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Practice Test

Taxonomy & Systematics

1.    Which characteristic would NOT be found in the phylum Onychophora?
One pair of antennae
Three body regions (tagmata)
Jointed legs with claws
Many-segmented body
Epidermis covered by moist cuticle
 
2.   Which structures are found in chelicerate arthropods but NOT in mandibulate arthropods?
Antennae
Maxillae
Pedipalps
Jointed legs
 
3.   Chelicerate arthropods include:
Millipedes and centipedes
Lobsters and shrimp
Spiders and ticks
Lice and fleas
Barnacles and amphipods
 
4.   Which statement is TRUE for all crustacea?
They live on land.
They have chewing mouthparts.
They have six walking legs.
They are paleopterous.
 
5.   Which insect order is most closely related to Dermaptera?
Hymenoptera
Thysanoptera
Orthoptera
Zygentoma
 
6.   Which insect order is most closely related to Diptera?
Hymenoptera
Plecoptera
Orthoptera
Zygentoma
 
7.   Which order is NOT holometabolous?
Siphonaptera
Thysanoptera
Hymenoptera
Neuroptera
Mecoptera
 
8.   Which order is ametabolous and apterygote?
Psocodea
Isoptera
Strepsiptera
Archeognatha
 
9.   To which insect order do crickets and grasshoppers belong?
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Lepidoptera
Diptera
Orthoptera
 
10.   The order Psocodea contains:
Dragonflies and damselflies
Chewing and sucking lice
Roaches and mantids
Bristletails and silverfish
 
11.   To which order do caddisflies belong?
Plecoptera
Trichoptera
Neuroptera
Dermaptera
 
12.   Which order name is CORRECTLY paired with a common name?
Hemiptera -- plant lice
Dermaptera -- barklice
Plecoptera -- chewing lice
Siphonaptera -- sucking lice
 
13.   Which common names are associated with insects in the order Hymenoptera?
Wasps and ants
Beetles and weevils
Flies and mosquitoes
Grasshoppers and crickets
 
14.   Which order name is CORRECTLY paired with a common name?
Thysanoptera -- bristletail
Isoptera -- termites
Mecoptera -- lacewing
Psocodea -- leafhopper
 
15.   Which common name is NOT associated with the order Hemiptera?
Aphid
Leafhopper
Scale insect
Walkingstick
 
16.   Which structure is CORRECTLY paired with the order in which it is found?
Hemelytra -- Trichoptera
Collophore -- Collembola
Ootheca -- Hemiptera
Fringed wings -- Psocodea
 
17.   Chewing mouthparts are NOT found in:
Ticks
Centipedes
Lobsters
Crickets
 
18.   Which structures are ALWAYS associated with Coleoptera?
Furculas
Stigmas
Hamuli
Elytra
 
19.   Hemiptera and Hymenoptera are similar because BOTH have:
Holometabolous development
Piercing-sucking mouthparts
Neopterous wings
Aquatic immatures
 
20.   Which orders are most closely related to each other?
Diptera and Siphonaptera
Thysanura and Thysanoptera
Hemiptera and Hymenoptera
Trichoptera and Psocodea