1.

The parasites that live on the surfaces of host organisms or in the skin and do not invade the inner body.
a. Fleas
b. Lice
c. Endoparasite
d. Ectoparasite

2. Fleas served as the chief agent transmitting what bubonic plague in the middle ages?
a. Plague of Justinian
b. Black Death
c. The Third Plague
d. Spanish Flu

3-5. Give the three structures that aid in the differentiation of the various species of fleas.
the presence or absence of eyes
genal ctenidia
pronotal ctenidia

6. Fleas can be found mostly in cold regions.

False

7. What specie of fleas commonly infest cats? (the cat flea)

a. Ctenocephalides canis
b. Ctenocephalides felis
c. Pulex irritans
d. Xenopsylla cheopis

8. What specie of fleas commonly infest dogs? (the dog flea)

a. Ctenocephalides canis
b. Ctenocephalides felis
c. Pulex irritans
d. Xenopsylla cheopis

9. Flea-allergy dermatitis is a hypersensitive reaction to components of flea feces injected into the skin.
False

10. The stage where the fleas are in cocoons that are often covered with debris from the environment.
a. Egg
b. Larva
c. Pupa
d. Adult

11. What is the treatment of choice for flea infestation?

Removal
12. An insecticide that has been introduced recently in liquid form for cats and in tablet form for dogs, as
a monthly flea prevention and control medication.
a. Cyhalothrin
b. Diflubenzuron
c. Lufenuron
d. Bifenthrin

13-15. Give the three types of lice and the common area where they are found.
head lice - scalp
body lice - clothing, bedding, skin
pubic lice - skin and hair of the pubic area

16. What do you call the heavy louse infestation of the hairy parts of the body or clothing with the eggs,
larvae or adults of lice?
a. Cutaneous larva migrans
b. Tungiasis
c. Scabies
d. Pediculosis

17. What is the mode of transmission of crab lice?

a. Ingestion
b. Fomites
c. Direct contact
d. None of the above

18. How many eggs can a female adult louse lay everyday?
a. Up to 4 eggs
b. Up to 6 eggs
c. Up to 8 eggs
d. Up to 9 eggs

19. The following are parts of an adult flea anatomy except:

a. Wings
b. Thorax
c. Antenna
d. Claws

20. Lice are most commonly transferred directly from person to person.
True