Hunter Education Practice Test (US) 2026: Test de práctica 4

Test de práctica 4 de 5 de Hunter Education Practice Test (US): 25 preguntas más con respuestas y explicaciones.

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Estados Unidos
120 preguntas
Revisado el 10 de octubre de 2026

Pregunta 1 de 25
You see someone poaching. What should you do?
- Note details from a safe distance and report it to a game warden
- Confront them with your firearm so they know you are serious about it
- Follow them home
- Ignore it
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: A. Note details from a safe distance and report it to a game warden
Wildlife agencies have tip lines, and accurate details help officers act.
Pregunta 2 de 25
Is it acceptable to leave edible game meat to spoil in the field?
- Yes, at the end of the season
- No. Wasting game is unethical and illegal in many states
- Yes, for small game
- Yes, as long as you take the antlers and the hide home
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: B. No. Wasting game is unethical and illegal in many states
Ethical hunters use the meat of the animals they take.
Pregunta 3 de 25
Why is shooting from a road or vehicle a poor choice?
- It gives the best backstop
- It is the safest way to hunt
- It is unsafe, unfair to the animal, and illegal in many states
- It is required on public land so hunters do not damage the habitat
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: C. It is unsafe, unfair to the animal, and illegal in many states
Roads are used by people, and shooting from them often breaks fair chase and the law.
Pregunta 4 de 25
What are the basic parts of wildlife habitat?
- Food, fences, roads and towns
- Trees, sun, rocks and snow
- Water, hunters, weather, predators and roads
- Food, water, shelter (cover) and space
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: D. Food, water, shelter (cover) and space
Animals need all four, arranged so they can reach them.
Pregunta 5 de 25
What is carrying capacity?
- The amount of gear in a truck
- The weight a hunter can safely carry out of the woods
- The number of hunters allowed
- The number of animals a habitat can support over time
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: D. The number of animals a habitat can support over time
When animals exceed carrying capacity, habitat is damaged and animals suffer.
Pregunta 6 de 25
Which of these is a limiting factor for a deer herd?
- A hard winter with little food
- A highway sign
- A full moon in the fall
- A new hunting license design
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: A. A hard winter with little food
Disease, predators, weather and food supply limit how much a population can grow.
Pregunta 7 de 25
How do wildlife agencies use regulated hunting?
- To wipe out common species
- As a tool to keep populations in balance with their habitat
- As a replacement for habitat
- To remove all predators, such as wolves and coyotes, from the state
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: B. As a tool to keep populations in balance with their habitat
Seasons and bag limits are set using population data so harvests are sustainable.
Pregunta 8 de 25
What is biological surplus?
- Leftover meat that hunters give away to their friends and neighbors after the season
- Extra animals produced each year that the habitat cannot support through winter
- Animals kept on game farms
- Animals in zoos
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: B. Extra animals produced each year that the habitat cannot support through winter
Regulated hunting can take part of this surplus that would otherwise be lost.
Pregunta 9 de 25
Under the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, who owns wildlife?
- Only hunters
- Wildlife is held in public trust for all people
- The landowner where the animal lives
- Whoever kills it
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: B. Wildlife is held in public trust for all people
Governments manage wildlife in trust for everyone.
Pregunta 10 de 25
In what year did Congress pass the Pittman-Robertson Act (Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act)?
- 1918
- 1900
- 1964
- 1937
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: D. 1937
The 1937 Act sends money from excise taxes to state wildlife agencies.
Pregunta 11 de 25
What does the Pittman-Robertson Act fund wildlife restoration with?
- An excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition
- A tax on gasoline
- A tax on fishing boats only
- Fines collected from poachers in every state
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: A. An excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition
The Act uses an 11 percent excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition.
Pregunta 12 de 25
What did the Dingell-Hart amendments of 1970 and 1972 add?
- A ban on all handguns
- A federal hunting license required in every state for all hunters over 16
- A tax on hunting dogs
- Excise taxes on handguns and archery gear, partly for hunter education
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: D. Excise taxes on handguns and archery gear, partly for hunter education
These taxes help pay for hunter education programs and target ranges.
Pregunta 13 de 25
How do hunters pay for wildlife conservation in the US?
- They do not pay anything
- Only through donations to private clubs and national hunting organizations
