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1999 State Forestry Test



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.

a.

5

b.

7

c.

11

d.

16

 

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

 



 

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