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Sheridan FFA Forestry Practice Test #7



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

A spray marker is a tool used to mark trees to be harvested or otherwise removed.
 

 2. 

The cant hook is used to lift logs.
 

 3. 

The hollow spouts driven into the holes for collecting maple sap are called spiles.
 

 4. 

If the wood being cut by a chain saw binds-it may cause a ‘kickback’.
 

 5. 

A wedge prism is used for felling trees.
 

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

 6. 

Another name for the hand planting bar ________.
a.
Wedge Prism
b.
Plunger
c.
Dibble
d.
Increment Borer
 

 7. 

Sighting vanes are pert of the _______.
a.
Hand Compass
c.
Wedge Prism
b.
Staff Compass
d.
Aerial Photograph
 

 8. 

The letters DBH stand for the words ________.
a.
Diameter Breast High
c.
Down(Fell)-Buck-Haul
b.
Divide Boards Horizontally
d.
A Chemical Used To Kill Bark Beetles
 

 9. 

DBH can be measured by all of the following tools except ________.
a.
a Diameter Tape
c.
a Meritt Hypsometer
b.
a Biltmore Stick
d.
Calipers
 

 10. 

Which of the following tools will not measure the height of a tree?
a.
Meritt Hypsometer
c.
Clinometer
b.
Abney Level
d.
Log Scale Stick
 

 11. 

Which tool is commonly used for timber cruising?
a.
Wedge Prism
b.
Increment Borer
c.
Cant Hook
d.
Chain Saw
 

 12. 

The haga altimeter will measure ________.
a.
Tree Height
b.
DBH
c.
Basal Area
d.
Board Feet
 

 13. 

The tool used to measure land area is the ________.
a.
Chaining Tape
b.
Diameter Tape
c.
Calipers
d.
Clinometer
 

 14. 

Which tool is not found on a cruiser stick?
a.
Biltmore Stick
c.
Log Scale Stick
b.
Meritt Hypsometer
d.
Cruiser Tape
 

 15. 

An excellent tool for pruning branches less than 1 inch in diameter is the _______.
a.
Increment Borer
b.
Lopping Shears
c.
Pruning Shears
d.
Bow Saw
 

 16. 

Most cruiser sticks use a ______ inch distance from the user’s eye to the tool to get accurate readings.
a.
15
b.
18
c.
22
d.
25
 

 17. 

A tool used to help read aerial photos is the _______.
a.
Haga Altimeter
b.
Clinometer
c.
Stereoscope
d.
Abney Level
 

 18. 

A hand compass with numbers graduated up to 360 clockwise is called _______.
a.
Quadrant
b.
Azimuth
c.
Declination
 

 19. 

The clinometer is used to measure ________.
a.
Tree Height
b.
DBH
c.
Board Feet
 

 20. 

Which tool would be least effective when pruning limbs from 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter?
a.
Pruning Saw
b.
Lopping Shears
c.
Bow Saw
d.
Pruning Shears
 



 
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