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FLORIDA PUBLIC HEALTH EXAM
(PRACTICE) UPDATED EXAM WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
Culex Nigripalpus and culex quinquefasciatus are associated with
what diseases? - correct answer -EEE, st. Luis encephalitis, West
Nile virus
Primary pest mosquito in Florida? - correct answer -1) Aedes
Taeniorhynchus (tae)
2) Ae Sollicitans
The first Health officer serving as the president of the Florida anti
mosquito association was? - correct answer -Dr. J.Y Porter
A non biting fly that is a major nuisance mainly on road ways
during the months of April through May is? - correct answer -Love
bugs (bibionidae)
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1889 - Florida State Board of Heath formed. and a a mosquito
expert named head. Who was it? - correct answer -Dr. J.Y Porter
Division of Entomology was raised to Bureau status when? -
correct answer -1946
A small biting fly that often causes many citizens complaints is
called a sand fly the (genus) of this fly is? - correct answer -
Culicodes
Where are Eggs deposited? - correct answer -In water
On sides of containers where water will soon cover eggs
On damp soil, they will hatch when flooded by rainfall or high tides
On under/upper side of floating aquatic plants: Mansonia
Spanish, English and French explorers told tales of being forced
to sleep on beaches covered in sand.
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What did the Spaniards named Ponce de Leon Inlet ? - correct
answer -"Barro de Mosquitoes"
Long siphon, hang diagonally? - correct answer -1) Culex
2) Culiseta
AKA elephant mosquito or mosquito eater
Very large
Predaceous, feed on mosquito larvae and other small animals as
they occur in the breeding site
Have almost a square head
Females do not take blood, feed only on plant nectar and juices
Breeding: tree holes and artificial containers - correct answer -
Toxorhynchitis genera
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which habitat could you find Aedes thibaulti ? - correct answer -
Tree Holes
which body part would a Aedes aegypti likley bite? - correct
answer -ankles
T/F
Adulticiding and Larviciding application are done using
helicopters? - correct answer -True
T/F
Are Blind mosquitoes attracted to light? - correct answer -True....
"Blind mosquitoes have also been known to come to homes in
such huge numbers,( attracted by the lights,) that they enter every
time a door is opened."
currently the only organophosphates registered for use as a
(larvicide) in Florida is? - correct answer -Temephos
FLORIDA PUBLIC HEALTH EXAM
(PRACTICE) UPDATED EXAM WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
Culex Nigripalpus and culex quinquefasciatus are associated with
what diseases? - correct answer -EEE, st. Luis encephalitis, West
Nile virus
Primary pest mosquito in Florida? - correct answer -1) Aedes
Taeniorhynchus (tae)
2) Ae Sollicitans
The first Health officer serving as the president of the Florida anti
mosquito association was? - correct answer -Dr. J.Y Porter
A non biting fly that is a major nuisance mainly on road ways
during the months of April through May is? - correct answer -Love
bugs (bibionidae)
, Page | 2
1889 - Florida State Board of Heath formed. and a a mosquito
expert named head. Who was it? - correct answer -Dr. J.Y Porter
Division of Entomology was raised to Bureau status when? -
correct answer -1946
A small biting fly that often causes many citizens complaints is
called a sand fly the (genus) of this fly is? - correct answer -
Culicodes
Where are Eggs deposited? - correct answer -In water
On sides of containers where water will soon cover eggs
On damp soil, they will hatch when flooded by rainfall or high tides
On under/upper side of floating aquatic plants: Mansonia
Spanish, English and French explorers told tales of being forced
to sleep on beaches covered in sand.
, Page | 3
What did the Spaniards named Ponce de Leon Inlet ? - correct
answer -"Barro de Mosquitoes"
Long siphon, hang diagonally? - correct answer -1) Culex
2) Culiseta
AKA elephant mosquito or mosquito eater
Very large
Predaceous, feed on mosquito larvae and other small animals as
they occur in the breeding site
Have almost a square head
Females do not take blood, feed only on plant nectar and juices
Breeding: tree holes and artificial containers - correct answer -
Toxorhynchitis genera
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which habitat could you find Aedes thibaulti ? - correct answer -
Tree Holes
which body part would a Aedes aegypti likley bite? - correct
answer -ankles
T/F
Adulticiding and Larviciding application are done using
helicopters? - correct answer -True
T/F
Are Blind mosquitoes attracted to light? - correct answer -True....
"Blind mosquitoes have also been known to come to homes in
such huge numbers,( attracted by the lights,) that they enter every
time a door is opened."
currently the only organophosphates registered for use as a
(larvicide) in Florida is? - correct answer -Temephos
