California Hunter Safety - Unit 3 Quiz

Why should you aim with your dominant eye? to increase your accuracy to find game more easily to ensure you limit out to become a true sportsman

to increase your accuracy

Which statement is true? Anyone who can hit a target from a bench rest can hit the same target while standing or kneeling. A 24-inch circle is about the same size as the vital area of a deer. When hunting, limit your shots to your most accurate range. Before hunting, practice hitting a target at one-half the distance you expect to shoot in the field.

When hunting, limit your shots to your most accurate range.

Which shotgun choke is the most open? improved cylinder cylinder (unchoked) modified full

cylinder (unchoked)

What parts of your body should have protection whenever you fire a handgun? eyes and hands eyes and chin ears and hands ears and eyes

ears and eyes

When sighting-in a rifle: use lighter ammunition than you plan to use when hunting examine the target and adjust the sight after each shot fire the rifle from a solid bench rest rest the barrel of the rifle on a sandbag

fire the rifle from a solid bench rest

There are four standard rifle firing positions. Which position is best for learning the fundamentals of shooting? standing prone kneeling sitting

prone

There are four standard rifle firing positions. Which position provides the LEAST support? prone standing sitting kneeling

standing

Why do hunters pattern their shotguns? to decide what animal to hunt to select ammunition with the best performance to compete against other hunters to identify the best shooting position to use in the field

to select ammunition with the best performance

A hunter is right-handed. When shooting a shotgun, this hunter should: Bring the right foot slightly forward. Bring the left foot slightly forward. Keep the feet together. Step out about 18 inches with the right foot.

Bring the left foot slightly forward.

What is the term for continuing to squeeze the trigger after the bullet fires? follow through trigger squeeze breathing parallax

follow through

You are shooting a rifle or handgun. What is the best way to pull the trigger for an accurate shot? pull quickly with sudden pressure pull quickly with only the fingertip apply slow, steady pressure until the gun fires apply small, fast jerks of pressure until the gun fires

apply slow, steady pressure until the gun fires

When firing a handgun, hold it _______ from the body. nine inches one foot eighteen inches at arm's length

at arm's length

What is good marksmanship? adjusting the sight accurately and quickly adjusting the sight quickly and consistently hitting the target accurately and quickly hitting the target accurately and consistently

hitting the target accurately and consistently

You are shooting at a moving target. You estimate the length of lead necessary to hit the target. You maintain that lead as you swing with the target. You fire and continue the swing. This method of shooting is called: swing-through sustained lead snap-shooting sight alignment

sustained lead

What is sight alignment? the foundation for shooting and hunting safety what you see when a firearm's sights are aligned correctly with the target the process of lining up a firearm's rear and front sights what you do to identify your dominant eye

the process of lining up a firearm's rear and front sights