Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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Leaves do all of the things listed except _____________.
a. | Manufacture plant food | c. | Give off oxygen
| b. | Give beauty | d. | Give off carbon dioxide |
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2.
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Trees and other plants require _______ different elements or nutrients from the
soil.
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3.
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__________ protects the tree from injury.
a. | Cambium layer | b. | Sapwood | c. | Heartwood | d. | Outer
bark |
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4.
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Which are not coniferous trees?
a. | Pines | b. | Cedars | c. | Walnuts | d. | Spruces |
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Another term for the trunk of a tree is ____________.
a. | Bole | b. | Club | c. | Skid | d. | Pike |
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A fungus condition which may cause death or damage to newly emerging seedlings
is called ________________.
a. | Ground rot | b. | Damping-off | c. | Mulching | d. | Powdery
mildew |
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Most insect damage to young tree stands is first noticeable in
_______________.
a. | Late spring | b. | Mid-summer | c. | Late fall | d. | Early
fall |
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Cost sharing for approved uses is handled through the _____________.
a. | ASCS | c. | County extension | b. | SCS | d. | Local
university |
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Shelterbelts should be planted on the ___________ and ___________ of the
buildings.
a. | North and east | b. | North and south | c. | North and west | d. | East and
west |
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Wide spacing does not__________.
a. | Allow use of farm equipment for cultivation | b. | Enable trees to
retain lower branches longer | c. | Eliminate the necessity for
thinning | d. | Provide earlier protection |
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Another name for the hand planting bar is ____________.
a. | Wedge prism | b. | Plunger | c. | Dribble | d. | Increment
borer |
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DBH can be measured by all of the following tools except ___________.
a. | A diameter tape | c. | A meritt hypsometer | b. | A biltmore stick | d. | Calipers |
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A spud is used to ___________.
a. | Dig holes or plant seedlings | c. | Scrape debris from soil
surface | b. | Peel bark | d. | Prune small trees |
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The meritt hypsometer measures the number of _____ foot logs in a standing
tree.
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The removal of live or dead limbs from a standing tree is called
___________.
a. | Limbing | b. | Bucking | c. | Pruning | d. | Felling |
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There are _______ feet in a chain
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There are _________ acres in a square mile.
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A square mile is commonly called a _________.
a. | Quarter | b. | Section | c. | Township | d. | Region |
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A normal township contains _________ sections
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20.
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How many chains are in a mile?
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21.
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A fire burning in a tree top is called a ____________________.
a. | Ground fire | c. | Crown fire | b. | Surface fire | d. | Prescription
burn |
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The most common cause of forest fire in the United States is
_____________.
a. | Careless smokers | c. | Incendiary | b. | Campers | d. | Railroads |
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The discovery, confinement and extinguishing of a forest fire is called
a. | Fire fighting | b. | Fire suppression | c. | Firebreak | d. | Burn |
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In most parts of the U.S.A. the major fire seasons are
____________________.
a. | Winter and spring | c. | Spring and fall | b. | Spring and summer | d. | Summer and fall |
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The application of fire to gain beneficial results is called ____________
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a. | Sanitation burn | c. | Management burn | b. | Prescription burn | d. | Selective burn |
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In forestry the letters TSI stand for the words ____________________.
a. | Total salable investment | c. | Total site income
| b. | Timber stand improvement | d. | Taxable site index |
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The closeness of the tree tops is called ____________________.
a. | Closed canopy | c. | Crown density | b. | Open canopy | d. | Carrying capacity
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A method of harvesting that removes all of the trees in the stand is called
__________.
a. | Clearing | b. | Clear cutting | c. | Total cutting | d. | Total
removal |
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A cutting which removes trees of poor quality, undesirable species, or poor
condition is called ______________________.
a. | Improvement cutting | c. | Thinning | b. | Upgrading | d. | Defect clearing
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Selling standing timber is called a ______________ sale.
a. | Live | b. | Green | c. | Stumpage | d. | Standing |
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Logs to be treated and used for fence posts should have _______________.
a. | Less than 1 inch of sapwood | c. | At least 3 inches of sapwood
| b. | At least 1 inch of sapwood | d. | No sapwood |
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When cold soaking fence posts with pentachlorophenol, fence posts should be
soaked a minimum of two ______________.
a. | Hours | b. | Days | c. | Weeks | d. | Months |
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33.
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Before treatment to inhibit decay, wood should be dried to about _____%
moisture.
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34.
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Christmas trees will most likely be ready to harvest ___________ years after
planning.
a. | 2 to 3 | b. | 3 to 5 | c. | 6 to 10 | d. | 12 to
15 |
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Tree shaping for Christmas trees should start when trees are from ________
inches tall.
a. | 6 to 10 | b. | 12 to 18 | c. | 24 to 30 | d. | 48 to
60 |
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36.
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Bur oak is often sold as ______________.
a. | Swamp oak | b. | White oak | c. | Red oak | d. | Ash |
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37.
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Which would hackberry wood least likely be used for?
a. | Cheap furniture | c. | Boxes and crates | b. | Fencing | d. | Veneer |
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38.
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Sycamore wood would be least likely be used for___________.
a. | Boxes | b. | Veneer | c. | Fuel wood | d. | Ties |
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39.
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White fir wood is seldom used for _________________.
a. | Lumber | c. | Boxes | b. | Pulp | d. | High quality
furniture |
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Which tree produces more lumber than any other species.
a. | White pine | b. | Douglas fir | c. | Ponderosa fir | d. | Redwood |
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