WILDLIFE TECHNIQUES FINAL EXAM | 2025/2026
UPDATE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
What two things are excluded from the Animal Welfare Act? Answer - Birds
and Field Work (animals that are outside)
Which act established standards for handling, care, and transportation of
animals used in research? Answer - The Animal Welfare Act
What is the oversight committee is involved during University-led research?
Answer - IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee)
What is true of observational research? Answer - by default contains no
manipulation of the environment, is subject to bias because of uncontrolled
variation
Which part of scientific research should a scientist spend the most research
on? Answer - Planning the research and design
3 Reasons why estimating a random sample size is a good idea Answer -
budget, statistical significance, reduce stress, amount of equipment
What is stratified random sampling, and what is an example? Answer -
subjects are grouped and then those groups are sampled randomly
, Example: waterfowl hunting survey where hunters are classified by how many
ducks they take, and then those strata are sampled... more birds taken = more
samples taken
What are the primary values of a pilot study? Answer - helps identify logistical
difficulties, allows you to collect preliminary observations and data, allows
opportunity to conduct exploratory data analysis, helps provide budgeting
information
A _______________ is a group of potentially interbreeding individuals at a
given time, whereas a ______________ is a segment of this that defines how
we apply our inferences following research. Answer - Biological population;
Research population
What sample does each sample unit have an equal chance of being in the
sample? What is an example of this? Answer - simple random sampling; EX:
randomly grabbing 10 beans out of a cup with 20 beans
In what sampling are sample units selected at regular intervals? What is an
example of this sampling? Answer - Systematic sampling; ex: pick every 5th
plot of trees to cruise
Techniques used to sex, age and ID mammals were determined with the help of
Answer - law enforcement, hunting and trapping regulations, conservation and
species protection, research
Effective and useful aging/sexing technique for mammals Answer - little
manpower and can be applied to live or dead animals
Most accurate way of determining age in an older animal: Answer - cementum
annuli assessment
UPDATE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
What two things are excluded from the Animal Welfare Act? Answer - Birds
and Field Work (animals that are outside)
Which act established standards for handling, care, and transportation of
animals used in research? Answer - The Animal Welfare Act
What is the oversight committee is involved during University-led research?
Answer - IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee)
What is true of observational research? Answer - by default contains no
manipulation of the environment, is subject to bias because of uncontrolled
variation
Which part of scientific research should a scientist spend the most research
on? Answer - Planning the research and design
3 Reasons why estimating a random sample size is a good idea Answer -
budget, statistical significance, reduce stress, amount of equipment
What is stratified random sampling, and what is an example? Answer -
subjects are grouped and then those groups are sampled randomly
, Example: waterfowl hunting survey where hunters are classified by how many
ducks they take, and then those strata are sampled... more birds taken = more
samples taken
What are the primary values of a pilot study? Answer - helps identify logistical
difficulties, allows you to collect preliminary observations and data, allows
opportunity to conduct exploratory data analysis, helps provide budgeting
information
A _______________ is a group of potentially interbreeding individuals at a
given time, whereas a ______________ is a segment of this that defines how
we apply our inferences following research. Answer - Biological population;
Research population
What sample does each sample unit have an equal chance of being in the
sample? What is an example of this? Answer - simple random sampling; EX:
randomly grabbing 10 beans out of a cup with 20 beans
In what sampling are sample units selected at regular intervals? What is an
example of this sampling? Answer - Systematic sampling; ex: pick every 5th
plot of trees to cruise
Techniques used to sex, age and ID mammals were determined with the help of
Answer - law enforcement, hunting and trapping regulations, conservation and
species protection, research
Effective and useful aging/sexing technique for mammals Answer - little
manpower and can be applied to live or dead animals
Most accurate way of determining age in an older animal: Answer - cementum
annuli assessment
