Spring 2007 Forestry Written Exam
1.
The taper or rise of a tree:
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
A piece of wood 1 foot squared and 1 inch thick is a ________________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
3.
determining tree type
determining tree DBH, height, and volume.
Knocking down briars
determining acreage
How many cubic feet are in a cord?
a.
b.
c.
d.
7.
Clear Cut
Salvage Cut
Shelterwood Cutting
Sanitation Cut
A Biltmore Stick is used for ____________________________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
6.
Felling trees
Insect and disease control
Planting seedlings
Prescribed burns
The removal of trees that are dead is considered to be a _________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
5.
cord
board foot
form class
basal area
A drip torch is used in _________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
4.
Form Class
DBH
C Unit
Basal Area
128
12
156
225
A cross sectional area of a tree at breast height, which is expressed in square feet is the ____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Form Class
DBH
C Unit
Basal Area
8.
A fire that has been started intentionally by a forester to be used as a management tool is a __
a.
b.
c.
d.
9.
A log rule is a table used to determine tree ____________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
10.
line of site
site index
stand
canopy
_________ are small slit like or corky protuberances occurring on the twig which function in
aeration. Occasionally, they provide identification clues because of size, color, or
configuration.
a.
b.
c.
d.
14.
angiosperms
deciduous
gymnosperms
fungi
A specific measure of site quality based on tree height in relation to tree age is called the ___.
a.
b.
c.
d.
13.
Selection Thinning
Low Thinning
Crown Thinning
Basal Spraying
The botanical name for a group of plants that includes the so-called softwoods; literally the
word means “seeds not enclosed” are called _____________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
12.
Age
Diameter
Height
Volume
A __________________ removes the dominant trees to concentrate on the lower crown
classes.
a.
b.
c.
d.
11.
Crown Fire
Prescribed burn
Surface Fire
Wildfire
Lenticles
Wings
Warts
Spores
An area 20 square chains in size is _______ acres.
a.
b.
c.
d.
2
4
6
8
15.
A Primary Benefit to selective cutting as a harvest method is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
16.
One of the Largest problems associated with the seed tree method of regeneration is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
17.
cost effectiveness
erosion is at a minimum
all trees are removed at once to give owner maximum value
none of the tree left uncut are disturbed
cost
aesthetics
undesirable species
erosion
Professional foresters spend much of their time working with _______________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
a bulldozer
a chainsaw
mechanical tree planters
people
18.
The term commercial forest means that the _________________.
a. Land is capable of producing economically useful trees
b. Land produces only pulpwood size harvestable trees
c. Government owns a majority of the saleable timber
d. Timber companies own a majority of the forest land
19.
All of the following can be used to determine tree diameter except _____________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
20.
Forest management practices, developed pursuant to federal water quality legislation, to
minimize or prevent nonpoint source water pollution. General term used to describe any good
forest stewardship practices.
a.
b.
c.
d.
21.
Biltmore Stick
Board Foot
Diameter tape
Tree Caliper
Silviculture
Regeneration
Streamside Management Zone
Best Management Practices
The application of various treatments such as tree planting, pruning, intermediate cuts, and
harvest cuts is __________________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
cleaning
thinning
silviculture
aesthetics
22.
The most consistent tool used to determine tree diameters is a __________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
23.
The federal law passed in 1891 that set aside forest land for management is the ____________
a.
b.
c.
d.
24.
Bark
Fruit
Leaf
Twig
The ______________ is a tool used to determine the age and growth of a tree.
a.
b.
c.
d.
28.
Artificial Regeneration
Man Made Regeneration
Natural Regeneration
Seed Tree Planting
Arrangement, color, texture, type, size, and shape refer to _________ characteristics used in
tree identification.
a.
b.
c.
d.
27.
Bark borers
Defoliators
Sap Suckers
Tip Feeders
____________ is the planned regeneration of a forest that either uses existing trees as a source
of seed or encourages sprouting from stumps or roots.
a.
b.
c.
d.
26.
Endangered Species Act
Forest Reserve Act
Lacey Act
Wilderness Act
Caterpillars are an example of _______________ which may destroy all or part of the leaf.
a.
b.
c.
d.
