Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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The national organization for professional foresters is the _________.
a. | American Forest Council | b. | International Society of Tropical
Foresters | c. | Society of American Foresters | d. | United States Forest
Service |
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The American Tree Farm government program is designed to ___________.
a. | Encourage landowners to plant trees and preserve them in wilderness
areas | b. | Encourage private landowners to plant and grow trees as a crop for
harvest | c. | Encourage the government to buy more forests and convert them to national
forests | d. | Prevent the forest industry from buying timber land |
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3.
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A very complex community of associated trees, shrubs, other plants and animals
are a/an ____________.
a. | Arboretum | b. | Forest | c. | Greenhouse | d. | Park |
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A pure forest stand will always have _____________.
a. | All-aged trees | c. | A single species of tree | b. | Even-aged
trees | d. | A mixed species of
trees |
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A tree bears seeds in cones and that have long, narrow (needlelike) leaves is a
_______.
a. | Broadleaf | b. | Conifer | c. | Deciduous tree | d. | Foliage
plant |
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The class of trees, Gymnospermae, is made up of ________ trees.
a. | Broadleaf | b. | Coniferous | c. | Deciduous | d. | Hardwood |
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The stem or trunk of a tree is called a ___________.
a. | Bole | b. | Crown | c. | Roots | d. | Trunk |
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Roots which grow horizontally and help keep the tree upright are
__________.
a. | Feeder roots and root hairs | c. | Surface roots | b. | Lateral
roots | d. | Tap
roots |
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The process by which excess water from the tree is allowed to evaporate through
openings in the leaves is ___________.
a. | Hydrolysis | b. | Osmosis | c. | Photosynthesis | d. | Transpiration |
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The function of phloem in the tree is to ___________.
a. | Develop leaves from nutrients | b. | Conduct water and minerals from leaves to the
branches, trunk, and roots | c. | Grow wood and bark cells | d. | Produce
carbohydrates through photosynthesis |
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Which of the following terms is used to describe leaf margins?
a. | Acute | b. | Deltoid | c. | Lobed | d. | Wedge
shaped |
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12.
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Awl-shaped and scale-like describe __________.
a. | Fruit type | b. | Leaf types | c. | Needle type | d. | Twig
branching |
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Which of the following trees has a single large leaf, scale like bark, and
spineless fruit 1”in diameter.
a. | American Beech | c. | Yellow Poplar | b. | American Sycamore | d. | Sweetgum |
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Which of the following trees has smooth bark and coarsely toothed leaves
3/4” long?
a. | American Beech | c. | Yellow Poplar | b. | American Sycamore | d. | Sweetgum |
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Which of the following trees has light gray bark that separates into thin
plates?
a. | Ash | b. | Hickory | c. | Red Oak | d. | White
Oak |
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The following tree usually has thick bright, reddish-brown bark, compact crown,
and needles that are 6 to 9 inches long in clusters of three.
a. | Loblolly Pine | b. | Longleaf Pine | c. | Lodgepole Pine | d. | Ponderosa
Pine |
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Which of the following is not an economic factor associated with forest
management?
a. | Cost of forest land | c. | Timber supply and demand | b. | Logging
costs | d. | Wildlife resources in
residence |
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The leading country in growing softwood stock in the world is
____________.
a. | Europe | b. | Latin America | c. | North America | d. | Russia |
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The most expensive timber growing practice is _____________.
a. | Estimating (cruising) | c. | Marking | b. | Hand Planting | d. | Site
Preparation |
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20.
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An example of a converted wood product is ______________.
a. | Cabinets | b. | Charcoal | c. | Firewood | d. | Posts |
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Radial sawed lumber is also called ____________.
a. | Edge grained | b. | Flat sawn | c. | Plain sawed | d. | Quarter
sawn |
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Which of the following processes uses shelterwood methods of harvesting to
promote regeneration ________________.
a. | Cuttings | b. | Direct seeding | c. | Natural seeding | d. | Seedlings |
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Applying tree seeds to the harvested area or prepared beds is
called________.
a. | Cuttings | b. | Direct seeding | c. | Natural seeding | d. | Seedlings |
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Neither natural seeding or ___________will result in trees being planted in rows
unless a grain drill is used.
a. | Cuttings | b. | Direct seeding | c. | Natural seeding | d. | Seedlings |
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Which tree is well adapted to direct seeding?
a. | American Beech | b. | Oak | c. | Shortleaf Pine | d. | White
Oak |
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Cleanings are done during __________.
a. | A harvest cutting | c. | The sapling stage | b. | Disease outbreaks | d. | The sawlog
stage |
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27.
