Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| 1. | A tree which is commonly used for utility poles is ____________. a. | Red (Norway) Pine | c. | White Pine | b. | Tamarack | d. | Jack Pine | | | | | |
| 2. | Black Spruce is used extensively for ______________. a. | Lumber | c. | Pulpwood | b. | Veneer | d. | Windbreaks | | | | | |
| 3. | A wood often used to make drawing boards is ______________. a. | Aspen | c. | Cherry | b. | Basswood | d. | Hickory | | | | | |
| 4. | Excelsior (shredded wood) is most commonly made from _____________. a. | Aspen and Basswood | c. | White Pine and Red Pine | b. | Red Oak and White Oak | d. | All kinds of Elm | | | | | |
| 5. | When deciding which trees to plant height is important, which would most likely be the highest of the following? a. | White Ash | c. | Cottonwood | b. | Basswood (Linden) | d. | Quaking Aspen | | | | | |
| 6. | Which would be the cheapest way to buy seedlings? a. | Bare Root | c. | Container grown | b. | Balled or Burlapped | | | | | | | |
| 7. | Which is usually considered to be the lowest value tree for planting? a. | Green Ash | b. | White Ash | c. | Boxelder | d. | Silver Maple | | | | | | | | | |
| 8. | A fungus condition which may cause death or damage to newly emerging seedlings is called ____________. a. | Ground Rot | c. | Mulching | b. | Damping-off | d. | Powdery Mildew | | | | | |
| 9. | Austrian Pine should not be planted farther north than plant hardiness zone _______. |
| 10. | Roots do not perform the function of ____________. a. | Support | c. | Absorbing moisture | b. | Manufacturing Plant Food | d. | Absorbing Plant Nutrients | | | | | |
| 11. | The only living part of the tree trunk is ____________. a. | Heartwood | c. | Cambium | b. | Sapwood | d. | Outer Bank | | | | | |
| 12. | Leaves do all of the things listed except ____________. a. | Manufacture plant food | c. | Give off oxygen | b. | Give beauty | d. | Give off Carbon Dioxide | | | | | |
| 13. | _________ carries the sap from the roots to the leaves. a. | Heartwood | b. | Xylem | c. | Phloem | d. | Cambium Layer | | | | | | | | | |
| 14. | Closely spaced annual rings indicate ______________. a. | Fast growth | b. | Slow growth | c. | Very tall trees | d. | Very short trees | | | | | | | | | |
| 15. | A pulpwood stick (log) is ________ long. a. | 8 | b. | 80 | c. | 100 | d. | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16. | A cord of pulpwood contains _____________ cubic feet. a. | 128 | b. | 130 | c. | 132 | d. | 133.3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 17. | How many pulpwood sticks in a tree log that is 43 long? |
| 18. | 18. If rows of trees are spaced 8 apart, and trees in rows are spaced 6 apart, how many square feet does each tree require? |
| 19. | If each tree requires 48sq.ft, how many trees spaced 8x6 could be planted on 1 acre? a. | 510 | b. | 780 | c. | 907 | d. | 1052 | | | | | | | | | |
| 20. | How many trees can be planted per acre if the spacing is 5x5? a. | 1252 | b. | 1742 | c. | 1472 | d. | 1522 | | | | | | | | | |
| 21. | Since Round Wood cannot be stacked to make a solid volume, a cord of logs is reduced from 128 cubic feet to ______ cubic feet of an actual wood. a. | 110-120 | b. | 100-110 | c. | 70-90 | d. | 50-60 | | | | | | | | | |
| 22. | The tool used to estimate the number of board feet of lumber in a log is called a _____. a. | Cruiser Stick | c. | Log Scale Stick | b. | Biltmore | d. | Merritt Hypsometer | | | | | |
| 23. | The area of the end of a log is called the __________ area. a. | Basal | b. | End | c. | Stump | d. | Butt | | | | | | | | | |
| 24. | If a 20 acre stand of trees is to receive a 10% cruise, how many 1/5 acre plots will be required? |
| 25. | The most extreme fire danger rating is ______________. a. | Low | b. | Medium | c. | High | d. | Explosive | | | | | | | | | |
| 26. | A fire set along the inner edge of a fire control line to stop a spreading fire is called a __________. a. | Backfire | c. | Choker | b. | Prescription Burn | d. | Spot Fire | | | | | |
