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1996 State 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

c.

white cedar

b.

red oak

d.

red cedar

 

 2. 

_______ wood is used to make acetic acid and wood alcohol.

a.

white oak

c.

sugar maple

b.

white pine

d.

honey locust

 

 3. 

Which is not a common use for honey locust wood?

a.

fuelwood

c.

pulpwood

b.

veneer

 

 4. 

______ builds wood tissue in the trunk.

a.

cambium layer

c.

the leaf

b.

heartwood

d.

phloem

 

 5. 

_________ carries plant food manufactured in th leaves down to the branches-trunk-root.

a.

heartwood

c.

phloem

b.

sapwood

d.

xylem

 

 6. 

The manufacture of plant food in the leaves of a plant is called__________?

a.

respiration

c.

photosynthesis

b.

transpiration

d.

perspiration

 

 7. 

The jagged edges of a leaf margin are called?

a.

symbold

c.

coarsers

b.

serrates

d.

ripples

 

 8. 

The leaf stem is also known as the ________?

a.

petiole

c.

joiner

b.

attach

d.

midrib

 

 9. 

When a single leaf is attached to the twig it is said to be ________?

a.

truncate

c.

palmate

b.

pinnate

d.

simple

 

 10. 

When many small leaflets are attached to te petiole to form a larger leaf-that type of leaf is called________?

a.

multiple

c.

acute

b.

compound

d.

oblique

 

 11. 

Which group of conifers has its needles in a cluster of from two to five?

a.

pines

c.

cedars

b.

spruces

d.

firs

 

 12. 

Which is not  a coniferous tree?

a.

pines

c.

walnuts

b.

cedars

d.

spruces

 

 13. 

Which are not decidious trees?

a.

oaks

c.

ashes

b.

firs

d.

willows

 

 14. 

Which tree leaves are least likely to turn red in the fall?

a.

sugar maple

c.

red maple

b.

silver maple

d.

red oak

 

 15. 

When referring to trees as tolerant or intolerant- a dolerant species is one that will with stand____?

a.

drought

c.

shading

b.

cold

d.

flooding

 

 16. 

Anouther term for the trunk of a tree is ________?

a.

bole

c.

skid

b.

club

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 and 8 hour day to plant ________ by hand-using a planting bar.

a.

50-100

c.

500-800

b.

200-300

d.

2000-3000

 

 19. 

A herbicide used to control most grasses and broadleaf weeds-but safe around most trees and shrubs is _________?

a.

roundup

c.

atrazine

b.

captan

d.

simazine

 

 20. 

Most insect damage to young tree stand is first noticeable in ________?

a.

late spring

c.

early fall

b.

mid-summer

d.

early winter

 

 21. 

The best time of year to plant seedlings is __________?

a.

early spring

c.

early fall

b.

early summer

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 wre in the nursery

c.

slightly shallower than they were in the nursery

d.

30 inches

 

 23. 

The most common cause of dead seedling is ____________?

a.

poor stock

c.

disease

b.

dry roots

d.

insects

 

 24. 

Which is considered to be the slowest growing?

a.

silver maple

c.

sugar maple

b.

red maple

d.

all grow at 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 apperarance 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 andwillows

b.

walnuts and elms

d.

pines and spruces

 

 28. 

Anouther name for the hand planting bar is ________?

a.

wedge prism

c.

dribble

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 timbr stand is called __________?

a.

scaling

c.

browsing

b.

guessing

d.

cruising

 

 31. 

The abney level is used to measure _______?

a.

tree height

c.

board feet

b.

DBH

 

 32. 

A hand compass with numbers gradtuated up to 360 clockwise is called ________?

a.

quadrant

c.

declination

b.

azimuth

 

 33. 

A tool to help read aerial photos is the _________?

a.

clinometer

c.

abney level

b.

steroscope

 

 34. 

The haga altimeter is used to measure __________?

a.

tree height

c.

board feet

b.

DHB

 

 35. 

Calipers are used to measure __________?

a.

tree height

c.

board feet

b.

DBH

 

 36. 

The clinometer is used to measure _________?

a.

tree height

c.

board feet

b.

DBH

 

 37. 

The biltmore stickis used to measure _________?

a.

tree height

c.

board feet

b.

DBH

 

 38. 

The meritt hypsometer is used to measure ________?

a.

tree height

c.

board feet

b.

DBH

 

 39. 

The log scale stick is used to measure __________?

a.

tree height

c.

board feet

b.

DBH

 

 40. 

The merrit hypsometer meter the number of _______ foot logs in a standing tree.

a.

8

c.

12

b.

10

d.

16

 

 41. 

There are ________ feet in a rod.

a.

9

c.

16.5

b.

12

d.

18

 

 42. 

There are ________ feet in a chain.

a.

22

c.

44

b.

33

d.

66

 

 43. 

There are _________ square feet in an acre.

a.

28400

c.

52700

b.

43560

d.

66000

 

 44. 

There are ______ acres in a square mile.

a.

250

c.

500

b.

320

d.

640

 

 45. 

A square mile is commonly called a _______?

a.

quarter

c.

township

b.

section

d.

region

 

 46. 

A normal township contains ______ sections?

a.

24

c.

36

b.

25

d.

50

 

 47. 

How many acres in a rectangular field 1/4 mile long by 1/4 mile wide?

a.

160

c.

40

b.

80

d.

20

 

 48. 

How many board feet in 1 piece of lumber which is 2”x4”x8”?

a.

5.3

c.

5.7

b.

4.7

d.

4.3

 

 49. 

If lumber cost $450/M how much does 1 board foot cost?

a.

$45.00

c.

$4.50

b.

$.45

d.

$450.00

 

 50. 

How much will 10 pieces of 2”x6”x10” cost if the cost is $650/M?

a.

$650.00

c.

$65.00

b.

$6.50

d.

$.65

 



 

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