Falconry Exam Test Bank 363 Questions with 100% Correct Answers Updated
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Falconry Exam Test Bank 363 Questions with 100% Correct Answers Updated
During a late afternoon hunt your red tail hawk takes a field rat and carries it high into a heavy foliage oak tree and begins to consume the prey you should
A. Be patient
B. Try to call the hawk down with a tidbit
C. ...
Falconry Exam Test Bank 363 Questions
with 100% Correct Answers Updated
2024-2025
During a late afternoon hunt your red tail hawk takes a field rat and carries it high into a
heavy foliage oak tree and begins to consume the prey you should
A. Be patient
B. Try to call the hawk down with a tidbit
C. Try to call the hawk down with the lure
D. Go get a sleeping bag and plan to be there until dawn - Answer- C
True/false. Late in the hunting season you are hunting in your favorite field the resident
red tails have become extremely aggressive almost overnight and now dive on your
heart you surmise that they are a mated pair and you've been hunting their territory all
along but now they are trying to drive an intruding hawk from the vicinity of their nest
you should continue hunting their your hawk really isn't in competition with them -
Answer- F
For the moult a thirty ounce flying weight red-tail should be fed up to
A. Thirty six ounces
B. Forty ounces
C. Forty five ounces
D. Sixty ounces - Answer- A
In buteos parabuteos, and accipiters, mounting of the primary wing feathers
A. Starts with the innermost primary and proceeds in sequence to the outermost primary
B. Starts with the outer most primary and proceeds inwards to the last one
C. Starts with primary #4 and proceeds in both directions
D. Proceeds in irregular fashion but is in the same sequence on each wing - Answer- A
True/false. Falconry raptor moult in the same sequence as wild raptors but less
predictable - Answer- T
The best reason not to fly hawks during the moult is
A. A hawk may injure it self by flying without all its feathers
B. A hawk may break a blood feather and bleed to death
,C. It is too hard to see quarry when the leaves are on the trees
D. Feather growth the demands energy and hawks must be fed more than the flying
weight Allows - Answer- D
True/false. During the moult, red-tails revert to the wild state - Answer- F
True/false. Waiting on flights should be made when soaring conditions are optimal -
Answer- F
A good reason to stop flying your hawk before the vernal equinox (March 21) is the
A. Frequency of soaring weather
B. Resurgence of latent migration urges
C. End of cottontail season
D. All of the above - Answer- D
Apprentice falconers are most likely to lose their red tailed hawk's from
A. Incompetence
B. Overconfidence
C. Confiscation by a game warden for hunting out of season
D. Being run offense quarry by Golden Eagle - Answer- B
True/false. Hawks that are lost follow their instincts - Answer- T
True/false. After being truly lost most hawks stay in the area where they were lost for a
while - Answer- T
After losing their red tail the apprentice should
A. Go home have a good cry and give up falconry
B. Go home and start planning how to get a replacement hawk
C. Tell no one. They'll think you were a fool. Return to the loss site the next day and
attempt to call the hawk in with tidbits the lure and a live tethered pigeon
D. Go home report to the sponsor call the local wildlife rehabilitation people the local
animal control and the local law-enforcement to report the loss of the hawk following
that post rewards for information leading to the recovery of the hall every day or twice a
day for two weeks visit the lost sight attempting to call the hawk in with tidbits, the lure,
or a live tethered pigeon - Answer- D
After recovering the lost hawk, the falconer should
A. Hydrate the hawk immediately
B. Weigh the hawk
C. Take the hawk for a thorough physical examination
D. All of the above - Answer- D
,The third-grade teacher down the street invited you to bring your red tail hawk to his
class to talk about it. You are a second-year apprentice. You must
A. Have the written permission of the school district
B. Have the written permission of your sponsor
C. have your sponsor or another general or master level falconer in attendance at your
presentation
D. None of the above, enjoy yourself - Answer- C
The third-grade teacher down the street seriously inquires about becoming a falconer.
You have been friends long enough to take him hunting and he is in the daily effort you
go through. You are a second-year apprentice and will upgrade to general at the next
cycle in about a month. He asked you to be his sponsor. You must
A. Agree
B. Inform him that as much as you would like to, only third year generals and above
may sponsor
C. Introduce him to your sponsor
D. B and C - Answer- B
True/false. Near the end of your first year as a falconer, your sponsor must relocate to
the East Coast to resolve a family crisis. You have 30 days to find a new sponsor after
the letter of termination is sent in. - Answer- T
True/false. You are asked by the local rehabilitation service to recondition a red tailed
four released to the wild. You are a second-year apprentice. You are permitted to do
this. - Answer- F
You enter your hawk
A. When it is unfamiliar with the surrounding landscape
B. When it is unfamiliar with a particular quarry
C. Before registering at a falconry meet
D. Before transporting it in an unfamiliar container - Answer- B
A Hawk is..
A.) A generic term describing a non-eagle, non-vulture,diurnal bird of prey.
B.) A member of the genus Accipiter.
C.) A diurnal raptor with short rounded wings, long tail and light eyes
D.) All of the above - Answer- D
A "bird of prey" or "raptor" is
A.) Any bird that preys on other living creatures.
, B.) A bird with powerful taloned feet for grasping and killing, a hooked beak for tearing
flesh and includes all members of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes.
C.) A member of the order Falconiformes, but not the order of Strigiformes.
D.) A member of the order of Strigiformes, but not the order of Falconiformes. - Answer-
B
A Falcon is..
A.) the female of the species falco peregrinus
B.) a generic term to include all raptors with long, pointed wings, long tails, small heads
and broad shoulders.
C.) any bird used in falconry
D.) A and B but not C - Answer- D
A "Buzzard" is..
A.) a member of the genus Buteo with wide core wings, a heavy body, and a short
"stubby" tail and superb soaring capabilities.
B.) a carrion-eating raptor with a featherless head and superb soaring capabilities
C.) the European vernacular for the genus of raptors that includes the red-tailed hawk,
the red-shouldered hawk, the ferruginous hawk, the common buzzard, and the broad
winged hawk
D.) A and C but not B - Answer- D
An Eagle is..
A.) a member of the genus Aquila with long, broad wings and a medium tail.
B.) a large hawk like bird.
C.) any hawk like bird larger then a female gryfalcon
D.) all of the above. - Answer- A
What's the difference between Falcons and Hawks?
A.) falcons include only members of the family falconide
B.) hawks is a generic term like raptor, that includes all the species in the order
Falconiformes
C.) anatomical and behavioral differences.
D.) all the above - Answer- D
True/false Hawks have long pointed wings, long tails, small heads, and broad
shoulders? - Answer- F
True/false In genus falco, the third and/or fourth primary from the leading edge of the
wing is/are the longest - Answer- F
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