Florida Public Health Exam
(practice) With Questions and
Answers
Which mosquito species vectors both Yellow Fever and Dengue Fever? - Correct
Answer--Aedes Aegypti
Which mosquito transmits Malaria? - Correct Answer--Anopheles
quadrimaculatus
What 2 climate conditions are most conductive for adult mosquito activity? -
Correct Answer--warm temp and high humidity
Which mosquito species vectors st louis encephalitis (SLE) - Correct Answer--culex
nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus , Culex tarsalis
Mosquitoes thrive in moving water? - Correct Answer--false
T/F
It is in the transitional zone, from the unusual level of high tide to levels above all
but the highest springs and storm tides that the heaviest breeding occurs - Correct
Answer--true
Where are aedes triseriatus larvae most likely to be found? - Correct Answer--tree
holes
,Which mosquito species is found in crab holes (2) - Correct Answer--*Deinocerites
Cancer
*Culex Opisthopus
Name 2 aedes salt marsh mosquito species - Correct Answer--1) Ae.
taeniorhynchus
2)Ae. sollicitans,
What genus of mosquito larva is known to eat other mosquito larva - Correct
Answer--toxorhychitis
Why do fem. mosquitis feed on blood - Correct Answer--facilitate egg production
What mosquitoes genus lays their eggs in rafts on top of the water - Correct
Answer--culex
T/F
All adult mosquitoes feed on blood - Correct Answer--false:
toxorhynchitis do not feed on blood
,Consider anopheles and culex larva: which genus has a siphon and which one has
palmate hairs? - Correct Answer--Anopheles has palmate hairs and culex has a
siphon
Aedes albopictus is also known as what? - Correct Answer--Asian tiger mosquito
What 2 components can affect the length of time it takes a mosquito to develop
from a fist instar larva to a pupa - Correct Answer--Temp and food availability
When was the Asian tiger mosquito found in fl and what continent did it
originate ? - Correct Answer--1986, Asia
What time of the yr are you most likely to capture culiseta inornata? - Correct
Answer--Winter and Late Fall
Name some insects that inject venom by sting - Correct Answer--1) Fire Ants
2) Wasps
3) Bees
What is the flight range of the stable fly (stomoxy calcitrans) - Correct Answer--70
miles
Do blinds mosquitoes carry diseases? - Correct Answer--No
What ch. in fl law addresses mosquito control? - Correct Answer--ch. 388
, What is the time recommended for checking and calibrating spray equipment -
Correct Answer--every 100 hrs or after maintenance/repairs
Name 4 diseases that are vectored by ticks - Correct Answer--rocky mounted
spotted fever, lyme diseases, tularemia, human ehrlichlioses
In FL, what agency is responsible for certifying commercial pest control operators
and mosquito control personnel - Correct Answer--fl department of agriculture
and consumer service (FDACS)
Anopheles larva - Correct Answer--rest parallel to the water surface
What are not found on mosquitoes? - Correct Answer--two pair of wings
Which insect does not feed on blood - Correct Answer--book louse
The primary vector of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) belongs to what genus? -
Correct Answer--culex
Which one is not one of the 3 insect body regions?
1) Head
2) cephalothorax
3) Abdomen
(practice) With Questions and
Answers
Which mosquito species vectors both Yellow Fever and Dengue Fever? - Correct
Answer--Aedes Aegypti
Which mosquito transmits Malaria? - Correct Answer--Anopheles
quadrimaculatus
What 2 climate conditions are most conductive for adult mosquito activity? -
Correct Answer--warm temp and high humidity
Which mosquito species vectors st louis encephalitis (SLE) - Correct Answer--culex
nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus , Culex tarsalis
Mosquitoes thrive in moving water? - Correct Answer--false
T/F
It is in the transitional zone, from the unusual level of high tide to levels above all
but the highest springs and storm tides that the heaviest breeding occurs - Correct
Answer--true
Where are aedes triseriatus larvae most likely to be found? - Correct Answer--tree
holes
,Which mosquito species is found in crab holes (2) - Correct Answer--*Deinocerites
Cancer
*Culex Opisthopus
Name 2 aedes salt marsh mosquito species - Correct Answer--1) Ae.
taeniorhynchus
2)Ae. sollicitans,
What genus of mosquito larva is known to eat other mosquito larva - Correct
Answer--toxorhychitis
Why do fem. mosquitis feed on blood - Correct Answer--facilitate egg production
What mosquitoes genus lays their eggs in rafts on top of the water - Correct
Answer--culex
T/F
All adult mosquitoes feed on blood - Correct Answer--false:
toxorhynchitis do not feed on blood
,Consider anopheles and culex larva: which genus has a siphon and which one has
palmate hairs? - Correct Answer--Anopheles has palmate hairs and culex has a
siphon
Aedes albopictus is also known as what? - Correct Answer--Asian tiger mosquito
What 2 components can affect the length of time it takes a mosquito to develop
from a fist instar larva to a pupa - Correct Answer--Temp and food availability
When was the Asian tiger mosquito found in fl and what continent did it
originate ? - Correct Answer--1986, Asia
What time of the yr are you most likely to capture culiseta inornata? - Correct
Answer--Winter and Late Fall
Name some insects that inject venom by sting - Correct Answer--1) Fire Ants
2) Wasps
3) Bees
What is the flight range of the stable fly (stomoxy calcitrans) - Correct Answer--70
miles
Do blinds mosquitoes carry diseases? - Correct Answer--No
What ch. in fl law addresses mosquito control? - Correct Answer--ch. 388
, What is the time recommended for checking and calibrating spray equipment -
Correct Answer--every 100 hrs or after maintenance/repairs
Name 4 diseases that are vectored by ticks - Correct Answer--rocky mounted
spotted fever, lyme diseases, tularemia, human ehrlichlioses
In FL, what agency is responsible for certifying commercial pest control operators
and mosquito control personnel - Correct Answer--fl department of agriculture
and consumer service (FDACS)
Anopheles larva - Correct Answer--rest parallel to the water surface
What are not found on mosquitoes? - Correct Answer--two pair of wings
Which insect does not feed on blood - Correct Answer--book louse
The primary vector of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) belongs to what genus? -
Correct Answer--culex
Which one is not one of the 3 insect body regions?
1) Head
2) cephalothorax
3) Abdomen
