1. Sometimes cat flea infestations are found on the premises:
When the householder has neither cats nor dogs.
When a stray cat has had kittens under the house or in the basement.
When pets have been removed, leaving fleas to develop and seek hosts.
All of the above.
2. In some areas of California, wild rodent fleas have been contolled because of the danger of:
West Nile virus.
Rat bite fever.
Tularemia.
Bubonic plague.
3. Fleas have a life cycle consisting of:
Egg, larvae, pupa, adult.
Egg, nymphs, adult.
Egg, larvae, nymphs, adult.
Egg, larva, protonymph, deutonymph, tritonymph, adult.
4. Insecticide dust treatments of rodent burrows are useful for controlling:
Fleas and other ectoparasites.
Cockroaches.
Flies.
Rats.
5. Immature fleas feed on:
Fresh mammalian blood.
Dried mammalian blood and other detritus.
Other immature fleas.
Other immature insects.
6. An infestation of lice is called:
Pediculosis.
Acariasis.
Myiasis.
Oriental sloughing phagedena
7. The normal host of the body louse that infests humans is:
Horses.
Sheep.
Rabbits.
Humans.
8. Head lice were a serious problem in young school children in years past, and now:
Are rarely seen except in the very most depressed areas of the world.
Are still a serious problem.
Are effectively controled by a variety of insecticides.
Are now prohibited by state and federal laws.
9. Lice can be divided into two major groups:
New World lice and Old World lice.
Sucking lice and biting lice.
Cooties and Crawlers.
Flying lice and non-flying lice.
10. A serious disease caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the human body louse is:
Malaria.
Yellow fever.
Epidemic typhus.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
11. The most serious human disease associated with bedbugs is:
Relapsing fever.
None of the above, bedbugs are not associated with any diseases.
12. To achieve good control of bedbugs, insecticides should be applied to:
The inside of hollow bed frames.
Under loose wallpaper.
To cracks and crevices.
To all hiding places.
13. Bedbugs usually bite during:
The day.
The night.
Any time.
The summer.
14. Bedbugs have the following life cycle stages:
Egg, niads, nymphs, pupa, adult.
15. Bedbugs are members of the Order:
Orthoptera.
Hemiptera.
Diptera.
Hymenopatera.