NOCTI Forestry Exam Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Safety practices - Answer✔️✔️-Steps to take to remain safe while working in
the forest
PPE - Answer✔️✔️-Personal Property Equipment
PPE Examples - Answer✔️✔️-Boots, eye protection, hearing protection,
chaps
OSHA - Answer✔️✔️-Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Cross-ties - Answer✔️✔️-Cross members supporting railroad rail
Felling - Answer✔️✔️-Act of cutting the tree from the stump
Green chain - Answer✔️✔️-Parallel moving chains that carry boards to new
locations in a sawmill
Headsaws - Answer✔️✔️-Circular saws or band saw used to produce
lumber
Limbing - Answer✔️✔️-Cutting of limb from trees
Loading - Answer✔️✔️-Moving logs onto a truck for processing
Logging - Answer✔️✔️-Process of harvesting trees
Poles - Answer✔️✔️-A young tree that granges from 4 to 10 inches in
diameter
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Sawtimber - Answer✔️✔️-A live tree of commercial species at least 9.0
inches d.b.h. for softwoods or 11.0 inches for hardwoods, containing at
least one 12-foot sawlog or two noncontiguous 8-foot sawlogs, and meeting
regional specifications for freedom from defect.
Skidding - Answer✔️✔️-Dragging logs from the harvest site to the landing
Board foot - Answer✔️✔️-Unit of measurement for lumber equal to a piece
of wood 1 foot long, 12 inches wide, and 1 inch thick
Cord - Answer✔️✔️-Unit of measurement of dry volume used to measure
firewood; 4ft x 8ft x 4ft
DBH - Answer✔️✔️-Diameter at breast height; 4 1/2 feet from ground
Grain - Answer✔️✔️-Texture seen in cut piece of wood: direction in which
tree grows
Hardwood - Answer✔️✔️-Wood from a broad-leaved tree
Softwood - Answer✔️✔️-Wood from a conifer or needle-bearing tree
Kerf - Answer✔️✔️-Width of the cut made by a saw blade
Log scale - Answer✔️✔️-Used to determine board feet in a log
Lumber - Answer✔️✔️-Timber sawed into standard dimensions, such as
boards, planks, beams
Ripping - Answer✔️✔️-Cutting against the grain
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