MICHIGAN MOSQUITO CONTROL 7F LATEST EXAM
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural transmission cycle
involving several species of: a. Wild birds b. Rodents c. Ungulates (horses, deer, etc.) -
✔✔a. Wild birds
✔✔Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for transmitting the
West Nile virus in Michigan? a. Anopheles punctipennis b. Culex pipiens c.
Coquillettidia perturbans - ✔✔b. Culex pipiens
✔✔The natural transmission cycle of La Crosse virus involves mostly: a. Small
mammals and Aedes triseriatus b. Birds and Aedes trivittatus c. Small mammals and
Culex mosquitoes - ✔✔a. Small mammals and Aedes triseriatus
✔✔Heartworm infection in dogs in Michigan is vectored by: a. Two species of
mosquitoes b. More than 90 percent of the mosquito species in Michigan c. More than
25 percent of the mosquito species in Michigan - ✔✔c. More than 25 percent of the
mosquito species in Michigan
✔✔EEE is a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a severe central nervous system
disease in: a. Horses and humans b. Cattle and domesticated birds c. Horses and cats -
✔✔a. Horses and humans
✔✔Birds in the Corvid family are highly susceptible to this mosquito-borne disease: a.
West Nile virus b. Eastern equine encephalitis c. Jamestown Canyon - ✔✔a. West Nile
virus
✔✔If human malaria resurfaced in Michigan, which mosquito group would you target for
control? a. Aedes b. Anopheles c. Culex - ✔✔b. Anopheles
✔✔Mosquito surveys can be used to determine: a. Absolute abundance of all mosquito
species present in an area b. Absolute abundance of some mosquito species in an area
c. Relative abundance of important disease vectors in an area - ✔✔c. Relative
abundance of important disease vectors in an area
✔✔Landing collections determine primarily: a. Mosquito flight range b. Disease activity
c. Biting activity - ✔✔c. Biting activity
✔✔Most adult mosquitoes are active during: a. Daylight hours b. Dawn and dusk c.
Around 2 a.m. - ✔✔b. Dawn and dusk
, ✔✔Two types of resting stations are utilized in mosquito surveillance: a. Large and
small b. Natural and artificial c. Black and white - ✔✔b. Natural and artificial
✔✔The New Jersey light trap is known for its: a. Portability b. Ease of use c. High-
wattage fluorescent light that attracts mosquitoes from large distances - ✔✔b. Ease of
use
✔✔Live captured female mosquitoes are most important to what type of mosquito
surveillance? a. Nuisance b. Breeding habitat c. Disease - ✔✔c. Disease
✔✔Which surveillance method is best utilized for sampling remote mosquito
populations? a. CDC light trap b. New Jersey light trap c. Aerial fly-over with net - ✔✔a.
CDC light trap
✔✔Special maps needed for mosquito control can now be created using computer
software available through: a. Software information system (SIS) b. Geographic
positioning system (GPS) c. Geographic information system (GIS) - ✔✔c. Geographic
information system (GIS)
✔✔To attract female mosquitoes, gravid traps utilize: a. A low-wattage bulb emitting
infrared light b. A transmitter emitting the wing beat frequency ("buzz" sound) of males
c. Water with organic enrichment (infusion) - ✔✔c. Water with organic enrichment
(infusion)
✔✔Oviposition traps are used to: a. Collect the eggs of container-breeding mosquitoes
b. Collect the eggs of birds that may be carrying WNV or SLE c. Collect adult
mosquitoes that have just laid eggs in a breeding habitat - ✔✔a. Collect the eggs of
container-breeding mosquitoes
✔✔Water management techniques fall under what category of mosquito control? a.
Cultural b. Source reduction c. Biological - ✔✔a. Cultural
✔✔Juvenile hormone analogs: a. Kill the mosquito in the immature (larval) stage b. Are
most effective when applied directly to mosquito eggs c. Keep larval mosquitoes from
developing into adults - ✔✔c. Keep larval mosquitoes from developing into adults
✔✔An adulticide registered for use in Michigan is: a. Malathion b. Interferon c. DDT -
✔✔a. Malathion
✔✔Surface oils are most effective against mosquito: a. Eggs b. Adults c. Larvae - ✔✔c.
