Entomology Final Exam ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is attractive to mosquitos?
Select all that apply:
Oxygen
Heat
CO2
Color
Lactic acid - CORRECT ANSWER - Heat, CO2, and Lactic acid
The best way to reduce mosquito populations in your own back yard is to do which of the
following?
Select all that apply:
Use traditional insecticides
Use bug zappers
Plant fragrant herbs like lemongrass, and rosemary
Remove sources of standing water - CORRECT ANSWER - Remove sources of standing
water
Malaria is what type of disease? - CORRECT ANSWER - protozoan
When do mosquitoes typically feed? - CORRECT ANSWER - Dusk/ night
Encephalitis is an example of a ______ passed by mosquitos - CORRECT ANSWER -
virus
What is another name for Filarial worms passed by mosquitos? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Heartworm
,What flea life cycles are observed only during epidemics?
Select all that apply
Rodent - Flea - Rodent
Rat - Flea - Human
Human - Flea - Human
Rat - Human - CORRECT ANSWER - Rat - Flea - Human
Human - Flea - Human
Which of the following are true characteristics of fleas? Select all that apply.
Fleas can vector diseases
Fleas are hematophagous insects
Larvae spend more time on a host then other life stages
Fleas can live 500+ days without feeding - CORRECT ANSWER - Fleas can vector
diseases
Fleas are hematophagous insects
Fleas can live 500+ days without feeding
How does the plague affect fleas? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bacteria clogs the flea's guts,
and kills them
Which of the following events did malaria have major effects on? Select all that apply:
American Revolution
Civil war
Spanish conquest
Vietnam War - CORRECT ANSWER - American revolution
Civil war
Vietnam War
, What is another name for mosquito pupa? - CORRECT ANSWER - Tumbler
What is another name for mosquito larvae? - CORRECT ANSWER - Wriggler
Which of the following is true about bug zappers? Select all that apply
They greatly reduce mosquito populations
They don't attract mosquitos
They don't work for mosquitos
They kill harmless insects more often than mosquitos - CORRECT ANSWER - They don't
attract mosquitos
They don't work for mosquitos
They kill harmless insects more often than mosquitos
Insecticides that target larvae, and are generally better for the environment are known as
____________. - CORRECT ANSWER - Larvicides
What is the type of metamorphosis mosquitos go through? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Holometabolus
What do fleas vector that causes the plague? - CORRECT ANSWER - A bacteria
Adult cat fleas spend ________ of their time away from a host, while larvae spend _________ of
their time away from a host. - CORRECT ANSWER - 90%
100%
____________ is the most important viral disease spread by mosquitos. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Dengue
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is attractive to mosquitos?
Select all that apply:
Oxygen
Heat
CO2
Color
Lactic acid - CORRECT ANSWER - Heat, CO2, and Lactic acid
The best way to reduce mosquito populations in your own back yard is to do which of the
following?
Select all that apply:
Use traditional insecticides
Use bug zappers
Plant fragrant herbs like lemongrass, and rosemary
Remove sources of standing water - CORRECT ANSWER - Remove sources of standing
water
Malaria is what type of disease? - CORRECT ANSWER - protozoan
When do mosquitoes typically feed? - CORRECT ANSWER - Dusk/ night
Encephalitis is an example of a ______ passed by mosquitos - CORRECT ANSWER -
virus
What is another name for Filarial worms passed by mosquitos? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Heartworm
,What flea life cycles are observed only during epidemics?
Select all that apply
Rodent - Flea - Rodent
Rat - Flea - Human
Human - Flea - Human
Rat - Human - CORRECT ANSWER - Rat - Flea - Human
Human - Flea - Human
Which of the following are true characteristics of fleas? Select all that apply.
Fleas can vector diseases
Fleas are hematophagous insects
Larvae spend more time on a host then other life stages
Fleas can live 500+ days without feeding - CORRECT ANSWER - Fleas can vector
diseases
Fleas are hematophagous insects
Fleas can live 500+ days without feeding
How does the plague affect fleas? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bacteria clogs the flea's guts,
and kills them
Which of the following events did malaria have major effects on? Select all that apply:
American Revolution
Civil war
Spanish conquest
Vietnam War - CORRECT ANSWER - American revolution
Civil war
Vietnam War
, What is another name for mosquito pupa? - CORRECT ANSWER - Tumbler
What is another name for mosquito larvae? - CORRECT ANSWER - Wriggler
Which of the following is true about bug zappers? Select all that apply
They greatly reduce mosquito populations
They don't attract mosquitos
They don't work for mosquitos
They kill harmless insects more often than mosquitos - CORRECT ANSWER - They don't
attract mosquitos
They don't work for mosquitos
They kill harmless insects more often than mosquitos
Insecticides that target larvae, and are generally better for the environment are known as
____________. - CORRECT ANSWER - Larvicides
What is the type of metamorphosis mosquitos go through? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Holometabolus
What do fleas vector that causes the plague? - CORRECT ANSWER - A bacteria
Adult cat fleas spend ________ of their time away from a host, while larvae spend _________ of
their time away from a host. - CORRECT ANSWER - 90%
100%
____________ is the most important viral disease spread by mosquitos. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Dengue
