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PCA-VERTEBRATES ACTUAL EXAM TEST FINAL EXAM
AND PRACTICE EXAM 20262027 BANK 2 VERSIONS
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM
QUESTIONS WILL COME FROM HERE (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
Laws and Regulations pertinent to vertebrate management - ANSWER--
CA Dept. of Fish and Game Code, Migratory Bird Act, Endangered
Species Act, CA Dept. of Food and Ag. Administrative Code, County
Interim Measures Bulletins, and local ordinances
The agencies that enforce laws and regulations pertinent to vertebrate
pest management - ANSWER--US EPA, US Fish and Wildlife Service, CA
Dept. of Fish and Game, CA Dept. of Food and Ag, CA DPR, County Ag
Commissioner, CA Dept. of Public Health, State Highway Patrol
Characteristics that make an animal a pest - ANSWER--high
reproductive rate, high density-congregating behavior, propensity for
feeding on crops, overabundance, value of crop being damaged,
nuisance behaviors, vectors or reservoirs for disease
Identify the major mammal pests in CA Ag - ANSWER--eastern fox
squirrels, deer, ground squirrels, jackrabbits, meadow voles, Norway
rats, pocket gophers, rats, wild pigs
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Identify the major bird pests in CA Ag - ANSWER--blackbirds, crows,
crowned sparrows, gold finches, house sparrows, horned larks, house
finches, jays, magpies, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with alfalfa - ANSWER--CA and
belding's ground squirrels, jackrabbits, meadow voles, pocket gophers
Vertebrate pests most associated with citrus - ANSWER--ground
squirrels, meadow voles, roof rats
Vertebrate pests most associated with fruit trees - ANSWER--ground
squirrels, house finches, meadow voles, pocket gophers, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with forage crops - ANSWER--ground
squirrels, meadow voles, pigs, pocket gophers
Vertebrate pests most associated with grapes - ANSWER--meadow
voles, pocket voles, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with lettuce - ANSWER--horned larks
Vertebrate pests most associated with nut trees - ANSWER--crows,
ground squirrels, jays, magpies, pocket gophers, tree squirrels
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Vertebrate pests most associated with rice - ANSWER--blackbirds,
muskrats, norway rats
Vertebrate pests most associated with strawberries - ANSWER--gold
finches, ground squirrels, meadow voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with sugarbeets - ANSWER--ground
squirrels, meadow voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with tomatoes - ANSWER--meadow
voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with forestry - ANSWER--deer,
mountain beaver, pocket gophers, porcupines, rabbits, tree squirrels
Vertebrate pests most associated with cattle feedlots, dairies, and
poultry and pork producing facilities - ANSWER--blackbirds, house mice,
house sparrows, norway rats, roof rats, pigeons, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with public health - ANSWER--bats,
deer mice, ground squirrels, raccoons, norway & roof rats, skunks
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Vertebrate pests most associated with stored commodities and food
processing facilities - ANSWER--house mice, house sparrows, pigeons,
norway & roof rats
Mammal vertebrate pests most associated with suburban and urban
environments - ANSWER--bats, meadow voles, moles, opossums,
pocket gophers, raccoons, skunks, tree squirrels
Bird vertebrate pests most associated with suburban and urban
environments - ANSWER--crows, geese, pigeons, starlings, swallows
List the vertebrate pests that are of limited distribution or that occupy
specific habitats - ANSWER--belding's ground squirrels, cotton rats,
marmots, mountain beavers
List the vertebrate pests associated with the above ground girdling of
trees - ANSWER--ground squirrels, roof rats, meadow voles, tree
squirrels
List the vertebrate pests associated with the below ground girdling of
trees - ANSWER--pocket gophers, meadow voles
List the vertebrate pests associated with vegetable seedling damage -
ANSWER--ground squirrels, meadow voles, pigs, pocket gophers
PCA-VERTEBRATES ACTUAL EXAM TEST FINAL EXAM
AND PRACTICE EXAM 20262027 BANK 2 VERSIONS
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM
QUESTIONS WILL COME FROM HERE (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
Laws and Regulations pertinent to vertebrate management - ANSWER--
CA Dept. of Fish and Game Code, Migratory Bird Act, Endangered
Species Act, CA Dept. of Food and Ag. Administrative Code, County
Interim Measures Bulletins, and local ordinances
The agencies that enforce laws and regulations pertinent to vertebrate
pest management - ANSWER--US EPA, US Fish and Wildlife Service, CA
Dept. of Fish and Game, CA Dept. of Food and Ag, CA DPR, County Ag
Commissioner, CA Dept. of Public Health, State Highway Patrol
Characteristics that make an animal a pest - ANSWER--high
reproductive rate, high density-congregating behavior, propensity for
feeding on crops, overabundance, value of crop being damaged,
nuisance behaviors, vectors or reservoirs for disease
Identify the major mammal pests in CA Ag - ANSWER--eastern fox
squirrels, deer, ground squirrels, jackrabbits, meadow voles, Norway
rats, pocket gophers, rats, wild pigs
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Identify the major bird pests in CA Ag - ANSWER--blackbirds, crows,
crowned sparrows, gold finches, house sparrows, horned larks, house
finches, jays, magpies, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with alfalfa - ANSWER--CA and
belding's ground squirrels, jackrabbits, meadow voles, pocket gophers
Vertebrate pests most associated with citrus - ANSWER--ground
squirrels, meadow voles, roof rats
Vertebrate pests most associated with fruit trees - ANSWER--ground
squirrels, house finches, meadow voles, pocket gophers, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with forage crops - ANSWER--ground
squirrels, meadow voles, pigs, pocket gophers
Vertebrate pests most associated with grapes - ANSWER--meadow
voles, pocket voles, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with lettuce - ANSWER--horned larks
Vertebrate pests most associated with nut trees - ANSWER--crows,
ground squirrels, jays, magpies, pocket gophers, tree squirrels
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Vertebrate pests most associated with rice - ANSWER--blackbirds,
muskrats, norway rats
Vertebrate pests most associated with strawberries - ANSWER--gold
finches, ground squirrels, meadow voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with sugarbeets - ANSWER--ground
squirrels, meadow voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with tomatoes - ANSWER--meadow
voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with forestry - ANSWER--deer,
mountain beaver, pocket gophers, porcupines, rabbits, tree squirrels
Vertebrate pests most associated with cattle feedlots, dairies, and
poultry and pork producing facilities - ANSWER--blackbirds, house mice,
house sparrows, norway rats, roof rats, pigeons, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with public health - ANSWER--bats,
deer mice, ground squirrels, raccoons, norway & roof rats, skunks
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Vertebrate pests most associated with stored commodities and food
processing facilities - ANSWER--house mice, house sparrows, pigeons,
norway & roof rats
Mammal vertebrate pests most associated with suburban and urban
environments - ANSWER--bats, meadow voles, moles, opossums,
pocket gophers, raccoons, skunks, tree squirrels
Bird vertebrate pests most associated with suburban and urban
environments - ANSWER--crows, geese, pigeons, starlings, swallows
List the vertebrate pests that are of limited distribution or that occupy
specific habitats - ANSWER--belding's ground squirrels, cotton rats,
marmots, mountain beavers
List the vertebrate pests associated with the above ground girdling of
trees - ANSWER--ground squirrels, roof rats, meadow voles, tree
squirrels
List the vertebrate pests associated with the below ground girdling of
trees - ANSWER--pocket gophers, meadow voles
List the vertebrate pests associated with vegetable seedling damage -
ANSWER--ground squirrels, meadow voles, pigs, pocket gophers
