NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL
OPERATOR
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED
A+<RECENT VERSION>
1. A brown bat is capable of capturing ... Insects per hour - answer 1,000
2. ..... Through rehabilitation is prohibited on a statewide basis. - answer
the release of skunks, raccoons, foxes, coyotes and groundhogs.
3. What is a zoonotic/zoonoses? - answer diseases that people can catch
from wildlife.
4. You don't work for the _________________ you're a private
businessperson. - answer pennsylvania game commission(pgc)
5. Define: agent - answer a holder of a valid nuisance wildlife control
operator permit or a legitimate employee.
,6. Define: humane manner - answer when dispatching an animal, death
shall be induced as quickly and painlessly as possible.
7. Define: legitimate employee - answer an employee of record, one for
which the employer deducts or pays taxes or other fees required by any
local, state of the federal government and is listed on the permit.
8. Define: application - answer an application for examination shall be
submitted on a form supplied by the commission. A non-refundable fee of
$25 for each test shall be submitted with the application for new agents
only. An additional $50 shall be submitted for each permit if the
examination is passed.
9. Define: application part 2 - answer experience and qualification shall
be listed on the application, if applicable, the business business name
shall also be included. Conviction of a violation of that act within 5 years
of the date of application shall preclude the issuance of a permit, an agent
whose permit lapses for 2 or more years shall apply as a new applicant.
10.Records and reports: - answer a record of all activities conducted
under authority of the permit can be kept on a form supplied by the
commission according to instructions. Records shall be kept for 3 years &
are the basis of any reports required by the commission. Records are
available for inspection during normal business hours. Submit a report by
the 10th of each month.
11.Approved methods: - answer foot hold traps, body gripping traps, box
traps, clover traps, cage traps, net and snares. Shooting with a firearm that
will induce death as quickly & painlessly as possible.
12.Dogs used to harass nuisance geese. - answer the authorization to
harass geese with dogs is prohibited at any time when goslings are
, present at the site and during the period from june 16-july 20, when
majority of adult birds are flightless.
13.Traps used should be: - answer tagged, or labeled with the permit
number, or trapper i.d. number.
14.Devices shall be checked on by the agent...: - answer or property
owner at least once each calendar day, but only the agent may remove an
animal from a trap.
15.Nuisance wildlife should be captured..: - answer alive and within 24
hours be dispatched in a humane manner or released in an area open to
hunting or trapping.
16.An agent may or may not..: - answer without a special written
permission from the director, destroy or euthanize five or more bats at
any one locations.
17.The taking of any..: - answer white-tail deer should be reported within
24 hours and turned over to the district wildlife conservation officer.
18.It is unlawful to..: - answer a) control any white-tail deer, black bears,
elk, wild turkey, beaver, fisher, otter or bobcat without prior approval of a
conservation officer.
B) control any threatened or endangered species without proper permits
and approval
19.Rabies: - answer a contagious, potentially fatal disease transmitted
from one infected animal to another through a bite or scratch.
, 20.High risk/vector species of rabies: - answer skunks, raccoons, foxes,
groundhogs, bats and coyotes
21.Exposure to rabies should be suspected: - answer a bat or other
suspect animal is found in a house where the possibility of contact exists
22.All animals exposure specimens will be..: - answer submitted to the pa
animal diagnostic laboratory system, located on north cameron street in
harrisburg, pennsylvania
23.All human exposure specimens will be..: - answer collected in the
southwest region and submitted to the allegheny county laboratory then
the work through the allegheny county health department
24.How to submit a rabies infested animal: - answer do not submit live
animals, maintained at the fridge temperature from the time of death until
the presentation of the lab, do not use dry or wet ice, be placed in a
watertight container, heavy plastic bag tied with a twist tie, larger
waterproof container packed with a suitable amount of refrigerant(blue
ice packs.) ** if fridge is not available, the specimen may be frozen
25.Clean-up of equipment (rabies): - answer using a solution mixed by
adding one part clorox to nine parts water. This should destroy any rabies
virus present.
