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1 Class Insecta 1. The Latin name of Class insects a) insecta b) arachnida c) chelicerata d) arthropoda 2. The number of pairs of extremities of insects a) 10 b) 3 c) 4 d) 6 3. The body parts of insects a) head, thorax, abdomen b) head-breast, abdomen c) head, body d) head, body, tail 4. Mouth apparatus of insects is a modification of a) branchia, gills b) wings c) extremities d) lungs 5. Orders of Class insects. Choose the incorrect answer a) diptera b) scorpions c) aphaniptera d) anoplura 6. Family of order Dipthera. Choose the incorrect answer a) acariformes b) culicidae c) musci d) phlebotomidae 7. Stages of the life cycle of Insects developing with complete metamorphosis a) egg, larva, imago. b) egg, larva, nymph, imago. c) egg, imago d) egg, larva, pupa, imago. 8. Malpigian vessels of insects are a) digestive system b) excretory system c) sensory system d) circulatory system 9. Insect, that is not specific vectors of causative agents a) tsetse fly b) house fly c) mosquito d) louse 10. Insects, that are not mechanical vectors of causative agents. a) tsetse fly

2 b) house fly c) cockroach d) mosquito 11. To representatives of Orders of Lice doesn t concern a) Pediculous humanus capitis b) Pediculus humanus humanus c) Phtirus pubis d) Ornithodorus papillipes 12. Type of mouth apparatus of Lice is a) gnawing b) masticating c) pricking-sucking d) licking 13. Stages of life cycles of Lice a) egg, larva, imago. b) egg, larva, nymph, imago. c) egg, imago d) egg, larva, puppa, imargo. 14. Head Louse is a vector of causative agent of a) tularemia b) louse born typhus c) spring-summer encephalitis. d) leishmaniasis. 15. Causative agent of louse born typhus is a) trypanosoma b) neurotrophic virus c) sphiricheate of Obermeier d) rickettsia prowazekii 16. Epidemiological chain of louse born typhus is a) dog, jackal ticks healthy man b) mammals ticks healthy man c) sick man head louse healthy man d) hoofs tse-tse fly healthy man. 17. Medical significance of Body louse: it is a) vector of tularemia b) vector of recurrent fever c) causative agent of spring-summer encephalitis d) reservoir of leishmaniasis. 18. Disease caused by Lice is a) epidemic typhus. b) recurrent fever. c) itch (scabies) d) pediculosis. 19. Way of Infection with Pediculosis is a) nutritional b) contact c) heamotransfusional d) transmissible

3 20. Personal prevention of Pediculosis includes a) wearing special suits for jungle b) checking all the clothes and body soon after returning from the jungle. c) regular washing of head and body, changing underwere, using Insecticides. d) using repellants and vaccination 21. Localization of Spirochete in the body of a louse a) in heamolymph b) in the intestine c) in salivary gland d) in sexual organs 22. Localization of Rickettsi in a head of a louse a) heamolymph b) lumen of intestine and body cavities c) salivary glands d) sexual cells 23. To Order of fleas belongs a) Ixodex persulcatus b) Ornithodorus papillipes c) Dermacenter marginatus d) Pulex irritants 24. Carries of causative agents of plague are a) ixodex persulcatus b) pulex irritants c) dermacentor marginatus d) sarcoptes scabiei 25. The way of infection of plague agents is a) nutritional b) contact c) transmissible d) all the above are correct 26. The way of infection of plague agents is a) nutritional b) facultative transmissible c) obligatory transmissible d) contact 27. Measures of struggle against fleas a) moist tidying, Insecticides b) checking clothes and body after returning from forest. c) not staying near caves or shady areas, pulling down ruined buildings d) draining swamps. 28. Medical significance of House fly: it is a) causative agent b) a mechanical vector c) a specific vector d) a reservoir for causative agents. 29. The Latin mame of house fly a) wohlfahrtia magnifica b) muska domestica

4 c) glossina palpalis d) phlebotomus pappatasii 30. Stages of the life cycle of house fly a) egg, larva, imago b) egg, larva, nymph, imago c) egg, puberal form d) egg, larva, pupa, imago 31. The Latin name of Wohlfahrt fly is a) Wohlfahrtia magnifica b) Muska domestica c) Glossina palpalis d) Phlebotomus pappatassii 32. Myiasis is caused by a) larva of northern house mosquito b) larva of Wohlfahrtia fly c) imago of wohlfahrtia fly d) larva of ascarides 33. Medical significance of Wohlfahrtia fly: it is a) causative agent of myiasis b) a mechanical vector c) a specific vector d) a reservoir of causative agents 34. The Latin term of Tsetse fly a) wohlfahrtia magnifica b) muska domestica c) glossina palpalis d) phlebotomus pappatassii 35. Medical significance of Tsetse fly a) causative agent of plague b) mechanical vector c) specific vector of trypanosomes d) reservoir for malaria causative agents 36. Stages of life cycle of Tsetse fly a) egg, larva, imago b) egg, larva, nymph, imago c) egg, puberal form d) larva, pupa, imago 37. The Latin name of sandfly a) Wohlfahrtia magnifica b) Muska domestica c) Glossina palpalis d) Phlebotomus pappatassii 38. Stages of the life cycle of sandflies are a) egg, larva, imago b) larva, pupa, imago c) egg, puberal form d) egg, larva, pupa, imago 39. Medical significance of Phlebotomus

5 a) causative agent of leishmaniasis b) mechanical vector c) specific vector of leishmaniasis d) causative vector of plague 40. Family Culicidae don t include genus a) Aedes b) Anopheles c) Phlebotomus d) Culex 41. The Larva of mosquito Culex a) has a breathing siphon b) doesn t have a siphon c) has a comma shape d) has a shell 42. The larva of Mosquito Anopheles a) has a breathing siphon b) doesn t have a siphon c) has a comma shape d) has a shell 43. The shape of the breathing siphon of Pupa of Anopheles is a) round b) cylindrical c) funnel shaped d) oval 44. Shape of breathing siphon of pupa of Culex is a) round b) cylindrical c) funnel d) oval 45. The medical significance of Mosquito Anopheles: it is a) causative agent of malaria b) mechanical vector c) specific vector of malaria d) specific vector of plague 46. Measures of struggle against Mosquitoes include a) using repellants b) draining water gatherings c) using of insecticides d) all the above are correct 47. Natural focal Invasion doesn t represent in the transmission of a) opisthorhosis b) trypanasomiasis c) malaria d) leishmaniosis 48. Natural focal non-transmisssive invasion; choose the incorrect answer a) opisthorhosis b) trypanasomiasis c) paragonymus

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