NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL OPERATOR EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% SOLVED ANSWERS!!
GRADED A+
A brown bat is capable of capturing ... insects per hour - ANSWER 1,000
..... through rehabilitation is prohibited on a statewide basis. - ANSWER the release of skunks,
raccoons, foxes, coyotes and groundhogs.
what is a zoonotic/zoonoses? - ANSWER diseases that people can catch from wildlife.
You don't work for the _________________ you're a private businessperson. - ANSWER
Pennsylvania Game Commission(PGC)
Define: Agent - ANSWER A holder of a valid Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator Permit or a
Legitimate employee.
Define: Humane Manner - ANSWER When dispatching an animal, death shall be induced as
quickly and painlessly as possible.
Define: Legitimate Employee - 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.
Define: Application - 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 - 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.
Records and Reports: - ANSWER a record of all activities conducted under authority of the
permit can be kept on a form supplied by the Commission according to instructions. Records
shall be kept for 3 years & are the basis of any reports required by the Commission. Records are
available for inspection during normal business hours. Submit a report by the 10th of each
month.
Approved Methods: - 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.
Dogs used to harass nuisance geese. - ANSWER The authorization to harass geese with dogs is
prohibited at any time when goslings are present at the site and during the period from June
16-July 20, when majority of adult birds are flightless.
Traps used should be: - ANSWER tagged, or labeled with the permit number, or trapper I.D.
number.
Devices shall be checked on by the agent...: - ANSWER or property owner at least once each
calendar day, but only the AGENT may remove an animal from a trap.
Nuisance wildlife should be captured..: - ANSWER alive and within 24 hours be dispatched in a
humane manner or released in an area open to hunting or trapping.
an agent may or may not..: - ANSWER without a special written permission from the director,
destroy or euthanize five or more bats at any one locations.
QUESTIONS WITH 100% SOLVED ANSWERS!!
GRADED A+
A brown bat is capable of capturing ... insects per hour - ANSWER 1,000
..... through rehabilitation is prohibited on a statewide basis. - ANSWER the release of skunks,
raccoons, foxes, coyotes and groundhogs.
what is a zoonotic/zoonoses? - ANSWER diseases that people can catch from wildlife.
You don't work for the _________________ you're a private businessperson. - ANSWER
Pennsylvania Game Commission(PGC)
Define: Agent - ANSWER A holder of a valid Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator Permit or a
Legitimate employee.
Define: Humane Manner - ANSWER When dispatching an animal, death shall be induced as
quickly and painlessly as possible.
Define: Legitimate Employee - 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.
Define: Application - 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 - 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.
Records and Reports: - ANSWER a record of all activities conducted under authority of the
permit can be kept on a form supplied by the Commission according to instructions. Records
shall be kept for 3 years & are the basis of any reports required by the Commission. Records are
available for inspection during normal business hours. Submit a report by the 10th of each
month.
Approved Methods: - 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.
Dogs used to harass nuisance geese. - ANSWER The authorization to harass geese with dogs is
prohibited at any time when goslings are present at the site and during the period from June
16-July 20, when majority of adult birds are flightless.
Traps used should be: - ANSWER tagged, or labeled with the permit number, or trapper I.D.
number.
Devices shall be checked on by the agent...: - ANSWER or property owner at least once each
calendar day, but only the AGENT may remove an animal from a trap.
Nuisance wildlife should be captured..: - ANSWER alive and within 24 hours be dispatched in a
humane manner or released in an area open to hunting or trapping.
an agent may or may not..: - ANSWER without a special written permission from the director,
destroy or euthanize five or more bats at any one locations.
