This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Agricultural Entomology > Insect Science > Entomology – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Entomology Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Within minutes of death, odor emitted from a dead body can be detected by blow flies from: A) A quarter-mile away. B) A half-mile away. C) A 50 yard radius. D) A mile away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A mile away. 2. What is Zoology? A) Study of Amphibians. B) Study of Mammals. C) Study of Animals. D) Study of Aves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Study of Animals. 3. This stage of death is defined huge loss of mass, to the point where only skin and bones are likely to remain A) Active Decay. B) Dry Remains. C) Bloat / Putrification. D) Fresh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dry Remains. 4. Carcass of a dead and decaying animal A) Entomology. B) Arthropod. C) Carrion. D) Taxonomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carrion. 5. ..... blowflies are of little forensic value, as it is unclear whether they have just arrived at the scene or have developed on the body. A) Adult. B) Juvenile. C) Larval. D) Pupal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adult. 6. An important clue to the condition of a body at death is the location of the ..... A) Flies. B) Heart. C) Beetles. D) Larval mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Larval mass. 7. Which skinny insect drains blood from people and causes many diseases? A) PUBG Fly. B) Mosquito. C) Spotted Lantern Fly. D) Apex Legends Wasp. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mosquito. 8. The body loses how many degrees per hour after death A) 2 $^\circ$F. B) 4 $^\circ$F. C) 3 $^\circ$F. D) 1.5 $^\circ$F. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1.5 $^\circ$F. 9. The stage of the fly cycle during which the larvae are voracious feeders is called the ..... stage. A) Second instar. B) Third instar. C) First instar. D) Fourth instar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third instar. 10. How does temperature have an effect on insect evidence? A) Temp. does not effect insect evidence. B) High temp. speeds up insect's life cycle. C) Low temp. speeds up insect's life cycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High temp. speeds up insect's life cycle. 11. The process of recreating a face from skeletal remains (often for the purpose of identification) A) Temperature, wind and moisture. B) Forensic anthropology. C) Osteobiography. D) Facial reconstruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Facial reconstruction. 12. ..... is a broad term meaning the application of the study of insects to legal cases. A) Forensic entomology. B) Forensic anthropology. C) Forensic pathology. D) Forensic odontology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forensic entomology. 13. Bees and Butterflies are considered ..... ? A) Pets. B) Pests. C) Pollinators. D) Predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollinators. 14. The eastern population of monarch butterflies overwinter in ..... A) Baja California. B) Central Mexico. C) Florida. D) Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central Mexico. 15. Insects are rare. A) I dont know. B) False. C) I was sleeping. D) I know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Algor mortis stands for A) Telling time of death using body stiffness. B) Telling time of death using blood pulling. C) Telling time of death using temperature loss. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telling time of death using temperature loss. 17. How long does it take a blowfly egg to hatch into maggots? A) 8-10 hours. B) 2-4 hours. C) 12-24 hours. D) 1 hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12-24 hours. 18. The third stage of metamorphosis / larva develops into an adult insect. A) Pupa. B) Larva. C) Fly Development Stages. D) Eclosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pupa. 19. Insect evidence should be collected ..... A) Upon the finding of the decedent by the first responding officer. B) At the crime laboratory by forensic analysts. C) Only from the body. D) At the scene by a forensic entomologist or trained investigator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the scene by a forensic entomologist or trained investigator. 20. 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 develop to a given stage. C) The number of hours it takes for an insect species to become an adult. D) The number of hours a body has been dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number of hours it takes for an insect species to develop to a given stage. 21. 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. 22. 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). 23. To take a corpse's temperature, forensic investigators insert a thermometer into the A) Mouth. B) Armpit. C) Liver. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liver. 24. The initial rate of body heat loss shortly after death is about A) 1.4 degrees F. B) 2.4 degrees F. C) 0.7 degrees F. D) 1.0 degrees F. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.4 degrees F. 25. Blowfly eggs usually hatch in less than: A) 36 hours. B) 12 hours. C) 24 hours. D) 48 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 24 hours. 26. Which of the following would be effected first by rigor mortis? A) Face. B) Abdomen. C) Lower legs. D) Upper legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Face. 27. All of the following features of the skull can be used to determine the sex of a skeleton EXCEPT A) Shape of the eye orbits. B) Shape of the nasal cavity. C) Shape of the forehead. D) Shape of the jaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shape of the nasal cavity. 28. 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. 29. Prior to ..... hours after death, algor mortis, livor mortis and rigor mortis are used instead of entomology evidence. A) 72. B) 48. C) 96. D) 36. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 72. 30. Wormlike stage of insect development after egg A) Pupa. B) Crop. C) Larva. D) Grub. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Larva. 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