7F Mosquito Control Study Guide Exam
Question & Answers 2025
A female mosquito takes a blood meal to: - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Produce eggs.
The three main body parts of an adult mosquito are: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Head, abdomen and thorax.
Mosquito larvae are typically found in: - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Shallow and still or stagnant water.
The genus of mosquito having palps roughly as long as the proboscis is:
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Anopheles.
Mosquito larvae breathe: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Through
respiratory openings near the tip of the abdomen.
Some mosquitoes lay their eggs: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔On
damp soil.
The number of mosquito species in MI is approximately: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Sixty (60).
A mosquito goes through four stages of development: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Egg, larva, pupa and adult.
, 7F Mosquito Control Study Guide Exam
Question & Answers 2025
The three classes of MI mosquitoes, based on breeding sites, are: -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Floodwater, permanent water and
container/tree hole mosquitoes.
Insects that are often confused with mosquitoes are: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Midges.
The human age group most likely to have severe symptoms for La
Crosse encephalitis (CE group) are: - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Children.
A "dead end host" is one that: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Is outside
of the natural transmission cycle of the virus.
SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural
transmission cycle involving several species of: - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Wild birds.
Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for
transmitting the West Nile virus? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Culex
pipiens.
Question & Answers 2025
A female mosquito takes a blood meal to: - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Produce eggs.
The three main body parts of an adult mosquito are: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Head, abdomen and thorax.
Mosquito larvae are typically found in: - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Shallow and still or stagnant water.
The genus of mosquito having palps roughly as long as the proboscis is:
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Anopheles.
Mosquito larvae breathe: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Through
respiratory openings near the tip of the abdomen.
Some mosquitoes lay their eggs: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔On
damp soil.
The number of mosquito species in MI is approximately: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Sixty (60).
A mosquito goes through four stages of development: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Egg, larva, pupa and adult.
, 7F Mosquito Control Study Guide Exam
Question & Answers 2025
The three classes of MI mosquitoes, based on breeding sites, are: -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Floodwater, permanent water and
container/tree hole mosquitoes.
Insects that are often confused with mosquitoes are: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Midges.
The human age group most likely to have severe symptoms for La
Crosse encephalitis (CE group) are: - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Children.
A "dead end host" is one that: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Is outside
of the natural transmission cycle of the virus.
SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural
transmission cycle involving several species of: - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Wild birds.
Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for
transmitting the West Nile virus? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Culex
pipiens.
