Unit 3: Medical Entomology Flashcards
Who determines the effectiveness of aerial spraying of pesticides to control vectors or medically important pests?
Public Health
Who provides vector identification for bases in the continental United States (CONUS)?
United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
What is the first classification or grouping within the animal or plant kingdom?
Phylum
In most cases, what is the lowest major division in the classification system of insects?
Species
Which has an endoskeletal structure?
a. Tick.
b. Mite.
c. Human.
d. Scorpion.
Human
Which type of metamorphosis is a growth cycle that includes four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult?
Complete metamorphosis
Flies, mosquitoes, midges, and punkies belong to which order of insects?
Diptera
Who monitors all pest control activities for the entire Air Force installation?
Pest Management section
Which type of pest control consists of using predators, pathogens, or genetic engineering to control arthropods?
Biological
Which mosquito genus deposits its eggs so they are attached together to form rafts that float on the water?
Culex
During which stage do mosquitoes abstain from feeding?
Pupal
Which disease sometimes resembles the pain of broken bones?
Dengue fever
Which mosquitoes transmit all four forms of malaria?
Anopheles
Where do most complications develop when a human is infected with malaria?
Brain
How many feet above the ground should solid-state Army miniature (SSAM) traps be located to attract the most mosquitoes?
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What type of surveillance method uses a paper-towel-wrapped tongue depressor emerged in a one-pint, black jar that has been half-filled with water?
Ovitrap for mosquito eggs
Which is an example of cultural control for mosquitoes?
a. Filling in the low-lying areas with dirt.
b. Placing Gambusia minnows in the base pond.
c. Spraying the base with low doses of malathion.
d. Depositing larvacide in the stagnant water areas.
a. Filling in the low-lying areas with dirt
Whose responsibility is it to fill low-lying areas with dirt to control mosquitoes?
Civil engineer
Replacing the weather stripping on a door and patching screens are two examples of which type of mosquito control?
Mechanical
How are epidemic typhus and trench fever transmitted?
Infected louse feces or crushed lice
What is the condition in which living tissue is infested with maggots?
Myiasis
Which disease is transmitted by fleas?
a. Dengue fever.
b. Leishmaniasis.
c. Malaria.
d. Plague.
d. Plague
How is endemic typhus (murine typhus) transmitted?
Feces of a flea rubbed into a wound
Which is an example of a hard tick?
a. South coast tick.
b. Balkan deer tick.
c. American dog tick.
d. Relapsing fever tick.
c. American dog tick
Which disease is a bacterial disease spread by ticks?
a. Dengue.
b. Tularemia.
c. Relapsing fever.
d. Colorado tick fever.
b. Tularemia
What do you call the transmission of rickettsial pathogens from adult ticks through the egg?
Transovarial
What is the most abundant cockroach species in the United States?
German
What is the most effective method of controlling cockroaches?
Denying access to food or moisture
Which type of venom produces raised areas on the skin that may itch or be intensely painful?
Urticating toxin
What control measures are the most effective against venomous animals?
Cultural
Which is the largest and most common domestic rat?
Norway
Which is the best method for long-term control of rodents?
Cultural and mechanical
Which disease results from either direct or indirect contact with the urine of infected rodents or other animals?
Leptospirosis
What is the most positive proof of a rodent infestation?
Sighting a live rodent
Swing marks made along a beam under floor joists generally indicate the presence of which type of rodent?
Roof rat
If you powder a floor to survey for tracks, the hind feet prints of a rodent will show how many toes?
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