The Effects of Pests on Humans - Part One
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

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1. Termites are considered a pest because they:
   
   bite human beings.
   endanger buildings and building materials.
   are a blood-sucking insect.
   are an important disease vector.
2. Infected rat fleas may transmit:
   
   plague.
   scrub typhus.
   typhoid.
   smallpox.
3. Ticks may transmit:
   
   smallpox.
   scrub typhus.
   typhoid.
   typhus fever.
4. Dust mites may cause us to contract:
   
   tetanus.
   scrub typhus.
   typhoid.
   respiratory allergy.
5. Houseflies are considered a pest because they:
   
   suck blood.
   feed on liquefied organic matter.
   bite pets and human beings.
   may carry and transmit pathogens through their bodies.
6. Silverfish is:
   
   an insect parasitic on fish.
   an insect hooked onto our clothes and cannot be easily removed.
   a file pest.
   a fish that transmit disease.
7. Which of the following species of mosquito is a local malaria vector?
   
   Anopheles sinensis
   Anopheles minimus
   Anopheles maculatus
   Anopheles bengalensis
8. Culex tritaeniorhynchus is the vector of:
   
   hantaviral disease.
   Japanese encephalitis.
   scrub typhus.
   Chikungunya fever.
9. Aedes albopictus can transmit:
   
   typhoid.
   dysentery.
   chikungunya fever.
   Ebola.
10. Wasps are considered a pest because they:
    
    attack humans aggressively and repeatedly when unintentionally disturbed by humans.
    spread diseases.
    damage buildings.
    are the enemies of bees.

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