This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Agricultural Entomology > Insect Science > Entomology – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Entomology Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Feeding on carrion; from the greek word phagos, to each, and necro, meaning dead A) Entomology. B) Necrophagous. C) Carrion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Necrophagous. 2. During this stage, beetles begin to colonize the body and consume the dry, less nutrient-rich components. A) Bloated stage. B) Post-decay stage. C) Fresh stage. D) Decay stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Post-decay stage. 3. Which of the following is NOT a part of insect development cycle. A) Grub. B) Egg. C) Adult. D) Pupa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grub. 4. Each of the 3 different larval stages of flies in species that undergo complete metamorphosis A) Instar. B) Maggot. C) Insect succession. D) Oviposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Instar. 5. Case 2:Police Report:The body of a large pit bull terrier was found inside a walk-in basement at a home in Cary. Maggots were found concentrated in the head and region behind the shoulder. The windows were closed, although the open curtains allowed sunlight to enter, and the air conditioner was set at 72$^\circ$ F. Weather Report:Daytime temperatures have been variable over the past three weeks, ranging from 75 to 94$^\circ$ F. Skies have been sunny. What effect did the outside temperature have on the development of the larva? A) It is hot outside so it sped it up. B) It is hot outside so it slowed it down. C) It is hot outside, but the dog is inside and the AC is on so it had no effect. D) It is hot outside, but the dog is inside and the AC is on so it sped it up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is hot outside, but the dog is inside and the AC is on so it had no effect. 6. What is insect succession? A) The sequence in which an egg becomes an adult fly. B) When the alpha fly is overthrown by his son. C) A sequence of changing species that inhabit a decomposing body. D) The depositing of eggs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A sequence of changing species that inhabit a decomposing body. 7. In general, the older the insects around the dead body are ..... A) The less time the body has been dead. B) The more blood the body lost. C) The hotter the temp. around the body is. D) The longer the body has been dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The longer the body has been dead. 8. Which is NOT one of the three body segments of an insect. A) Thorax. B) Head. C) Legs. D) Abdomen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legs. 9. Which stage of mortis results in the changing of color in the body? A) Rigor Mortis. B) Algor Mortis. C) Liver Mortis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liver Mortis. 10. The scientific study of insects A) Carrion. B) Entomology. C) Necrophagous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entomology. 11. Pooling of blood in the areas of the body closest to the ground is called A) Grounding. B) Pooling. C) Lividity. D) Puddling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lividity. 12. Developmental stage of arthropods, generally referring to changes in the size of the larvae A) Metamorphosis. B) Moly. C) Instar. D) Oviposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Instar. 13. When the insect sheds it's exoskeleton, it is known as A) Melting. B) Peeling. C) Molting. D) Shedding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Molting. 14. Environmental factors that affect insect development A) Temperature, wind and moisture. B) Forensic anthropology. C) Osteobiography. D) Facial reconstruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature, wind and moisture. 15. Blow flies will be the main insects used to determine time since death in the ..... after death. A) First hours. B) First weeks. C) First months. D) First days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First weeks. 16. This type of mortis includes stiffening of muscles A) Algor mortis. B) Stiffo mortis. C) Rigor mortis. D) Liver mortis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rigor mortis. 17. The stage where cells begin to go through autolysis is: A) Fresh. B) Active. C) Dry. D) Advanced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fresh. 18. Insects belong to the Phylum A) Mollusca. B) Chordata. C) Annelida. D) Arthropoda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arthropoda. 19. How can ADH of insects help in an investigation? A) Provides manner of death. B) Provides exact time of death. C) Provides cause of death. D) Provides range for time of death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provides range for time of death. 20. If an insect's subesophageal ganglion were paralyzed, it would be unable to ..... A) Walk. B) See. C) Fly. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eat. 21. Which structures would be found in an eruciform larva, but not in a scarabaeiform larva? A) Prolegs. B) Mandibles. C) Spiracles. D) Ocelli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prolegs. 22. What is the proper name for insects with a hard, outer-body casing and jointed legs? A) Crustaceans. B) Snails. C) Arthropods. D) Mammals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthropods. 23. Stage 1 of decomposition A) Fresh stage. B) Bloating. C) Active decay. D) Advanced decay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fresh stage. 24. If you have Hide Beetles on the body which stage of decomposition is the body in? A) Fresh. B) Advanced decay. C) Early Putrifaction. D) Dry or Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dry or Skeletal. 25. Species That Has Destroyed the US recently A) Dragon Fly. B) Japanesse Beetle. C) Spotted Lanternfly. D) Lady Bug. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spotted Lanternfly. 26. Study of insects & related arthropods A) Anthropology. B) Oncology. C) Epidemiology. D) Entomology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entomology. 27. A digestive organ used for storage of food A) Crop. B) Larva. C) Maggot. D) Instar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crop. 28. An adult fly emerges from the A) Oviposition (egg laying). B) Larval mass. C) Egg. D) Pupa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pupa. 29. Pupae will be found in the same areas as ..... third-instar larvae. A) Wandering. B) Resting. C) Propagating. D) Metamorphosing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wandering. 30. A given amount of heat needed to develop from one stage of an insect life cycle to the next A) Accumulated degree hour (ADH). B) Maggot. C) Post mortem interval (PMI). D) Entomology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accumulated degree hour (ADH). ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAgricultural Entomology QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesEntomology Quiz 1Entomology Quiz 2Entomology Quiz 3Entomology Quiz 5Entomology Quiz 6Entomology Quiz 7Entomology Quiz 8Entomology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books