1. Which of the following is an example of learned behavior?

a) taxes
b) reflexes
c) kinesis
d) habituation

2. Which of the following is an example of an innate form of behavior?

a) instinct
b) imprinting
c) insight or reasoning
d) operant conditioning

3. What name is given to an area an animal defends against other members of the same, and sometimes different species?

a) range
b) habitat
c) home range
d) territory

4. What do we call it when someone attributes human emotions to the behaviour of animals?

a) ethology
b) anthropomorphism
c) imprinting
d) appetitive behaviour

5. What is the distance called at which an animal begins to flee from an enemy?

a) personal distance
b) critical distance
c) flight distance
d) specific action potential

6. When it is (rarely) necessary for a keeper to enter the territory of a dangerous or potentially dangerous animals what is it safest for him to project?

a) an alpha role
b) appeasement behavior
c) a prey schema
d) a predator model

7. Which of the following is the type of learning behavior used to train dolphins?

a) imprinting
b) experience
c) classical and operant conditioning
d) insight or readings

8. Under which of the following headings would such areas as feeding, grooming, locomotion and communication be grouped?

a) social behavior
b) maintenance behavior
c) agonistic behavior
d) displacement behavior

9. In which of the following groups of animals do we think most of the animals behavior is completely instinctive?

a) primates
b) canids
c) artiodactyls
d) snakes

10. Which of the following types of behaviour is it most important for a zookeeper to be familiar with when using ethology in managing and caring for zoo animals?

a) expressional behaviour
b) unconditional reflexes
c) conditioned reflexes
d) instinct

 

11. What is the area called within a range that contains the environmental factors and conditions needed to support the species?

a) territory
b) habitat
c) niche
d) home range

12. What name is given to a dominance between different species that compete for food, water and space?

a) personal rank
b) social rank
c) biological rank
d) personal space

 

13. How does having social rank benefit members of a species?

a) it reduces agonistic encounters between members of the group
b) it allows one male to do most of the breeding
c) it assures all individuals will have a resting place
d) it makes it possible for all members of the group to get an adequate amount of food

 

14. What function does play behavior have in mammals?

a) it allows members from only one hierarachy to interact
b) most of the actions can be modified into prey capture, escape or fighting later in life
c) it reduces energy output
d) promotes aggression between interacting animals

 

15. Which of the following should keepers working with animals avoid doing?

a) moving slowly and deliberately when with the animals
b) setting work routines so the same tasks are conducted at the same times
c) using bluffing with animals that show aggression to maintain your status
d) shouting or making abrupt loud noises

 

16. What would be a good source of action if you notice that horned or antlered hoofed stock, have trouble reaching the feeding trough because it is mounted too close to the fence?

a) feed the animals on the ground away from the fence
b) move the feeding trough to a more appropriate location
c) record the observation in your daily log and discuss the solution with the other keeper
d) do nothing, the animals have managed so far

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