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. |
| 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. | 12x 12x 12 | b. | 12x 12x 1 | c. | 132 cu. in. | d. | 12x 12x 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 trees 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. |
| 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 | | | | | | | | | |