Florida Public Health Pest Control Exam Questions and
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Larval habitats - grassy margins of ponds, land crab holes, and aquatic plants, eggs
may be laid singly or in rafts, on water or on damp soil where they hatch in
subsequent flooding, flight ranges from a few hundred feet to more than eighty
miles with favorable winds, hibernation or overwintering in different species may
be in the egg stage, as larvae, or as adults - ANSWER -variations present among
species
80 - ANSWER -number of mosquito species in FL
When Congress was debating the merits of statehood for Florida, this man stated
that Florida could never be developed, nor would it ever be a fit place to live. He
described the 1 land as a "land of swamps, of quagmires, of frogs and alligators
and mosquitoes." - ANSWER -John Randolph of Virginia
Name given to Ponce de Leon Inlet because the mosquito was such a plague when
the Spaniards arrived - ANSWER -"Barro de Mosquitoes"
In the 18th Century, the name for part of Florida lying between the St. Johns River
and the coastal lagoons north of Cape Canaveral - ANSWER -"The Mosquito
Country," or "The Mosquitoes"
Name given to Mosquito Country in 1825 when it became a county which
included a large portion of peninsular Florida - ANSWER -"Mosquito County"
Name for northern Florida that was settled, but anything but a pleasant place to
live. Area suffered from disease, hardship, and poverty; the major cities of
Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Tallahassee and Pensacola - ANSWER -"malaria belt"
Year of one of the worst sieges of the yellow fever epidemic in in Jacksonville and
Fernandina Beach. It was described by historians as the State's worst holocaust.
,Fernandina Beach, with a population of 1,632, had 1,146 persons ill with the fever.
Twenty-four died. - ANSWER -1877
Year yellow fever epidemics raged in Key West, Tampa, Plant City, and Manatee.
- ANSWER -1887
Year yellow fever epidemic in Jacksonville saw 10,000 persons (out of a
population of 26,700 in Duval County) flee the city in carriages, drays, wagon
trains, and ships. - ANSWER -1888
Island was once so heavily infested with mosquitoes that bred in the vast grassy
marshes that the local postman had to make his rounds in July dressed like an
Eskimo in a parka and netting. - ANSWER -Sanibel
Major event that spurred organized effort to control mosquitoes in Florida as a
way of preventing malaria when the U.S. Army, U. S. Public Health Service, and
the State Board of Health set up a program of drainage and larviciding at Camp
Johnson, near Jacksonville. - ANSWER -WWI
Year when the State Board of Health, the city of Perry, and the Burton Swartz
Cypress Company jointly set up a malaria control project in the city of Perry, one
of the most malarious areas of the State. At that time the Perry project was one of
the largest malaria control projects in the country and was the first non-military
control project in Florida - ANSWER -1919
Year of formation of the Florida Anti-Mosquito Association (FAMA) (now known
as the Florida Mosquito Control Association, FMCA) - ANSWER -1922
Year when Indian River County Mosquito Control District was established -
ANSWER -1925
Year when St. Lucie Mosquito District established - ANSWER -1926
Year when Broward County Mosquito Control District established - ANSWER -
1934
,Year when Dade County Mosquito Control District was established - ANSWER -
1935
By this year, there were 52 mosquito control districts in Florida, and that number
has remained fairly constant to the present day - ANSWER -1975
Period when many malaria control projects were performed with funding from the
Civil Works Administration, Emergency Relief Administration of the Works
Progress Administration. During this period, more than 1,500 miles of drainage
ditches were dug throughout the state to eliminate mosquito breeding habitats. -
ANSWER -1933 - 1941
Year when a Bureau of Malaria Control was created within the Division of Health
- ANSWER -1941
Year when the U.S. Public Health Service set up the first Malaria Control in War
Areas project in Florida near Tallahassee - ANSWER -1942
Period when a program of DDT residual house spraying in malarious areas of
Florida was supported by U.S. Public Health Funds - ANSWER -1945 - 1949
Year when the Bureau of Malaria Control was abolished and a Division of
Entomology was created within the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering - ANSWER -
1946
Year when the Division of Entomology was raised to Bureau status - ANSWER -
1953
Year when the Bureau of Entomology became the Office of Entomology -
ANSWER -1976
Year when Office of Entomology became Entomology Services in the Department
of Health and Rehabilitative Services - ANSWER -1986
, Year when Entomology Services was moved to the Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services (DACS), where it is now known as the Bureau of Scientific
Evaluation and Technical Assistance (BSETA). - ANSWER -1992
Promoting control of insects of public health importance, serving as advisors and
consultants for mosquito control districts, and administering all state funds
appropriated for nonagricultural arthropod control work - ANSWER -Functions of
BSETA
Years when state laws were passed which set up methods for establishing self-
taxing mosquito control districts - ANSWER -1925, 1929, and 1941
Year when a state law was passed that provided State aid to districts in the form of
insecticides, materials, equipment, personnel, and vehicles - ANSWER -1949
Control of salt marsh mosquitoes has made a major contribution to the
development of this industry in Florida - ANSWER -tourist industry
Inverse relationship or a steady rise in income from tourism to a steady decline of
the major salt marsh pest mosquito, Aedes taeniorhynchus. - ANSWER -Past
relationship between tourism dollars and mosquitoes
Very swift currents and in open bodies of water - ANSWER -Mosquitoes occur
throughout the world, breeding in almost every known aquatic habitat except
State Legislature passed a second State aid law whereby any board of county
commissioners or mosquito control district that places funds in its budget for
control of "arthropods of public health importance", would, upon proper
certification, receive funds directly from the State of up to 75 percent of the funds
appropriated by the county or district. These funds were to be used for permanent
control measures; additional appropriations were given as matching funds for
either permanent or temporary control measures - ANSWER -1953 State Aid Law
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Larval habitats - grassy margins of ponds, land crab holes, and aquatic plants, eggs
may be laid singly or in rafts, on water or on damp soil where they hatch in
subsequent flooding, flight ranges from a few hundred feet to more than eighty
miles with favorable winds, hibernation or overwintering in different species may
be in the egg stage, as larvae, or as adults - ANSWER -variations present among
species
80 - ANSWER -number of mosquito species in FL
When Congress was debating the merits of statehood for Florida, this man stated
that Florida could never be developed, nor would it ever be a fit place to live. He
described the 1 land as a "land of swamps, of quagmires, of frogs and alligators
and mosquitoes." - ANSWER -John Randolph of Virginia
Name given to Ponce de Leon Inlet because the mosquito was such a plague when
the Spaniards arrived - ANSWER -"Barro de Mosquitoes"
In the 18th Century, the name for part of Florida lying between the St. Johns River
and the coastal lagoons north of Cape Canaveral - ANSWER -"The Mosquito
Country," or "The Mosquitoes"
Name given to Mosquito Country in 1825 when it became a county which
included a large portion of peninsular Florida - ANSWER -"Mosquito County"
Name for northern Florida that was settled, but anything but a pleasant place to
live. Area suffered from disease, hardship, and poverty; the major cities of
Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Tallahassee and Pensacola - ANSWER -"malaria belt"
Year of one of the worst sieges of the yellow fever epidemic in in Jacksonville and
Fernandina Beach. It was described by historians as the State's worst holocaust.
