Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator Test
With Verified Answers
A brown bat is capable of capturing how many insects per hour? - ✅✅ 1,000
What is a zoonotic/zoonoses? - ✅✅ diseases that people can catch from wildlife.
If you don't work for the _________________ you are a private businessperson. -
✅✅ Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC)
Agent - ✅✅ A holder of a valid Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator Permit or a
Legitimate employee.
Humane Manner - ✅✅ When dispatching an animal, death shall be induced as
quickly and painlessly as possible.
Legitimate Employee - ✅✅ 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.
Application - ✅✅ 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.
, Application Part 2 - ✅✅ 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: - ✅✅ 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: - ✅✅ 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. - ✅✅ 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: - ✅✅ tagged, or labeled with the permit number, or
trapper I.D. number.
Devices shall be checked on by the agent ____: - ✅✅ 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____: - ✅✅ alive and within 24 hours be
dispatched in a humane manner or released in an area open to hunting or trapping.
With Verified Answers
A brown bat is capable of capturing how many insects per hour? - ✅✅ 1,000
What is a zoonotic/zoonoses? - ✅✅ diseases that people can catch from wildlife.
If you don't work for the _________________ you are a private businessperson. -
✅✅ Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC)
Agent - ✅✅ A holder of a valid Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator Permit or a
Legitimate employee.
Humane Manner - ✅✅ When dispatching an animal, death shall be induced as
quickly and painlessly as possible.
Legitimate Employee - ✅✅ 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.
Application - ✅✅ 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.
, Application Part 2 - ✅✅ 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: - ✅✅ 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: - ✅✅ 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. - ✅✅ 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: - ✅✅ tagged, or labeled with the permit number, or
trapper I.D. number.
Devices shall be checked on by the agent ____: - ✅✅ 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____: - ✅✅ alive and within 24 hours be
dispatched in a humane manner or released in an area open to hunting or trapping.
