Name: 
 

2006 Mt. Gilead Invitational Wildlife Management Test


Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
Environmental conditions that prevent or restrict a population from increasing in numbers:
a.
Biotic potential
d.
Limiting factors
b.
Ecosystem
e.
Carrying capacity
c.
Population capacity
 

 2. 
The maximum number of organisms that habitat can sustainably support
a.
Biotic potential
d.
Limiting factors
b.
Ecosystem
e.
Carrying capacity
c.
Population capacity
 

 3. 
A distinct ecosystem consisting of characteristics soils, plants, climates, and animals
a.
Population
c.
Biome
e.
Niche
b.
Community
d.
Ecosystem
 

 4. 
Organisms interacting with each other and with their non-living environment
a.
Population
c.
Biome
e.
Niche
b.
Community
d.
Ecosystem
 

 5. 
Referring to the underside or lower portion of the body
a.
Dorsal
c.
Posterior
e.
Anterior
b.
Lateral
d.
Ventral
 

 6. 
In planting a dogwood/hawthorn hedge 3 rows wide and 250ft. long to attract wildlife, with the plants spaced 5 feet apart, how many plants will you need?
a.
1500
b.
300
c.
250
d.
150
e.
50
 

 7. 
If you are 17, what do need to hunt geese on your parents property?
a.
Hunting License
b.
State wetlands stamp
c.
Federal migratory birds stamp
d.
Both state wetlands stamp and federal migratory birds stamp
e.
None of these are correct
 

 8. 
A fur taker permit is required in addition to a hunting license for all of the following except
a.
Skunk
d.
Mink
b.
Fox
e.
Coyote
c.
Raccoon
 

 9. 
On the first offense, the penalty for hunting without written permission of the landowner is classified as a
a.
First degree misdemeanor
d.
Felony
b.
Second degree misdemeanor
e.
Carries no charge
c.
Third degree misdemeanor
 

 10. 
This law places a tax on all fishing and boating equipment. The money generated pays for fish management programs
a.
Pittman-Robertson Act
d.
Dingell-Johnson Act
b.
Dumbaugh-Paulding Act
e.
Neuman-Marcus Act
c.
Roosevelt-Hickman Act
 

 11. 
In what year was the Division of Wildlife, Department of Natural Resources, created?
a.
1929
d.
1961
b.
1937
e.
1972
c.
1949
 

 12. 
All of the following, once extirpated from Ohio, have again become residents due to improved habitat and increased management efforts EXCEPT
a.
Beaver
d.
Canada Goose
b.
Mink
e.
Wild Turkey
c.
White tailed deer
 

 13. 
The primary predator of the skunk is the
a.
Red tail hawk
d.
Red fox
b.
Great horned owl
e.
Domestic dog
c.
Coyote
 

 14. 
Ohio is this mammal’s northern limit, and it can often be found with frost-bitten ears and tail
a.
13 lined ground squirrel
d.
Eastern Pipistrel
b.
Eastern wood rat
e.
Virginia opossum
c.
River otter
 

 15. 
These mammals can usually be found feeding between 8:00-10:00 am and 2:00-4:00 pm
a.
Eastern mole
d.
Mink
b.
Beaver
e.
Gray squirrel
c.
Eastern cotton tail
 

 16. 
The average home range of the white tailed deer is
a.
More than 100 acres
d.
10 to 25 acres
b.
50 to 100 acres
e.
Less than 10 acres
c.
25 to 50 acres
 

 17. 
The scientific study of fish is called
a.
dendrology
d.
entomology
b.
ornithology
e.
ichthyology
c.
ethology
 

 18. 
_____has dark chin barbels, a straight caudal fin and anal fin with 22 to 23 rays, and the body is mottled
a.
yellow bullhead
d.
channel catfish
b.
brown bullhead
e.
flathead catfish
c.
black bullhead
 

 19. 
This is on of Ohio’s most important bait minnows and forage fishes, it tolerates a wide variety of water conditions, identified by its subterminal mouth
a.
Fat head minnow
d.
Creek chub
b.
Golden shiner
e.
Buffalo fish
c.
Blunt nose minnow
 

 20. 
This sunfish is not overabundant in Ohio, but is known to hybridize with other sunfish, including Bluegill, Green sunfish, and the orange spotted
a.
Rock bass
d.
Pumpkin seed sunfish
b.
Warmouth
e.
Long ear sunfish
c.
Red ear sunfish
 

