2014 FFA Fish and Wildlife Exam

2014 FFA Fish and Wildlife Exam

Do not write on test, bubble in answer on scantron

Mammals

1) This animal has no incisorsin its upper jaw?

A) Muskrat

B) Opossum

C) Whitetail Deer

D) Lynx

2) This animal can be considered a pest when it burrows destabilize the shorelines along a lake?

A) Flying squirrel

B) Raccoon

C) Muskrat

D) Porcupine

3)This animal’s range used to include all of the United States except Hawaii?

A) Gray wolf

B) Snowshoe hare

C) Opossum

D) Moose

4) Which of these squirrels are the most nocturnal?

A) Flying squirrels

B) 13-lined ground squirrel

C) Red squirrel

D) Fox squirrel

5) Which of thesespeciescurrently has the widest distribution in Minnesota?

A) Snowshoe Hare

B) Gray wolf

C) Richardson’s ground squirrel

D) Whitetail deer

6) This introduced species is known for its ability to live with people?

A) Black bear

B) House mouse

C) Norway rat

D) both B and C

7) Populations of this animal are collapsing in Minnesota?

A) Jumping Mouse

B) Gray wolf

C) Moose

D) Jackrabbit

8) What best describes the diet of an otter?

A) Herbivore

B) Omnivore

C) Insectivore

D) Carnivore

9) Which of these groups of animals are known for their ability to dig?

A) Eastern Chipmunk, Badger, Franklin’s ground squirrel

B) Badger, Mole, Pocket gopher

C) Woodchuck, 13-lined ground squirrel, Mole

D) All of the above

10) Which of these animals is the largest tree-climbing animal found in Minnesota?

A) Fox squirrel

B) Porcupine

C) Gray fox

D) Black bear

11) Which of these animals typically has the largest litter of young?

A) Jumping Mouse

B) Black Bear

C) Otters

D) Porcupine

12) Fox squirrels are native to Minnesota?

A) True

B) False

13) Red fox eat fruit and insects?

A) True

B) False

14) Whitetail deer hunting season begins in May?

A) True

B) False

15) Spotted skunks stand on their hands before spraying?

A) True

B) False

Birds

16) Which of these birds was introduced into Minnesota?

A) Red-winged blackbird

B) Wilson’s Snipe

C) Ruffed Grouse

D) Ring-necked pheasant

17) There is not a hunting season for this type of bird?

A) Sharp-shinned hawk

B) Great horned owl

C) Blue jay

D) all of the above

18) What best describes a Barred owl’s method of hunting.

A) Circles high in the sky and dives to catch birds.

B) Wades along the edge of a lake grabbing fish and frogs.

C) Sits in a tree waiting to pounce on mice.

D) Swims on the water surface stabbing passing fish with its beak.

19) Which of these birds lays the smallest number of eggs per clutch?

A) Mallard

B) Eastern bluebird

C) Snow geese

D) Bald eagle

20) What best describes a wood duck’s nest?

A) A loose grouping of branches high in a tall tree.

B) A hole in a tree.

C) A depression on the ground.

D) A tightly woven nest of grasses.

21) Which of these birds migrates south for the winter?

A) Blue Jay

B) Cooper’s Hawk

C) Barred owl

D) All of the Above

22) Which of these birds have offspring that are helpless after hatching?

A) Ruffed Grouse

B) Great blue heron

C) Ring-necked pheasant

D) both A and C

23) Predation and agricultural activities are a significant threat to nesting females of this species of waterfowl?

A) Snow goose

B) Pintail

C) Scaup

D) Wood duck

24) Populations of this northern nesting bird have risen to the point where they are damaging their tundra nesting grounds?

A) Red-tailed hawk

B) Snow goose

C) Great blue heron

D) Starling

25) Humans help support this cavity-nesting songbird by building nest boxes?

A) Eastern Bluebird

B) Grackle

C) Woodcock

D) Blue jays

26) Scaup are diving ducks?

A) True

B) False

27) Wild turkeyhave a spring and a fall hunting season?

A) True

B) False

28) Male Sharp-tailed grouse do their mating displays in an area called a Lek?

