FLORIDA PUBLIC HEALTH EXAM
(PRACTICE) EXAM | QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST
UPDATE | GRADED A+
Which mosquito species vectors both Yellow Fever and
Dengue Fever?
Correct Answer: Aedes Aegypti
Which mosquito transmits Malaria?
Correct Answer: Anopheles quadrimaculatus
What 2 climate conditions are most conductive for adult
mosquito activity?
Correct Answer: warm temp and high humidity
,Which mosquito species vectors st louis encephalitis (SLE)
Correct Answer: culex nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus
, Culex tarsalis
Mosquitoes thrive in moving water?
Correct Answer: false
T/F
It is in the transitional zone, from the unusual level of high
tide to levels above all but the highest springs and storm
tides that the heaviest breeding occurs
Correct Answer: true
Where are aedes triseriatus larvae most likely to be found?
Correct Answer: tree holes
,Which mosquito species is found in crab holes (2)
Correct Answer: *Deinocerites Cancer
*Culex Opisthopus
Name 2 aedes salt marsh mosquito species
Correct Answer: 1) Ae. taeniorhynchus
2)Ae. sollicitans,
What genus of mosquito larva is known to eat other
mosquito larva
Correct Answer: toxorhychitis
Why do fem. mosquitis feed on blood
, Correct Answer: facilitate egg production
What mosquitoes genus lays their eggs in rafts on top of the
water
Correct Answer: culex
T/F
All adult mosquitoes feed on blood
Correct Answer: false
toxorhynchitis do not feed on blood
Consider anopheles and culex larva: which genus has a
siphon and which one has palmate hairs?
Correct Answer: Anopheles has palmate hairs and culex
has a siphon
(PRACTICE) EXAM | QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST
UPDATE | GRADED A+
Which mosquito species vectors both Yellow Fever and
Dengue Fever?
Correct Answer: Aedes Aegypti
Which mosquito transmits Malaria?
Correct Answer: Anopheles quadrimaculatus
What 2 climate conditions are most conductive for adult
mosquito activity?
Correct Answer: warm temp and high humidity
,Which mosquito species vectors st louis encephalitis (SLE)
Correct Answer: culex nigripalpus, Culex quinquefasciatus
, Culex tarsalis
Mosquitoes thrive in moving water?
Correct Answer: false
T/F
It is in the transitional zone, from the unusual level of high
tide to levels above all but the highest springs and storm
tides that the heaviest breeding occurs
Correct Answer: true
Where are aedes triseriatus larvae most likely to be found?
Correct Answer: tree holes
,Which mosquito species is found in crab holes (2)
Correct Answer: *Deinocerites Cancer
*Culex Opisthopus
Name 2 aedes salt marsh mosquito species
Correct Answer: 1) Ae. taeniorhynchus
2)Ae. sollicitans,
What genus of mosquito larva is known to eat other
mosquito larva
Correct Answer: toxorhychitis
Why do fem. mosquitis feed on blood
, Correct Answer: facilitate egg production
What mosquitoes genus lays their eggs in rafts on top of the
water
Correct Answer: culex
T/F
All adult mosquitoes feed on blood
Correct Answer: false
toxorhynchitis do not feed on blood
Consider anopheles and culex larva: which genus has a
siphon and which one has palmate hairs?
Correct Answer: Anopheles has palmate hairs and culex
has a siphon
