This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Agricultural Entomology > Insect Science > Entomology – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Entomology Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rigor mortis peaks how many hours after death? A) 12. B) 36. C) 18. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 2. 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. 3. The insect uses what body part to hear A) Ovipositor. B) Spiracle. C) Compound Eye. D) Tympanum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tympanum. 4. 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. 5. What do the flies eggs hatch into? A) Worms. B) Adult Flies. C) Maggots. D) Pupas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maggots. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. Insect ..... at the crime scene stops the clock on the insects. A) Collection. B) Development. C) Degradation. D) Preservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preservation. 10. Emergence of an adult from its pupal case A) Ambient. B) Mites. C) Eclosion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eclosion. 11. What was the name of the video? A) Study of water. B) PUBG Elmo's World. C) Meet a scientist:NHM Entomologist Elizabeth Long. D) Study of how summer is short. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meet a scientist:NHM Entomologist Elizabeth Long. 12. One of four means by which someone dies A) Mechanism of death. B) Death. C) Manner of death. D) Cause of death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manner of death. 13. The Agonal Period means A) Before Death. B) Moment of Death. C) After Death. D) Period of time between death and when the body is found. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moment of Death. 14. Case 1:Police Report:The body of a female deer was found behind a fence along a busy two-lane road on the edge of the city limits of Charlotte. Animal Control was called and reported no apparent wounds on the body. It was not hunting season.Weather Report:Daytime temperatures have been fairly consistent for the past three weeks, ranging from 70 to 74$^\circ$ F.There were 2 house fly larvae that measure 29 & 20 mm, 2 blow fly larvae at 29 & 25 mm, 1 flesh fly larvae that was 29 mm a skipper fly larvae that was 9 mm and 1 flesh fly pupae that measured 39 mm.Why are there larvae of different ages for the same type of fly found on the body of the deer? A) They measured wrong. B) The different flies come to the deer at different times. C) Adult flies of the same species came to the deer at different times. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adult flies of the same species came to the deer at different times. 15. During the ..... stage, blow fly larvae are delicate and prone to desiccation. A) Third instar. B) Second instar. C) First instar. D) Fourth instar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First instar. 16. One of the three larval stages of insect development A) Autolysis. B) Pupa/pupae. C) Death. D) Instar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Instar. 17. Which is an example of a pest insect? A) Tick. B) Orb Weaver Spider. C) Praying Mantis. D) Water Bug. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tick. 18. During what stage does house flies begin to show up and lay eggs? A) Decay Stage. B) Post-Decay Stage. C) Fresh Stage. D) Bloated Stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decay Stage. 19. The cessation, or end, of life A) Death. B) Instar. C) Putrefaction. D) Pupa/pupae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death. 20. The immediate reason for a person's death A) Cause of death. B) Mechanism of death. C) Manner of death. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause of death. 21. What can entomologists know by studying the insects at a crime scene? A) PMI. B) Who probably commited the crime. C) The crime autopsy. D) Who the victim is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PMI. 22. How can a blowfly help an investigation? A) Helps investigators determine time of death. B) Helps investigators determine how a person was killed. C) Helps investigators determine what the person ate at his/her last meal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helps investigators determine time of death. 23. Application of entomology to civil & criminal legal cases A) Forensic epidemiology. B) Forensic entomology. C) Forensic anthropology. D) Forensic odontology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forensic entomology. 24. What is done by a medical examiner to determine the cause of death? A) Forgery. B) Biopsy. C) Sonogram. D) Autopsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autopsy. 25. Type of animal that is often used to simulate human body in entomology A) Goat. B) Cow. C) Pig. D) Chimpanzee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pig. 26. Forensic entomologists use their knowledge of ..... to help them solve a crime A) Music. B) Painting. C) Insects. D) Pasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insects. 27. The pelvis of a female is ..... as compared to a male. A) Wide and circular. B) Wide and heart-shaped. C) Narrow and circular. D) Narrow and heart-shaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wide and circular. 28. What does a forensic entomologist study? A) Worms. B) Insects. C) Spiders. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insects. 29. This stage begins with the splitting of the skin to allow the gases to escape. A) Bloated stage. B) Fresh stage. C) Post-decay stage. D) Decay stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decay stage. 30. What is the insect stage after the egg hatches called? A) 2nd egg stage. B) 1st instar. C) Pupae. D) Adult. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1st instar. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAgricultural Entomology QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesEntomology Quiz 1Entomology Quiz 3Entomology Quiz 4Entomology Quiz 5Entomology Quiz 6Entomology Quiz 7Entomology Quiz 8Entomology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books