26.What is a banger? - answer also know as bird bombs... An explosive
cartridge that makes a loud bang to repel birds. The shell is often
launched from a handheld pistol launcher, similar to a modified starter
pistol. Pyrotechnic-fireworks-based repellents. Used at medium range
(50-100ft)
OPERATOR
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED
A+<RECENT VERSION>
1. A brown bat is capable of capturing ... Insects per hour - answer 1,000
2. ..... Through rehabilitation is prohibited on a statewide basis. - answer
the release of skunks, raccoons, foxes, coyotes and groundhogs.
3. What is a zoonotic/zoonoses? - answer diseases that people can catch
from wildlife.
4. You don't work for the _________________ you're a private
businessperson. - answer pennsylvania game commission(pgc)
5. Define: agent - answer a holder of a valid nuisance wildlife control
operator permit or a legitimate employee.
,6. Define: humane manner - answer when dispatching an animal, death
shall be induced as quickly and painlessly as possible.
7. Define: legitimate employee - answer an employee of record, one for
which the employer deducts or pays taxes or other fees required by any
local, state of the federal government and is listed on the permit.
8. Define: application - answer an application for examination shall be
submitted on a form supplied by the commission. A non-refundable fee of
$25 for each test shall be submitted with the application for new agents
only. An additional $50 shall be submitted for each permit if the
examination is passed.
9. Define: application part 2 - answer experience and qualification shall
be listed on the application, if applicable, the business business name
shall also be included. Conviction of a violation of that act within 5 years
of the date of application shall preclude the issuance of a permit, an agent
whose permit lapses for 2 or more years shall apply as a new applicant.
10.Records and reports: - answer a record of all activities conducted
under authority of the permit can be kept on a form supplied by the
commission according to instructions. Records shall be kept for 3 years &
are the basis of any reports required by the commission. Records are
available for inspection during normal business hours. Submit a report by
the 10th of each month.
11.Approved methods: - answer foot hold traps, body gripping traps, box
traps, clover traps, cage traps, net and snares. Shooting with a firearm that
will induce death as quickly & painlessly as possible.
12.Dogs used to harass nuisance geese. - answer the authorization to
harass geese with dogs is prohibited at any time when goslings are
, present at the site and during the period from june 16-july 20, when
majority of adult birds are flightless.
13.Traps used should be: - answer tagged, or labeled with the permit
number, or trapper i.d. number.
14.Devices shall be checked on by the agent...: - answer or property
owner at least once each calendar day, but only the agent may remove an
animal from a trap.
15.Nuisance wildlife should be captured..: - answer alive and within 24
hours be dispatched in a humane manner or released in an area open to
hunting or trapping.
16.An agent may or may not..: - answer without a special written
permission from the director, destroy or euthanize five or more bats at
any one locations.
17.The taking of any..: - answer white-tail deer should be reported within
24 hours and turned over to the district wildlife conservation officer.
18.It is unlawful to..: - answer a) control any white-tail deer, black bears,
elk, wild turkey, beaver, fisher, otter or bobcat without prior approval of a
conservation officer.
B) control any threatened or endangered species without proper permits
and approval
19.Rabies: - answer a contagious, potentially fatal disease transmitted
from one infected animal to another through a bite or scratch.
, 20.High risk/vector species of rabies: - answer skunks, raccoons, foxes,
groundhogs, bats and coyotes
21.Exposure to rabies should be suspected: - answer a bat or other
suspect animal is found in a house where the possibility of contact exists
22.All animals exposure specimens will be..: - answer submitted to the pa
animal diagnostic laboratory system, located on north cameron street in
harrisburg, pennsylvania
23.All human exposure specimens will be..: - answer collected in the
southwest region and submitted to the allegheny county laboratory then
the work through the allegheny county health department
24.How to submit a rabies infested animal: - answer do not submit live
animals, maintained at the fridge temperature from the time of death until
the presentation of the lab, do not use dry or wet ice, be placed in a
watertight container, heavy plastic bag tied with a twist tie, larger
waterproof container packed with a suitable amount of refrigerant(blue
ice packs.) ** if fridge is not available, the specimen may be frozen
25.Clean-up of equipment (rabies): - answer using a solution mixed by
adding one part clorox to nine parts water. This should destroy any rabies
virus present.
26.What is a banger? - answer also know as bird bombs... An explosive
cartridge that makes a loud bang to repel birds. The shell is often
launched from a handheld pistol launcher, similar to a modified starter
pistol. Pyrotechnic-fireworks-based repellents. Used at medium range
(50-100ft)
