Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Trees can receive two forms
sunlight including direct sunlight and _____ sunlight.
a. | tolerant | b. | filtered | c. | diffuse | d. | ray forming |
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_______ means that the tree
needs high levels of light to survive, with no shade.
a. | tolerant
| b. | intermediate | c. | intolerant | d. | superficial |
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________ is a means of
classifying vegetation into distinct groups, including the 11 in North America.
a. | blastiderms
| c. | vegetative
orders | b. | biomes | d. | heartwood
divisions |
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The ______ or the
“phloem” is the pipeline through which food is passed to the rest of the
tree.
a. | heartwood | c. | cambium cell layer | b. | sapwood | d. | inner bark |
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The ______ is the growing part
of the trunk and annually produces new bark and new wood.
a. | sapwood | c. | inner bark | b. | cambium cell layer | d. | phloem |
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The ______ is the central,
supporting pillar of the tree and a composite of hollow, needlelike cellulose fibers called
lignin.
a. | heartwood | c. | cambium cell layer | b. | sapwood | d. | inner bark |
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The ______ is the tree’s
pipeline for water moving up the leaves or the new wood.
a. | inner
bark | c. | sapwood | b. | cambium layer | d. | heartwood |
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A ______ and a ______ cup are
inexpensive optional pieces of equipment to measure the density of hot or cool syrup for Ohio
commercial maple syrup produces.
a. | babcock and
babcock | c. | hydrometer and
hydrometer | b. | ballast and ballast | d. | syrup and syrup |
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In recent years many Ohio syrup
producers have gone to a more conservative tapping guideline, placing one tap in trees______ inches
in diameter 4-1/2 feet above the ground level.
a. | 10-12 | b. | 12-18 | c. | 19-25 | d. | over 25 |
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There are ____square feet in
one acre of land.
a. | 640 | b. | 5,280 | c. | 36,000 | d. | 43,560 |
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Leaves that are staggered, not
placed directly across from each other on the twig are ___.
a. | compound | b. | opposite | c. | persistent | d. | alternate |
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A leaf with more than one blade
and all blades are attached to a single leaf stem where the leaf stem attaches to the twig, is called
a ______ leaf.
a. | simple | c. | compound | b. | palmate | d. | pinnate simple |
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The general mode of plant
growth and term used to describe the overall shape of a tree is called ______.
a. | habit | c. | specimen tree | b. | style | d. | triploid |
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Projections that give a shape
to a leaf is called ________.
a. | leaf
scars | b. | pistils | c. | margins | d. | lobes |
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A single leaf blade with
a bud at the base of the leaf stem is called a _____ leaf.
a. | compound
| b. | simple | c. | palmate | d. | native |
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The two most tapped maple trees
used for pure maple syrup are sugar maple trees and ____ maple trees.
a. | red | b. | silver | c. | Norway | d. | black |
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When cutting a log into
sections it is called ______________.
a. | sectioning
| b. | bowing | c. | cruising | d. | bucking |
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The ___ controls the speed of
the engine for a Stihl chain saw.
a. | accelerator | c. | gas pedal | b. | throttle trigger | d. | master control lever |
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Toothed wheel that drives the
chain saw is called the ______.
a. | adjusting
wheel | c. | chain
sprocket | b. | chain catcher | d. | transmission |
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The toothed stop for holding a
saw steady against wood is called the ____.
a. | adjusting
wheel | c. | chain sprocket
| b. | bumper spike
| d. | guide bar |
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The part of the chainsaw that
reduces exhaust noise and directs exhaust gases is called the _____.
a. | muffler | c. | throttle trigger | b. | fuel pump | d. | EPA control valve |
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The part of the chain saw that
permits precise adjustment of chain tension is the ____.
a. | chain
catcher | c. | chain
tensioner | b. | chain sprocket cover | d. | front handle guard |
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The least accurate tool for
determining the bearing of a line is the _____.
a. | staff
compass | c. | GPS
receiver | b. | hand compass | d. | transit |
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24.
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Lenticels, terminal buds and
nodes are helpful when using ______ for true identification.
a. | roots | b. | twigs | c. | bark | d. | leaves |
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A 66 foot baseline is best used
with a _____________.
a. | staff
compass | c. | percent
clinometer | b. | topographic clinometer | d. | hand compass |
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A dot grid is used to determine
the _________.
a. | miles | c. | board footage | b. | slope | d. | number of acres in a tract |
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After finishing reading a
transit, and before moving to the next location, the following must be done.
a. | take a vertical
reading | b. | lock the needle firmly | c. | pull the hub | d. | draw a sketch of the area including
streams |
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Kevlar is a material used in
_________.
a. | surfactants | c. | safety clothes | b. | fertilizer | d. | herbicides |
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A scale of l:24000 on a
topographical map is equivalent to _______.
a. | 1 inch= 2,000
feet | c. | 1 inch= 12,000
feet | b. | 1 inch= 2,400 feet | d. | 1 inch= 24,000 feet |
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30.
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Most grass and forest fires are
caused by ________.
a. | farming
activities | c. | lightening | b. | people | d. | chain saw exhaust
systems |
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A forest interested in habitat
management for a deer and ruffed grouse would favor which of the following
species?
a. | yellow birch
| c. | Norway pine
| b. | sugar maple
| d. | aspen |
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From a silvicultural
standpoint, the harvesting of aspen is best done by ______.
a. | clear
cutting | c. | shelter
wood | b. | seed tree | d. | group selection |
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The increment borer is used to
determine _________.
a. | merchantable height
| c. | basal
area | b. | tree age | d. | DBH |
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34.
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The least tolerant (of shade)
tree listed below is the ______.
a. | aspen | c. | white pine | b. | eastern hemlock | d. | yellow birch |
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35.
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The SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of a
section contains how many acres?
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One section of land
contains___________.
a. | 43,560 square
feet | c. | 5,280 square
feet | b. | 136,000 square feet | d. | 640 acres |
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37.
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Planting Christmas trees at a
spacing of 6 feet x 6 feet requires approximately _____ trees per acre.
a. | 1,037 | b. | 1,210 | c. | 5,280 | d. | 7,830 |
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38.
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The term “stumpage”
refers to _____.
a. | uproot
logs | c. | standing
trees | b. | trim logs | d. | root flare |
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39.
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Blister rust is a serious
disease found in ____________.
a. | balsam
fir | b. | hackberry
| c. | white pine
| d. | bur
oak |
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40.
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Shaping (shearing) of pines for
Christmas trees is usually done _____________.
a. | after new growth has “hardened
off” | b. | when trees are dormant | c. | in December, January or February
| d. | when new growth is almost
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