 21. 
A non-nest builder, on of Ohio’s earliest spawners, this fish moves into tributary streams in late February of early March as soon as the ice breaks up
a.
Rainbow trout
d.
Northern Pike
b.
Rock bass
e.
Creek Chub
c.
Walleye
 

 22. 
Which of the following members of the salmon family is not native to the U.S.
a.
Rainbow trout
c.
Lake trout
e.
Coho salmon
b.
Brook trout
d.
Brown trout
 

 23. 
This group of fish have been modified swim bladder, used in part for breathing air(they can live in very stagnant water.)
a.
Bowfin
d.
Freshwater drum
b.
Redhorse sucker
e.
White bass
c.
Longnose gar
 

 24. 
Which best describes the Bob White quail?
a.
Open field species
d.
Dense Woodland species
b.
Wetland species
e.
Endangered species
c.
Forest edge species
 

 25. 
Which of the following birds is a cavity nester?
a.
Wood duck
d.
Common merganser
b.
Common goldeneye
e.
All of these are correct
c.
Hooded merganser
 

 26. 
A male swan is called a
a.
Pen
b.
Cob
c.
Cock
d.
Cygnet
e.
Drake
 

 27. 
All of the following are diving ducks except
a.
Common goldeneye
c.
Ruddy duck
e.
Redhead
b.
Canvasback
d.
Shoveler
 

 28. 
The fruits on this tree are a favorite food of songbirds, particularly robins and cedar waxwings. The green fruits ripen to a pale blue
a.
Elderberry
d.
Eastern hemlock
b.
Northern white cedar
e.
Autumn olive
c.
Aspen
 

 29. 
What is the color of poison ivy fruit
a.
Blue
b.
Red
c.
Yellow
d.
Green
e.
White
 

 30. 
This plant with finely toothed ovate leaves produces small, green flowers. In the fall, it has scarlet berries, with a yellow-orange covering.
a.
Elderberry
d.
Japanese honeysuckle
b.
Viburnum
e.
Birdsfoot trefoil
c.
Bittersweet
 

Matching
 
 
Match the duck with it’s description:
a.
Common Goldeneye
d.
Mallard
b.
Blue-winged teal
e.
Wood duck
c.
Northern Shoveler
 

 31. 
Small plain looking brown duck speckled with black, male has a large white crescent-shaped mark at the base of the head
 

 32. 
Small brown dabbling duck with a bright white eye ring on the female
 

 33. 
Male has a large green head with a large white spot in front of the eye
 

 34. 
Female is a medium sized brown duck speckled with black, a large spoon shaped bill and a blue wing patched
 
 
Match the scientific name with the common name for these select mammals:
a.
Ondatra zibethicus
d.
Cryptotis parva
b.
Neotoma floridana
e.
Rattus noregicus
c.
Blarina brevicauda
 

 35. 
The scientific name of the Muskrat is
 

 36. 
The scientific name of the Norway Rat is
 

 37. 
The scientific name of the Eastern Woodrat is
 

 38. 
The scientific name of the Least Shrew is
 
 
Match the fish with the description:
a.
Carp
d.
Brown Trout
b.
Gizzard Shad
e.
Longnose Gar
c.
White bass
 

 39. 
This fish has a split dorsal fin
 

 40. 
This fish has a serrated spine on the dorsal and anal fin
 

 41. 
This fish has a adipose fin
 

 42. 
The last ray on the dorsal fin of this fish a greatly elongated
 
 
Match the term to the definition:
a.
anthropomorphism
d.
commensalism
b.
mutualism
e.
extirpated
c.
endangered
 

 43. 
when a species is no longer found in a particular area, it is called....
 

 44. 
when two species of wildlife live together for the benefit of both, the relationship is called....
 

 45. 
one type of wildlife living in, on or with another type but without helping or harming it is called.....
 

 46. 
assigning human traits and feelings to animals is called.....
 
 
Match the name of the fin to the drawing:

2006_mtgilead_wildlife_files/i0530000.jpg
a.
A
d.
D
b.
B
e.
E
c.
C
 

 47. 
pelvic fin
 

 48. 
dorsal fin
 

 49. 
anal fin
 

 50. 
caudal fin
 



 
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