This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agricultural Entomology > Entomology – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Entomology Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is Accumulated Degree Hours (ADH)? A) The number of hours a dead body has been outside. B) The number of hours it takes for an insect species to become an adult. C) The number of hours a body has been dead. D) The number of hours it takes for an insect species to develop to a given stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number of hours it takes for an insect species to develop to a given stage. 2. Why do insects have many different types of mouth-parts? A) To speak French. B) To eat a variety of different things. C) To be annoying. D) Because they are all different animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To eat a variety of different things. 3. Nymphs during most of life cycle; after several years, emerge from water as adults, quickly mate and die (few hours or days) A) Odonata- Dragonflies and Damselflies. B) Ephemeroptera (Mayflies). C) Plecoptera- Stoneflies. D) Megaloptera/Neuroptera:Alderflies and Dobsonflies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ephemeroptera (Mayflies). 4. To take a corpse's temperature, forensic investigators insert a thermometer into the A) Mouth. B) Liver. C) Armpit. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liver. 5. The initial rate of body heat loss shortly after death is about A) 0.7 degrees F. B) 1.0 degrees F. C) 1.4 degrees F. D) 2.4 degrees F. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1.4 degrees F. 6. Blowfly eggs usually hatch in less than: A) 12 hours. B) 24 hours. C) 36 hours. D) 48 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24 hours. 7. Which of the following would be effected first by rigor mortis? A) Upper legs. B) Face. C) Abdomen. D) Lower legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Face. 8. All of the following features of the skull can be used to determine the sex of a skeleton EXCEPT A) Shape of the jaw. B) Shape of the nasal cavity. C) Shape of the eye orbits. D) Shape of the forehead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shape of the nasal cavity. 9. An entomologist needs to know the type of fly ..... and the ..... of the larva in order to help investigators. (Which words best fill in the blanks?) A) Age; weight. B) Species; age. C) Actions; smell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species; age. 10. Prior to ..... hours after death, algor mortis, livor mortis and rigor mortis are used instead of entomology evidence. A) 36. B) 48. C) 72. D) 96. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 72. 11. Wormlike stage of insect development after egg A) Larva. B) Pupa. C) Grub. D) Crop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Larva. 12. Rigor mortis peaks how many hours after death? A) 36. B) 18. C) 8. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 13. Suture Lines on the ..... are helpful in determining the ..... of a victim A) Skull, age. B) Name, number. C) Jaw, race. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull, age. 14. The insect uses what body part to hear A) Spiracle. B) Tympanum. C) Ovipositor. D) Compound Eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tympanum. 15. Forensic entomologists use insects to gain information about A) Time since death. B) Wounds present. C) Drugs/toxins in the body. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. What do the flies eggs hatch into? A) Adult Flies. B) Pupas. C) Worms. D) Maggots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maggots. 17. A unit of measure of the energy absorbed by a biological system, causing growth A) Degree-day. B) Mites. C) Eclosion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Degree-day. 18. Loss of body heat after death is known as A) Algor mortis. B) Rigor mortis. C) Temperature drop. D) Liver mortis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algor mortis. 19. The living insect in the stage prior to metamorphosis in the blow fly life-cycle is called the ..... A) Pupae. B) Pupal case. C) Puparium. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pupae. 20. Insect ..... at the crime scene stops the clock on the insects. A) Collection. B) Preservation. C) Development. D) Degradation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preservation. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEntomology Quiz 1Entomology Quiz 3Entomology Quiz 4Entomology Quiz 5Entomology Quiz 6Entomology Quiz 7Entomology Quiz 8Entomology Quiz 9Entomology Quiz 10Entomology Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books