Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife Quiz Questions
- ANS-How close your estimates are to each other is (A) Accuracy (B) Precision (C) Bias
- ANS-How close your estimates are to each other is (A) Accuracy (B) Precision (C) Bias
- ANS-How close your estimates are to each other is (A) Accuracy (B) Precision (C) Bias
- ANS-How close your estimates are to each other is (A) Accuracy (B) Precision (C) Bias
- ANS-Places taxes on firearms and ammunition to provide funds for wildlife management
activities (A) Lacey Act (B) Migratory Bird Act (C) Duck Stamp Act (D) Pittman-Robertson Act
100 acres * 0.2 = 20 acres/0.5 acres per plot = 40 Plots - ANS-You've been contracted by a land
owner to survey a 100 acre tract of forest on their property, which runs adjacent to the boundary
of a state reserve. You decide that ground surveying approx. 20% of the land will be sufficient
and that each plot should be 0.5 acres. How many plots will you need to survey in your
assessment?
A - ANS-Authorized the Sec. of Agriculture to purchase lands for flood and fire control. (A)
Weeks Act (B) Transfer Act (C) General Land Exchange Act
A - ANS-Black-footed ferrets have become endangered due to (A) Indirect impacts of pest
control (B) overexploitation for pelts (C) Critical habitat loss
A - ANS-Forest age classes trend such that: (A) Northern forest older than southern forest (B)
Southern older than Western (C) Southern older than Northern
A - ANS-Historically, what are some factors which determining if species are harvested or not?
(A) Tradition (B) Costs of managing species (C) Listing on Migratory Bird Act
A - ANS-Individuals of the same species, may have varying suites of characteristics, including
variable morphology and behavior. (A) True (B) False
A - ANS-Inland Fisheries provide which of the following ecosystem services? (A) Food provision
(B) Preservation of "Wilderness" (C)All of the above
A - ANS-Rank management selection severity of disturbance from LOW to HIGH (A) Group
Tree Selection -> Shelterwood Systems -> Clear Cut (B) Shelterwood -> Single-Tree Selection
-> Seed-tree Systems (C) Seed-Tree systems -> Group-Tree Selection -> Clear Cut
, A - ANS-The ability of a system to absorb small perturbations and prevent them from amplifying
is: (A) Resistance (B) Resilience
A - ANS-This era saw the formation of the US Fish and Wildlife Services (A)Development Era
(B) Overexploitation Era (C) Implementation Era (D) Transition Era
A - ANS-What piece of legislation is the backbone for laws against illegal trade/harvest of
wildlife (A)Lacey Act B) Affordable Care Act (C) Migratory Bird Act (D) Endangered Species Act
A - ANS-Which continent has greatest inland fisheries production? (A)Asia (B)North America
(C)Africa (D) Europe
A - ANS-Which continent has greatest inland fisheries production? (A)Asia (B)North America
(C)Africa (D) Europe
A - ANS-Which one of the following is NOT part of the fire triangle? (A) Relative humidity (B)
Oxygen (C)Heat (D)Fuel
B - ANS-2. Eastern forests dominated by (A) coniferous, or softwood species
(B) deciduous, or hardwood species
B - ANS-3. The majority of forest ownership in the western forests is in (A) private ownership (B)
public ownership
B - ANS-4. How does the 1973 Endangered Species Act define wildlife? (A) reptiles,
amphibians, mammals, and birds (B) all members of the Animal Kingdom (C) all vertebrates and
their plant and animal associates
B - ANS-5. Once considered enigmatic, what has been revealed to be the most significant
reason for the recent global amphibian declines? (A) invasive species (B) disease (C)
drought/water management issues
B - ANS-A quantitative measure of habitat use would be (A) Sex Ratio (B) Occupancy (C)
Abundance (D) Density
B - ANS-According to intermediate disturbance hypothesis, species diversity in response to
disturbance should highest when: (A) Disturbance occurs at low intensity/frequency (B) Dist
occurs at moderate intensity/frequency (C) Dist occurs at high intensity/frequency
B - ANS-According to intermediate disturbance hypothesis, species diversity in response to
disturbance should highest when: (A) Disturbance occurs at low intensity/frequency (B) Dist
occurs at moderate intensity/frequency (C) Dist occurs at high intensity/frequency
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