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When cruising timber and calculating board volume, a forester records
merchantable height and rounds to the nearest __________.
a. | 1 inch | b. | 1 foot | c. | 8’ log | d. | 16’
log |
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The practice most commonly used on high graded stands is ________
cuttings.
a. | Cleaning | b. | Improvement | c. | Release | d. | Thinning |
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A process to remove damaging dominant trees in an all aged stand is called
_______.
a. | Liberations | c. | Sanitation cuttings | b. | Salvage cuttings | d. | Thinning |
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30.
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Which of the following is not a factor in using controlled burns?
a. | Area to be burned | c. | Humidity | b. | Intensity of the fore | d. | Site index |
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Which of the following is not a harvesting method?
a. | Coppice cutting | b. | Clear cutting | c. | Selective cutting | d. | Thinning |
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The harvest method that results in sustained production forestry by requiring
foresters to choose trees for harvest based on maturity, size, species, growth rate, or other factors
is ______________.
a. | coppice cutting | b. | clear cutting | c. | selective
cutting | d. | seed-tree cutting |
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33.
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A ___________ can be used to estimate basal area per acre.
a. | clinometer | b. | Hypsometer | c. | Planimeter | d. | Wedge
prism |
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34.
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Am azimuth reading of 196˚ would convert to a bearing of ___________
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a. | 96˚S | b. | 196˚SW | c. | S 16˚ W | d. | 16˚
SW |
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The most common method of measuring pulpwood today at the wood-buying
centers is in terms of _______.
a. | Bolts | b. | Cubic feet | c. | Gross weight | d. | Sticks |
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36.
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How many cords are there in a stack of wood 4’x8’x10’?
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37.
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A 20% cruise on 300 acres would require a forester to measure _______ 1/4 acre
plots.
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38.
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The control of a damaging insect population by its natural enemies is an example
of ___
a. | Biological control | c. | Management control | b. | Chemical control | d. | Natural control |
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The introduction of a pathogen that attacks certain insects is called a
___________.
a. | Biological control | c. | Management control | b. | Chemical control | d. | Natural control |
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The most devastating enemy of the forest is ______________.
a. | Disease | b. | Insects | c. | Wildfire | d. | Wildlife |
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Incendiary fires are called _______________.
a. | Crown fire | b. | Ground fire | c. | Surface fire | d. | Wildfire |
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A backfire extinguishes a fire by _______________.
a. | Creating a strong updraft | b. | Drying out the soil | c. | Robbing the fire of
fuel | d. | Using oxygen in the vicinity of the main fire |
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Soft cambium and newly produced wood are damaged by the enemies who leave
tunnels as a sign of damage.
a. | Bark borers | b. | Defoliator | c. | Sap suckers | d. | Tip
feeders |
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Aphids and scales are examples of __________ with penetrating mouth
parts.
a. | Bark borers | b. | Defoliator | c. | Sap sucker | d. | Tip
feeders |
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Insects that produce abnormal growth on twigs, limbs, trunks, or leaves are
________.
a. | Galling insects | b. | Root feeders | c. | Seed eaters | d. | Wood
borers |
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A symptom of winter injury in conifers may be________.
a. | Blackened and dead roots | b. | Foliage turns red and dies | c. | Small spots on
needles | d. | Stem cankers |
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Which of the following is symptomatic of needle cast?
a. | Brown needles; die back and top kill | b. | Needle bent at end
of fascicle | c. | Orange discoloration at base of needles | d. | Spots on
needles; death of affected needles |
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48.
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A person who may have hands-on work to do in the forest but generally supervises
forestry operations and implements forestry plans is a ______.
a. | Logger | b. | Professional forester | c. | Technician | d. | Researcher |
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49.
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Which of the following is represented by two crossed picks on a map
legend?
a. | Campground | b. | Cemetery | c. | Gravel pit | d. | Quarry
mine |
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