Forensic Entomology - Busted By Bugs

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1. Entomology as a tool to solving criminal cases was first used by this man. Song Ci Ambroise Pare Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Paolo Zacchia

2. What can forensic entomology be used to determine? Time of death Neglect of the elderly Location of death All of these

3. What are the three subdivisions of forensic entomology? Medicolegal, urban, and stored product pests Epistemology, osteology, insect proliferation Blood spatter, trace evidence, toxicology Human adaptation, necrophagia, serological impact

4. What insects are the first to appear on the dead? Beetles Ants Mites Flies

5. How would a forensic entomologist define a "flyspeck"? The feces from a fly that has fed on blood Any kind of a small discoloration found at the crime scene Tracking of pooled blood by flies Minute larvae from fly infestation

6. Can DNA technology be utilized in forensic entomology? Yes - but only to determine species of insect Yes - to determine insect species and/or human DNA from victim or suspect if the insect fed on the individual No - the DNA is destroyed by the insect's digestive tract No - the DNA absorbed by an insect is too minute for analysis

7. Weather is a factor in the forensic entomologist's determination of time of death. True False

8. 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? Maggot age and development Accumulated degree hour technique Questioned epistemological examination Successional waves of insects

9. Entomological evidence cannot determine the presence and position of wounds. True False

10. Which of these insects are considered to be late stage scavengers? Macrocheles mites Devil's coach-horse beetles Hister beetles Hide beetles