25.
Biltmore Stick
Log Rule
Diameter Tape
Tree Caliper
Increment Borer
Biltmore Stick
Tree Caliper
Diameter Tape
______________ is the most limiting environmental factor on the growth of trees.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Moisture
Sunlight
Soil Type
None of the above
29.
Managing a forested area to simultaneously provide more than one of the following resource
objectives: fish and wildlife, wood products, recreation, aesthetics, grazing, watershed
protection, and historic or scientific values.
a. Wildlife management
b. Forest Conservation
c.
d.
30.
The removal of trees infested with insects or attacked by disease is a __________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
31.
Bark
Cambium Layer
Phloem
Xylem
Which of the following is a method of cleaning?
a.
b.
c.
d.
35.
Delimbing
Pruning
Thinning
Clear cutting
The layer of cells, in a tree, that is responsible for the growth of the tree and forms the annual
ring is called the ________________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
34.
Best Management Practices
Water bar
Streamside Management Zone
Perennial Stream
The removal of live or dead branches from standing trees is called:
a.
b.
c.
d.
33.
Clear Cut
Salvage Cut
Shelterwood Cutting
Sanitation Cut
An area adjacent to the bank of a stream or body of open water where extra precaution is
necessary to carry out forest practices in order to protect bank edges and water quality is
considers to be the __________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
32.
Multiple Use Forestry
Wetland Management
Prescribed burning
Basal spraying
Foliage spraying
All of the above
A wedge prism is used to measure the _____________ of trees in a stand.
a. basal area
b. board foot volume
c. diameter
d. cubic foot volume
36.
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of trees to the environment?
a.
b.
c.
d.
37.
Moving logs or felled trees from the stump to a landing, usually with the forward end
supported off the ground is called __________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
38.
Cord
DBH
Basal Area
C Unit
Pollution which is induced by a natural process, not traceable to any discrete or identifiable
process, and controllable through the utilization of wise management practices.
a.
b.
c.
d.
40.
Skidding
Harvesting
Kinetic Motion
Trucking
A _____________ is a stack of wood containing 100 cubic feet of solid wood.
a.
b.
c.
d.
39.
Increase pollutants to the environment
Influence the climate
Provide habitat to wildlife
Provide oxygen to the atmosphere
Sludge
Logging debris
Non-point Source Pollution
Point Source Pollution
The function of the phloem in the tree is to _____________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
develop leaves
conduct photosynthesis
conduct food from the leaves to the branches, trunk, and root.
grow wood and bark cells
41.
The national organization for professional foresters is the ____________.
a. American Forest Council
b. United States Forest Service
c. Society of American Foresters
d. International Society of tropical Foresters
42.
An area where two or more vegetation types converge is ___________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Fuel Break
Duff
Filter strip
Edge
43.
All land and water within the confines of a drainage basin is the ____________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
44.
The ____________ of a tree is composed of leaves, branches, twigs, and flowers.
a.
b.
c.
d.
45.
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
If a forester plants seedlings on a 6’ by 8’ spacing, then the person will plant ___________
seedlings per acre.
a.
b.
c.
d.
48.
1
8
2
4
How many cords are in a stack of wood that is 4’ x 8’ x 8’?
a.
b.
c.
d.
47.
Roots
Trunk
Top
Crown
How many acres are in a track of land that is 436 feet long and 400 feet wide?
a.
b.
c.
d.
46.
Water Shed
Stream Basin
Water Turnout
Forest Transpiration Factor
436
520
680
908
The cause of Heart Rot and Dutch Elm Disease is a ____________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Bacteria
Fungus
Parasite
Virus
Use the formula for the Doyle Log Rule to determine the log Volumes for number 49-50
Log Volume (bdft) = (D-4)²x L
16
49.
A tree with a diameter of 14” that is 16’ long:
a.
b.
c.
d.
50.
48 bdft
36 bdft
20 bdft
100 bdft
A tree with a diameter of 12” that is 20’ long:
a.
b.
c.
d.
64 bdft
48 bdft
80 bdft
10 bdft