NR 326 Final 2024 Questions and
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Correct- Chamberlain
A landowner purchased a large parcel of mixed trees species (aspen, pine, oak, and fir).
She calls you to help develop a forest management plan. When you ask her what her
objectives are, she replies that she would like an aesthetically-pleasing forest with
plenty of wildlife diversity. You then inquire what economic returns would be acceptable,
and her answer is some cash flow every 10-20 years. Given the forest type and her
objectives, what type of management would you initially recommend?
A) Uneven-age management
B) Both artificial and natural regeneration
C) Intermediate treatments
D) Even-age management - ANSWERA) Uneven-age management
A manager has a single, 40-acre block of habitat. If a manager keeps the total habitat
area the same (40 acres) but distributes the habitat across several patches, the linear
edge would...
A)...stays the same. 40 acres is 40 acres.
B) ...decrease.
C) ...cannot determine from the given information.
D) ...increase. - ANSWERD) ...increase.
A photosynthate allocation priority list indicates how a tree assigns growing resources.
Under normal growing conditions, which one of the following is the proper sequence?
A) Respiration, roots, height, diameter, reproduction
B)Respiration, reproduction, diameter, height, roots
C) Respiration, root, reproduction, height, diameter
D) Reproduction, roots, diameter, height, respiration - ANSWERA) Respiration, roots,
height, diameter, reproduction
A ponderosa pine forest is experiencing a recent outbreak of bark beetles. In order to
protect the majority of the stand, what should you do?
A) Implement a pre-salvage cutting
B) Implement a sanitation cutting
C) Implement a commercial thinning
D) Implement a salvage cutting - ANSWERB) Implement a sanitation cutting
, An inherent edge occurs between two or more patches that have either experienced a
disturbance or successional change in structure.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERB)False
As a Colorado wildlife biologist, you have been documenting the population trends of
the Clark's nutcracker. This bird is only found at high elevations in montane forests, and
current trends indicate the population is declining.
From the data you have collected over the past 20 years, the population sightings have
declined from an average of 50 per transect in 1996; to 25 per transect in 2006; to just 3
per transect in 2016. Your sampling techniques have remained consistent every year.
Based on this one dataset, your supervisor asks you for the reason of the decline. You
tell her:
A)Given this data, the reason for the declining population trend is unknown
B)Given this data, the reason for the declining population trend is probably related to
regional climate change
C)Given this data, the reason for the declining population trend is observation error or
bias
D)Given this data, the reason for the declining population - ANSWERA)Given this data,
the reason for the declining population trend is unknown
As a consulting forest manager, you are asked to write a prescription for a client. In
sequential order, what are the first three steps? - ANSWER1) Determine landowner
objectives
2) Inventory the stand
3) Diagnosis of current stand conditions
As researchers and managers, we can asses a species' selection of habitat by what
ways?
A) Resource patches and cover
B) Stand and species' movements
C) Food and cover
D) Home range and food - ANSWERB) Stand and species' movements
Can forest vegetation management influence fire regimes?
A) True
B) False - ANSWERA) True
Clearcut, seed tree, shelterwood, group selection, and individual tree selection are all
examples of what silvicultural technique?
A) Northern hardwood management
B) Even-aged management
C) Uneven-aged management
D) Regeneration methods
Verified Answers| Graded A| 100%
Correct- Chamberlain
A landowner purchased a large parcel of mixed trees species (aspen, pine, oak, and fir).
She calls you to help develop a forest management plan. When you ask her what her
objectives are, she replies that she would like an aesthetically-pleasing forest with
plenty of wildlife diversity. You then inquire what economic returns would be acceptable,
and her answer is some cash flow every 10-20 years. Given the forest type and her
objectives, what type of management would you initially recommend?
A) Uneven-age management
B) Both artificial and natural regeneration
C) Intermediate treatments
D) Even-age management - ANSWERA) Uneven-age management
A manager has a single, 40-acre block of habitat. If a manager keeps the total habitat
area the same (40 acres) but distributes the habitat across several patches, the linear
edge would...
A)...stays the same. 40 acres is 40 acres.
B) ...decrease.
C) ...cannot determine from the given information.
D) ...increase. - ANSWERD) ...increase.
A photosynthate allocation priority list indicates how a tree assigns growing resources.
Under normal growing conditions, which one of the following is the proper sequence?
A) Respiration, roots, height, diameter, reproduction
B)Respiration, reproduction, diameter, height, roots
C) Respiration, root, reproduction, height, diameter
D) Reproduction, roots, diameter, height, respiration - ANSWERA) Respiration, roots,
height, diameter, reproduction
A ponderosa pine forest is experiencing a recent outbreak of bark beetles. In order to
protect the majority of the stand, what should you do?
A) Implement a pre-salvage cutting
B) Implement a sanitation cutting
C) Implement a commercial thinning
D) Implement a salvage cutting - ANSWERB) Implement a sanitation cutting
, An inherent edge occurs between two or more patches that have either experienced a
disturbance or successional change in structure.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERB)False
As a Colorado wildlife biologist, you have been documenting the population trends of
the Clark's nutcracker. This bird is only found at high elevations in montane forests, and
current trends indicate the population is declining.
From the data you have collected over the past 20 years, the population sightings have
declined from an average of 50 per transect in 1996; to 25 per transect in 2006; to just 3
per transect in 2016. Your sampling techniques have remained consistent every year.
Based on this one dataset, your supervisor asks you for the reason of the decline. You
tell her:
A)Given this data, the reason for the declining population trend is unknown
B)Given this data, the reason for the declining population trend is probably related to
regional climate change
C)Given this data, the reason for the declining population trend is observation error or
bias
D)Given this data, the reason for the declining population - ANSWERA)Given this data,
the reason for the declining population trend is unknown
As a consulting forest manager, you are asked to write a prescription for a client. In
sequential order, what are the first three steps? - ANSWER1) Determine landowner
objectives
2) Inventory the stand
3) Diagnosis of current stand conditions
As researchers and managers, we can asses a species' selection of habitat by what
ways?
A) Resource patches and cover
B) Stand and species' movements
C) Food and cover
D) Home range and food - ANSWERB) Stand and species' movements
Can forest vegetation management influence fire regimes?
A) True
B) False - ANSWERA) True
Clearcut, seed tree, shelterwood, group selection, and individual tree selection are all
examples of what silvicultural technique?
A) Northern hardwood management
B) Even-aged management
C) Uneven-aged management
D) Regeneration methods