Larvae
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural transmission cycle
involving several species of: a. Wild birds b. Rodents c. Ungulates (horses, deer, etc.) -
✔✔a. Wild birds
✔✔Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for transmitting the
West Nile virus in Michigan? a. Anopheles punctipennis b. Culex pipiens c.
Coquillettidia perturbans - ✔✔b. Culex pipiens
✔✔The natural transmission cycle of La Crosse virus involves mostly: a. Small
mammals and Aedes triseriatus b. Birds and Aedes trivittatus c. Small mammals and
Culex mosquitoes - ✔✔a. Small mammals and Aedes triseriatus
✔✔Heartworm infection in dogs in Michigan is vectored by: a. Two species of
mosquitoes b. More than 90 percent of the mosquito species in Michigan c. More than
25 percent of the mosquito species in Michigan - ✔✔c. More than 25 percent of the
mosquito species in Michigan
✔✔EEE is a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a severe central nervous system
disease in: a. Horses and humans b. Cattle and domesticated birds c. Horses and cats -
✔✔a. Horses and humans
✔✔Birds in the Corvid family are highly susceptible to this mosquito-borne disease: a.
West Nile virus b. Eastern equine encephalitis c. Jamestown Canyon - ✔✔a. West Nile
virus
✔✔If human malaria resurfaced in Michigan, which mosquito group would you target for
control? a. Aedes b. Anopheles c. Culex - ✔✔b. Anopheles
✔✔Mosquito surveys can be used to determine: a. Absolute abundance of all mosquito
species present in an area b. Absolute abundance of some mosquito species in an area
c. Relative abundance of important disease vectors in an area - ✔✔c. Relative
abundance of important disease vectors in an area
✔✔Landing collections determine primarily: a. Mosquito flight range b. Disease activity
c. Biting activity - ✔✔c. Biting activity
✔✔Most adult mosquitoes are active during: a. Daylight hours b. Dawn and dusk c.
Around 2 a.m. - ✔✔b. Dawn and dusk
, ✔✔Two types of resting stations are utilized in mosquito surveillance: a. Large and
small b. Natural and artificial c. Black and white - ✔✔b. Natural and artificial
✔✔The New Jersey light trap is known for its: a. Portability b. Ease of use c. High-
wattage fluorescent light that attracts mosquitoes from large distances - ✔✔b. Ease of
use
✔✔Live captured female mosquitoes are most important to what type of mosquito
surveillance? a. Nuisance b. Breeding habitat c. Disease - ✔✔c. Disease
✔✔Which surveillance method is best utilized for sampling remote mosquito
populations? a. CDC light trap b. New Jersey light trap c. Aerial fly-over with net - ✔✔a.
CDC light trap
✔✔Special maps needed for mosquito control can now be created using computer
software available through: a. Software information system (SIS) b. Geographic
positioning system (GPS) c. Geographic information system (GIS) - ✔✔c. Geographic
information system (GIS)
✔✔To attract female mosquitoes, gravid traps utilize: a. A low-wattage bulb emitting
infrared light b. A transmitter emitting the wing beat frequency ("buzz" sound) of males
c. Water with organic enrichment (infusion) - ✔✔c. Water with organic enrichment
(infusion)
✔✔Oviposition traps are used to: a. Collect the eggs of container-breeding mosquitoes
b. Collect the eggs of birds that may be carrying WNV or SLE c. Collect adult
mosquitoes that have just laid eggs in a breeding habitat - ✔✔a. Collect the eggs of
container-breeding mosquitoes
✔✔Water management techniques fall under what category of mosquito control? a.
Cultural b. Source reduction c. Biological - ✔✔a. Cultural
✔✔Juvenile hormone analogs: a. Kill the mosquito in the immature (larval) stage b. Are
most effective when applied directly to mosquito eggs c. Keep larval mosquitoes from
developing into adults - ✔✔c. Keep larval mosquitoes from developing into adults
✔✔An adulticide registered for use in Michigan is: a. Malathion b. Interferon c. DDT -
✔✔a. Malathion
✔✔Surface oils are most effective against mosquito: a. Eggs b. Adults c. Larvae - ✔✔c.
Larvae
