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2001 Perry County Forestry Test


Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
_____ is a wood highly prized for it’s aroma and resistance to moths.
a.
white oak
b.
red oak
c.
white cedar
d.
red cedar
 

 2. 
___ wood is used to make acetic acid and wood alcohol.
a.
white oak
b.
white pine
c.
sugar maple
d.
honey locust
 

 3. 
Which is NOT a common use for honey locust wood?
a.
fuelwood
b.
veneer
c.
pulpwood
 

 4. 
____ builds wood tissue in the trunk.
a.
cambium layer
b.
heartwood
c.
the leaf
d.
phloem
 

 5. 
____ carries plant food manufactured in the leaves down to the branches-trunk-roots.
a.
heartwood
b.
sapwood
c.
phloem
d.
xylem
 

 6. 
The manufacture of plant food in the leaves of a plant is called ____.
a.
respiration
b.
transpiration
c.
photosynthesis
d.
perspiration
 

 7. 
The jagged edges of a leaf margin are called ____.
a.
symbold
b.
serrates
c.
coarsers
d.
ripples
 

 8. 
The leaf stem is also known as the _____.
a.
petiole
b.
attach
c.
joiner
d.
midrib
 

 9. 
When a single leaf is attached to the twig it is said to be____?
a.
truncate
b.
pinnate
c.
palmate
d.
simple
 

 10. 
When many small leaflets are attached to the petiole to form a larger leaf-that type of leaf is called ____?
a.
multiple
b.
compound
c.
acute
d.
oblique
 

 11. 
Which group of conifers has its needles in a cluster of from two to five?
a.
pines
b.
spruces
c.
cedars
d.
firs
 

 12. 
Which is NOT a coniferous tree?
a.
pines
b.
cedars
c.
walnuts
d.
spruces
 

 13. 
Which are NOT deciduous trees?
a.
oaks
b.
firs
c.
ashes
d.
willows
 

 14. 
Which tree leaves are least likely to turn red in the fall?
a.
sugar maple
b.
silver maple
c.
red maple
d.
red oak
 

 15. 
When referring to trees as tolerant or intolerant- a tolerant species is one that will with stand______?
a.
drought
b.
cold
c.
shading
d.
flooding
 

 16. 
Another term for the trunk of a tree is ______?
a.
bole
b.
club
c.
skid
d.
pike
 

 17. 
An example of a deciduous conifer is the ____?
a.
tamarack-larch
c.
eastern white pine
b.
aspen-popular
d.
eastern red cedar
 

 18. 
Under ideal conditions it requires an 8 hour day to plant ____ by hand-using a planting bar.
a.
50-100
b.
200-3000
c.
500-800
d.
2,000-3,000
 

 19. 
A herbicide used to control most grasses and broadleaf weed-but safe around most trees and shrubs is _____?
a.
roundup
b.
captan
c.
atrazine
d.
simazine
 

 20. 
Most insect damage to young tree stand is first noticeable in _____?
a.
late spring
b.
mid-summer
c.
late fall
d.
early fall
 

 21. 
The best time of year to plant seedlings is ______?
a.
early spring
b.
early summer
c.
early fall
d.
early winter
 

 22. 
The proper depth to plant seedlings is ____?
a.
the same depth as they were in the nursery
b.
slightly deeper than they were in the nursery
c.
slightly shallower than they were in the nursery
d.
30 inches
 

 23. 
The most common cause of dead seedlings is _____?
a.
poor stock
b.
dry roots
c.
disease
d.
insects
 

 24. 
Which is considered to be the slowest growing?
a.
silver maple
c.
sugar maple
b.
red maple
d.
all grow at about the same rate
 

 25. 
Which has the greatest resistance to drought?
a.
white ash
c.
basswood (linden)
b.
green ash
d.
sugar maple
 

 26. 
Which evergreen has a pendulous appearance when mature?
a.
white fir
c.
scotch pine
b.
blue spruce
d.
Norway spruce
 

 27. 
____ and _____ may most easily be planted as cuttings from a parent tree.
a.
maples and oaks
c.
poplars and willows
b.
walnuts and elms
d.
pines and spruces
 

 28. 
Another name for the hand planting bar is ___?
a.
wedge prism
c.
dibble
b.
plunger
d.
increment borer
 

 29. 
Sighting vanes are part of the _____?
a.
hand compass
c.
wedge prism
b.
staff compass
d.
aerial photograph
 

 30. 
Estimating the amount of board feet-cords-pieces (such as posts or poles) in a timber stand is called _____?
a.
scaling
b.
guessing
c.
browsing
d.
cruising
 

 31. 
The abney level is used to measure ______?
a.
tree height
b.
DBH
c.
board feet
 

 32. 
A hand compass with numbers graduated up to 360 clockwise is called _____?
a.
quadrant
b.
azimuth
c.
declination
 

 33. 
A tool used to help read aerial photos is the _____?
a.
clinometer
b.
stereoscope
c.
abney level
 

 34. 
The haga altimeter is used to measure _____?
a.
tree height
b.
DBH
c.
board feet
 

 35. 
Calipers are used to measure ______?
a.
tree height
b.
DBH
c.
board feet
 

 36. 
The clinometer is used to measure _____?
a.
tree height
b.
DBH
c.
board feet
 

 37. 
The log scale stick is used to ______?
a.
tree height
b.
DBH
c.
board feet
 

 38. 
The biltmore stick is used to measure______?
a.
tree height
b.
DBH
c.
board feet
 

 39. 
The meritt hypsometer measure the number of ____ foot logs in a standing tree.
a.
8
b.
10
c.
12
d.
16
 

 40. 
There are        feet in a rod.
a.
9
b.
10
c.
12
d.
16
 

 41. 
There are ____ feet in a rod.
a.
9
b.
12
c.
16.5
d.
18
 

 42. 
There are ____ feet in a chain.
a.
22
b.
33
c.
44
d.
66
 

 43. 
There are ____ square feet in an acre.
a.
28400
b.
43560
c.
52700
d.
66000
 

 44. 
There are __ acres in a square mile.
a.
250
b.
320
c.
500
d.
640
 

 45. 
A square mile is commonly called a _______?
a.
quarter
b.
section
c.
township
d.
region
 

 46. 
A normal township contains ____ sections?
a.
24
b.
25
c.
36
d.
50
 

 47. 
How many acres in a rectangular field 1/4 mile long by 1/4 mile wide?
a.
160
b.
80
c.
40
d.
20
 

 48. 
How many board feet in 1 piece of lumber which is 2”x 4”x 8’?
a.
5.3
b.
4.7
c.
5.7
d.
4.3
 

 49. 
If lumber cost $450/M how much does 1 board foot cost?
a.
$45.00
b.
$.45
c.
$4.50
d.
$450.00
 

 50. 
How much will 10 pieces of 2”x 6”x 10’ cost if the cost is $650/M?
a.
$650.00
c.
$65.00
b.
$6.50
d.
$.65
 



 
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