Exam 2

Question 1

Modern firearms ammunition includes both center fire and rime fire cartridges.

Answer 1

true

Question 2

Rifle and shotgun actions serve to:

Answer 2

all of the above

Question 3

The number of lead balls of bore diameter making 1 pound is called shotgun

Answer 3

gauge

Question 4

Ammunition components can be analyzed for:

Answer 4

firing pin marks, breech face marks

Question 5

Hunting rifle caliber reflects the approximate basal diameter of the projectile.

Answer 5

true

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a bird feather component:

Answer 6

Coracoid (bone)

Question 7

Modern birds have light, delicate bones laced with air cavities, a feature important in forensic identification. These are termed osseous bones.

Answer 7

false: cancelloos/spongy.

Question 8

Birds have complex feather systems. Bird feathers include which of the following types:

Answer 8

contour, filoplume, aftershaft (all of the above).

Question 9

Feathers preceded flight, and most likely arose for display purposes. Historically, this property resulted in mass harvesting of birds by humans.

Answer 9

true

Question 10

Secondary feathers produce lift.

Answer 10

true

Question 11

Birds have many unique anatomic characteristics. Unlike mammals, a large portion of the air inspired by birds bypasses the lungs and flows directly into a system of:

Answer 11

air sacs

Question 12

Contour feathers tend to lie on top of each other like the shingles on a roof.

Answer 12

true

Question 13

Lift for flight is primarily produced by negative airstream pressure flowing beneath the lower convex surface of a bird’s wing.

Answer 13

false

Question 14

30% of all airstrikes involve

Answer 14

gulls

Question 15

Forensic analyses have revealed high levels of ____ in blood samples obtained from CA Condors.

Answer 15

lead

Question 16

In the USA, whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, walrus, manatees, sea otters, and polar bears are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Answer 16

true

Question 17

Largely profit motivated crimes include:

Answer 17

poaching, ivory trading, bushmeat hunting (all of the above)

Question 18

Mammoth ivory

Answer 18

NOT a type of schrimshaw

Question 19

A new and growing menace to mammals that is believed to be the second largest threat to many species is:

Answer 19

exotic pet smuggling

Question 20

In OK, it is legal to sell a deer antler if it is entirely removed from the skull plate.

Answer 20

false

Question 21

Endangered Species Act

Answer 21

may apply to habitat

Question 22

Operation game thief offers cash rewards for info leading to the arrest and conviction of violators of OK’s fish and game laws.

Answer 22

true

Question 23

Lines of Schreger

Answer 23

are used by forensic mammologists as a means of identifying ivory.

Question 24

Possession of baleen is a potential violatin of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Answer 24

true

Question 25

Pathology is literally the study of

Answer 25

suffering

Question 26

Manner of death is the disease, injury, or abnormality alone or in combination is responsible for initiating the sequence of events that ends in death.

Answer 26

false

Question 27

The Magnuson Stevens Act prohibits intentionally mislabeling the packaging containers of seafood sold in interstate commerce within the USA.

Answer 27

true

Question 28

Sharks are protected under the MMPA.

Answer 28

false

Question 29

Within the USA, the illegal harvesting of domestic salmon and trout species is most frequently investigated/prosecuted as a violation of the _____

Answer 29

Endangered Species Act

Question 30

Sources of pollution, constitution potential violations of marine wildlife protection laws, including _____ incidents.

Answer 30

municipal discharge, ocean dumping, agricultural run off, industrial waste (all of the above).

Question 31

Manatees and grey whales are uniquely exposed to environmental toxins and marine oil spills by ______.

Answer 31

food source contamination

Question 32

Entanglement in marine debris is NOT a serious cause of mortality for _____.

Answer 32

polar bears

Question 33

Tree growth actually begins in the crown and moves downward due to the growth regulator

Answer 33

auxin