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2003 Ohio State Forestry Test


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

 1. 
Roots do not perform the function of _____.
a.
support
c.
absorbing moisture
b.
manufacturing plant food
d.
absorbing plant nutrients
 

 2. 
___________ gives support and strength to the tree.
a.
outer bark
b.
sapwood
c.
heartwood
d.
cambium layer
 

 3. 
Which are not deciduous trees?
a.
oaks
b.
firs
c.
ashes
d.
willows
 

 4. 
Identification of trees according to species is called _______.
a.
forestry
b.
silvics
c.
ecology
d.
dendrology
 

 5. 
A tree sprout arising from the root or stump is called _______.
a.
slash
b.
bole
c.
sucker
d.
sappler
 

 6. 
Which has the characteristic of being the most shade tolerant?
a.
hackberry
b.
pin oak
c.
honey locust
d.
white ash
 

 7. 
Which has the greatest resistance to drought?
a.
white ash
c.
basswood (linden)
b.
green ash
d.
sugar maple
 

 8. 
Which evergreen has a pendulous appearance when mature?
a.
white fir
b.
blue spruce
c.
scotch pine
d.
Norway spruce
 

 9. 
________ 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
 

 10. 
Mulching newly planted trees will help survival rates and growth rates by ______.
a.
conserving moisture
c.
cooling the soil in summer
b.
reducing erosion
d.
all of these are correct
 

 11. 
The haga altimeter will measure _______.
a.
tree height
b.
DBH
c.
basal area
d.
board feet
 

 12. 
The tool used to measure land area is _______
a.
chaining tape
b.
diameter tape
c.
calipers
d.
clinometer
 

 13. 
Which tool is not found on a cruiser stick?
a.
biltmore stick
c.
log scale stick
b.
Meritt Hypsometer
d.
cruiser tape
 

 14. 
A tool with a pointed tip used to push logs is _______.
a.
cant hook
b.
pickaroon
c.
chaining pin
d.
tubeling
 

 15. 
All of these tools are used to plant seeds into for later transplanting of seedlings except ______.
a.
tubeling
b.
paper pot
c.
styrofoam block
d.
spud
 

 16. 
There are _________ feet in a rod.
a.
9
b.
12
c.
16.5
d.
18
 

 17. 
There are _______ feet in a chain.
a.
22
b.
33
c.
44
d.
66
e.
88
 

 18. 
There are ______ square feet in an acre.
a.
28,400
b.
43,560
c.
52,700
d.
66,000
e.
85,460
 

 19. 
There are ______ acres in one square mile.
a.
250
b.
320
c.
500
d.
640
e.
1,000
 

 20. 
A square mile is commonly called a ______.
a.
quarter
c.
township
e.
four square unit
b.
section
d.
region
 

 21. 
The average number of forest fires each year in U.S. is currently _________
a.
increasing
c.
remaining the same
b.
decreasing
d.
no data to support answer
 

 22. 
Closely spaced growth rings indicate ____________.
a.
fast growth
c.
short trees
e.
true buckeye fans
b.
slow growth
d.
nothing about growth
 

 23. 
The study of insects are called _______.
a.
insectology
c.
pestology
e.
buckeyeology
b.
entomology
d.
ornithology
 

 24. 
Chemicals used to control only insects are called _______.
a.
pesticides
c.
insecticides
e.
bugbegoneicides
b.
herbicides
d.
fungicides
 

 25. 
Chemicals used to control unwanted plants are classified as _______.
a.
pesticides
c.
insecticides
e.
noplanticides
b.
herbicides
d.
fungicides
 

 26. 
Cutting burnt or damaged trees before they become completely worthless is called  ____.
a.
improvement cutting
c.
scalping
b.
salvage cutting
d.
pole cutting
 

 27. 
Cutting large trees which are shading small trees is called ______.
a.
thinning
c.
shade tree cutting
b.
selective cutting
d.
release cutting
 

 28. 
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
 

 29. 
Removal of mature trees which are the highest quality and most valuable is known as ______.
a.
clear cutting
c.
type cutting
e.
old time cutting
b.
selective cutting
d.
mature cutting
 

 30. 
Removing trees damaged by fire-insects or disease-or other things which might damage the stand is called a _____.
a.
salvage cut
c.
clean cut
e.
F I D cut
b.
clear cut
d.
sanitation cut
 

 31. 
Cost sharing cannot be used for _________.
a.
planting labor
c.
weed and grass control for one year
b.
cost of trees to be planted
d.
areas to be grazed
 

 32. 
When referring to wood to be used for fenceposts-the term “durable” refers to the wood’s ability to withstand _______.
a.
cribbing by livestock
c.
weight of fencing material
b.
decay
d.
low temperatures without breaking
 

 33. 
When preservatives are applied to fenceposts by brushing or spraying-penetration of the preservative into the sapwood is considered to be _________.
a.
excellent
d.
poor
b.
good
e.
something good for buckeye fans spirit
c.
fair
 

 34. 
Which is an advantage of pressure treatment for fenceposts?
a.
very easy to do in the farm shop
c.
a very good penetration is achieved
b.
low investment in equipment
d.
all of these are correct
 

 35. 
The most practical way to treat wood on the farm is _______.
a.
hot and cold breath
c.
pressure treatment
b.
spraying
d.
cold soaking
 

 36. 
High quality furniture would likely be made from _____ wood.
a.
silver maple
b.
white pine
c.
black walnut
d.
black spruce
 

 37. 
A tree which is commonly used for utility poles is _________.
a.
red (Norway) pine
c.
white pine
b.
tamarack
d.
jack pine
 

 38. 
Black spruce is used extensively for __________.
a.
lumber
b.
veneer
c.
pulpwood
d.
windbreaks
 

 39. 
A wood often used to make drawing boards is ________.
a.
aspen
b.
basswood
c.
cherry
d.
hickory
 

 40. 
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
 



 
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