- Only through federal income tax
- Through license fees and excise taxes on guns, ammunition and archery gear
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: D. Through license fees and excise taxes on guns, ammunition and archery gear
This "user pays" system funds state wildlife agencies and benefits all wildlife.
Pregunta 14 de 25
What did the Lacey Act of 1900 do?
- It banned all hunting of deer in the United States for ten years to let herds recover
- It started the duck stamp
- It made it a federal crime to move illegally taken wildlife across state lines
- It created the first national park
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: C. It made it a federal crime to move illegally taken wildlife across state lines
The Lacey Act was the first federal law protecting wildlife and helped end illegal market hunting.
Pregunta 15 de 25
Which law, passed in 1918, protects migratory birds in the United States?
- The Endangered Species Act
- The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
- The Lacey Act
- The Pittman-Robertson Act
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: B. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
It put into effect a 1916 treaty with Great Britain, acting for Canada.
Pregunta 16 de 25
Since 1934, what federal stamp must waterfowl hunters age 16 and older buy?
- A federal fishing stamp
- The Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp)
- A national park pass
- A federal deer and turkey stamp
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: B. The Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp)
Duck Stamp money buys and protects wetland habitat for the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Pregunta 17 de 25
Which US president, a hunter and conservationist, set aside large areas of public land and wildlife refuges?
- George Washington
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Abraham Lincoln
- John Adams
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: B. Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt also helped found the Boone and Crockett Club in 1887.
Pregunta 18 de 25
Who is often called the father of wildlife management?
- Daniel Boone
- John James Audubon
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Aldo Leopold
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: D. Aldo Leopold
Leopold wrote the textbook Game Management in 1933.
Pregunta 19 de 25
What happened to the passenger pigeon?
- It moved to Europe
- It became common in cities
- It became extinct, largely from unregulated market hunting and habitat loss
- It nearly died out but was restored by hunters and is common again in eastern forests
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: C. It became extinct, largely from unregulated market hunting and habitat loss
The last known passenger pigeon died in 1914. Its loss helped build support for wildlife laws.
Pregunta 20 de 25
What nearly happened to the American bison by the late 1800s?
- It was almost wiped out by unregulated killing
- It became a farm animal only
- It spread across the whole continent, from coast to coast
- Nothing changed
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: A. It was almost wiped out by unregulated killing
Bison numbers fell from millions to very few. Protection helped them recover.
Pregunta 21 de 25
Which species is a well-known conservation success story, restored with help from hunter-funded programs?
- Carolina parakeet
- Great auk
- Passenger pigeon
- Wild turkey
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: D. Wild turkey
Wild turkeys were restored to most of their former range through trapping, moving birds and habitat work.
Pregunta 22 de 25
What must migratory bird hunters register with in each state where they hunt?
- The state driver's license office
- A national gun registry
- A local hunting club
- The Harvest Information Program (HIP)
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: D. The Harvest Information Program (HIP)
HIP gives biologists the contact list they need to survey migratory bird harvest.
Pregunta 23 de 25
Why is non-toxic shot required for waterfowl hunting in the US?
- Lead pellets left in wetlands can poison waterfowl that swallow them
- Non-toxic shot is quieter
- Lead shot rusts
- Lead is too heavy for most shotguns to fire safely at flying ducks and geese
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: A. Lead pellets left in wetlands can poison waterfowl that swallow them
Ducks and geese swallow spent pellets while feeding.
Pregunta 24 de 25
How can hunters help slow chronic wasting disease (CWD)?
- Move whole carcasses across the state to share the meat with family
- Feed deer in groups during the winter
- Ignore sick deer
- Follow carcass movement rules and have deer tested when asked
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: D. Follow carcass movement rules and have deer tested when asked
CWD is a fatal disease of deer, elk and moose.
Pregunta 25 de 25
Why do states ask hunters to report their harvest?
- To pick lottery winners
- The data helps biologists set seasons and bag limits
- To sell hunters' contact information to outdoor stores
- Only to collect fees
Ver respuesta
Respuesta: B. The data helps biologists set seasons and bag limits
Harvest reports show how many animals were taken and where.

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