Insects of Forensic Importance Quiz Crafted By-
Kratika Mishra
Introduction to Insects of Forensic Importance
Right from the early stages insects are attracted to the decomposing body and may lay eggs in it. By studying the insect population and the developing larval stages, forensic scientists can estimate the postmortem index, any change in position of the corpse as well as the cause of death.
Let's look at the questions and their answers.
Ques 1. What can forensic entomology be used to determine?
a) Time of death
b) Neglect of the elderly
c) Location of death
d) All of these
Answer-d) All of these
Ques 2. What insects are the first to appear on the dead?
a) Beetles
b) Ants
c) Mites
d) Flies
Answer- d) Flies
Ques 3. What method of forensic entomology is used to determine time since death when the corpse has been dead from one month to a year or more?
a) Accumulated degree hour technique
b) Maggot age and development
c) Successional waves of insects
d) Questioned epistemological examination
Answer- c) Successional waves of insects
Ques 4. Which of these insects are considered to be late stage scavengers?
a) Macrocheles mites
b) Hide beetles
c) Hister beetles
d) Devil’s coach- horse beetles
Answer- b) Hide beetles
Ques 5. Can DNA technology be utilized in forensic entomology?
a) Yes - but only to determine species of insect
b) No - the DNA absorbed by an insect is too minute for analysis
c) No - the DNA is destroyed by the insect's digestive tract
d) Yes - to determine insect species and/or human DNA from victim or suspect if the insect fed on the individual
Answer- d) Yes - to determine insect species and/or human DNA from victim or suspect if the insect fed on the individual
Ques 6. How long is a 1st Instra Larva after 1.8 days?
a) 6mm long
b) 4mm long
c) 3.5mm long
d) 5mm long
Answer- d) 5mm long
Ques 7. How would a forensic entomologist define a "flyspeck"?
a) Minute larvae from fly infestation
b) Tracking of pooled blood by flies
c) The feces from a fly that has fed on blood
d) Any kind of a small discoloration found at the crime scene
Answer- c) The feces from a fly that has fed on blood
Ques 8. The chief excretory organ in insects is:
a) Malpighian tubules
b) Green gland
c) Cuticle
d) Fat Body
Answer- a) Malpighian tubules
Ques 9. What are the three subdivisions of forensic entomology?
a) Blood spatter, trace evidence, toxicology
b) Medicolegal, urban, and stored product pests
c) Epistemology, osteology, insect proliferation
d) Human adaptation, necrophagia, serological impact
Answer- b) Medicolegal, urban, and stored product pests
Ques 10. The development stages between molts are called
a) Cocoons
b) Instars
c) Morphs
d) Forms
Answer- b) Instars