This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Agricultural Entomology > Insect Science > Entomology – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Entomology Quiz 9 (26 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Crustaceans are a good source of ..... for humans. A) Food. B) Fear. C) Pets. D) Fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food. 2. Normal body temperature is A) 97.2 $^\circ$F. B) 96.5 $^\circ$F. C) 100 $^\circ$F. D) 98.6 $^\circ$F. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 98.6 $^\circ$F. 3. The study of human remains (often bones) to aid in legal investigations A) Temperature, wind and moisture. B) Forensic anthropology. C) Osteobiography. D) Facial reconstruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forensic anthropology. 4. Necrophages are ..... A) Species such as ants, wasps, and some beetles that feed on the corpse and associated maggots. B) Beetles, true flies, and wasps that parasitize immature flies. C) The first species feeding on corpse tissue. D) Pill bugs, spiders, and mites that use the corpse as an extension of their habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The first species feeding on corpse tissue. 5. The nonliving part of the insect in the stage prior to metamorphosis in the blow fly life-cycle is called the: A) Pupae. B) Pupal space. C) Puparium. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Puparium. 6. How many hours does it take livor mortis to be fully settled? (Choose the best answer choice) A) Six hours. B) Two hours. C) Five hours. D) 12 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Six hours. 7. The major variable in the fly's life cycle is ..... A) Moisture. B) Barometer. C) Temperature. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temperature. 8. The study of insects is A) Zoology. B) Entomology. C) Pathology. D) Anthropology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entomology. 9. How are insects helpful? A) Help you not be single. B) Helps cure Pewdiepie from T-Series. C) Helpful in real life events. D) Help you study for the upcoming exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helpful in real life events. 10. What is the reason for autopsy? A) Candy. B) Old age. C) Unnatural cause. D) Declined by family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unnatural cause. 11. Time elapsed since death A) Post Mortem Interval. B) Ambient. C) Adipocere. D) Putrefaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Post Mortem Interval. 12. The entomologist must be able to identify the ..... of blow fly because each ..... develops at a different rate. A) Genus. B) Order. C) Family. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Species. 13. The insect has two metamorphosis types. What are they? A) Incomplete, Periennial. B) Annual, Complete. C) Complete, Transformation. D) Incomplete, Complete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incomplete, Complete. 14. The process of rotting and break down A) Rigor mortis. B) Decomposition. C) Livor mortis. D) Putrefaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decomposition. 15. Respiratory organs of insects that are used by researchers to identify a larval stage as first, second or third instar A) Maggots. B) Instars. C) Spiracles. D) Crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spiracles. 16. Decomposition begins at this stage. A) Fresh. B) Active decay. C) Advanced decay. D) Bloat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fresh. 17. Which is the correct sequence of developmental stages for blowflies? A) Egg, larvae, pupa, adult. B) Egg, pupa, maggot, adult. C) 1st instar, 2nd nstar, 3rd instar, pupa, adult. D) Egg, second instar, 3rd instar, pupa, adult. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Egg, larvae, pupa, adult. 18. Name means "case-bearer" . Build cases from materials in rivers (pebbles, leaf litter, twigs, etc.). Most cases about 1.5 cm long. A) Diptera (Flies). B) Coleoptera- Beetles. C) Trichoptera- Caddisfly. D) Lepidoptera- Butterflies and Moths. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trichoptera- Caddisfly. 19. Blister beetles have what substance in their bodies that can be toxic to livestock? A) Resilin. B) Chitin. C) Serotonin. D) Cantharadin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cantharadin. 20. The cooling of body temperature after death A) Autolysis. B) Algor mortis. C) Rigor mortis. D) Livor mortis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Algor mortis. 21. Carrion beetles prefer A) Just the eggs & larvae of other insects. B) Corpse in any stage of decomposition. C) Corpse in stage 1 decomposition. D) Corpse in a dry stage, as well as eggs & larvae of other insects. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corpse in a dry stage, as well as eggs & larvae of other insects. 22. The three levels of certainty are ..... , ..... and ..... A) Possibility, consistency, certainty. B) Probability, consistency, certainty. C) Maybe, possibly, probably. D) Probability, consistency, absolutely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Probability, consistency, certainty. 23. The time elapsed since a person has died A) Postmortem interval (PMI). B) Carrion. C) Entomology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Postmortem interval (PMI). 24. The study of insects A) Post mortem interval (PMI). B) Entomology. C) Accumulated degree hour (ADH). D) Maggot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entomology. 25. This stage occurs when the body becomes distended and the splitting of the skin allows bad smelling gases to escape. A) Bloated stage. B) Decay stage. C) Fresh stage. D) Post-decay stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bloated stage. 26. The stage in an insect's life cycle when the larva forms a capsule around itself and transitions into its adult form A) Pupa/pupae. B) Larva/larvae. C) Death. D) Instar. 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