Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator FINAL EXIT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator FINAL EXIT
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

..... through rehabilitation is prohibited on a statewide basis. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the release
of skunks, raccoons, foxes, coyotes and groundhogs.



A brown bat is capable of capturing ... insects per hour - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1,000



All animals exposure specimens will be..: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅submitted to the PA Animal
Diagnostic Laboratory System, located on North Cameron Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania



All human exposure specimens will be..: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅collected in the Southwest
Region and submitted to the Allegheny County Laboratory then the work through the Allegheny County
Health Department



an agent may or may not..: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅without a special written permission from the
director, destroy or euthanize five or more bats at any one locations.



Approved Methods: - CORRECT 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.



Bats of PA: bats come out of hibernation around what months? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅March
and April



Bats of PA: bats enter hibernation around what months? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅October,
November, and December



Bats of PA: common bat habitats are? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅attics, belfries, barns, behind doors
and shutter, hollow trees, in city and country.

, Bats of PA: Describe the Eastern Pipstrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅also
called the pygmy bat because of small size, coloring: gray at base, then a band of yellowish brown and a
dark brown at tip // often dangle in the same spots for months until covered in water condensation, live
10-15 years



Bats of PA: Describe the Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅largest bat of
eastern forests



Bats of PA: what is the average flying height of bats? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅nearly straight
course 20-30 ft in the air



Clean-up of equipment (rabies): - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅using a solution mixed by adding one part
Clorox to nine parts water. This should destroy any rabies virus present.



Define: Agent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A holder of a valid Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator
Permit or a Legitimate employee.



Define: Application - CORRECT 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.



Define: Application Part 2 - CORRECT 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.



Define: Humane Manner - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When dispatching an animal, death shall be
induced as quickly and painlessly as possible.



Define: Legitimate Employee - CORRECT 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.