7F MOSQUITO CONTROL 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Mosquito surveys can be used to determine: - ✔✔Relative abundance of important
disease vectors in an area.
✔✔Landing collections determine primarily: - ✔✔Biting activity.
✔✔The two types of resting stations are utilized in mosquito surveillance: - ✔✔Natural
and artificial.
✔✔Most adult mosquitoes are active: - ✔✔Dawn and dusk.
✔✔The New Jersey light trap is known for its: - ✔✔Ease of use.
✔✔Live captured female mosquitoes are most important to what type of mosquito
surveillance? - ✔✔Disease.
✔✔Which surveillance method is best utilized for sampling remote mosquito
populations? - ✔✔CDC (Centers for Disease Control) light trap.
✔✔Special maps needed for mosquito control can now be created using computer
software available through: - ✔✔Geographic information system (GIS).
✔✔To attract female mosquitoes, gravid traps utilize: - ✔✔Water with organic
enrichment (infusion).
✔✔Oviposition traps are used to: - ✔✔Collect the eggs of container-breeding
mosquitoes.
✔✔Water management techniques fall under what category a mosquito control? -
✔✔Cultural.
✔✔Juvenile hormone analogs: - ✔✔Keep larval mosquitoes from developing into adults.
✔✔An adulticide registered for use in MI is? - ✔✔Malathion.
✔✔To target mosquitoes, adulticide droplets should fall in the size range of: - ✔✔5-27Of
microns.
✔✔An example of a larvicide registered for use in MI is: - ✔✔Temephos.
✔✔Gambusia affinis is particularly effective against: - ✔✔Larval mosquitoes.
, ✔✔Which is NOT a component of effective public relations? - ✔✔Discussing only the
beneficial aspects of a pesticide to avoid confusing the customer.
✔✔Keeping current with technology and joining professional organizations is: -
✔✔Secondary to proper application.
✔✔Many mosquito control programs are under direction of: - ✔✔Entomologists.
✔✔All mosquito control equipment can be divided into these two general categories: -
✔✔ULV and thermal.
✔✔A type of adulticiding that leaves a residual to create a barrier is typically applied
using: - ✔✔Aerial methods.
✔✔ULV: - ✔✔Ultra low volume.
✔✔Compression sprayers are typically used for: - ✔✔Larvaciding.
✔✔The adulticiding unit that produces a superheated cloud of pesticide is known as: -
✔✔Thermal fogger.
✔✔Emulsifiable concentrate formulations are used: - ✔✔When short term residual is
desired.
✔✔In most cases, the most efficient control of mosquito population is: - ✔✔Larvaciding.
✔✔Aircraft larvaciding is used for: - ✔✔Possible with both rotary and fixed-wing
versions.
✔✔Application of adulticides with ULV methods should be done when: -
✔✔Temperature is above 55* F and wind speed is below 10 mph.
✔✔A hand-held broadcast spreader is: - ✔✔Used for application of larvicide in hard-to-
access areas.
✔✔Insecticide evaluations in a mosquito control operation are important for: -
✔✔Testing the effectiveness of new application techniques.
✔✔Evaluation of a new insecticide formulation for adulticiding would likely include: -
✔✔Sentinel caged mosquitoes.
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Mosquito surveys can be used to determine: - ✔✔Relative abundance of important
disease vectors in an area.
✔✔Landing collections determine primarily: - ✔✔Biting activity.
✔✔The two types of resting stations are utilized in mosquito surveillance: - ✔✔Natural
and artificial.
✔✔Most adult mosquitoes are active: - ✔✔Dawn and dusk.
✔✔The New Jersey light trap is known for its: - ✔✔Ease of use.
✔✔Live captured female mosquitoes are most important to what type of mosquito
surveillance? - ✔✔Disease.
✔✔Which surveillance method is best utilized for sampling remote mosquito
populations? - ✔✔CDC (Centers for Disease Control) light trap.
✔✔Special maps needed for mosquito control can now be created using computer
software available through: - ✔✔Geographic information system (GIS).
✔✔To attract female mosquitoes, gravid traps utilize: - ✔✔Water with organic
enrichment (infusion).
✔✔Oviposition traps are used to: - ✔✔Collect the eggs of container-breeding
mosquitoes.
✔✔Water management techniques fall under what category a mosquito control? -
✔✔Cultural.
✔✔Juvenile hormone analogs: - ✔✔Keep larval mosquitoes from developing into adults.
✔✔An adulticide registered for use in MI is? - ✔✔Malathion.
✔✔To target mosquitoes, adulticide droplets should fall in the size range of: - ✔✔5-27Of
microns.
✔✔An example of a larvicide registered for use in MI is: - ✔✔Temephos.
✔✔Gambusia affinis is particularly effective against: - ✔✔Larval mosquitoes.
, ✔✔Which is NOT a component of effective public relations? - ✔✔Discussing only the
beneficial aspects of a pesticide to avoid confusing the customer.
✔✔Keeping current with technology and joining professional organizations is: -
✔✔Secondary to proper application.
✔✔Many mosquito control programs are under direction of: - ✔✔Entomologists.
✔✔All mosquito control equipment can be divided into these two general categories: -
✔✔ULV and thermal.
✔✔A type of adulticiding that leaves a residual to create a barrier is typically applied
using: - ✔✔Aerial methods.
✔✔ULV: - ✔✔Ultra low volume.
✔✔Compression sprayers are typically used for: - ✔✔Larvaciding.
✔✔The adulticiding unit that produces a superheated cloud of pesticide is known as: -
✔✔Thermal fogger.
✔✔Emulsifiable concentrate formulations are used: - ✔✔When short term residual is
desired.
✔✔In most cases, the most efficient control of mosquito population is: - ✔✔Larvaciding.
✔✔Aircraft larvaciding is used for: - ✔✔Possible with both rotary and fixed-wing
versions.
✔✔Application of adulticides with ULV methods should be done when: -
✔✔Temperature is above 55* F and wind speed is below 10 mph.
✔✔A hand-held broadcast spreader is: - ✔✔Used for application of larvicide in hard-to-
access areas.
✔✔Insecticide evaluations in a mosquito control operation are important for: -
✔✔Testing the effectiveness of new application techniques.
✔✔Evaluation of a new insecticide formulation for adulticiding would likely include: -
✔✔Sentinel caged mosquitoes.
