NOCTI Forestry Exam with Complete
Solutions
Safety practices - ANS-Steps to take to remain safe while working in the forest
PPE - ANS-Personal Property Equipment
PPE Examples - ANS-Boots, eye protection, hearing protection, chaps
OSHA - ANS-Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Cross-ties - ANS-Cross members supporting railroad rail
Felling - ANS-Act of cutting the tree from the stump
Green chain - ANS-Parallel moving chains that carry boards to new locations in a
sawmill
Headsaws - ANS-Circular saws or band saw used to produce lumber
Limbing - ANS-Cutting of limb from trees
Loading - ANS-Moving logs onto a truck for processing
Logging - ANS-Process of harvesting trees
Poles - ANS-A young tree that granges from 4 to 10 inches in diameter
Intermediate cutting - ANS-Cutting used to improve the forest by removing some of the
trees to provide enough space for the remaining trees to grow; also called thinning
Prescribed burning - ANS-Burns intentionally/prescribed to help remove litter and
reduce chances of wildfires
Sanitation cutting - ANS-Harvest of trees that are infected with diseases or insects for
the purpose of preventing the problem from spreading to healthy trees
Selection thinning - ANS-Thinning based upon crown density; usually used in
plantations and considered a second thinning
, Thinning - ANS-Removing some of the trees from an over-crowded forest
Stand - ANS-A population of trees in a given location
IPM - ANS-Integrated pest management; use of biologic components to control pests
Fire fighting tools - ANS-Fire flap, fire rake, back pack sprayer
Basal area - ANS-Measurement of timber volume that may be determined for a single
tree or an entire forest
Chain - ANS-Unit of measurement of distance; equals 66 foot length of a surveyor's
chain
Cruising - ANS-Estimating the timber yield in a forest
Form class - ANS-It is defined as one of the intervals in which the range of form
quotients of trees is divided for classification and use. It also applies to the class of trees
which fall into such an interval, which can be grouped such as 0.5-0.55. 0.55-0.6
GIS - ANS-Geographical Information System; used in mapping
GPS - ANS-Global Positioning System; satellite based navigation system
Linear foot - ANS-Measurement equal to regular feet
Merchantable height - ANS-Length of usable tree for sale
Wedge prism - ANS-A shallow angle between its input and output surfaces. This angle
is usually 3 degrees or less.
Clinometer - ANS-Tool used to measure tree height
Biltmore Stick - ANS-Tool used to measure tree height
Logger's Tape - ANS-Tool used to measure chain length and tree diameter
Square feet in an acre - ANS-43560
Population density - ANS-The number of organisms per unit of volume or acre that can
comfortable survive
Ad valorem taxes - ANS-A tax whose amount is based on the value of a transaction or
of property
Solutions
Safety practices - ANS-Steps to take to remain safe while working in the forest
PPE - ANS-Personal Property Equipment
PPE Examples - ANS-Boots, eye protection, hearing protection, chaps
OSHA - ANS-Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Cross-ties - ANS-Cross members supporting railroad rail
Felling - ANS-Act of cutting the tree from the stump
Green chain - ANS-Parallel moving chains that carry boards to new locations in a
sawmill
Headsaws - ANS-Circular saws or band saw used to produce lumber
Limbing - ANS-Cutting of limb from trees
Loading - ANS-Moving logs onto a truck for processing
Logging - ANS-Process of harvesting trees
Poles - ANS-A young tree that granges from 4 to 10 inches in diameter
Intermediate cutting - ANS-Cutting used to improve the forest by removing some of the
trees to provide enough space for the remaining trees to grow; also called thinning
Prescribed burning - ANS-Burns intentionally/prescribed to help remove litter and
reduce chances of wildfires
Sanitation cutting - ANS-Harvest of trees that are infected with diseases or insects for
the purpose of preventing the problem from spreading to healthy trees
Selection thinning - ANS-Thinning based upon crown density; usually used in
plantations and considered a second thinning
, Thinning - ANS-Removing some of the trees from an over-crowded forest
Stand - ANS-A population of trees in a given location
IPM - ANS-Integrated pest management; use of biologic components to control pests
Fire fighting tools - ANS-Fire flap, fire rake, back pack sprayer
Basal area - ANS-Measurement of timber volume that may be determined for a single
tree or an entire forest
Chain - ANS-Unit of measurement of distance; equals 66 foot length of a surveyor's
chain
Cruising - ANS-Estimating the timber yield in a forest
Form class - ANS-It is defined as one of the intervals in which the range of form
quotients of trees is divided for classification and use. It also applies to the class of trees
which fall into such an interval, which can be grouped such as 0.5-0.55. 0.55-0.6
GIS - ANS-Geographical Information System; used in mapping
GPS - ANS-Global Positioning System; satellite based navigation system
Linear foot - ANS-Measurement equal to regular feet
Merchantable height - ANS-Length of usable tree for sale
Wedge prism - ANS-A shallow angle between its input and output surfaces. This angle
is usually 3 degrees or less.
Clinometer - ANS-Tool used to measure tree height
Biltmore Stick - ANS-Tool used to measure tree height
Logger's Tape - ANS-Tool used to measure chain length and tree diameter
Square feet in an acre - ANS-43560
Population density - ANS-The number of organisms per unit of volume or acre that can
comfortable survive
Ad valorem taxes - ANS-A tax whose amount is based on the value of a transaction or
of property
