1st Annual Competition
Each Contracting Firm & CVS
Staff
by Michael Lee
June 10, 2009
Rules
• Number a paper from 1-16.
• Please put away your binders, papers,
computers.
• Compete for the glory of winning
– or defeating the CVS staff
• Once we move on to a new question, please do
not go back and change or fill in an old question.
• CVS staff may get different questions.
• Kevin can be the judge on ambiguous answers
• Honor system.
#1
• #1 Contracting Firms: What is the URL of
the CVS website?
• #1 CVS: What is the URL of the EEP
website?
#2
• When do you NOT measure ddh for a
planted stem?
#3
• #3 Contracting Firms: Name 4 required
fields for level 1-2 plot datasheets not
including fields related to geocoordinates
or plot name (project, team, plot).
• #3 CVS Staff: How many unique
datasheet pages do we have in our most
recent set of datasheets?
#4
• What do VMD and VBD stand for?
#5
• #5 Firms: Name at least one of the authors
of the major Flora of the southeast
published in 1968.
• #5 CVS Staff: Who won all 4 men's tennis
grand slam events in 1969?
Hint: it is NOT the same person!!!
#6
• #6 Firms: What is the current preferred
taxonomic standard, with date?
• #6 CVS Staff: Name 4 contracting firms
currently in EEP's on-call list.
#7
• How long (maximally) do you have
between installation and VBD?
#8
• When does year 1 VMD sampling occur?
#9
• #9 Firms: What is the name of CVS level-5
plot excursion that occurs 2-3 times per
year?
• #9 CVS: Name 2 out of the 3 plans and
drawings before monitoring listed on the
EEP Projects Spreadsheet.
#10
• #10 Firms: How big is an are?
• #10 CVS Staff: Name the city in Wisconsin
whose name is three words, but <=10 total
letters.
#11
• #11 Firms: What is our preferred date
format? Give today's date in that format
as an example.
• #11 CVS: What is the average hightemperature from June-August of
Columbia SC (+/- 2 deg F)? Is it higher or
lower than Austin, TX?
#12
• What does the "R" source code stand for
on the planted woody stems datasheet?
#13
• #13 Firms: Name 3 damage categories on
the Planted Woody Stems datasheet,
excluding animals.
• #13 CVS: Name the three orders of the
mammals listed in the damage categories.
#14
• #14 Firms: List the 3 unknown species
scenarios
• #14 CVS: What is the name of the device
that controls how much (or if) water flows
to a waterwheel on a mill?
#15
• What values would you fill in on the Planted
Woody Stems datasheet for ddh, Height, and
DBH for this plant (green=alive):
3.75m
2.76m
1.31m
1.4 cm
1.2 cm
1.9 cm
ground
#16
• #16 Firms: Where does the cursor go on
the Planted Woody Stems form when you
press <enter> on your keyboard?
• #16 CVS: What is the diagonal distance
on a 10m x 10m plot?
The answers…
#1 ANSWER
• #1 Contracting Firms: What is the URL of
the CVS website?
– cvs.bio.unc.edu
– www.cvs.com gets you the drug store
• #1 CVS: What is the URL of the EEP
website?
– www.nceep.net
#2 ANSWER
• When do you NOT measure ddh for a
planted stem?
• If height is >2.5m
• AND for Live-Stakes
#3 ANSWER
• #3 Contracting Firms: Name 4 required fields for level 12 plot datasheets not including fields related to
geocoordinates or plot name (project, team, plot)
– Plot leader, start date, taxonomic standard (with date), state,
EEP reach, X-axis bearing, plot size, post coordinates
• #3 CVS Staff: How many unique datasheet pages do
we have in our most recent set of datasheets?
– 10: Plot (levels 1-2), Plot (3), Plot x 2 (4-5), Planted Stems (1-2),
Planted Stems x Natural Stems Hybrid (2), Natural Stems (2-3),
Natural Stems (4-5), Cover (3-4), Cover (5)
#4 ANSWER
• What do VMD and VBD stand for?
