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| 1 | Insects are characterized by all but which one of the following? |
 | A) | Ectognathous mouthparts |
| B) | Usually two pairs of wings |
| C) | Tremendous adaptability |
| D) | A great range of external forms |
| E) | The presence of chelicerae |
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| 2 | Legs of the insects are often modified for special purposes. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 3 | Although there are water striders in the genus Halobates that surf the ocean waves, there are no truly marine insects that live under the water. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 4 | The Class Insecta |
| A) | Currently has more described species than all other animals together |
| B) | Is the second largest group of animals |
| C) | Is of little importance economically or medically to humans |
| D) | Has very few characteristics in common with other arthropods |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 5 | The primary flight muscles of insects such as flies and bees? |
| A) | Are indirect |
| B) | Are asynchronous |
| C) | May beat 100 times per second or more |
| D) | All of the above are correct |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 6 | Insects can be phytophagous, saprophagous, predaceous, and parasitic, but not hyperparasitic. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 7 | Which of the following is NOT correct? |
| A) | The tracheal system is an extensive network of thin-walled tubes that branch throughout the body |
| B) | Spiral thickenings of cuticle called taenidia support the tracheae and prevent their collapse |
| C) | The mouthparts of insects can range from sponging and lapping to piercing and chewing |
| D) | The haemolymph of insects has virtually nothing to do with oxygen transport |
| E) | Tracheal gills are found only on terrestrial nymphs |
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| 8 | Malpighian tubules, rather than nephridia, are used as part of the insectan excretory system. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 9 | Which of the following is mismatched? |
| A) | Mechanoreception? hairlike sensilla |
| B) | Auditory reception?tympanal organs |
| C) | Chemoreception?bundles of sensory cell processes located in pits |
| D) | Visual reception?proprioception receptors on the head |
| E) | None of the above is mismatched |
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| 10 | Ecdysone is secreted by the? |
| A) | Prothoracic glands |
| B) | Coxae |
| C) | Brain |
| D) | All of the above are correct |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 11 | A period of dormancy in the annual insectan life cycle is called? |
| A) | Estivation |
| B) | Hibernation |
| C) | Diapause |
| D) | Stagnancy |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 12 | Which of the following is a defensive "strategy" employed by insects? |
| A) | Mimicry |
| B) | Aposematic coloration |
| C) | Crypsis |
| D) | Chemical defenses |
| E) | All of the above are defensive strategies |
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| 13 | Which of the following castes of honeybees develop parthenogenetically and as a result are haploid? |
| A) | Drones |
| B) | Workers |
| C) | Queens |
| D) | Soldiers |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 14 | Termite colonies contain several castes, consisting of fertile individuals, both males and females, and sterile individuals. Reproductive individuals and soldiers secrete inhibiting pheromones that pass throughout the colony to nymphs through a mutual feeding process called: |
| A) | Regurgitation |
| B) | Trophallaxis |
| C) | Intestinal fortitude |
| D) | Aspiration |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 15 | Wings in the insects appear on the? |
| A) | Prothorax |
| B) | Mesothorax |
| C) | Metathorax |
| D) | B and C, but not A |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 16 | The insect leg terminates in a? |
| A) | Trochantor |
| B) | Femur |
| C) | Tibia |
| D) | Tarsus |
| E) | Patella |
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| 17 | Which of the following is NOT an Insecta order? |
| A) | Thysanura |
| B) | Lepidoptera |
| C) | Hymenoptera |
| D) | Coleoptera |
| E) | Siphonoptera |
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| 18 | Which of the following orders has members known as dragonflies? |
| A) | Homoptera |
| B) | Odonata |
| C) | Lepidoptera |
| D) | Hymenoptera |
| E) | Diptera |
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| 19 | Which of the following orders has its metathoracic wings modified into halteres for balance during flight (and because of this, members of this order appear to have only two wings). |
| A) | Hemiptera |
| B) | Homoptera |
| C) | Diptera |
| D) | Siphonoptera |
| E) | Ephemeroptera |
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| 20 | Which of the following terms is associated with the Insecta? |
| A) | Instar |
| B) | Tracheae |
| C) | Diapause |
| D) | Pupa |
| E) | All of the above are correct |
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| 21 | Which of the following is NOT correct? |
| A) | Orthoptera?locusts, crickets, grasshoppers |
| B) | Embiidina?sucking lice |
| C) | Siphonoptera?fleas |
| D) | Hymenoptera?ants, bees, wasps |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 22 | Subclass Hexapoda is named for its: |
| A) | Uniramous legs |
| B) | Biramous legs |
| C) | Chelicerate exoskeleton |
| D) | Segmented body |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 23 | The tremendous species diversity of the insects results from a combination of valuable structural and physiological adaptations including all but which one of the following? |
| A) | Versatile sclerotized exoskeleton |
| B) | Segmentation and tagmatization |
| C) | An efficient respiratory system |
| D) | Highly developed sensory systems |
| E) | Closed circulatory system |
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| 24 | Some insects can memorize and perform in sequence tasks involving multiple signals in various sensory areas. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 25 | Hymenopteran societies often exhibit polymorphism or caste differentiation. Which of the following is not a true caste? |
| A) | Queen |
| B) | Drones |
| C) | Workers |
| D) | Soldiers |
| E) | All of the above are hymenopteran castes |
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| 26 | Which of the following insects is NOT of medical or economic importance? |
| A) | Gypsy moth |
| B) | Mosquitoes |
| C) | Weevils |
| D) | Tsetse flies |
| E) | Tiger Swallowtail butterfly |
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| 27 | Which of the following is NOT a stage in the life of an insect? |
| A) | Egg |
| B) | Larva |
| C) | Nymph |
| D) | Pupa |
| E) | Adult |