WIS 2040 UF EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS
Nutria were introduced to the US from -- Answer ✔✔ Argentina
The largest population of re-introduced black-footed ferrets (164 individuals) is in --
Answer ✔✔ South Dakota
In August 2004, based on new information, the USFWS ruled that the Black-tailed
Prairie Dog should -- Answer ✔✔ not be listed
Prairie Dog inhabits the short grass prairie zone of the Great Planes. -- Answer ✔✔
black tailed
A total of __nutria was processed in 1996-1997 for human consumption in Louisiana. --
Answer ✔✔ zero
When first considered for listing under the ESA, the Black-tailed Prairie dog was
assigned a priority number of -- Answer ✔✔ 8
,Wide scale poisoning of prairie dogs was undertaken between 1920 and 1970 by the
agency now known a -- Answer ✔✔ USDA Wildlife services
The individuals used in re-introductions of the black-footed ferret came from -- Answer
✔✔ captive breeding
The cost of removing 300 prairie dogs from the Lubbock site was -- Answer ✔✔ 17,000
About 150 nutria were able to escape from "escape proof" cages in Louisiana in 1940
following -- Answer ✔✔ a hurricane
In Louisiana, authorities recently hoped to persuade the public to -- Answer ✔✔ eat
nutria meat
the ____Prairie Dog is listed as endangered -- Answer ✔✔ Utah
Since European contact, the Black-tailed Prairie dog has lost about ___% of its original
100 million acres of habitat. -- Answer ✔✔ 99
in 1981, a population of Black-footed Ferrets was found near Meeteese in -- Answer
✔✔ Wyoming
Black-footed ferrets are vulnerable to as well as sylvatic plague. -- Answer ✔✔ canine
distemper
,The muskrat is a once commercially important native North American ___ that weighs
about 2 lb. -- Answer ✔✔ furbearer
In 1999, the USFWS ruled that there was sufficient evidence to warrant an emergency
listing for the Black-tailed Prairie Dog. -- Answer ✔✔ false
in 1999 petitioners listed ____ threats to the Black-tailed Prairie Dog. -- Answer ✔✔
three
Recently trappers in Louisiana were earning about $__ per nutria pelt. -- Answer ✔✔
less than 3
Petitioners originally sought an "emergency" ____ categorization for the Black-tailed
Prairie Dog in 1994 -- Answer ✔✔ candidate 2
Nutria were originally introduced to -- Answer ✔✔ establish a fur industry
Once thought to be extinct, a population of Black-footed Ferrets was found in ____ in
1964. -- Answer ✔✔ south Dakota
Officials in Lubbock plan to use ____to kill prairie dogs. -- Answer ✔✔ phostoxin
Phostoxin reacts with ___in the atmosphere to become activated. -- Answer ✔✔ water
By the late 1950s there roughly --- nutria in the US. -- Answer ✔✔ 20 million
, According to Seton, at the start of the twentieth century there were--- prairie dogs on
the Great Plains. -- Answer ✔✔ 5 billion
All ranchers in the US oppose wolf re-introductions -- Answer ✔✔ false
A hunter from Louisiana, who shot a radio-collared lynx in Colorado, was fined --
Answer ✔✔ greater than 18000
Sea Horses are especially popular in markets in traditional medicine in -- Answer ✔✔
China
When re-introduced wolves kill livestock where they are re-introduced, the livestock
owner is -- Answer ✔✔ paid fair market value for the loss
Re-introductions of Canada Lynx in Colorado all took place on -- Answer ✔✔ national
forest land
Management of snow geese legally falls under the -- Answer ✔✔ Migratory Bird Treaty
Act of 1918.
Canada Lynx feed principally on -- Answer ✔✔ snowshoe hares
Fishers (Martes pennati) have recently been re-introduced to the state of -- Answer ✔✔
Tennessee
SOLUTIONS
Nutria were introduced to the US from -- Answer ✔✔ Argentina
The largest population of re-introduced black-footed ferrets (164 individuals) is in --
Answer ✔✔ South Dakota
In August 2004, based on new information, the USFWS ruled that the Black-tailed
Prairie Dog should -- Answer ✔✔ not be listed
Prairie Dog inhabits the short grass prairie zone of the Great Planes. -- Answer ✔✔
black tailed
A total of __nutria was processed in 1996-1997 for human consumption in Louisiana. --
Answer ✔✔ zero
When first considered for listing under the ESA, the Black-tailed Prairie dog was
assigned a priority number of -- Answer ✔✔ 8
,Wide scale poisoning of prairie dogs was undertaken between 1920 and 1970 by the
agency now known a -- Answer ✔✔ USDA Wildlife services
The individuals used in re-introductions of the black-footed ferret came from -- Answer
✔✔ captive breeding
The cost of removing 300 prairie dogs from the Lubbock site was -- Answer ✔✔ 17,000
About 150 nutria were able to escape from "escape proof" cages in Louisiana in 1940
following -- Answer ✔✔ a hurricane
In Louisiana, authorities recently hoped to persuade the public to -- Answer ✔✔ eat
nutria meat
the ____Prairie Dog is listed as endangered -- Answer ✔✔ Utah
Since European contact, the Black-tailed Prairie dog has lost about ___% of its original
100 million acres of habitat. -- Answer ✔✔ 99
in 1981, a population of Black-footed Ferrets was found near Meeteese in -- Answer
✔✔ Wyoming
Black-footed ferrets are vulnerable to as well as sylvatic plague. -- Answer ✔✔ canine
distemper
,The muskrat is a once commercially important native North American ___ that weighs
about 2 lb. -- Answer ✔✔ furbearer
In 1999, the USFWS ruled that there was sufficient evidence to warrant an emergency
listing for the Black-tailed Prairie Dog. -- Answer ✔✔ false
in 1999 petitioners listed ____ threats to the Black-tailed Prairie Dog. -- Answer ✔✔
three
Recently trappers in Louisiana were earning about $__ per nutria pelt. -- Answer ✔✔
less than 3
Petitioners originally sought an "emergency" ____ categorization for the Black-tailed
Prairie Dog in 1994 -- Answer ✔✔ candidate 2
Nutria were originally introduced to -- Answer ✔✔ establish a fur industry
Once thought to be extinct, a population of Black-footed Ferrets was found in ____ in
1964. -- Answer ✔✔ south Dakota
Officials in Lubbock plan to use ____to kill prairie dogs. -- Answer ✔✔ phostoxin
Phostoxin reacts with ___in the atmosphere to become activated. -- Answer ✔✔ water
By the late 1950s there roughly --- nutria in the US. -- Answer ✔✔ 20 million
, According to Seton, at the start of the twentieth century there were--- prairie dogs on
the Great Plains. -- Answer ✔✔ 5 billion
All ranchers in the US oppose wolf re-introductions -- Answer ✔✔ false
A hunter from Louisiana, who shot a radio-collared lynx in Colorado, was fined --
Answer ✔✔ greater than 18000
Sea Horses are especially popular in markets in traditional medicine in -- Answer ✔✔
China
When re-introduced wolves kill livestock where they are re-introduced, the livestock
owner is -- Answer ✔✔ paid fair market value for the loss
Re-introductions of Canada Lynx in Colorado all took place on -- Answer ✔✔ national
forest land
Management of snow geese legally falls under the -- Answer ✔✔ Migratory Bird Treaty
Act of 1918.
Canada Lynx feed principally on -- Answer ✔✔ snowshoe hares
Fishers (Martes pennati) have recently been re-introduced to the state of -- Answer ✔✔
Tennessee
