HUNTER ED LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔d. squirrel - ✔✔Which of the following is considered small game?
a. bear
b. deer
c. turkey
d. squirrel
✔✔c. what determines the shot spread at a specific distance - ✔✔The choke
is_________
a. found on a rifle
b. the tube that stores our ammunition
c. what determines the shot spread at a specific distance
d. how we feel when we miss our target
✔✔d. improved cylinder - ✔✔What type of choke has the tightest constriction?
a. modified
b. full
c. cylinder
d. improved cylinder
✔✔a. use your scope to identify your game - ✔✔Which is not one of the 10
Commandments of Firearm Safety?
a. use your scope to identify your game
b. keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction
c. be sure of your target and what lies beyond it
d. treat every firearm with the respect due a loaded gun
✔✔c. help control wildlife populations at a healthy balance for the habitat - ✔✔What is a
hunter's role in wildlife conservation?
a. share the experience with others
b. eliminate unhealthy and elderly animals
c. help control wildlife populations at a healthy balance for the habitat
d. help focus attention on threatened and endangered wildlife
✔✔c. location of the primer - ✔✔The difference in the ignition of a rimfire and centerfire
cartridge is__________
a. type of case
b. kind of powder
c. location of the primer
d. the bullet
✔✔a. using our resources wisely - ✔✔Conservation is best defined as__________
a. using our resources wisely
, b. not using our resources
c. doing the right thing
d. saving wildlife
✔✔d. firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment - ✔✔The Federal Aid in Wildlife
Restoration Act (Pittman-Robertson Act) funds wildlife management, hunter education,
and public target ranges by placing an excise tax on__________
a. hunting clothes
b. camping equipment
c. boats and ATVs
d. firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment
✔✔d. riding on public roads - ✔✔Which of the following is not a safe ATV practice?
a. wearing a helmet
b. wearing gloves/goggles
c. riding without passengers
d. riding on public roads
✔✔c. ask him/her to open the action and make sure it is unloaded - ✔✔When someone
attempts to hand you a firearm, you should:
a. hold it by the stock only
b. ask if the safety is on
c. ask him/her to open the action and make sure it is unloaded
d. remove the magazine
✔✔c. the eye you should use for aiming - ✔✔Your dominant eye is__________
a. the eye that identifies game
b. the eye that always remains closed
c. the eye you should use for aiming
d. neither eye because both eyes are dominant
✔✔d. the ground provides a good backstop - ✔✔One advantage of hunting from an
elevated stand is that__________
a. you have little room for movement
b. you are exposed to cold and wind
c. the risk of injury from falling is increased
d. the ground provides a good backstop
✔✔b. in a safe direction - ✔✔You should keep a muzzle pointed__________
a. toward others
b. in a safe direction
c. at your feet
d. in front of you
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔d. squirrel - ✔✔Which of the following is considered small game?
a. bear
b. deer
c. turkey
d. squirrel
✔✔c. what determines the shot spread at a specific distance - ✔✔The choke
is_________
a. found on a rifle
b. the tube that stores our ammunition
c. what determines the shot spread at a specific distance
d. how we feel when we miss our target
✔✔d. improved cylinder - ✔✔What type of choke has the tightest constriction?
a. modified
b. full
c. cylinder
d. improved cylinder
✔✔a. use your scope to identify your game - ✔✔Which is not one of the 10
Commandments of Firearm Safety?
a. use your scope to identify your game
b. keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction
c. be sure of your target and what lies beyond it
d. treat every firearm with the respect due a loaded gun
✔✔c. help control wildlife populations at a healthy balance for the habitat - ✔✔What is a
hunter's role in wildlife conservation?
a. share the experience with others
b. eliminate unhealthy and elderly animals
c. help control wildlife populations at a healthy balance for the habitat
d. help focus attention on threatened and endangered wildlife
✔✔c. location of the primer - ✔✔The difference in the ignition of a rimfire and centerfire
cartridge is__________
a. type of case
b. kind of powder
c. location of the primer
d. the bullet
✔✔a. using our resources wisely - ✔✔Conservation is best defined as__________
a. using our resources wisely
, b. not using our resources
c. doing the right thing
d. saving wildlife
✔✔d. firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment - ✔✔The Federal Aid in Wildlife
Restoration Act (Pittman-Robertson Act) funds wildlife management, hunter education,
and public target ranges by placing an excise tax on__________
a. hunting clothes
b. camping equipment
c. boats and ATVs
d. firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment
✔✔d. riding on public roads - ✔✔Which of the following is not a safe ATV practice?
a. wearing a helmet
b. wearing gloves/goggles
c. riding without passengers
d. riding on public roads
✔✔c. ask him/her to open the action and make sure it is unloaded - ✔✔When someone
attempts to hand you a firearm, you should:
a. hold it by the stock only
b. ask if the safety is on
c. ask him/her to open the action and make sure it is unloaded
d. remove the magazine
✔✔c. the eye you should use for aiming - ✔✔Your dominant eye is__________
a. the eye that identifies game
b. the eye that always remains closed
c. the eye you should use for aiming
d. neither eye because both eyes are dominant
✔✔d. the ground provides a good backstop - ✔✔One advantage of hunting from an
elevated stand is that__________
a. you have little room for movement
b. you are exposed to cold and wind
c. the risk of injury from falling is increased
d. the ground provides a good backstop
✔✔b. in a safe direction - ✔✔You should keep a muzzle pointed__________
a. toward others
b. in a safe direction
c. at your feet
d. in front of you
