FLORIDA PUBLIC HEALTH EXAM
(PRACTICE) EXAM | QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST
UPDATE | GRADED A+
Which mosquito species vectors both Yellow Fever and Dengue Fever?
Correct Answer: Aedes Aegypti
Which mosquito transmits Malaria?
Correct Answer: Anopheles quadrimaculatus
What 2 climate conditions are most conductive for adult mosquito activity?
Correct Answer: warm temp and high humidity
Which mosquito species vectors st louis encephalitis (SLE)
Correct Answer: culex nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus , Culex tarsalis
Mosquitoes thrive in moving water?
Correct Answer: false
T/F
1
,It is in the transitional zone, from the unusual level of high tide to levels above all but the highest
springs and storm tides that the heaviest breeding occurs
Correct Answer: true
Where are aedes triseriatus larvae most likely to be found?
Correct Answer: tree holes
Which mosquito species is found in crab holes (2)
Correct Answer: *Deinocerites Cancer
*Culex Opisthopus
Name 2 aedes salt marsh mosquito species
Correct Answer: 1) Ae. taeniorhynchus
2)Ae. sollicitans,
What genus of mosquito larva is known to eat other mosquito larva
Correct Answer: toxorhychitis
Why do fem. mosquitis feed on blood
Correct Answer: facilitate egg production
What mosquitoes genus lays their eggs in rafts on top of the water
Correct Answer: culex
2
,T/F
All adult mosquitoes feed on blood
Correct Answer: false:
toxorhynchitis do not feed on blood
Consider anopheles and culex larva: which genus has a siphon and which one has palmate hairs?
Correct Answer: Anopheles has palmate hairs and culex has a siphon
Aedes albopictus is also known as what?
Correct Answer: Asian tiger mosquito
What 2 components can affect the length of time it takes a mosquito to develop from a fist instar larva
to a pupa
Correct Answer: Temp and food availability
When was the Asian tiger mosquito found in fl and what continent did it originate ?
Correct Answer: 1986, Asia
What time of the yr are you most likely to capture culiseta inornata?
Correct Answer: Winter and Late Fall
3
, Name some insects that inject venom by sting
Correct Answer: 1) Fire Ants
2) Wasps
3) Bees
What is the flight range of the stable fly (stomoxy calcitrans)
Correct Answer: 70 miles
Do blinds mosquitoes carry diseases?
Correct Answer: No
What ch. in fl law addresses mosquito control?
Correct Answer: ch. 388
What is the time recommended for checking and calibrating spray equipment
Correct Answer: every 100 hrs or after maintenance/repairs
Name 4 diseases that are vectored by ticks
Correct Answer: rocky mounted spotted fever, lyme diseases, tularemia, human ehrlichlioses
In FL, what agency is responsible for certifying commercial pest control operators and mosquito control
personnel
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(PRACTICE) EXAM | QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST
UPDATE | GRADED A+
Which mosquito species vectors both Yellow Fever and Dengue Fever?
Correct Answer: Aedes Aegypti
Which mosquito transmits Malaria?
Correct Answer: Anopheles quadrimaculatus
What 2 climate conditions are most conductive for adult mosquito activity?
Correct Answer: warm temp and high humidity
Which mosquito species vectors st louis encephalitis (SLE)
Correct Answer: culex nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus , Culex tarsalis
Mosquitoes thrive in moving water?
Correct Answer: false
T/F
1
,It is in the transitional zone, from the unusual level of high tide to levels above all but the highest
springs and storm tides that the heaviest breeding occurs
Correct Answer: true
Where are aedes triseriatus larvae most likely to be found?
Correct Answer: tree holes
Which mosquito species is found in crab holes (2)
Correct Answer: *Deinocerites Cancer
*Culex Opisthopus
Name 2 aedes salt marsh mosquito species
Correct Answer: 1) Ae. taeniorhynchus
2)Ae. sollicitans,
What genus of mosquito larva is known to eat other mosquito larva
Correct Answer: toxorhychitis
Why do fem. mosquitis feed on blood
Correct Answer: facilitate egg production
What mosquitoes genus lays their eggs in rafts on top of the water
Correct Answer: culex
2
,T/F
All adult mosquitoes feed on blood
Correct Answer: false:
toxorhynchitis do not feed on blood
Consider anopheles and culex larva: which genus has a siphon and which one has palmate hairs?
Correct Answer: Anopheles has palmate hairs and culex has a siphon
Aedes albopictus is also known as what?
Correct Answer: Asian tiger mosquito
What 2 components can affect the length of time it takes a mosquito to develop from a fist instar larva
to a pupa
Correct Answer: Temp and food availability
When was the Asian tiger mosquito found in fl and what continent did it originate ?
Correct Answer: 1986, Asia
What time of the yr are you most likely to capture culiseta inornata?
Correct Answer: Winter and Late Fall
3
, Name some insects that inject venom by sting
Correct Answer: 1) Fire Ants
2) Wasps
3) Bees
What is the flight range of the stable fly (stomoxy calcitrans)
Correct Answer: 70 miles
Do blinds mosquitoes carry diseases?
Correct Answer: No
What ch. in fl law addresses mosquito control?
Correct Answer: ch. 388
What is the time recommended for checking and calibrating spray equipment
Correct Answer: every 100 hrs or after maintenance/repairs
Name 4 diseases that are vectored by ticks
Correct Answer: rocky mounted spotted fever, lyme diseases, tularemia, human ehrlichlioses
In FL, what agency is responsible for certifying commercial pest control operators and mosquito control
personnel
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