Certified Wildlife Biologist

USA · The Wildlife Society · professional · unverified source

42practice questions written to this syllabus
2subjects

Format

Unverified. Application reviewed on coursework and professional experience; no written exam is required as far as known.

Sections

Over the years

Unverified. Relevant to forestry graduates who specialise in wildlife.

Official source: https://wildlife.org/

Subjects this exam draws on

Wildlife Biology & Ecology20 questionsWildlife Management & Protected Areas22 questions

Five practice questions, worked

Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.

1. Pitfall traps with drift fences are mainly used to survey:

  1. Canopy birds and bats
  2. Large ungulates in grassland
  3. Ground reptiles and amphibians
  4. Fish in deep rivers
Answer and working

C. Ground reptiles and amphibians

Fences guide small animals into buried containers.

Wildlife Biology & Ecology · Herpetology: reptiles and amphibians

2. Who is widely called the father of wildlife management?

  1. Jim Corbett
  2. Salim Ali
  3. Charles Elton
  4. Aldo Leopold
Answer and working

D. Aldo Leopold

Leopold wrote Game Management (1933).

Wildlife Management & Protected Areas · Principles of wildlife management

3. Line transects give 30 detections on 10 km with f(0) = 20 per km. Using D = n f(0)/(2L), density is:

  1. 60 per km2
  2. 15 per km2
  3. 600 per km2
  4. 30 per km2
Answer and working

D. 30 per km2

30 x 20 / (2 x 10) = 30. Forgetting the 2 gives 60.

Wildlife Biology & Ecology · Census methods: total counts, line transects, pellet counts, camera traps

4. IUCN protected area categories describe:

  1. Management effectiveness scores
  2. Legal penalties for offences
  3. Primary management objectives
  4. Species richness of the area
Answer and working

C. Primary management objectives

Categories reflect objectives, not effectiveness.

Wildlife Management & Protected Areas · Protected area categories (IUCN) and networks

5. Under a 5% of body mass guideline, the heaviest collar for a 40 kg animal is:

  1. 2 kg
  2. 0.2 kg
  3. 5 kg
  4. 8 kg
Answer and working

A. 2 kg

Maximum collar mass = 40 x 0.05 = 2 kg.

Wildlife Biology & Ecology · Radio telemetry and home-range estimation

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