,Fernandina Beach, with a population of 1,632, had 1,146 persons ill with the fever.
Twenty-four died. - ANSWER -1877
Year yellow fever epidemics raged in Key West, Tampa, Plant City, and Manatee.
- ANSWER -1887
Year yellow fever epidemic in Jacksonville saw 10,000 persons (out of a
population of 26,700 in Duval County) flee the city in carriages, drays, wagon
trains, and ships. - ANSWER -1888
Island was once so heavily infested with mosquitoes that bred in the vast grassy
marshes that the local postman had to make his rounds in July dressed like an
Eskimo in a parka and netting. - ANSWER -Sanibel
Major event that spurred organized effort to control mosquitoes in Florida as a
way of preventing malaria when the U.S. Army, U. S. Public Health Service, and
the State Board of Health set up a program of drainage and larviciding at Camp
Johnson, near Jacksonville. - ANSWER -WWI
Year when the State Board of Health, the city of Perry, and the Burton Swartz
Cypress Company jointly set up a malaria control project in the city of Perry, one
of the most malarious areas of the State. At that time the Perry project was one of
the largest malaria control projects in the country and was the first non-military
control project in Florida - ANSWER -1919
Year of formation of the Florida Anti-Mosquito Association (FAMA) (now known
as the Florida Mosquito Control Association, FMCA) - ANSWER -1922
Year when Indian River County Mosquito Control District was established -
ANSWER -1925
Year when St. Lucie Mosquito District established - ANSWER -1926
Year when Broward County Mosquito Control District established - ANSWER -
1934
,Year when Dade County Mosquito Control District was established - ANSWER -
1935
By this year, there were 52 mosquito control districts in Florida, and that number
has remained fairly constant to the present day - ANSWER -1975
Period when many malaria control projects were performed with funding from the
Civil Works Administration, Emergency Relief Administration of the Works
Progress Administration. During this period, more than 1,500 miles of drainage
ditches were dug throughout the state to eliminate mosquito breeding habitats. -
ANSWER -1933 - 1941
Year when a Bureau of Malaria Control was created within the Division of Health
- ANSWER -1941
Year when the U.S. Public Health Service set up the first Malaria Control in War
Areas project in Florida near Tallahassee - ANSWER -1942
Period when a program of DDT residual house spraying in malarious areas of
Florida was supported by U.S. Public Health Funds - ANSWER -1945 - 1949
Year when the Bureau of Malaria Control was abolished and a Division of
Entomology was created within the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering - ANSWER -
1946
Year when the Division of Entomology was raised to Bureau status - ANSWER -
1953
Year when the Bureau of Entomology became the Office of Entomology -
ANSWER -1976
Year when Office of Entomology became Entomology Services in the Department
of Health and Rehabilitative Services - ANSWER -1986
, Year when Entomology Services was moved to the Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services (DACS), where it is now known as the Bureau of Scientific
Evaluation and Technical Assistance (BSETA). - ANSWER -1992
Promoting control of insects of public health importance, serving as advisors and
consultants for mosquito control districts, and administering all state funds
appropriated for nonagricultural arthropod control work - ANSWER -Functions of
BSETA
Years when state laws were passed which set up methods for establishing self-
taxing mosquito control districts - ANSWER -1925, 1929, and 1941
Year when a state law was passed that provided State aid to districts in the form of
insecticides, materials, equipment, personnel, and vehicles - ANSWER -1949
Control of salt marsh mosquitoes has made a major contribution to the
development of this industry in Florida - ANSWER -tourist industry
Inverse relationship or a steady rise in income from tourism to a steady decline of
the major salt marsh pest mosquito, Aedes taeniorhynchus. - ANSWER -Past
relationship between tourism dollars and mosquitoes
Very swift currents and in open bodies of water - ANSWER -Mosquitoes occur
throughout the world, breeding in almost every known aquatic habitat except
State Legislature passed a second State aid law whereby any board of county
commissioners or mosquito control district that places funds in its budget for
control of "arthropods of public health importance", would, upon proper
certification, receive funds directly from the State of up to 75 percent of the funds
appropriated by the county or district. These funds were to be used for permanent
control measures; additional appropriations were given as matching funds for
either permanent or temporary control measures - ANSWER -1953 State Aid Law