A) True

B) False

29) Wilson’s snipe are known for eating large amounts of fruits and berries?

A) True

B) False

30) A loon’s bones are very light and buoyant helping them to float on the surface of the water?

A) True

B) False

Fish

31) The males of this fish build nest and breed when the water is between 60 and 70 degrees F …

A) Whitefish

B) Creek chub

C) Rock Bass

D) Brook Trout

32) This fish has hard, diamond shaped scales?

A) Walleye

B) Darter

C) Gar

D) Brown Trout

33) More of this fish are stocked into Minnesota waters than any other?

A) Rainbow trout

B) Northern pike

C) Walleye

D) Sea lamprey

34) This fish spawns in the late fall?

A) Carp

B) Sunfish

C) Brook trout

D) Darter

35) Which of these fish is not native to Minnesota?

A) Brook trout

B) Carp

C) Lake trout

D) Both B and C

36) This fish is a day-time hunter and often hides in weed beds?

A) Walleye

B) Creek chub

C) Northern pike

D) Rainbow Darter

37) This fish was introduced as a prey species for other fish, such as salmon?

A) White sucker

B) Fathead minnow

C) Smelt

D) Dogfish

38) The possession limit for Lake sturgeon is?

A) 0

B) 1

C) 2

D) 1, over 40 inches in length

39) This fish looks like a cross between and eel and catfish?

A) Sturgeon

B) Walleye

C) Shiner minnow

D) Burbot

40) Adults of this fish live in the Sargasso Sea?

A) Smelt

B) Rainbow trout

C) American eel

D) Dogfish

41) A muskie has five or fewer pores on the underside of its jaw?

A) True

B) False

42) Flathead catfish are easily caught on spinner baits?

A) True

B) False

43) Yellow perch, crappies and sunfish are all considered “pan fish”?

A) True

B) False

44) White suckers have huge teeth?

A) True

B) False

45) The black crappie prefers clear water and lots of vegetation?

A) True

B) False

ENTOMOLOGY

46) What is the preferred food of monarchs?

A.Alfalfa

B. Apples

C. Milkweed

D. All of the above are correct

47) Which of the following insects has a pupa stage?

A. Carpenter ant

B. Dragonfly

C. Katydid

D. Springtail

48) Which insect order comprises about 40% of all known insects?

A. Coleoptera

B. Diptera

C. Hymenoptera

D. Lepidoptera

49) All of the following insects live in the water as immature insects and on land as adults EXCEPT which insect?

A. Caddisfly

B.Mayfly

C.Mosquito

D. Rove beetle

50) The legs are attached to which body section of an insect?

A. Head

B. Thorax

C. Abdomen

D. Tarsus

51) Which of the following insects is social, i.e. has a division of labor, overlapping generations, and cooperative care of the young?

Cicada
Dragonfly
Ichneumonid wasp
Yellowjacket

52) On what do mayflies feed?

A. Small flies and other insects they catch while flying

B. Tiny mites found on plants

C.Pollen and fungus

D. They do not feed

53) Which of the following insects are pollinators?

A. Honey bee

B. Red admiral

C. Syrphid fly

D. All of the above insects are pollinators

54) Where is the best place to find a katydid?

A. The edge of lakes and ponds

B. In trees

C. Wildflowers

D. In the soil and leaf litter

55) To what order do crane flies and mosquitoes belong?

A. Diptera

B. Hymenoptera

C. Lepidoptera

D. Trichoptera

56) Which of the following insects possess piercing-sucking mouthparts?

A. Cecropia

B. Crane fly

C. Giant water bug

D. Springtail

57) A grasshopper is a phytophagous insect. What does that mean?

It has one generation per year
It has two generations per year
It feeds on insects
It feeds on plants

58) How many wings do most insects have?

A. 0

B. 2

C. 4

D. 6

59) On what do house flies like to feed?

A. Fungus

B. Manure

C. Plant sap

D. All of the above are correct

60) I live most of my life, (4 – 8 years) underground feeding on roots. I eventually emerge during mid-summer and produce a sound like a power line hum to attract a mate. What am I?

Boxelder bug
Cicada
Ground beetle
Stink bug

2014 Wildlife Exam Key