas
b) temporary or permanent pools of water
c) Moist soil
d) dry soil areas that usually flood
Correct Answer
b) temporary or permanent pools of water
Question 2
Maps for the treatment of adult mosquitoes should pay particular attention to?
a) structures
b) Catch-basins
c) beehives
d) harborage areas
Correct Answer
c) beehives
Question 3
To attract mosquitoes that have taken a blood meal, the best trap is?
a) BG Sentinel trap
b) Ovitrap
c) CO2 trap
d) Gravid trap
Correct Answer
d) Gravid trap
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,Question 4
The best place to collect adult black fly samples is?
a) near the edge of the woods
b) near streams and rivers
c) in an open field
d) near a pond or wetland
Correct Answer
a) near the edge of the woods
Question 5
What are the life cycle stages of a tick?
a) Pupa, nymph, larva, adult
b) Pupa, egg, larva, adult
c) Egg, larva, nymph, adult
d) Egg, larva, pupa, adult
Correct Answer
c) Egg, larva, nymph, adult
Question 6
Harborage areas are important because?
a) that is where mosquitoes rest during the day
b) that is the best place to find mosquitoes that spread disease
c) that is where you will find man-made structures
d) that is where disease carrying mosquitoes breed
Correct Answer
a) that is where mosquitoes rest during the day
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, Question 7
------- control can provide the greatest impact on mosquito populations?
a) adult
b) barrier
c) Larval
d) physical
Correct Answer
c) Larval
Question 8
Black flies are primary responsible for transmitting what disease?
a) Zika virus
b) heartworm
c) Eastern Equine encephalitis
d) none of the above
Correct Answer
d) none of the above
Question 9
Methoprene pellets are effective for approximately?
a) 1-7 days
b) 12-24 days
c) 30-45 days
d) over 45 days
Correct Answer
c) 30-45 days
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