#Chewing mouthparts never occur in:
a. Fleas
b. Earwigs
c. Beetles
d. Bees
#All neopterous insects are:
a. Predatory
b. Wingless
c. Ectognathous
d. Hemimetabolous
#Which developmental stage is found only in the Ephemeroptera?
a. Prepupa
b. Naiad
c. Subimago
d. Imago
#Which orders are most important in the transmission of human disease?
a. Phasmatodea and Odonata
b. Hymenoptera and Siphonaptera
c. Diptera and Phthiraptera
d. Hemiptera and Thysanoptera
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# A naiad is best described as a(n):
a. Predatory larva
b. Wingless adult
c. Aquatic nymph
d. Scavenger
#Which order is most closely related to Dermaptera?
a. Isoptera
b. Mecoptera
c. Psocoptera
d. Coleoptera
# Chelicerate arthropods include:
a. Millipedes and centipedes
b. Lobsters and shrimp
c. Spiders and ticks
d. Lice and fleas
#Which statement is true for all crustacea?
a. They live on land
b. They have chewing mouthparts
c. They have six walking legs
d. They are paleopterous
#Which insect order is never associated with plants?
a. Hymenoptera
b. Thysanoptera
c. Hemiptera
d. Siphonaptera
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#Human disease pathogens are transmitted by which order?
a. Hymenoptera
b. Thysanoptera
c. Diptera
d. All of these
#Odonata and Plecoptera are similar because both have:
a. Aquatic nymphs
b. Endopterygote development
c. Paleopterous wings
d. All of these
# Which insect order never lives in aquatic environments?
a. Trichoptera
b. Plecoptera
c. Diptera
d. Orthoptera
#Hemiptera and Hymenoptera are similar because both have:
a. Holometabolous development
b. Piercing-sucking mouthparts
c. Neopterous wings
d. All of these
#Which insect order is most commonly found in soil litter?
a. Collembola
b. Neuroptera
c. Lepidoptera
d. Phasmatodea
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# In a male insect, which structure would lie below (ventral to) the anus?
a. Epiproct
b. Aedeagus
c. Paraproct
d. Furca
#Which compound would be found in the exocuticle but NOT in the endocuticle?
a. Chitin
b. Protein
c. Quinone
d. Wax
#To which body segment are the elytra attached?
a. Mesothorax
b. Prothorax
c. First abdominal
d. Metathorax
#The shell of an insect’s egg is called the:
a. Serosa
b. Chorion
c. Amnion
d. Periplasm
#Damage symptoms of the emmalocera depressella?
a. Bunchy top
b. Dead harts pulled easily
c. Spiral glasseries
d. Dead hearts cannot palled easily
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#Which structure is unicellular?
a. Spine
b. Gland
c. Seta
d. Pile
#What is the function of the micropyle in an insect’s egg?
a. Water balance
b. Respiration
c. Nutrition
d. Sperm entrance
#Which mouthparts lie between the labrum and the maxillae?
a. Hypopharynx
b. Labium
c. Mandibles
d. Palps
# A line of weakness between adjacent sclerites that breaks during molting is called a
a. Apodeme
b. Ecdysial suture
c. Apophysis
d. Epistomal suture
#Chitin is most abundant in which part of the exoskeleton?
a. Epicuticle
b. Cuticulin layer
c. Procuticle
d. Epidermis
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#In a male insect, which structure would lie above (dorsal to) the anus?
a. Epiproct
b. Aedeagus
c. Paraproct
d. Furca
#What type of chemical monomer forms the backbone of a chitin molecule?
a. Lipid
b. Sugar
c. Quinone
d. Amino Acid
#To which body segment are the halters attached?
a. Mesothorax
b. Prothorax
c. First abdominal
d. Metathorax
# Which structure lies between the buccal cavity and the salivarium?
a. Labium
b. Cibarium
c. Labrum
d. Hypopharynx
#Which structure(s) would be found on an insect’s pretarsus?
a. Trochanter
b. Furca
c. Empodium
d. All of these
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# Indirect flight muscles cause wing movement by:
a. Moving thoracic sclerites
b. Pulling on axillary sclerites
c. Exerting hydrostatic pressure
d. All of these
#What is the maximum number of ocelli that may be found in an adult insect?
a. Zero
b. Five
c. Three
d. Twenty
#Which mouthparts lie between the labrum and the maxillae?
a. Hypopharynx
b. Labium
c. Mandibles
d. Palps
#Which sclerite lies below (ventral to) the frons?
a. Gena
b. Occiput
c. Clypeus
d. Labium
# A tormogen cell is always associated with a(n):
a. Spine
b. Apodeme
c. Gland
d. Seta
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#Chitin is a very important part of the insect’s exoskeleton because:
a. It is impermeable to water.
b. It is rigid and inflexible.
c. It is not digested by common enzymes.
d. It is flexible and elastic.
#Which structure lies below the frons and above the labrum?
a. Trochanter
b. Clypeus
c. Furca
d. Gena
#Where is the genital opening found on a typical insect?
a. Just above the epiproct.
b. Just below the anus.
c. Between the paraprocts.
d. Inside the tentorium.
#Parapsidal furrows are grooves found on the mesonotum of some parasitic wasps. These grooves would be located:
a. Above and between the front wings.
b. Under the halteres.
c. On the epimeron.
d. No way to tell.
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