This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Agricultural Entomology > Insect Science > Entomology – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Entomology Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Predictable sequence of changing species that inhabit a decomposing body A) Insect succession. B) Instar. C) Complete metamorphosis. D) Accumulated degree hours (ADH). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insect succession. 2. Tiny eight legged creatures belonging to the order acarina, related to spiders and ticks. some mites live freely, others as parasites A) Ambient. B) Mites. C) Eclosion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mites. 3. Application of entomology to civil and criminal legal cases A) Forensic Serology. B) Forensic Entomology. C) Forensic botany. D) Forensic Anthropology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forensic Entomology. 4. Body development in 4 stages:egg, larva, pupa, & adult A) Spiracles. B) Complete metamorphosis. C) Grub. D) Oviposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complete metamorphosis. 5. Why do Forensic entomologists look at blow fly larvae at a crime scene? A) We know the least about their life cycle. B) They are the last insects to arrive at a body. C) They are the first insects to arrive at the body. D) They have the fastest life cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are the first insects to arrive at the body. 6. What is the life cycle of an insect called A) Larva. B) Pupa. C) Levimorphosis. D) Metamorphosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metamorphosis. 7. Depositing, or laying, of eggs A) Oviposition. B) Grub. C) Insect succession. D) Spiracles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oviposition. 8. Explain the difference between a cut and a scrape wound. A) A cut is shallow, whereas a scrape is deep. B) An cut has irregular edges and an abrasion is a straight, even wound. C) A cut, or laceration, is a straight, even wound made with a sharp object like a knife or razor blade. A scrape, or abrasion, is caused by sliding impact between the skin and a rough surface. D) A scrape bleeds a lot, whereas a cut bleeds very little. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A cut, or laceration, is a straight, even wound made with a sharp object like a knife or razor blade. A scrape, or abrasion, is caused by sliding impact between the skin and a rough surface. 9. Aquatic insects spend at least part of their life cycle in or around A) Plant life. B) Soil. C) Salt water. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 10. The insect's body is made up of what three body parts: A) Vertebrae, Deltoid, Femur. B) Head, thorax, abdomen. C) Head, thorax, flagellum. D) Thorax, Anthrax, Typhoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Head, thorax, abdomen. 11. Insects help forensic investigators determine A) Time of death. B) Whether the body sustained trauma. C) Whether the body has been moved. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 12. A body found with no food in the stomach or small intestines has been dead for at least ..... hours A) 12. B) 6. C) 2. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 13. Nonfeeding stage of development between larva & adult A) Spiracles. B) Pupa. C) Grub. D) Crop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pupa. 14. An elected official who usually has no special medical training. A) Medical examiner. B) Coroner. C) Forensic anthropologist. D) Rokitansky Procedure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coroner. 15. What do entomologists learn by studying the insects at a crime scene? A) PMI. B) Who probably commited the crime. C) Who the victim is. D) The crime autopsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PMI. 16. Pada tahun berapa Rentokil beroperasi di Indonesia A) 1979. B) 1969. C) 1989. D) 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1969. 17. Why does an infants skeleton contain a higher number of bones? A) They are born with many bones that have not fused completely. B) They are mutant ninja bebes. C) They are born with bones that eventually turn into cartilage. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are born with many bones that have not fused completely. 18. What are the two most important insects? A) Blowflies and Beetles. B) Bees and Mosquitoes. C) Wasps and Butterflies. D) Ants and Lady Bugs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blowflies and Beetles. 19. Predators as nymphs and adults; larvae have unusual mouthparts; help significantly to control mosquito populations A) Odonata- Dragonflies and Damselflies. B) Plecoptera- Stoneflies. C) Hemiptera- True Bugs. D) Trichoptera- Caddisfly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odonata- Dragonflies and Damselflies. 20. Decomposition of a mammal begins at this stage: A) Fresh stage. B) Decay stage. C) Bloated. D) Post-decay stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fresh stage. 21. The fact that insect development is ..... allows insects to be used to determine time since death. A) Predictable. B) Constant. C) Unpredictable. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predictable. 22. The spontaneous breakdown of cells as they self-digest A) Rigor mortis. B) Pupa/pupae. C) Algor mortis. D) Autolysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autolysis. 23. Algor mortis is Latin for: A) STIFFENING AT DEATH. B) COLORED DEATH. C) COOLING DEATH. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) COOLING DEATH. 24. Immatures called "hellgramite" (fierce, 3" +long, strong jaws to pinch); Like fast moving water in rocky streams; a dults have giant jaws but they do not pinch A) Diptera (Flies). B) Megaloptera/Neuroptera:Alderflies and Dobsonflies. C) Lepidoptera- Butterflies and Moths. D) Coleoptera- Beetles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Megaloptera/Neuroptera:Alderflies and Dobsonflies. 25. A forensic entomologist is ..... A) A person who studies insects to gain clues about a crime. B) A person who studies bones to gain clues about a crime. C) A person who studies DNA to gain clues about a crime. D) A person who studies fire and arson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who studies insects to gain clues about a crime. 26. Insects such as blowflies tend to lay their eggs in A) Dry, warm areas. B) Dry, cold areas. C) Moist, cold areas. D) Moist, warm areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moist, warm areas. 27. After a meal, the average time it takes for the stomach to empty is A) 24 hours. B) 1-2 hours. C) 4-6 hours. D) 8-12 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4-6 hours. 28. Insect stage after the egg hatches A) 2nd egg stage. B) Adult. C) Pupae. D) 1st instar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1st instar. 29. As a dead body decomposes, two gases putrescine and ..... are released that alert blowflies to a possible location to lay their eggs. A) Cadaverine. B) Proteins. C) Oxygen. D) Odorless substances. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cadaverine. 30. Insects, or Hexapods, have how many legs? A) 10. B) 2. C) 6. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAgricultural Entomology QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesEntomology Quiz 1Entomology Quiz 2Entomology Quiz 4Entomology Quiz 5Entomology Quiz 6Entomology Quiz 7Entomology Quiz 8Entomology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books