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Unit 3: Medical Entomology Flashcards

1
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Who determines the effectiveness of aerial spraying of pesticides to control vectors or medically important pests?

A

Public Health

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2
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Who provides vector identification for bases in the continental United States (CONUS)?

A

United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

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3
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What is the first classification or grouping within the animal or plant kingdom?

A

Phylum

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4
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In most cases, what is the lowest major division in the classification system of insects?

A

Species

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5
Q

Which has an endoskeletal structure?
a. Tick.
b. Mite.
c. Human.
d. Scorpion.

A

Human

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6
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Which type of metamorphosis is a growth cycle that includes four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult?

A

Complete metamorphosis

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7
Q

Flies, mosquitoes, midges, and punkies belong to which order of insects?

A

Diptera

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8
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Who monitors all pest control activities for the entire Air Force installation?

A

Pest Management section

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9
Q

Which type of pest control consists of using predators, pathogens, or genetic engineering to control arthropods?

A

Biological

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10
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Which mosquito genus deposits its eggs so they are attached together to form rafts that float on the water?

A

Culex

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11
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During which stage do mosquitoes abstain from feeding?

A

Pupal

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12
Q

Which disease sometimes resembles the pain of broken bones?

A

Dengue fever

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13
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Which mosquitoes transmit all four forms of malaria?

A

Anopheles

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14
Q

Where do most complications develop when a human is infected with malaria?

A

Brain

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15
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How many feet above the ground should solid-state Army miniature (SSAM) traps be located to attract the most mosquitoes?

A

6

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16
Q

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?

A

Ovitrap for mosquito eggs

17
Q

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

a. Filling in the low-lying areas with dirt

18
Q

Whose responsibility is it to fill low-lying areas with dirt to control mosquitoes?

A

Civil engineer

19
Q

Replacing the weather stripping on a door and patching screens are two examples of which type of mosquito control?

A

Mechanical

20
Q

How are epidemic typhus and trench fever transmitted?

A

Infected louse feces or crushed lice

21
Q

What is the condition in which living tissue is infested with maggots?

A

Myiasis

22
Q

Which disease is transmitted by fleas?
a. Dengue fever.
b. Leishmaniasis.
c. Malaria.
d. Plague.

A

d. Plague

23
Q

How is endemic typhus (murine typhus) transmitted?

A

Feces of a flea rubbed into a wound

24
Q

Which is an example of a hard tick?
a. South coast tick.
b. Balkan deer tick.
c. American dog tick.
d. Relapsing fever tick.

A

c. American dog tick

25
Q

Which disease is a bacterial disease spread by ticks?
a. Dengue.
b. Tularemia.
c. Relapsing fever.
d. Colorado tick fever.

A

b. Tularemia

26
Q

What do you call the transmission of rickettsial pathogens from adult ticks through the egg?

A

Transovarial

27
Q

What is the most abundant cockroach species in the United States?

A

German

28
Q

What is the most effective method of controlling cockroaches?

A

Denying access to food or moisture

29
Q

Which type of venom produces raised areas on the skin that may itch or be intensely painful?

A

Urticating toxin

30
Q

What control measures are the most effective against venomous animals?

A

Cultural

31
Q

Which is the largest and most common domestic rat?

A

Norway

32
Q

Which is the best method for long-term control of rodents?

A

Cultural and mechanical

33
Q

Which disease results from either direct or indirect contact with the urine of infected rodents or other animals?

A

Leptospirosis

34
Q

What is the most positive proof of a rodent infestation?

A

Sighting a live rodent

35
Q

Swing marks made along a beam under floor joists generally indicate the presence of which type of rodent?

A

Roof rat

36
Q

If you powder a floor to survey for tracks, the hind feet prints of a rodent will show how many toes?

A

5

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