• Vegetation Monitoring Data
• Vegetation Baseline Data
#5 ANSWER
• #5 Firms: Name at least one of the authors
of the major Flora of the southeast
published in 1968.
– Radford, Ahles, Bell
• #5 CVS-EEP Staff: Who won all 4 men's
tennis grand slam events in 1969?
– Rod Laver
#6 ANSWER
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#6 Firms: What is the current preferred
taxonomic standard (with date?)
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Weakley 2006
#6 CVS-EEP Staff: Name 4
contracting firms.
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Axiom Environmental, Inc.
Confluence Engineering, PC
Ecological Engineering, LLP
EcoScience Corporation, a Division of
PBS&J
Equinox Environmental Consultation
and Design, Inc.
Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc.
KCI Associates of North Carolina, PA
Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
Ko & Associates, PC
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Land Management Group, Inc.
MACTEC Engineering and Consulting,
Inc.
Michael Baker Engineering, Inc.
Mulkey, Inc.
Robert J. Goldstein & Associates, Inc.
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
Tetra Tech, Inc.
Ward Consulting Engineers, PC
Wildlands Engineering, Inc.
Wolf Creek Engineering, PLLC
#7 ANSWER
• How long (maximally) do you have
between installation and VBD?
• 60 days
#8 ANSWER
• When does year 1 VMD sampling occur?
• September
#9 ANSWER
• #9 Firms: What is the name of CVS level-5 plot
excursion that occurs 2-3 times per year?
• Pulse
• #9 CVS: Name 2 out of the 3 plans and
drawings before monitoring listed on the EEP
Projects Spreadsheet.
• Restoration Plan, Mitigation Plan, As-built
Drawing
#10 ANSWER
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#10 Firms: How big is an are?
100 sq. meters
I will also accept 1,076.39 sq. feet
1/100 hectare!
• #10 CVS Staff: Name the city in Wisconsin
whose name is three words, but <=10 total
letters.
• Fond du Lac
#11 ANSWER
• #11 Firms: What is our preferred date format?
Give today's date in that format as an example.
• DD-MMM-YYYY
• 10-JUN-2009
• #11 CVS: What is the average high-temperature
from June-August of Columbia SC (+/- 2 deg F)?
Is it higher or lower than Austin, TX?
• Columbia: 93 deg F
• Austin: 94 deg F
• lower, but not by much!
#12 ANSWER
• What does the "R" source code stand for
on the planted woody stems datasheet?
• bare Root
#13-Firms ANSWER
• Name 3 damage categories on
the Planted Woody Stems
datasheet, excluding animals.
• Removal
• Cut
• Mowing
• Beaver
• Deer
• Rodents (presumably other
than Beaver)
• Insects
• Game
• Livestock
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Other/Unknown animal
Human Trampled
Site too wet
Site too dry
Flood
Drought
Storm
Hurricane
Diseased
Vine Strangulation
13-CVS ANSWER
• #13 CVS: Name the three mammalian
orders of the mammals listed in the
damage categories.
• Rodentia (Beaver, Rodents)
• Artiodactyla (Deer)
• Primata (Humans)
#14 ANSWER
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#14 Firms: List the 3 unknown species scenarios
Genus/Family sp.
DONTKNOW
Unknown
• #14 CVS: What is the name of the device that
controls how much (or if) water flows to a
waterwheel on a mill?
• sluice gate
#15 ANSWER
• What values would you fill in on the Planted
Woody Stems datasheet for ddh, Height, and
DBH for this plant (green=alive):
3.75m
2.76m
1.31m
DBH=1 (binned down 1.4 cm
to 1 from 1.4)
Height=270 (binned
down from 276 cm)
1.2 cm
1.9 cm
ddh=(blank) as height is
>=250 cm
ground
I actually got this one wrong at first and had to correct it!
#16 ANSWER
• #16 Firms: Where does the cursor go on
the Planted Woody Stems form when you
press <enter> on your keyboard?
• Next row, first column [species name]
• #16 CVS: What is the diagonal distance
on a 10m x 10m plot?
• 14.142m (I will accept 14.14m also)