Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The diameter of a tree is
measured____feet above the ground.
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Aerial photographs can be used
to measure all except__.
a. | tree
height | c. | timber stand
density | b. | number of trees | d. | stem diameter |
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An auger-like instrument with a
hollow bit used to extract cores from trees for study of growth and age is called
a/an______.
a. | hypsometer | b. | Doyle rule | c. | increment borer | d. | planimeter |
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All measurements on original
survey were done with a/an__.
a. | gunter’s
chain | b. | grandy
wheel | c. | loggers
chain | d. | abney
level |
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A timber cruise team generally
consists of two persons.___and___.
a. | mapping man & timber
cruiser | c. | compassman &
mapping man | b. | compassman & timber cruiser | d. | Stenographer & timber
cruiser |
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A third person is sometimes
used on a timber cruise team. That job is to ___.
a. | pace | c. | map and record growth
rates | b. | drag the chain | d. | cut brush |
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All the following may be used
to determine tree height except___.
a. | increment
border | c. | abney
level | b. | clinometer | d. | Meritt Hypsometer |
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A cant hook is used
to____.
a. | skid
logs | b. | toll
logs | c. | measure logs
| d. | pace |
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The oldest recognized method
for measuring horizontal distances is___.
a. | cruising | b. | browsing | c. | pacing | d. | chaining |
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The use of forest measuring
tools on a timber cruise requires___.
a. | skill | c. | coordinated effort | b. | accuracy | d. | skills,accuracy and coordinated
effort |
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To calculate the
“merchantable volume” or saleable amount of wood from a tree, the forester must measure
the____ and_____.
a. | length and
width | c. | circumference and
width | b. | height and diameter | d. | height and circumference |
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A small sled used for skidding
logs with a tractor is called a ____.
a. | Go-Devil | b. | Bob sled | c. | skidding pan | d. | cutter |
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A practical tree planting tool
for small jobs is a____.
a. | dribble | b. | spud | c. | spade | d. | auger |
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A machine used to speed harvest
of trees is a ___.
a. | feller-buncher | b. | hydraulic loader | c. | chain saw | d. | Feller-Buncher, Hydraulic loader, and chain
saw |
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Which of the following tools
will be effective in pruning limbs up to only one inch in diameter.
a. | pruning
saw | b. | pruning
shear | c. | bow saw | d. | lopping
shears |
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Removing live or dead limbs
from a standing tree is called___.
a. | felling | b. | bucking | c. | limbing | d. | pruning |
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When removing a large limb on a
standing tree with a saw the first cut should be made on the___.
a. | bottom of the
limb | b. | side of the limb | c. | top of the limb | d. | top of the limb and cut completely
through |
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The diameter of a tree is
measured in inches at a point___feet above the ground.
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The reading found with a
hypsometer is the number of___.
a. | boardfeet in the
tree | c. | 16 foot
logs | b. | 10 foot logs | d. | cubic feet in the tree |
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20.
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A haga altimeter is used to
measure the____.
a. | DBH | b. | boardfeet | c. | tree height | d. | forest density |
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