NAVMED P 5010 CH 8 Flashcards

ENTOMOLOGY & PEST CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

1
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WHAT DOES (DVECC) STAND FOR?

A

Disease Vector Ecology and Control Centers

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2
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Refers to organisms, primarily arthropods and rodents

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DEFINITION OF A VECTOR

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3
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Provides specialized support in the area of stored products pest management

A

Entomologist

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4
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Who must attend pest control training?

A

THE SEL MDR & PMT Corpsman

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5
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How often is shipboard pest control training conducted?

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Once a year.

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6
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Is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest

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Definition of Pesticides

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7
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Acaricides, avicides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, molluscicides, nematocides, rodenticides

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Are Shipboard Pesticides

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A substance used to control mites, scorpions, spiders, ticks and related organisms

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Acaricides

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9
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A substance used to control fungi

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Fungicides

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10
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A substance used to control un-desired vegetation

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Herbicides

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11
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A substance used to control insects, sometimes used in a broader sense to include the control of arthropods other than insects.

A

Insecticide

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12
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Used to control the adult stage of an insect

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Adulticide

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13
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Used to control the larval stage of an insect.

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Larvicide

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14
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Used against the egg stage of an insect.

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Ovicide

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15
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Used to control snails and other mollusks

A

Molluscicide

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16
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Used to control rodents.

A

Rodenticide

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17
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Are compounds of mineral origin and mainly include arsenic, copper, mercury, sulfur or zinc

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Inorganic pesticides

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18
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Are a group of synthetic organic compounds with one or more chlorine atoms. Chlordane, dieldrin, and DDT are examples

A

Chlorinated hydrocarbons

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19
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Synthetic compounds containing phosphorous

A

Organophosphates

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20
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Are synthetic compounds of salts or esters of carbamic acid. Carbaryl and propoxur are examples

A

Carbamates

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21
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Are pesticides of plant origin. Pyrethrums and rotenone are examples.

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Botanical

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22
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They are effective for penetrating cracks and crevices. They may be used around electrical equipment or power

A

Oil Solutions

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23
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Consists of droplets of an emulsifiable pesticide dispersed in a diluent in such a way as to prevent separation of the two components

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Emulsions

24
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Suspension of liquid or solid particles in air

A

Aerosols

25
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Used only in airtight spaces which prevent dissipation

A

Gases and Vapors

26
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What is a Simulium spp.?

A

Black Fly

27
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What is Phlebotomus spp.?

A

Sand Fly

28
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What is Glossina spp.?

A

Tsetse Fly

29
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What is a (Sarcophagi and Wohlfahrtia)?

A

Flesh Fly

30
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What is a Musca domestics?

A

A House fly

31
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What is Moderately Toxic? (How much does it take to administer death)

A

50-500 mg/kg

32
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What is a Periplaneta americana?

A

American cockroach

33
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What is a Supella longipalpa?

A

Brown-banded cockroach

34
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What is a Blatella germanica?

A

German Cockroach

35
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Are responsible for the transmission of louse-borne typhus, trench fever and louse-borne relapsing fever

A

Human Lice

36
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Generally most frequently associated with disease transmission, mosquitoes are

A

Aedes, Anopheles and Culex

37
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First in importance among the insects that transmit disease to man

A

Mosquitoes

38
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What is a Hippelates?

A

Eye gnat

39
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What is a Tabanus, Chrysops, etc.?

A

Horse and Deer Fly

40
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What is a Periplaneta australasiae?

A

Australian cockroach

41
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They are known to transmit diseases to man and animals.

A

Ticks

42
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What is Rhipicephalus sanguineus?

A

The brown dog tick

43
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What is Xenopsylla cheopis?

A

The oriental rat flea

44
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What vector transmits the Plague?

A

The oriental rat flea

45
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What is Tunga Penetrans?

A

Burrowing flea

46
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What flea needs an animal hosts to breed?

A

Sand Flea

47
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What is a Rattus norvegicus?

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The Norway, brown or gray rat,

48
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What is Rattus rattus alexandrines?

A

The Roof rat

49
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How does the Navy prevent rodents from boarding ships?

A

Rat Guards

50
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What is the minimum diameter of a rat guard?

A

36 in diameter

51
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Where should the rat guard be mounted?

A

At least 6 feet from the closet point on shore or ship.

52
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What certifies a Navy vessel that there is no rats, on-board?

A

Deratization Certification

53
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Neurotoxic come from what?

A

black widow spiders

54
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Cytolytic come from what?

A

brown recluse spider

55
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Hemolytic come from what?

A

horse flies

56
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Are venomous arachnids that rarely sting man, and then, only when provoked?

A

Scorpions