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1995 District 7 Forestry Test



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

 1. 

Another name for a hand planting bar is:

a.

prism

b.

plunger

c.

dibble

d.

borer

 

 2. 

DBH is measured at ________ feet above the ground.

a.

4

b.

3.5

c.

4.5

d.

5

 

 3. 

Estimating board feet in a downed log is called:

a.

Girdling

b.

Tallying

c.

Cruising

d.

Scaling

 

 4. 

A tool used to measure land area called:

a.

Chaining tape

b.

Diameter tape

c.

Caliper

d.

Clinometer

 

 5. 

A canthook is used to ________ a log.

a.

Load

b.

Measure

c.

Roll

d.

Skid

 

 6. 

Increment borers are used to:

a.

Determine age

c.

Control insects

b.

Determine quality of wood

d.

Inject sprays

 

 7. 

Burning duff, or leaf litter, on forest floor is called a ________ fire.

a.

Crown

b.

Surface

c.

Slash

d.

Ground

 

 8. 

Which, if any, does not affect forest fire behavior?

a.

Humidity

b.

Wind

c.

Topography

d.

All affect the fire

 

 9. 

The most extreme forest fire rating is:

a.

High

b.

Medium

c.

Low

d.

Explosive

 

 10. 

Removal of trees competing with the desired species is called:

a.

Pruning

b.

Thinning

c.

Weeding

d.

Clearing

 

 11. 

The least common way to liberate saplings is:

a.

Poison

b.

Burning

c.

Girdling

d.

Felling

 

 12. 

In Ohio woods, which would be a “weed?”

a.

Basswood

b.

Beech

c.

Soft Maple

d.

Redbud

 

 13. 

A board foot is:

a.

12”x 12”x 12”

b.

12”x 12”x 1”

c.

132 cu. in.

d.

12”x 12”x 2”

 

 14. 

A marketable size tree that cannot be sold is a:

a.

Duff

b.

Slash

c.

Cull

d.

Zero

 

 15. 

Which has a simple leaf?

a.

Oak

b.

Walnut

c.

Hickory

d.

Ash

 

 16. 

Tolerant-intolerant in trees refers a tree’s ability to cope with:

a.

Drought

b.

Temperature

c.

Shade

d.

Excess Moisture

 

 17. 

A tree that loses it leaves is called:

a.

Deciduous

c.

Hardwood

b.

Coniferous

d.

Both Deciduous and Hardwood

 

 18. 

Which is not an ever green?

a.

Fir

b.

Spruce

c.

Aspen

d.

Redwood

 

 19. 

At $400 per M, a tree with 600 board feet in it would be worth:

a.

$2400

c.

$24

b.

$240

d.

None of these are correct

 

 20. 

Ohio is about ____% covered by forest.

a.

20

b.

30

c.

40

d.

50

 

 21. 

The leaf stem is called a:

a.

Petiole

b.

Margin

c.

Leaf branch

d.

Serrate

 

 22. 

A one fourth section of land contains _______ acres.

a.

320

b.

480

c.

640

d.

160

 

 23. 

One half acre has approximately______ square feet.

a.

22,000

b.

43,560

c.

30,000

d.

10,000

 

 24. 

A compass reading can be disturbed by _____ objects.

a.

Aluminum

b.

Glass

c.

Iron

d.

Rubber

 

 25. 

Crowding of trees causes intense competition for:

a.

Light

b.

H2O

c.

Soil nutrients

d.

All of these

 

 26. 

The edge of the leaf is called the:

a.

Perimeter

b.

Entire

c.

Serrate

d.

Margin

 

 27. 

This wood is used to make baseball bats.

a.

Hickory

b.

Ash

c.

Spruce

d.

White Oak

 

 28. 

The layer under the bark that makes new wood is called:

a.

Sapwood

b.

Cambium

c.

Phloem

d.

Xylum

 

 29. 

Most short needle Christmas trees are:

a.

Spruce

b.

Fir

c.

Scotch Pine

d.

White Pine

 

 30. 

The greatest insect threat to Eastern forest is:

a.

Bronze borers

b.

Termites

c.

Gypsy Moth

d.

Tent Caterpillars

 

 31. 

In most areas, this is a low value tree.

a.

Elm

b.

Cherry

c.

Walnut

d.

Hard Maple

 

 32. 

This is actually dead tissue in a trunk.

a.

Sapwood

b.

Phloem

c.

Heartwood

d.

Bark

 

 33. 

Photosynthesis procedures:

a.

CO2+ sugar

b.

O2 + H2O

c.

CO2 + H2O

d.

Sugar + O2

 



 

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