Ento 208 Quiz Questions
African Sleeping Sickness is an example of what kind of disease?
Anthropozoonosis
The order Aranae is found in which class?
Arachnida
Irrational fear of spiders is called _____________-.
Arachnophobia
Viruses vectored by arthropods are so common that we call them ____________.
Arbovirus
What type of organism causes plague?
Bacterium
The reduction in number or elimination of pest organisms by the interference with their ecology is known as:
Biological control
Chagas disease is named for:
Carlos Chagas (duh)
Currently the country of ________is the world's largest producer of honey (according to your reading).
China
Which of the following arthropod classes is characterized by two pair of antennae?
Crustacea
A(n) _________ returns organic matter back into the ecosystem, and insects are often classified as this trophic level.
Decomposer
Body lice are responsible for spreading which of these diseases?
Endemic typhus
The irrational fear of insects is known as __________.
Entomophobia
"To treat anaphylaxis, you need to inject the animal with _____________, which is the fancy name for adrenalin. "
Epinephrine
The immature stage of which insect is responsible for myiasis?
Flies
A non-living object that spreads disease is called a(n)___________.
Fomite
"Arthropod ""blood"" is known as:"
Haemolymph
In what demographic is delusional parasitosis the most common?
Middle-aged or elderly women
Which is the most important insect vector in veterinary and medical entomology?
Mosquitoes
What is the most widespread form of host invasion by arthropods, according to your reading? (Hint: you learned a single word for this. What is that word?)
Myiasis
The black widow has what type of venom?
Neurotoxin
What is the difference between a maintenance and a susceptible host?
Only susceptible hosts show symptoms when infected.
Which of these vitamins and nutrients are found in high concentrations in edible insects?
Protein Beneficial fats Vitamin B1 Vitamin B3 Iron (All of these)
Sericulture is ____
The production of raw silk by raising silkworms
What is sericulture?
The production of raw silk by raising silkworms
"In arthropods, what is the tube that shuttles air to the inside of the body (inside the body, not on the surface)?"
Trachea
"When larval ticks contract Lyme disease and the infection is passed to subsequent life stages, what kind of disease transmission if this?"
Transstadial
"Which horizontal transmission method is described as ""transmission through salivary sections that are injected through feeding or while probing for blood""?"
anterior station
Crustacea have what body regions?
cephalothorax and abdomen
Which of these describes a disease that is confined to a certain geographic region and is a constant presence in the population?
endemic
"Many mosquito vectors are ______ , and this is why it is recommended people use mosquito netting to cover their beds"
endophilic
___________is the study of disease ecology on a group of people or animals; the study of disease within a full population.
epidemiology
The establishment of a pathogen in a host is called a(n) ___________.
infection
Arthropod literally means:
jointed leg
What is a vector?
living organism that can spread disease
Which is an example of an anthroponoses?
malaria
Which of these is not a form of biological transmission?
mechanical (propagative, developmental, cyclodevelop..)
Where are chelicerae found?
near the mouth
A(n) ___________ is an organism whose presence in or on a host may cause disease.
pathogen
Kissing bugs transmit disease through which horizontal transmission mechanism?
stercorian
Insect legs are found where?
thorax
________________ transmission is the vertical passage of parasites by an infected parent vector to its offspring.
transovarial/transgenerational
What percentage of known insecs are considered pests?
0.1%
Modern medical entomology is usually recognized as beginning when, according to your reading?
19th century (late)
Around ____% of all described animals are insects.
80%
