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__________ is the most common reservoir of Sin nombre virus, the causative
agent of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
A. Roof rat
B. Norway rat
C. Deer mouse
D. House mouse
- answer-C. Deer mouse
___________ of chiggers attack man and dogs.
A. Larvae
B. Nymphs
C. Adults
D. all of the above
- answer-A. Larvae
_____________ is a systemic fungal disease transmitted to humans by airborne
spores from soil contaminated by pigeons, starlings, and other bird and bat
droppings.
A. Fungidosis
B. Lipidosis
C. Osmosis
D. Histoplasmosis
- answer-D. Histoplasmosis
A basic inspection program addresses ____________.
A. adult and larval population densities, species composition, rainfall and larval
sites.
B. larval populations and larval sites
C. adult populations and potential resting sites
D. pupal populations and pupal sites
- answer-A. adult and larval population densities, species composition, rainfall and
larval sites.
A complete chigger management program should include ___________.
,A. wearing repellent and avoiding infested areas
B. avoiding infested areas, using predatory mites and killing both mites with
pesticides
C. mowing the lawn first and then using predatory mites
D. avoiding infested areas, keeping vegetation low and applying pesticides to
infested areas
- answer-D. avoiding infested areas, keeping vegetation low and applying
pesticides to infested areas
A disease outbreak occurring in non-human animals is called ___________.
A. an epizootic
B. transovarial transmission
C. an intermediary host
D. a primary pathogen
- answer-A. an epizootic
A physician's prescription is needed to control a tropical rate mite infestation.
A. True
B. False
- answer-B. False
A(n) ____________ is one or more species that harbor a disease-causing pathogen
over an extended period of time without showing symptoms of the disease.
A. obligatory vector
B. reservoir host
C. myiasis
D. zoonose
- answer-B. reservoir host
Adult insects have three body segments-___________.
A. head, back and bottom
B. segment 1, segment 2 and segment 3
C. head, thorax and abdomen
D. nervous, digestive and reproductive systems
- answer-C. head, thorax and abdomen
Aedes vexans, Ochlerotatus sollicitans and Psorophora species are less likely to be
oriented to an edge and thus require a quicker, chopping motion of the dipper as
they are more likely to dive below the surface when disturbed.
A. True
, B. False
- answer-A. True
Arthropods have ___________.
A. a segmented body: legs, antennae nad or other paired appendages; and an
exoskeleton
B. a spinal column surrounded by a backbone and hardened plates covering the
body
C. a spinal column surrounding the backbone and scales covering most of the body
D. wings, beak and an internal skeleton
- answer-A. a segmented body: legs, antennae nad or other paired appendages; and
an exoskeleton
Arthropods include ___________.
A. shrimp, millipedes and dolphins
B. rodents, insects and ticks
C. millipedes, insects and ticks
D. insects, mice and spiders
- answer-C. millipedes, insects and ticks
Blow flies breed and feed on ___________.
A. urine-soaked straws.
B. soft tissue surrounding eye
C. animal dung
D. carrion and garbage
- answer-D. carrion and garbage
Both the southern black and the __________ widow can be found in Tennessee.
A. brown
B. red
C. northern
D. western black
- answer-C. northern
Brown recluse spiders are tan with a dark fiddle-shaped mark and which eye
arrangement?
A. Three pairs of eyes in a semicircular arrangement.
B. Two rows of four eyes.
C. 2-4-2 pattern of eyes.