Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| 1. | ________ is a wood highly prized for its 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. |
| 41. | There are ________ feet in a rod. |
| 42. | There are ________ feet in a chain. |
| 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? |
| 47. | How many acres in a rectangular field 1/4 mile long by 1/4 mile wide? |
| 48. | How many board feet in 1 piece of lumber which is 2x4x8? 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 2x6x10 cost if the cost is $650/M? a. | $650.00 | c. | $65.00 | b. | $6.50 | d. | $.65 | | | | | |