ISA MUNICIPAL ARBORIST LATEST EXAMS TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Trees improve air quality by absorbing ___________ and intercepting _________. -
✔✔gaseous pollutants (contaminants); particulates
✔✔T/F. trees van be used as a mitigation tool for global warming because they remove
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester carbon in wood. - ✔✔true
✔✔T/F. Some trees produce compounds that contribute to air pollution, but overall they
reduce ozone levels because they remove more carbon monoxide than they produce. -
✔✔false. Tree remove more carbon than they produce.
✔✔to maximize energy benifits in warm climates areas, trees should be planted - ✔✔on
the east and west sides of buildings.
✔✔T/F planting a row along a busy road is effective method to reduce noise levels in
the adjacent park. - ✔✔False.
✔✔What is the 1st component of the planning phase - ✔✔What do we have?
Baseline data that describes recent past and present situations and project into the
future if the same course is followed.
, ✔✔Green space planning considers ______________________,
_____________________ and __________________ value of undeveloped parcels
during land-use planning - ✔✔Aesthetic, recreational, and ecological
✔✔Trees perform important environmental and social functions.
Trees add to the value of the property
The community demands tree preservation
Trees may be part of a larger resource conservation program. - ✔✔Reasons a
community may place a priority on tree preservation during land development?
✔✔Define urban forest sustainability - ✔✔The maintenance of ecological, social, and
economic functions and benefits over time.
✔✔Describe five management improvements needed to achieve urban forest
sustainability. - ✔✔1. improve tree inventory implementation, analysis, assessment, and
integration.
2. Improve dialogue an collaboration among agencies, tree owners, an managers.
3. Improve understanding of the relationship between forest configuration and benefits.
4. Improve knowledge of the factors affecting forest health.
5. Improved information transfer.
✔✔Describe the municipal arborists role in preparing urban forest plans? - ✔✔The
municipal arborists role varies, key functions may include:
1. Provide expertise in the condition and function of the urban forest.
2. Coordinating other professional and technical information.
3. Overseeing preparation of the document
4. Acting as a contract administrator
5. Gathering applicable resource information
6. Formulating goals and action items
7. Preparing or contributing to written documents.
✔✔What information should the municipal arborist provide to help facilitate development
of an urban forest master plan? - ✔✔1. Descriptions and evaluation of the urban forest;
2. Evaluation of infrastructure conflicts
3. Description of department structure
4. Budget
5. Funding sources
6. Operations, staffing
7. Description of interaction with municipal departments and related community groups.
✔✔What are agents of change? - ✔✔Factor that influence the dynamics of the
vegetation resources over time. They include environmental agents, such as air
pollution and pest, public agents such as ordinances and tree boards, and private
agents such as the news media and land developers.
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Trees improve air quality by absorbing ___________ and intercepting _________. -
✔✔gaseous pollutants (contaminants); particulates
✔✔T/F. trees van be used as a mitigation tool for global warming because they remove
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester carbon in wood. - ✔✔true
✔✔T/F. Some trees produce compounds that contribute to air pollution, but overall they
reduce ozone levels because they remove more carbon monoxide than they produce. -
✔✔false. Tree remove more carbon than they produce.
✔✔to maximize energy benifits in warm climates areas, trees should be planted - ✔✔on
the east and west sides of buildings.
✔✔T/F planting a row along a busy road is effective method to reduce noise levels in
the adjacent park. - ✔✔False.
✔✔What is the 1st component of the planning phase - ✔✔What do we have?
Baseline data that describes recent past and present situations and project into the
future if the same course is followed.
, ✔✔Green space planning considers ______________________,
_____________________ and __________________ value of undeveloped parcels
during land-use planning - ✔✔Aesthetic, recreational, and ecological
✔✔Trees perform important environmental and social functions.
Trees add to the value of the property
The community demands tree preservation
Trees may be part of a larger resource conservation program. - ✔✔Reasons a
community may place a priority on tree preservation during land development?
✔✔Define urban forest sustainability - ✔✔The maintenance of ecological, social, and
economic functions and benefits over time.
✔✔Describe five management improvements needed to achieve urban forest
sustainability. - ✔✔1. improve tree inventory implementation, analysis, assessment, and
integration.
2. Improve dialogue an collaboration among agencies, tree owners, an managers.
3. Improve understanding of the relationship between forest configuration and benefits.
4. Improve knowledge of the factors affecting forest health.
5. Improved information transfer.
✔✔Describe the municipal arborists role in preparing urban forest plans? - ✔✔The
municipal arborists role varies, key functions may include:
1. Provide expertise in the condition and function of the urban forest.
2. Coordinating other professional and technical information.
3. Overseeing preparation of the document
4. Acting as a contract administrator
5. Gathering applicable resource information
6. Formulating goals and action items
7. Preparing or contributing to written documents.
✔✔What information should the municipal arborist provide to help facilitate development
of an urban forest master plan? - ✔✔1. Descriptions and evaluation of the urban forest;
2. Evaluation of infrastructure conflicts
3. Description of department structure
4. Budget
5. Funding sources
6. Operations, staffing
7. Description of interaction with municipal departments and related community groups.
✔✔What are agents of change? - ✔✔Factor that influence the dynamics of the
vegetation resources over time. They include environmental agents, such as air
pollution and pest, public agents such as ordinances and tree boards, and private
agents such as the news media and land developers.
