Wildlife Techniques Final Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What two things are excluded from the Animal Welfare Act? - CORRECT ANSWER Birds and
Field Work (animals that are outside)
Which act established standards for handling, care, and transportation of animals used in research? -
CORRECT ANSWER The Animal Welfare Act
What is the oversight committee is involved during University-led research? - CORRECT ANSWER
IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee)
What is true of observational research? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER Planning the research and design
3 Reasons why estimating a random sample size is a good idea - CORRECT ANSWER budget,
statistical significance, reduce stress, amount of equipment
What is stratified random sampling, and what is an example? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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. -
CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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?
- CORRECT 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 - CORRECT
ANSWER law enforcement, hunting and trapping regulations, conservation and species
protection, research
Effective and useful aging/sexing technique for mammals - CORRECT ANSWER little
manpower and can be applied to live or dead animals
Most accurate way of determining age in an older animal: - CORRECT ANSWER cementum
annuli assessment
Before anesthetizing an animal, one should: - CORRECT ANSWER consider time of day and
temperature, minimize disruption, minimize drug used, determine if animal has eaten
List at least 8 ways to age mammals - CORRECT ANSWER pelage condition, eye lens weight,
tooth eruption and wear, body size, placental scarring and uterine condition, cementum annuli, fetal
development, baculum appearance and weight, horn size and rings
5 critical components of the program used to monitor North American waterfowl populations -
CORRECT ANSWER banding/marking, population, habitat, production, harvest
Posterior teeth in upper jaw - CORRECT ANSWER molars
Having preferations or openings - CORRECT ANSWER Fenestrate
Paired bones roofing posterior part of the braincase - CORRECT ANSWER Parietal
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What two things are excluded from the Animal Welfare Act? - CORRECT ANSWER Birds and
Field Work (animals that are outside)
Which act established standards for handling, care, and transportation of animals used in research? -
CORRECT ANSWER The Animal Welfare Act
What is the oversight committee is involved during University-led research? - CORRECT ANSWER
IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee)
What is true of observational research? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER Planning the research and design
3 Reasons why estimating a random sample size is a good idea - CORRECT ANSWER budget,
statistical significance, reduce stress, amount of equipment
What is stratified random sampling, and what is an example? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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. -
CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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?
- CORRECT 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 - CORRECT
ANSWER law enforcement, hunting and trapping regulations, conservation and species
protection, research
Effective and useful aging/sexing technique for mammals - CORRECT ANSWER little
manpower and can be applied to live or dead animals
Most accurate way of determining age in an older animal: - CORRECT ANSWER cementum
annuli assessment
Before anesthetizing an animal, one should: - CORRECT ANSWER consider time of day and
temperature, minimize disruption, minimize drug used, determine if animal has eaten
List at least 8 ways to age mammals - CORRECT ANSWER pelage condition, eye lens weight,
tooth eruption and wear, body size, placental scarring and uterine condition, cementum annuli, fetal
development, baculum appearance and weight, horn size and rings
5 critical components of the program used to monitor North American waterfowl populations -
CORRECT ANSWER banding/marking, population, habitat, production, harvest
Posterior teeth in upper jaw - CORRECT ANSWER molars
Having preferations or openings - CORRECT ANSWER Fenestrate
Paired bones roofing posterior part of the braincase - CORRECT ANSWER Parietal
