Ento 2003 Final Exam UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Ento 2003 Final Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Putting ladybird beetles in the garden - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is
not a form of cultural control?


Do a circle dance - CORRECT ANSWER - Honey bees are able to communicate to
members of their colony about where a food resource can be found. If the food source is close
by, how do the bees share the information with colony mates?


Batesian mimicry - CORRECT ANSWER - When a fly (Diptera) that cannot protect itself
by stinging looks like a wasp (Hymenoptera) that can sting, the fly exhibits what?


Tick - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the vector of Lyme disease?



Males and Females - CORRECT ANSWER - In a termite colony, you find soldiers with
large mandibles. What sex are these soldiers?


Subsocial behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - A female earwing creates a nest and guards
her eggs until they hatch. The female earwig is exhibiting:


Reproductive termites - CORRECT ANSWER - You find some insects around the base of
the foundation of your house that are dark in color and with wings. You look at them and they
have straight antennae and their thorax and abdomen have a wide connection. These insects are:


Human - CORRECT ANSWER - The host of Zika virus is:



Mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is the vector of the disease
Chikungunya?

,Counter-shading - CORRECT ANSWER - When an insect is dark on top and light on its
underside, the insect is exhibiting:


Raising offspring - CORRECT ANSWER - Mature insects form associations for all of the
following reasons EXCEPT:


A high NOAEL - CORRECT ANSWER - When developing a pesticide which
characteristic is most important for preserving human health?


Diploid female - CORRECT ANSWER - If a queen bee lays a fertilized egg in a hive
chamber, the egg becomes a:


Secondary consumers - CORRECT ANSWER - Birds that eat grasshoppers and
caterpillars are:


Number of pests - CORRECT ANSWER - The economic injury level is measure in:



All are blood-feeders - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the following are blood-feeding
insects EXCEPT: [Bed bugs, Mosquitoes, Lice, Fleas]


Bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER - The pathogen that causes the Plague is:



Bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER - The pathogen that causes typhus is
__________________


Polymorphism - CORRECT ANSWER - Some ant species have workers that are different
sizes and have different jobs. This difference in size among workers is called:


They lay eggs that turn into males - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the following are
characteristics of honeybee workers, EXCEPT:

, Becomes resistant to the pesticide - CORRECT ANSWER - When pests are targeted with
chemical pesticides, the main problem is that the pest


Unknown - CORRECT ANSWER - The most-important factor causing colony collapse
disorder is:


Protozoa - CORRECT ANSWER - For Malaria, what is the pathogen?



Flea - CORRECT ANSWER - In the disease cycle of Plague, which of the following is the
vector?


Aposematic - CORRECT ANSWER - You find a brightly colored orange and black insect.
This insect is:


Haplodiploidy sex determination - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is NOT
a required characteristic of eusocial insects?


crypsis - CORRECT ANSWER - A grasshopper is brown and sits on a patch of sand which
it matches. This insect is exhibiting:


Bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER - The pathogen of Lyme disease is what?



Mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the vector of Elephantiasis?



Vaccine - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the best way to protect yourself against Yellow
Fever?


Plague - CORRECT ANSWER - Which insect vectored disease killed up to 2/3 of the
European population in the 1400s?