Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which list of species are all polygamous?
a. | Woodcock, Ring-necked pheasant, Ruffed grouse, Turkey | b. | Ring-necked
pheasant, Canada goose, Mourning dove, Mallard | c. | Turkey, Woodcock, Swan, Ruffed
grouse | d. | Wood duck, Ring-necked pheasant, Mourning dove, Turkey | e. | None of these are
correct |
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2.
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Which trout has a forked tail with a pinkish band and many small round
spots?
a. | Brown trout | d. | Brown Trout & Rainbow Trout | b. | Rainbow
trout | e. | None of these are
correct | c. | Lake trout |
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Which is the most widely distributed sunfish in Ohio?
a. | Bluegill | d. | Orange spotted | b. | Green | e. | Pumpkinseed | c. | Redear |
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Which is a true hibernator?
a. | Gray squirrel | d. | Raccoon | b. | Jumping mouse | e. | Opossum | c. | Striped
skunk |
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Which usually produces two litters per year.
a. | Raccoon | c. | Muskrat | b. | Cottontail rabbit | d. | Meadow vole |
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Which animal has canine teeth?
a. | Deer | c. | Least shrew | b. | Meadow vole | d. | none of the
answers |
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Which two animals provide most of the tracks one finds in the winter
snow?
a. | Shorttail shrew and Virginia opossum | b. | Meadow vole and White-footed
mouse | c. | Southern flying squirrel and White-footed mouse | d. | Woodchuck and gray
fox |
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Which is an example of anthropomorphism?
a. | White-tailed deer removing velvet from their antlers | b. | A nest of Eastern
cottontail being killed by predators | c. | Green-winged teal migrating
south | d. | Red fox marking its territory | e. | Bambi crying when his father was
killed |
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9.
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What is a cache?
a. | burrow for hibernating | c. | stored food | b. | bird’s gullet where food is ground
up | d. | technique for scaring
off predators |
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10.
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What is the most frequent reason for declines in animal populations?
a. | loss of habitat | c. | hunting | b. | increased predators | d. | lack of food |
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11.
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Which list of species are desirable plants as a food source for attracting
wildlife?
a. | Poison ivy, sunflower, blackberry | c. | Switch grass, red clover,
fescue | b. | Multiflora rose, maple, fescue | d. | Grape, fescue, purple
loosestrife |
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Which of the following is a type of grass?
a. | Fescue | c. | Cattail | b. | Phragmites | d. | Fescue and
Phragmites |
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13.
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The number 330 Conibear is designed for trapping which animal?
a. | Raccoon | c. | Muskrat | b. | Mink | d. | Beaver |
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What is the name of the fin on the spine of a fish called?
a. | Anal | c. | Dorsal | b. | Ventral | d. | Caudal |
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Which fish is present in waters in every county in Ohio?
a. | white sucker | c. | small mouth bass | b. | pumpkinseed | d. | yellow perch |
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Which statement(s) are accurate in comparing a Bluntnose minnow with a Fathead
minnow?
a. | Bluntnose have white lateral band | b. | Fathead are less selective in choice of
habitat | c. | Bluntnose have a subterminal mouth | d. | All of the answers are
correct |
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What are the spotted young of channel catfish called?
a. | Shad | c. | Madtorns | b. | Spots | d. | none of the answers are
correct |
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Which is true in comparing the Eastern woodrat with the Norway rat?
a. | Neither are particular about what they eat | b. | Eastern woodrats
have a hairy tail: Norway rats have a scaly tail | c. | Eastern woodrats have a gray belly; Norway rats
have a white belly | d. | Eastern woodrats have a hairy tail: Norway rats
have a scaly tail AND Eastern woodrats have a gray belly; Norway rats have a white
belly |
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In comparing the tracks of a Red fox and a Gray fox, which is true?
a. | Red’s are in an almost straight line | b. | Red’s will
frequently follow up leaning trees | c. | Gray’s are much larger than
Red’s | d. | It is impossible to tell the tracks apart |
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Which animal eats bark off of trees?
a. | Beavers | c. | Meadow voles | b. | Cottontail rabbits | d. | All of these are
correct |
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Which animal is closely related to weasels?
a. | Meadow vole | c. | Striped skunk | b. | 13 lined ground squirrel | d. | Red fox |
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Which is a marsupial?
a. | Whitetail deer | c. | Woodchuck | b. | Raccoon | d. | Virginia
opossum |
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Which is an insectivore?
a. | Shorttail shrew | c. | House mouse | b. | Eastern chipmunk | d. | Meadow vole |
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One acre equals which of the following?
a. | 43,560 cubic feet | c. | 435,600 cubic feet | b. | 43,560 linear feet | d. | 43,560 square
feet |
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Gestation refers to the length of time an animal
a. | hibernates | c. | is pregnant | b. | is in heat | d. | mates |
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Which term refers to an animal that is active at dusk and dawn?
a. | Diurnal | c. | Crepuscular | b. | Biurnal | d. | Nocturnal |
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Which is an example of an altricial bird?
a. | Wild turkey | c. | Canada goose | b. | Ruffed grouse | d. | Mallard |
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The nickname “baldpate” refers to which animal?
a. | Lesser scaup | c. | Hooded merganser | b. | Shoveler | d. | American
widgeon |
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The American coot is most closely related to which bird?
a. | Black duck | c. | Sora rail | b. | Common loon | d. | Redbreasted
merganser |
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Which animal is diurnal?
a. | 13-lined Ground Squirrel | b. | Striped Skunk | c. | Meadow
Vole | d. | Gray Squirrel | e. | both the 13-lined Ground Squirrel and the Gray
Squirrel |
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Matching
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Match the duck with its description: a. | male has white breast, side &
abdomen | b. | female has distinct white face | c. | profile is distinctly long &
sloping | d. | large round head, dark breast, gray back in male | e. | male has black back
& vertical white stripe on side |
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Redhead
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32.
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Bufflehead
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33.
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Ring-necked duck
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34.
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Canvasback
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35.
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Scaup
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When do the following fish spawn? a. | April-May | d. | March-June | b. | February-April | e. | July-August | c. | November-December |
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36.
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Gizzard shad
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37.
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Rainbow trout
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38.
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Walleye
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Match the description with the correct species: a. | 32 teeth, no external ears, lead
color | b. | 16 teeth, white tip on tail, yellowish side and brownish back, white
belly | c. | 30 teeth, cinnamon color | d. | 18 teeth, olive yellow, two-toned
body | e. | 36 teeth, pointed nose, naked tail, no external ears, slate
color |
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39.
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Shorttail shrew
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40.
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Woodland jumping mouse
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41.
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Eastern mole
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42.
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Least shrew
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43.
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Meadow jumping mouse
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Sexing and Aging Animals: Indicate whether each statement determines the sex of
the animal, the age of the animal, or neither age or sex. a. | Immature | d. | Female | b. | Mature | e. | Does not indicate age or
sex | c. | Male |
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44.
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Droppings of the Wild Turkey are elongated instead of bunched up.
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45.
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The band on the Ruffed Grouse is broken instead of having a solid
pattern.
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46.
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Bill of the Black Duck is solid in color, not mottled.
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47.
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Breast feathers on the Wild Turkey are tipped with black instead of
buff.
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48.
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The outer two primary feathers on the woodcock are rounded instead of
pointed.
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49.
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The speculum on a Mallard is blue-edged above and below with white.
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50.
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The bill of a Tundra Swan is orange instead of black
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