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| A potential client calls about a raccoon that keeps coming up to the porch and eating all his cat food. What is the best long term solution to this problem |
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| Remove the cat food and water dishes during the evening through the morning time period. |
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| A homeowner has ben having persistent problems with raccoons, skunks, and opossums for the last year-many of them coming up near the house. What might be creating the problem? |
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•They have outside cats and keep fod and water available at all times for their cats
•Open acess door to the crawlspace
•They have fruit trees and fruit on the ground |
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| A homeowner calls you in July about bats that are living in their attic. What is the best way to handle this situation? |
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| Advise the homeowner that you will return in Sept. and locate their entry points, seal all but the primary acces points which you cover with a I-way door, then seal after the bats are gone. |
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| Exclusion, such as fening, screening and repairs to exisiting vents woodwork, chimneys or foundations is very effective at keeping wildlife away from areas in which they are not wanted. |
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Which of the following species is considered a prohibited species in Oregon?
•Eastern Cottontail
•Nutria
•Fox Squirrel
•All of the above |
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| What species of squirrel is usually gray with a reddish-brown coloration along it back, tail, face, and ears and a whitish belly? |
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| Western gray squirrels usually give birth how to how many litters per year? |
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| When do raccoons normally give birth to their young? |
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| Most litters are born during late March through early May. |
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| At what age are raccoon weaned? |
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| Baylisascaris is what type of parasite? |
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| The raccoon is an omnivore which means it will eat |
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What do you do if you capture and animal that has a discharge from its nose and eyes, appears emaciated, is coughing and has diarrhea?
•Stack the trap on top of the other animals that you are transporting
•Release it at your designated release site
•Pick it up with your bare hands.
•None of the above |
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| If a problem or question arises while you are conduction WCC activities, you should contact the local ODFW Wildlife Biologist to discuss the matter? |
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| If the Dept. gets any complaints from the public about how you are conducting your business-don not concern yourself-as the Dept. will not investigate such complaints? |
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| You find a raccoon that is stumbling around, disoriented, lethargic, and obviously sick you must? |
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| What wildlife is considered as a "predatory animal" on private property and a "game mammal" on public property? |
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| Eastern gray squirrels have how many litters of young per year? |
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| A lactating female or dependent infant may be kept in possession for up to how many hours? |
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| Any trap or capture devicce used by a premittee must be legibly marked or branded with either the owner's business name and phone number or the owner's furtake license (brand) number or WCO number that has been assigned by the dept. |
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| "Damage means" loss of or harm inflicted on land, livestock or agricultural or forest crops. |
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| Bat control work is limited to exclusion during the months September through May. |
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| Foothold traps are designed for lethal trapping |
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The following types of traps can be used for live trapping:
•Snares
•Box Traps
•Foothold Traps
•All of the above |
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| What does a snare lock do? |
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| Provides pressure control |
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| You should always us a trap appropriate to the size of the animal you intend to capture |
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| A blind set is a trap that is set where? |
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| in a known path the animal uses. |
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| Lures can be organic or artificial? |
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| Raccoons are strictly nocturnal? |
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| Raccoons do not hibernate. |
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| You can always tell if an animal is a carrier of diseases or parasites by their visible appearance. |
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| In Oregon, the most common carrier of rabies virus are |
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| In what type of forms does the rabies virus occur in wildlife? |
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| The local police dept. call you and wants you to respond to a 911 call regarding a raccoon that is attacking rose bushes, chasing people, and chewing on its tail. What disease could this animal have? |
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Which of the following is considered a serious health threat to humans?
•Canine distemper
•Feline distemper
•Bayilsascaris procyonis
•Warble |
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| You trap a squirrel that has several large lumps just below the skin and you notice a small hairless area in the center of each of the lumps. This squirrel has what? |
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| Baylisascaris procyonis is aroundworm of what species of wildlife? |
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| Young beavers will live with their parents as a family group until about what age? |
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| Beaver are herbivorous which means they only eat |
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| A property owner call and has noticed that there is a medium slope with a rodent that has a stout compact body and a short fur covered tail. It is digging holes around his xmas tree plantation. He also noticed strips of bark pulled from the cedar tree. What animal is most likely causing this damage? |
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| Egg trap, Little Griz and Doff Proof Coon Trap are all examples of what type of trap? |
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| The "Rope Trick" refers to what? |
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| A method to remove animals from a body-gripping trap |
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| A homeowner called and complained that something is tearing up their lawn. On your visit you notice cone-shaped holes or patches of upturned earth in the lawn. What type of animal is most likely causing this type of damage? |
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| Beavers causing damage on private property have what kind of protection status? |
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| After being notified that a live animal has been capture in your trap, a WCO must either; humanely euthanize the animal, release the animal on site or relocate (with prior approval) within 24 hours? |
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Which of the following wildlife species is classified as a "prohibited" species in Oregon?
•Eastern Cottentail
•Nutria
•Fox Squirrel
•All of the above |
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| You capture a raccoon that's been active during the daylight hours, appears uncoordinated, and has a thick, white discharge draining from it eyes. Which disease would you suspect as the cause of these symptoms? |
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| When do raccoons normally give birth? |
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| Most litters are born during late March through early May |
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| Striped skunks, raccoons and opossum are primarily |
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| When conducting control activities for bats; decontamination of clothing and equipment is never necessary? |
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| A landowner calls you and is having a problem with an animal that is gray in color, has a bushy tail and its eye pupils is vertically elliptical. What animal is the landowner most likely describing? |
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| Striped skunks are primarily born in what months? |
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| A lactating female or dependent infant may be kept in possession for up to how many house to help capture the family unit? |
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| Foothold traps are designed for lethal trapping. |
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What types of taps can be used for live trapping?
•Box Traps
•Snares
•Foothold Traps
•All of the above |
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| Individuals or employees holding a WCO permit must have a copy of the WCO permit in their possession while conducting wildlife control activities? |
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| Wildlife captured, held, and transported, or relocated under a WCO permit can be displayed for public exhibit? |
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| You are transporting several different species of wildlife in your vehicle at the same time. What requirements would be needed for transporting these species? |
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•Suffecient distance between each species
•Physical divider between each species
•Cage or enclosures of suffecient strength to prevent escape |
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| Within how many hours after notification of a live animal in a trap does a WCO have to either; euthanize, release or relocate the animal? |
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| If any wildlife shows obvious symptoms of disease, the WCO must humanely euthanize and dispose of the wildlife as directed by the dept. |
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| A WCO must submit a monthly report form to the Dept. by what date of the following month? |
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| Failure to comply with the record keeping reporting or other requirements of the WCO permit are grounds for cancellation of your WCO permit or denial of renewal of your WCO permit. |
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