Test #1 Practice - Weeks 1 - 3

Question 1

Who was the political cartoonist who was appointed head of the US Biological Survey

Answer 1

Ding Darling

Question 2

Who started the Federal Duck Stamp Program

Answer 2

Ding Darling

Question 3

Who was the author of “Silent Spring”

Answer 3

Rachel Carson

Question 4

Who is credited with revolutionizing the modern environmental movement

Answer 4

Rachel Carson

Question 5

Who was instrumental in the starting of the Sierra Club and the expansion of Yosemite National Park

Answer 5

John Muir

Question 6

Who advocated for the preservation of Wildlands

Answer 6

John Muir

Question 7

Who was America’s first professionally trained forester

Answer 7

Gifford Pinchot

Question 8

Who was appointed the chief of the Division of Forestry which was later renamed the US Forest Service

Answer 8

Gifford Pinchot

Question 9

Who identified with the idea of “land ethic”

Answer 9

Aldo Leopold

Question 10

Who was the author of “A Sand County Almanac”

Answer 10

Aldo Leopold

Question 11

True or False: One of the three fundamental ways that federal law protects wildlife is by acquiring, protecting and managing wildlife habitat

Answer 11

True

Question 12

True or False: The extinction of two wildlife species, the heath hen and the passenger pigeon, started public awareness and concern for the need of wildlife habitat protection in the early 1900’s

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False: Prior to the 1900s, most wildlife laws were strictly enforced

Answer 13

False

Question 14

True or False: The environmental movement of the 1960s was rather short-lived and didn’t bring many changes to environmental laws seen in later decades

Answer 14

False

Question 15

True or False: The strongest surge of environmentalism seen in the US was during the 1980s

Answer 15

False

Question 16

True or False: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established during the 1970s along with passage of some of the most comprehensive environmental laws in American history

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or False: The Awareness of the economic and ecological damage being caused by exotic species was an important concept realized during the 1990s

Answer 17

True

Question 18

What was the first major piece of wildlife legislation which prohibited the transportation of illegally hunted wildlife across state lines

Answer 18

The Lacey Act of 1900

Question 19

The first major piece of wildlife legislation was the ____________ that prohibited the transportation of illegally hunted wildlife across state lines

Answer 19

The Lacey Act of 1900

Question 20

The primary goal of the Endangered Species Act is:

Answer 20

To make species populations viable so they can be removed from the endangered species list

Question 21

States receive federal aid for wildlife conservation from what 4 sources?

Answer 21

Pittman-Robertson Act, excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment, Federal Aid to Fish Restoration Act, & Wallop-Breaux Act

Question 22

What does the funding of most agency programs target?

Answer 22

Game Species

Question 23

Which agency is the lead agency for wildlife conservation and management at the federal level?

Answer 23

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Question 24

Which agency is responsible for the most US marine fish and mammal species?

Answer 24

National Marine Fisheries Service

Question 25

Wildlife management, in a broad sense, is mostly a matter of managing what?

Answer 25

Human behavior

Question 26

What 4 things influence how a person behaves towards fish and wildlife management issues?

Answer 26

Their education, values, beliefs, and experiences

Question 27

What is the public’s primary source of information concerning wildlife today?

Answer 27

The media

Question 28

The correct order of public preference for wildlife species is:

Answer 28

Birds and mammals, fish, amphibians and reptiles, invertebrates

Question 29

Why is it important to understand people’s attitude towards wildlife?

Answer 29

Help managers better manage wildlife resources.

Question 30

People who have more direct contact with wildlife, such as those living in rural areas, tend to have which 2 attitudes towards wildlife?

Answer 30

A positive attitude with high interest

Question 31

A large rural landowner would most likely have which of the following attitudes towards bears?

Answer 31

Utilitarian and dominionistic

Question 32

What 3 factors explain why bears are currently perceived positively by most people in North America?

Answer 32

The fact they can stand like a human, their high intelligence level, and they are commonly portrayed in myth, symbols, and fairytales

Question 33

What is a situation that creates major conflict on public lands in Western States?

Answer 33

Protecting the large habitat needs of the Grizzly Bear vs the needs of loggers, miners, and livestock grazing

Question 34

According to the Stephen Kellert article on public attitude towards bears, “it isn’t food or cover that limits bears,” so what is it?

Answer 34

Human attitudes

Question 35

Why is it important to conduct research about human attitudes about wildlife?

Answer 35

It shapes animal management efforts and conservational policies

Question 36

Since more than 4 out of 5 people now live in urban settings in the US, what 2 attitudes towards wildlife have developed?

Answer 36

There is a higher level of concern for the welfare of agricultural animals and more positive view of wildlife

Question 37

What may have contributed to the positive attitudes that urban people show towards coyotes?

Answer 37

The fact that coyotes travel at night which reduces the interactions in the human dominated landscape

Question 38

What was Aldo Leopold’s original attitude towards wolves?

Answer 38

Less wolves mean more deer and thus wolves should be eliminated

Question 39

What 2 attitudes would a person have to be least likely to support the reintroduction of wolves in Colorodo (or anywhere else)

Answer 39

Dominionistic and negativistic

Question 40

Attitudes changed significantly for the better toward the historically stigmatized species of what groups?

Answer 40

Bats, sharks, and vultures

Question 41

Define this Wildlife Value: Aesthetic

Answer 41

Primary focus on the physical attractiveness and symbolic appeal of animals

Question 42

Define this Wildlife Value: Dominionistic

Answer 42

Primary emphasis on the mastery and control of wildlife, typically in sporting situations

Question 43

Define this Wildlife Value: Ecologistic

Answer 43

Primary concern for the environment as a system and for interrelationships between wildlife species and natural habitats

Question 44

Define this Wildlife Value: Humanistic

Answer 44

Primary focus on strong affection for individual animals such as large wildlife species with strong anthropomorphic associations

Question 45

Define this Wildlife Value: Naturalistic

Answer 45

Primary emphasis on the direct experiences of wildlife in an outdoor recreational setting

Question 46

Define this Wildlife Value: Negativistic

Answer 46

Primary orientation an avoidance of wildlife due to indifference, dislike, or fear

Question 47

Define this Wildlife Value: Scientistic

Answer 47

Primary focus on the physical attributes and biological functioning of animals

Question 48

Define this Wildlife Value: Utilitarian

Answer 48

Primary emphasis on the practical value of wildlife or the habitat associated with wild animals