Mosquito control UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. A female mosquito takes a blood meal to:
a. Feel full
b. Produce eggs
c. Obtain viruses necessary for her survival - CORRECT ANSWER - Produce eggs
2. The three main body parts of an adult mosquito are:
a. Head, abdomen and legs
b. Proboscis, head and thorax
d. Head, abdomen and thorax - CORRECT ANSWER - Head, abdomen and thorax
3. Mosquito larvae are typically found in:
a. Fast-running streams
b. Shallow and still or stagnant water
d. The sediments of large lakes - CORRECT ANSWER - Shallow and still or stagnant
water
4. The genus of mosquito having palps roughly as long as the proboscis is:
a. Aedes
b. Culex
c. Anopheles - CORRECT ANSWER - Anopheles
5. Mosquito larvae breathe:
a. Through respiratory openings near the tip of the abdomen
b. Through gills located just behind the head
,c. By surfacing and gulping air with their mouths - CORRECT ANSWER - Through
respiratory openings near the tip of the abdomen
6. Some mosquitoes lay their eggs:
a. On damp soil
b. On their hosts (birds or mammals)
c. On agricultural crops (e.g., corn plants) - CORRECT ANSWER - On damp soil
7. The number of mosquito species in Michigan is approximately:
a. More than 100
b. 80
c. 60 - CORRECT ANSWER - 60
8. A mosquito goes through four stages of development:
a. Egg, larva, pupa and adult
b. Egg, first instar, larva and pupa
c. Larva, pupa, nymph and adult - CORRECT ANSWER - Egg, larva, pupa and adult
9. The three classes of Michigan mosquitoes, based on breeding sites, are:
a. Floodwater, permanent water and storm water breeders
b. Floodwater, permanent water and container/tree hole mosquitoes
c. Temporary pond, lake and marsh, and floodwater mosquitoes - CORRECT ANSWER -
Floodwater, permanent water and container/tree hole mosquitoes
10. Insects that are often confused with mosquitoes are:
a. Stable flies
b. Midges
c. Deer flies - CORRECT ANSWER - Midges
, 1. The human age group most likely to have severe symptoms from La Crosse encephalitis (CE
group) are:
a. Children
b. Teenagers
c. Older adults - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Children
2. A "dead-end host" is one that:
a. Causes the death of the mosquito vector
b. Always dies after receiving a pathogen from a vector
c. Is outside of the natural transmission cycle of the virus - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Is
outside of the natural transmission cycle of the virus
3. The most important mosquito-borne diseases in Michigan are caused by:
a. Bacteria
b. Viruses
c. Protozoans - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Viruses
4. SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural transmission cycle involving
several species of:
a. Wild birds
b. Rodents
c. Ungulates (horses, deer, etc.) - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Wild birds
5. Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for transmitting the West
Nile virus in Michigan?
a. Anopheles punctipennis
b. Culex pipiens
c. Coquillettidia perturbans - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Culex pipiens
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. A female mosquito takes a blood meal to:
a. Feel full
b. Produce eggs
c. Obtain viruses necessary for her survival - CORRECT ANSWER - Produce eggs
2. The three main body parts of an adult mosquito are:
a. Head, abdomen and legs
b. Proboscis, head and thorax
d. Head, abdomen and thorax - CORRECT ANSWER - Head, abdomen and thorax
3. Mosquito larvae are typically found in:
a. Fast-running streams
b. Shallow and still or stagnant water
d. The sediments of large lakes - CORRECT ANSWER - Shallow and still or stagnant
water
4. The genus of mosquito having palps roughly as long as the proboscis is:
a. Aedes
b. Culex
c. Anopheles - CORRECT ANSWER - Anopheles
5. Mosquito larvae breathe:
a. Through respiratory openings near the tip of the abdomen
b. Through gills located just behind the head
,c. By surfacing and gulping air with their mouths - CORRECT ANSWER - Through
respiratory openings near the tip of the abdomen
6. Some mosquitoes lay their eggs:
a. On damp soil
b. On their hosts (birds or mammals)
c. On agricultural crops (e.g., corn plants) - CORRECT ANSWER - On damp soil
7. The number of mosquito species in Michigan is approximately:
a. More than 100
b. 80
c. 60 - CORRECT ANSWER - 60
8. A mosquito goes through four stages of development:
a. Egg, larva, pupa and adult
b. Egg, first instar, larva and pupa
c. Larva, pupa, nymph and adult - CORRECT ANSWER - Egg, larva, pupa and adult
9. The three classes of Michigan mosquitoes, based on breeding sites, are:
a. Floodwater, permanent water and storm water breeders
b. Floodwater, permanent water and container/tree hole mosquitoes
c. Temporary pond, lake and marsh, and floodwater mosquitoes - CORRECT ANSWER -
Floodwater, permanent water and container/tree hole mosquitoes
10. Insects that are often confused with mosquitoes are:
a. Stable flies
b. Midges
c. Deer flies - CORRECT ANSWER - Midges
, 1. The human age group most likely to have severe symptoms from La Crosse encephalitis (CE
group) are:
a. Children
b. Teenagers
c. Older adults - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Children
2. A "dead-end host" is one that:
a. Causes the death of the mosquito vector
b. Always dies after receiving a pathogen from a vector
c. Is outside of the natural transmission cycle of the virus - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Is
outside of the natural transmission cycle of the virus
3. The most important mosquito-borne diseases in Michigan are caused by:
a. Bacteria
b. Viruses
c. Protozoans - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Viruses
4. SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural transmission cycle involving
several species of:
a. Wild birds
b. Rodents
c. Ungulates (horses, deer, etc.) - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Wild birds
5. Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for transmitting the West
Nile virus in Michigan?
a. Anopheles punctipennis
b. Culex pipiens
c. Coquillettidia perturbans - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Culex pipiens
