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50 Cards in this Set
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Wasps are usually attracted to: |
-Bright-colors -Protein -Sweet Odors |
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TRUE or FALSE: Burning off poisonous plants is not advisable because smoke will carry particles long distances and spread the infection. |
TRUE. |
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An example of an anticoagulant rodenticide is: |
Warfin. |
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Hay fever is correctly referred to as: |
Pollenosis. |
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The key to an effective, long-term, rodent control program is: |
Community sanitation. |
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The control of weeds is accomplished by: |
-Preventing the spread of weeds into new areas. -Destruction of top weeds and underground parts of weeds. -Destruction of weed seeds in the soil. |
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The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: -Requires that an Environmental Protection Agency registration number be put on all pesticide products. -Provides for registration of pesticides manufacturing and formulating. -Provides for State certification of applicators who are qualified to use certain restricted pesticides. -ALL OF THE ABOVE. |
ALL: -Requires that an Environmental Protection Agency registration number be put on all pesticide products. -Provides for registration of pesticides manufacturing and formulating. -Provides for State certification of applicators who are qualified to use certain restricted pesticides. |
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An effective pest management and weed control program focuses on the: |
Integration of a combination of methods. |
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___ ___ are disease vectors for onchocerciasis. |
Black flies. |
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___ is an infectious disease of the skin caused by burrowing of the female mite into the skin where it deposits its eggs. |
Scabies. |
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Psittacosis/Ornithosis is spread by: |
Pigeons. |
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The main objective in pest control should be: |
Integrated pest management involving the use of a combination of educational, cultural, biological, physical, chemical, and legal measures, as appropriate. |
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The first step in a rat control program is: |
A community survey. |
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A single pair of rats are capable of producing ___ litters of young per year. |
4 -6 litters/year. |
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Vector-borne ___ have replaced malaria as the major mosquito-borne disease in North America. |
encephalitidies. |
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When first considering the control of houseflies, roaches, and rats, the primary emphasis should be on: |
A basic community environmental sanitation to eliminate the conditions that make possible their survival and reproduction. |
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Relief from hay fever may be obtained by: |
-Moving to a pollen-free area. -Acquired immunity. -Air conditioning and air purification with appropriate filters. |
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In general, there are three kinds of weeds. These are: |
Annuals, biennials, and perennials. |
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An adult rat requires approximately ___of food per day. |
1 oz |
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A "chigger" is the larval state of a type of: |
mite. |
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What is proven the most effective control method of controlling ragweed? |
Spraying in early or mid spring. |
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The World Health Organization considers ___ irreplaceable in public health at the present time for control of some of the most important vector-borne disease of humans. |
DDT. |
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In order to control rats at open dumps, a poison-bait application program should be started ___ before a site is abandoned or converted and before earthmoving equipment is brought to the safe. |
2 weeks. |
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___ require human blood to live. |
Lice. |
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A female rat becomes sexually mature in: |
2 - 3 months. |
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An example of a single dose rodenticide is: |
A red squill. |
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Rattus Rattus is also referred to as the: |
Roof rat. |
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Vector-borne ___ are not communicable directly from person to person, but only by the bite of infected mosquitoes. |
encephalitidies. |
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A mature ragweed plant can produce up to ___ pollen grains in one season. |
1 billion. |
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The Norway rat has a normal home range of: |
100 - 150 ft. |
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Malaria prevention programs have been losing their effectiveness in many countries mainly because of: |
-Inadequate funding and research. -Adaption of mosquitoes to new environments. -Resistance to certain insecticides and resistance of Plasmodium falciparum parasites to drugs used to prevent and treat malarial infections. |
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever is transmitted by: |
Dog ticks. |
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TRUE or FALSE: The poison found in poison ivy, oak, and sumac is extremely volatile. |
FALSE. |
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To rodent proof an establishment to prevent the entrance of mice all holes ___ or large must be eliminated. |
1/4 inch. |
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Bat-proofing should not be conducted from ___ through ___ because baby bats can be trapped inside. |
May through August. |
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Pediculosis is an infestation of: |
Lice. |
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TRUE or FALSE: The prime feeding time of the Anopheles mosquito is usually around midday. |
FALSE. |
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TRUE or FALSE: Some of the main sources of pollen are trees in the summer, grasses in the spring, and weeds in the winter. |
FALSE. |
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TRUE or FALSE: Sodium fluoroacetate, also known as "1080", is the most effective fast-acting rodenticide available for use throughout the United States. |
FALSE. |
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___ ___ usually build their nests below the ground. |
Yellow jackets. |
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The full potential of naturalistic and source-reduction measures should be applied before considering chemical means for controlling ___, ___, and ___. |
anthropods, rodents, and weeds. |
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Soil sterilants are a type of herbicide which are: |
absorbed by the plant root system. |
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Rattus norvegicus is also referred to as the: |
-Sewer rat -Norway rate -Brown rat |
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TRUE or FALSE: Because the pesticides lindane and malathion do not stain, they are excellent liquid insecticide sprays to use for controlling bedbugs in mattresses or other bedding. |
FALSE. |
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TRUE or FALSE: Hormone or growth regulators also known as systematic herbicides are toxic to the plant living cells they cover and are usually absorbed through the stem of the plant upon contact. |
FALSE. |
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Storage of clothing, bedding, and any other lice infected items for at least ___ will cause the lice to die of starvation. |
2 weeks. |
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TRUE or FALSE: The female and male mosquito feed only on the blood of humans and animals. |
FALSE. |
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The most practical way to control hay fever is to: |
Treat the patient. |
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TRUE or FALSE: For a pesticide to be permitted for application on a raw agricultural food or feed, the residue must exceed the tolerance established for the product by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) under the conditions of use. |
FALSE. |
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The poison of poison ivy, oak, and sumac is an oleoresin that is found in all parts of the plant except the: |
Wood. |