Alabama Public Health Exam - Pest Control Exam
Questions & Answers | Updated 2026
List the four stages of complete metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER -egg, larva, pupa, adult
List the three stages of incomplete Metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER -egg, nymph, adult
Four most common cockroaches in Homes - CORRECT ANSWER -Brown - Banded, German,
American, Oriental
Name the two types of lice that attack man - CORRECT ANSWER -Human Head & Body louse,
Pubic or Crab louse
Anopheles mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER -vector for malaria
Aedes Culex pipiens mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER -Principle vector of St. Louis encephalitis
Andes aegypti - CORRECT ANSWER -yellow fever mosquito, develops primarily in water-filled
tree holes and in artificial containers such as tires, tin cans, household appliances and bird baths
Aedes Culex - CORRECT ANSWER -aka common house mosquito develop in temporay bodies of
water such as woodland pools caused by rain or melting snow
Anopheles mosquito - cause Malaria - CORRECT ANSWER -prefer permanent standing water
with plenty of floating vegetation such as marshes and the margins of ponds
what type of fly breeds primarly in dead anamial carcasses and meat scraps? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Blow Fly
, Bed Bug - CORRECT ANSWER -is an insect pest
Head Lice - CORRECT ANSWER -is an insect pest
Fleas - CORRECT ANSWER -is an insect pest
Fire Ants - CORRECT ANSWER -is an insect pest
Saddleback Caterpillars - CORRECT ANSWER -is an insect pest
Scorpions - CORRECT ANSWER -arachnids pest
Chiggers - CORRECT ANSWER -arachnids pest
brown dog ticks - CORRECT ANSWER -arachnids pest
Bed Bugs - CORRECT ANSWER -are not know to vector (spread) any disease
Rodenticide - CORRECT ANSWER -"Reservoir" human disease control method
Vaccination - CORRECT ANSWER -"Vertebrate" human disease control method
Municipal mosquito control program - CORRECT ANSWER -"Vector" human disease control
method
Questions & Answers | Updated 2026
List the four stages of complete metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER -egg, larva, pupa, adult
List the three stages of incomplete Metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER -egg, nymph, adult
Four most common cockroaches in Homes - CORRECT ANSWER -Brown - Banded, German,
American, Oriental
Name the two types of lice that attack man - CORRECT ANSWER -Human Head & Body louse,
Pubic or Crab louse
Anopheles mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER -vector for malaria
Aedes Culex pipiens mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER -Principle vector of St. Louis encephalitis
Andes aegypti - CORRECT ANSWER -yellow fever mosquito, develops primarily in water-filled
tree holes and in artificial containers such as tires, tin cans, household appliances and bird baths
Aedes Culex - CORRECT ANSWER -aka common house mosquito develop in temporay bodies of
water such as woodland pools caused by rain or melting snow
Anopheles mosquito - cause Malaria - CORRECT ANSWER -prefer permanent standing water
with plenty of floating vegetation such as marshes and the margins of ponds
what type of fly breeds primarly in dead anamial carcasses and meat scraps? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Blow Fly
, Bed Bug - CORRECT ANSWER -is an insect pest
Head Lice - CORRECT ANSWER -is an insect pest
Fleas - CORRECT ANSWER -is an insect pest
Fire Ants - CORRECT ANSWER -is an insect pest
Saddleback Caterpillars - CORRECT ANSWER -is an insect pest
Scorpions - CORRECT ANSWER -arachnids pest
Chiggers - CORRECT ANSWER -arachnids pest
brown dog ticks - CORRECT ANSWER -arachnids pest
Bed Bugs - CORRECT ANSWER -are not know to vector (spread) any disease
Rodenticide - CORRECT ANSWER -"Reservoir" human disease control method
Vaccination - CORRECT ANSWER -"Vertebrate" human disease control method
Municipal mosquito control program - CORRECT ANSWER -"Vector" human disease control
method