| 27. | A fire away from the main fire which was started by flying sparks called a ________. a. | Back Fire | b. | Widow Maker | c. | Branch Fire | d. | Spot Fire | | | | | | | | | |
| 28. | The discovery-confinement and extinguishing of a forest fire is called ___________. a. | Fire Fighting | b. | Fire Suppression | c. | Firebreak | d. | Burn | | | | | | | | | |
| 29. | In most parts of the U.S. the major fire seasons are _____________. a. | Winter and Spring | c. | Spring and Fall | b. | Spring and Summer | d. | Summer and Fall | | | | | |
| 30. | The application of fire to gain beneficial results is called ___________. a. | Sanitation Burn | c. | Management Burn | b. | Prescription Burn | d. | Selective Burn | | | | | |
| 31. | A buffer zone in and around forest stands which is used to potentially stop the spread of fire is called ____________. a. | Shelterbelt | c. | Fire Line | b. | Firebreak | d. | Suppression Barrier | | | | | |
| 32. | Which hand tools are commonly used in fighting forest fires? a. | Mattock and Pulaski | c. | Rakes and Brooms | b. | Back pack pump and Shovel | d. | All of the above | | | | | |
| 33. | Which is not a necessary requirement for a fire? a. | Oxygen | b. | Heat | c. | Fuel | d. | Humidity | | | | | | | | | |
| 34. | The average number of forest fires each year in the U.S. is currently _________. a. | Increasing | b. | Decreasing | c. | Remaining the same | | | | | | | |
| 35. | The most practical way to treat wood on the farm is _____________. a. | Hot and Cold Bath | c. | Pressure Treatment | b. | Spraying | d. | Cold Soaking | | | | | |
| 36. | Logs to be treated and used as fenceposts 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 | | | | | |
| 37. | Decay or wood rot is caused by ___________. a. | Bacteria | b. | Fungi | c. | soil insects | | | | | | | |
| 38. | For fungi to decay wood which conditions must be present? a. | Heat (usually 68-95 degrees f.) | c. | Oxygen | b. | Moisture (20% or more) | d. | all of these are correct | | | | | |
| 39. | When cold soaking fenceposts with pentachlorophenol-fenceposts should be soaked a minimum of two __________. a. | Hours | b. | Days | c. | Weeks | d. | Months | | | | | | | | | |
| 40. | Which statement is true about the durability of sapwoods. a. | There is little difference in the durability of any species. | b. | Most last only 2 or 3 years when placed in the soil | c. | There are few native species suitable for use as untreated fenceposts | d. | A-B-and C | | | |
| 41. | Removing trees damaged by fire-insects of disease or other things which might damage the stand is called a __________. a. | Salvage cut | b. | Clear cut | c. | Clean cut | d. | Sanitation cut | | | | | | | | | |
| 42. | The first step in forest harvesting is ___________. a. | Skidding | c. | Loading | b. | Felling and Bucking | d. | Hauling | | | | | |
| 43. | The second step in tree harvesting is ___________. a. | Skidding | c. | Loading | b. | Felling and Bucking | d. | Hauling | | | | | |
| 44. | The third step in tree harvesting is _____________. a. | Skidding | c. | Loading | b. | Felling and Bucking | d. | Hauling | | | | | |
| 45. | The fourth step in tree harvesting is ____________. a. | Skidding | c. | Loading | b. | Felling and Bucking | d. | Hauling | | | | | |
| 46. | Bucking is __________. a. | Cutting a tree down | c. | Cutting the limbs off a standing tree | b. | Cutting a down tree into log segments | d. | Cutting the limbs off a down tree | | | | | |
| 47. | Trees with a D.B.H. of less than 2 inches are referred to as _________. a. | Saplings | b. | Sawtimber | c. | Poletimber | d. | Seedlings | | | | | | | | | |
| 48. | Trees with a D.B.H. of from 2 inches to 4 inches are referred to as __________. a. | Saplings | b. | Sawtimber | c. | Poletimber | d. | Seedlings | | | | | | | | | |
| 49. | Trees with a D.B.H. of from 4 inches to 8-12 inches is referred to as ________. a. | Saplings | b. | Sawtimber | c. | Poletimber | d. | Seedlings | | | | | | | | | |
| 50. | Trees with a D.B.H. greater than 8-12 inches are referred to as _______. a. | Saplings | b. | Sawtimber | c. | Poletimber | d. | Seedlings | | | | | | | | | |