True/False Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. |
| 1. | Black walnut wood is very hard, strong, heavy and valuable. |
| 2. | The wood of blue spruce is considered to be of little commercial value. |
| 3. | The wood of the butternut (white walnut) is much lighter and softer than its close relative the black walnut. |
| 4. | Hickory wood is considered not durable. |
| 5. | Birch wood is too hard to be used for pulp. |
| 6. | The wood of the ironwood tree (eastern hophornbeam) is quite similar to hickory. |
| 7. | Swamp white oak wood is very similar to white oak. |
| 8. | Red oak wood is stronger and more durable than the wood of white oak. |
| 9. | Pin oak wood is very similar to red oak wood. |
| 10. | Hackberry wood is often sold as elm because the woods are quite similar. |
Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| 11. | Tree shaping for Christmas trees should start when the trees from _______ inches tall. a. | 6 to 12 | b. | 12 to 18 | c. | 24 to 30 | d. | 48 to 60 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12. | A tool used to shape Christmas trees is the_______. a. | hedge trimming shears | c. | machete-like knife | b. | pruning shears | d. | all of these answers are correct | | | | | |
| 13. | Which would have the least value as a veneer log? a. | black walnut | b. | white pine | c. | black cherry | d. | red oak | | | | | | | | | |
| 14. | Toothpicks are most commonly made from which? a. | aspen | b. | birch | c. | cherry | d. | honey locust | | | | | | | | | |
| 15. | A tree having little value for its wood but is valued as a living snow-catch is the? a. | black locust | b. | honey locust | c. | caragana | d. | sugar maple | | | | | | | | | |
| 16. | Pencils are often made of _______wood. a. | red pine | b. | red oak | c. | red maple | d. | eastern red cedar | | | | | | | | | |
| 17. | ________wood is used to make acetic acid and wood alcohol. a. | white oak | b. | white pine | c. | sugar maple | d. | honey locust | | | | | | | | | |
| 18. | Burr oak is often sold as _______? a. | swamp oak | b. | white oak | c. | red oak | d. | ash | | | | | | | | | |
| 19. | Trees and other plants require _______ different elements or nutrients from the soil. |
| 20. | ________ protects the tree from injury. a. | cambium layer | b. | sapwood | c. | heartwood | d. | outer bark | | | | | | | | | |
| 21. | Which is NOT a type of leaf arrangement? a. | alternate | b. | opposite | c. | whorled | d. | oblique | | | | | | | | | |
| 22. | Chemicals used to control only insects are called _______? a. | pesticides | b. | herbicides | c. | insecticides | d. | fungicides | | | | | | | | | |
| 23. | Chemicals used to control unwanted plants are classified as ______? a. | pesticides | b. | herbicides | c. | insecticides | d. | fungicides | | | | | | | | | |
| 24. | Forest tent caterpillars can be classified as _______ which reflects the damage they do. a. | defoliators | b. | sucking insects | c. | boring insects | d. | disease carriers | | | | | | | | | |
| 25. | Dutch elm disease is caused by _______. a. | bacteria | b. | fungi | c. | virus | | | | | | | |
| 26. | The disease fireblight is caused by ______. a. | fungus | b. | virus | c. | bacteria | | | | | | | |
| 27. | Dutch elm disease is spread by ______. a. | wind | c. | water (through the ground) | b. | insects | d. | fire | | | | | |
| 28. | Which group does the least amount of damage to tree stands? a. | rabbits and mice | c. | squirrels and porcupines | b. | deer and dogs | d. | mink and weasel | | | | | |
| 29. | 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 | | | | | |
| 30. | Cutting burnt or damaged trees before they become completely worthless is called? a. | improvement cutting | c. | scalping | b. | salvage cutting | d. | pole cutting | | | | | |
| 31. | Cutting large trees which are shading small trees is called ______. a. | thinning | c. | shadetree cutting | b. | selective cutting | d. | release cutting | | | | | |
| 32. | Removing a part of the stand to promote faster growth of the remaining stand is called_____. a. | thinning | c. | improvement cutting | b. | release cutting | d. | understory cutting | | | | | |
| 33. | Removal of mature trees which are the highest quality and most valuable is called________. a. | clear cutting | c. | type cutting | b. | selective cutting | d. | mature cutting | | | | | |
| 34. | Removing trees damaged by fire, insects or disease, or other things which might damage the stand is called a ________. a. | salvage cutting | c. | clean cut | b. | clear cut | d. | sanitation cut | | | | | |
| 35. | Removal of mature timber in a series of cutting so that the remaining trees might reseed the area is called_______. a. | selective cut | c. | shelterwood cut | b. | natality cut | d. | density cut | | | | | |
| 36. | Removal of the lower branches of trees is called________. a. | thinning | b. | cutting back | c. | pinching | d. | pruning | | | | | | | | | |
| 37. | Litter from leaves (especially needles) at various stages of decomposition is called______. a. | slash | b. | litter | c. | trash | d. | duff | | | | | | | | | |
| 38. | A log of marketable size which is made unmarketable because of rot-defects-poor form-etc. is called a _______. a. | slash | b. | cull | c. | scratch | d. | zero | | | | | | | | | |
| 39. | A tree stand regenerated almost totally by sprouts is called is _______. a. | sprout forest | b. | seedless forest | c. | residual forest | d. | coppice forest | | | | | | | | | |
| 40. | A small sled used for skidding logs is called a ________. a. | skid-devil | b. | sled-devil | c. | go-devil | d. | slide-devil | | | | | | | | | |
| 41. | Which is considered to have the shortest life expectancy -as a fence post- of the untreated heartwood? a. | white oak | c. | eastern red cedar | b. | red oak | d. | northern white cedar | | | | | |
| 42. | A standard cord of unsplit fuelwood contains _______ cubic feet. a. | 132 | b. | 128 | c. | 124 | d. | 100 | | | | | | | | | |
| 43. | A standard cord of unsplit fuelwood which has been cut to stove length (usually 16 to 22 inches) contains ______cubic feet. a. | 132 | b. | 128 | c. | 110 | d. | 140 | | | | | | | | | |
| 44. | A standard cord of fuelwood which has been cut to stove length and split contains _____cubic feet. a. | 140 | b. | 128 | c. | 120 | d. | 110 | | | | | | | | | |
| 45. | A fireplace cord, rick, or face cord are all terms used to describe a stack of wood with what measurements? a. | 4 x 4 x 8 | c. | stove length x 4 x 8 | b. | stove length x 4 x 4 | d. | stove length x 4 x 4 x 8 | | | | | |
| 46. | A fireplace cord, rick, or face cord contains around _____cubic feet. a. | 140 | b. | 128 | c. | 64 | d. | 40 | | | | | | | | | |
| 47. | A cord is an amount of wood which contains a certain amount of _______. a. | weight | b. | volume | c. | dollar value | d. | all of these answers | | | | | | | | | |
| 48. | To estimate the value of fuelwood, a rule of thumb is to use is: 1 cord of red oak fuelwood should not cost more than _______ gallons of fuel oil. a. | 35 | b. | 65 | c. | 100 | d. | 130 | | | | | | | | | |
| 49. | Which wood species would give the most heat per cord? a. | hickory | b. | red oak | c. | white ash | d. | American elm | | | | | | | | | |
| 50. | _______________ is a wood prized in making gunstocks. a. | white oak | b. | black oak | c. | white walnut | d. | black walnut | | | | | | | | | |