Human Dimensions Final

Which of the following more accurately describes wildlife use in the 1800s?

The era of exploitation

One of the most important reasons to incorporate human dimensions into the planning process is to:

Determine the correct decision of managing a wildlife resource

The preservationist construct

Resulted in the formation of NGOs such as the Sierra club, various national parks and preserves, and the National Park service

Which decade is most closely associated with initial development of human dimensions research programs as universities and agencies; hiring of human dimensions specialists, and a focus on access issues and game animals?

1990s

The important effects of humans-wildlife interactions that cause strong stakeholder interest and draw management attentions are referred to as

Impacts

The mentality of using a shared resource for your own best interest with no consideration for other or future users…or sustainability is known as?

Tragedy of the commons

Stakeholders typically include:

All of the above

The legal basis for American wildlife management is the:

Public trust doctrine

Basic principles of the NA model of wildlife conservation includes:

Two of the above

Failure to incorporate sufficient stakeholder input can result in:

All of the above

These should be measurable and have a time frame for completion?

Goals

Wildlife management shifted from a ____ based approach to ____ focused in the 1990s.

Client, Stakeholder

An obligation of a trustee is to understand the needs of the beneficiaries of a trust in determining goals and objectives for the trust

who are the beneficiaries

Citizens of the state

An obligation of a trustee is to understand the needs of the beneficiaries of a trust in determining goals and objectives for the trust

The trust is

Wildlife resources

An obligation of a trustee is to understand the needs of the beneficiaries of a trust in determining goals and objectives for the trust

Who are the trustees

Wildlife biologists

What are the three principles of Wildlife management

All of the above

Which of the following influential figures would be most associated with establishing a national wildlife refuge

Teddy Roosevelt

Primary concern for the practical and material value of animals or the animals habitat

Utilitarian

Primary interest and strong affection for individual animals

Humanistic

Primary interest in and attention for wildlife and the outdoor

Naturalistic

Primary orientation is an active avoidance of animals due to dislike or fear

Negativistic

Artwork, nature tours

Aesthetic value

Wild game, beef, chicken, etc,

Use of wildlife by humans

Research, developing environmental responsibility

Educational component

Natural resources management is 90% managing wildlife and 10% managing people

False

The Lacey act prevents the sale of illegally harvested wildlife

True

Pittman Robertson act funds fishing and Dingell Johnson act funds hunting

False

John Muir is most associated with Preservation concepts

True

Aldo Leopold is most associated with Preservation concepts

False

Wildlife impacts can be both positive and negative

True

Top-down governance is the preferred philosophy for contemporary wildlife management

False

The difference between willingness to pay and price is called

Consumer surplus

In economic analyses, the difference between the max amount people would pay and actual amount paid is called?

The consumer surplus

A key point of Hardin’s “Tragedy of the commons,” is that:

Public resources are likely to be overused without regulations

Which best describes the overall order of the survey process?

Big picture survey design, testing, data collection, analysis and reporting

In practice, the weakest part of the planning process is:

evaluation of objective accomplishment

Which of the following is the least common stakeholder role in the management process?

Implementing decisions

Whale watching

Non-consumptive

Providing opportunities for a grandchild

Option (bequest)

Catching a LMB

Consumptive (recreational)

Probably the easiest of the economic values to determine

Commercial harvest value

The direct use value that does not result in removal of wildlife from their habitat

Non-consumptive use value

In practice, the weakest part of the planning process is:

Evaluation of objective accomplishment

Which of the following is the least common stakeholder role in the management process

Implementing decisions

Which of the following methods would be considered quantitative?

Mail surveys

To prevent overexploitation we can:

All of the above are possibiities

Which is not a revealed preference non-market method to estimate value of wildlife resources?

Contingent analysis

Which is a correct sequence for the planning process model?

Objective—>problem identification—>Strategies/actions

Incorporating human dimensions into management can be useful in helping to:

All of the above

THe primary purpose of citizen involvement in the management process should be to:

Improve wildlife management

Dollar spent in local economy that were received by

Indirect expenditures

A shortfall of the passive-receptive approach to management can include

an inordinate influence of organized interest groups on decisions

Which of the following ecosystems generally provides the highest value of benefits per hectare

Wetlands

An advantage of the transactional approach to management is that

It can be useful when conventional management solutions are not feasible or socially acceptable

These should be measurable and have a time frame for completion

goals

The expert authority approach to management can be effective when

There are emergency situations that require very quick decisions

One of the most important reasons to incorporate human dimensions into the planning process is to

Determine the correct decision for managing a wildlife resources

The inquisitive approach to management

Is effective at gaining better understanding of stakeholder groups

The passive receptive approach to management

Requires little effort be managers

The difference between willingness to pay and price is called consumer surplus

True

In economics, value is synonymous with price

False

Economics analyses of the value of wildlife resources incorporate intrinsic values of wildlife

False

An advantage of telephone interviews are that they are brief, easily understood, and provide some potential for social desirability

False

The primary method for human dimensions studies in fisheries and wildlife managemetn of the “mail interview”

False

Reliability is the precision of the data

True

Validity is the accuracy of the data

True

Bioeconomic models incorporate a measure of population size and an estimated value of individual wildlife at each size of the population

True

Willingness to accept (WTA) will provide a potentially larger value than willingness to pay (WTP), because it is not bound by personal wealth

False