ISA Arborist Test: Chapter 2 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Alternate - CORRECT ANSWER - pertaining to bud or leaf arrangement, one leaf or bud
at each node, situated in alternating positions along the stem. In this arrangement, the leaves are
not directly across from one another.
Angiosperm - CORRECT ANSWER - plant with seeds born in an ovary. Consists of two
large groups: monocotyledons (grasses, palms) and dicotyledons (woody trees, shrubs,
herbaceous plants)
Class - CORRECT ANSWER - Taxonomic group below the division level, but above the
order level.
Compound Leaf - CORRECT ANSWER - Leaf with two or more leaflets.
Conifer - CORRECT ANSWER - Cone-bearing tree or other plant that has seeds in its
structure called a cone.
Cultivar - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultivated Variety of a plant. Cannot be reproduced
without human assistance. Usually propagated asexually.
Deciduous - CORRECT ANSWER - Tree or other plant that sheds all of its leaves to a
genetically scheduled cycle as impacted by climate factors
Dicotyledon - CORRECT ANSWER - Plant with two cotyledons in its embryos; netted or
palmate leaf veins; and flowers with three, four or five petals or petals in multiples of these
numbers.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Alternate - CORRECT ANSWER - pertaining to bud or leaf arrangement, one leaf or bud
at each node, situated in alternating positions along the stem. In this arrangement, the leaves are
not directly across from one another.
Angiosperm - CORRECT ANSWER - plant with seeds born in an ovary. Consists of two
large groups: monocotyledons (grasses, palms) and dicotyledons (woody trees, shrubs,
herbaceous plants)
Class - CORRECT ANSWER - Taxonomic group below the division level, but above the
order level.
Compound Leaf - CORRECT ANSWER - Leaf with two or more leaflets.
Conifer - CORRECT ANSWER - Cone-bearing tree or other plant that has seeds in its
structure called a cone.
Cultivar - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultivated Variety of a plant. Cannot be reproduced
without human assistance. Usually propagated asexually.
Deciduous - CORRECT ANSWER - Tree or other plant that sheds all of its leaves to a
genetically scheduled cycle as impacted by climate factors
Dicotyledon - CORRECT ANSWER - Plant with two cotyledons in its embryos; netted or
palmate leaf veins; and flowers with three, four or five petals or petals in multiples of these
numbers.
