Mosquito Control Public Health ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Culex nigripalpus breeding area - CORRECT ANSWER - Flooded citrus groves
What is taken into account by the EPA when classifying a pesticide as General or Restricted use?
- CORRECT ANSWER - 1) physical or chemical hazards of the pesticide
2) pesticide toxicity
3) pesticide effects on the environment
*How it will be used is not a consideration
What are the 7 levels of Linnaeus' hierarchical system of classification? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Camp Johnson near Jacksonville - CORRECT ANSWER - US Army Public Health
Service and state board of health setup program of drainage and larvaciding
FL Entomological research center was dedicated in - CORRECT ANSWER - 1956
What year was the first Malaria Control formed in Perry County? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1919
When was the Florida Anti Mosquito Association formed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1922
- Dr. Porter was the president
In what year did the Florida Anti Mosquito Association become the Florida Mosquito Control
Association? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1990
, What year was the Indian River mosquito control district established? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1925
What year was the St. Lucie mosquito control district established? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1926
What year was the Broward mosquito control district established? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1934
What year was the Dade mosquito control district established? - CORRECT ANSWER -
1935
By what year has 52 other counties joined Indian River (25) St. Lucie (26) Broward (34) and
Dade (35) - CORRECT ANSWER - 1975
What Florida Administration Code spells out Mosquito Control Law? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ch. 5E-13 F.A.C.
What is FIFRA? - CORRECT ANSWER - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act, enacted in 1947
EPA - CORRECT ANSWER - The EPA is an agency of the United States federal
government whose mission is to protect human and environmental health. Enforce FIFRA.
EEE - CORRECT ANSWER - eastern equine encephalitis. Outbreak in 1831 killed 75
horses. Can infect mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Vaccine is available for horses, not
approved for humans.
In what year did Yellow Fever epidemic hit Jacksonville? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1877
and 1888
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Culex nigripalpus breeding area - CORRECT ANSWER - Flooded citrus groves
What is taken into account by the EPA when classifying a pesticide as General or Restricted use?
- CORRECT ANSWER - 1) physical or chemical hazards of the pesticide
2) pesticide toxicity
3) pesticide effects on the environment
*How it will be used is not a consideration
What are the 7 levels of Linnaeus' hierarchical system of classification? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Camp Johnson near Jacksonville - CORRECT ANSWER - US Army Public Health
Service and state board of health setup program of drainage and larvaciding
FL Entomological research center was dedicated in - CORRECT ANSWER - 1956
What year was the first Malaria Control formed in Perry County? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1919
When was the Florida Anti Mosquito Association formed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1922
- Dr. Porter was the president
In what year did the Florida Anti Mosquito Association become the Florida Mosquito Control
Association? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1990
, What year was the Indian River mosquito control district established? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1925
What year was the St. Lucie mosquito control district established? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1926
What year was the Broward mosquito control district established? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1934
What year was the Dade mosquito control district established? - CORRECT ANSWER -
1935
By what year has 52 other counties joined Indian River (25) St. Lucie (26) Broward (34) and
Dade (35) - CORRECT ANSWER - 1975
What Florida Administration Code spells out Mosquito Control Law? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ch. 5E-13 F.A.C.
What is FIFRA? - CORRECT ANSWER - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act, enacted in 1947
EPA - CORRECT ANSWER - The EPA is an agency of the United States federal
government whose mission is to protect human and environmental health. Enforce FIFRA.
EEE - CORRECT ANSWER - eastern equine encephalitis. Outbreak in 1831 killed 75
horses. Can infect mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Vaccine is available for horses, not
approved for humans.
In what year did Yellow Fever epidemic hit Jacksonville? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1877
and 1888
