HUNTER SAFETY FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
RESOURCE
●● The basic components of cartridges and shotshells are similar. Shot
pellets and a bullet are examples of which basic component?
Answer: Projectile
●● What is the main difference between centerfire and rimfire
ammunition?
Answer: Rimfire primer is in the rim of the casing.
●● What type of shotgun pellets are allowed for waterfowl hunting in
the U.S.?
Answer: steel
●● When a rifle fires, a sequence of events takes place. After the firing
pin strikes the primer, what is the next event in the sequence?
Answer: The primer explodes and sparks the gunpowder.
●● Which statement is true about fully-automatic firearms?
Answer: A fully-automatic may not be used for hunting.
,●● A firearm safety:
Answer: is a mechanical device that could fail
●● Which type of firearm sight is simple, inexpensive, and standard on
most handguns?
Answer: open
●● A 20-gauge shell is placed in a 12-gauge shotgun. What is the
danger?
Answer: The shell could lodge in the barrel and cause serious personal
injury.
●● For safety, a firearm should be stored:
Answer: in a locked location, away from the ammunition
●● hitting the target accurately and consistently
Answer: What is good marksmanship?
●● what you see when a firearm's sights are aligned correctly with the
target
Answer: What is the sight picture?
●● is the eye you should use to aim a firearm
, Answer: In hunting, it is important to know which eye is dominant. Your
dominant eye:
●● fire the rifle from a solid bench rest
Answer: When sighting-in a rifle:
●● follow through
Answer: What is the term for continuing to squeeze the trigger after the
bullet fires?
●● Prone
Answer: There are four standard rifle firing positions. Which position is
best for learning the fundamentals of shooting?
●● improved cylinder and modified
Answer: Which two shotgun chokes are best for hunting small, fast,
close birds?
●● the distance you expect to be from your quarry
Answer: What distance should be used to pattern a shotgun?
●● Bring the stock all the way up to your cheek and then back to your
shoulder.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
RESOURCE
●● The basic components of cartridges and shotshells are similar. Shot
pellets and a bullet are examples of which basic component?
Answer: Projectile
●● What is the main difference between centerfire and rimfire
ammunition?
Answer: Rimfire primer is in the rim of the casing.
●● What type of shotgun pellets are allowed for waterfowl hunting in
the U.S.?
Answer: steel
●● When a rifle fires, a sequence of events takes place. After the firing
pin strikes the primer, what is the next event in the sequence?
Answer: The primer explodes and sparks the gunpowder.
●● Which statement is true about fully-automatic firearms?
Answer: A fully-automatic may not be used for hunting.
,●● A firearm safety:
Answer: is a mechanical device that could fail
●● Which type of firearm sight is simple, inexpensive, and standard on
most handguns?
Answer: open
●● A 20-gauge shell is placed in a 12-gauge shotgun. What is the
danger?
Answer: The shell could lodge in the barrel and cause serious personal
injury.
●● For safety, a firearm should be stored:
Answer: in a locked location, away from the ammunition
●● hitting the target accurately and consistently
Answer: What is good marksmanship?
●● what you see when a firearm's sights are aligned correctly with the
target
Answer: What is the sight picture?
●● is the eye you should use to aim a firearm
, Answer: In hunting, it is important to know which eye is dominant. Your
dominant eye:
●● fire the rifle from a solid bench rest
Answer: When sighting-in a rifle:
●● follow through
Answer: What is the term for continuing to squeeze the trigger after the
bullet fires?
●● Prone
Answer: There are four standard rifle firing positions. Which position is
best for learning the fundamentals of shooting?
●● improved cylinder and modified
Answer: Which two shotgun chokes are best for hunting small, fast,
close birds?
●● the distance you expect to be from your quarry
Answer: What distance should be used to pattern a shotgun?
●● Bring the stock all the way up to your cheek and then back to your
shoulder.
