ISA MUNICIPAL ARBORIST 2026 EXAM TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔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.
✔✔What are work plans designed to accomplish? - ✔✔Work plans identify what work
will be performed over a 1-2 year period, when, by whom, to what standards and safety
requirements, and what the costs will be.
✔✔In the planning process, the method to evaluate effectiveness, incorporate changes
in a community values, and respond to new information is called
______________________. - ✔✔feedback
✔✔The municipal arborists role in meeting criteria for urban forest sustainability
includes which of the following?
a. Providing expertise and action in selecting, installing, and maintaining new trees, and
preserving and maintaining existing trees.
b. Providing expertise and outreach to the community and green industries.
, c. adopting an adhering to professional standards for tree care.
d. recycling and reusing wood waste products
e. a, b, and c
f. a, b, c and d - ✔✔F
✔✔T/F
To sustain an urban forest, it is important to preserve and protect all trees within the
urban forest until they die? - ✔✔False. The goal of urban forest sustainability is to
maximize function and benefit of time. Trees that are growing poorly, pose
unreasonable risk, and whose cost exceed benefits are not supporting sustainability.
✔✔In developing an urban forest master plan for a community, the vegetation that
should be considered includes:
a. street trees an parks
b. residential gardens
c. green belts
d. ecological preserves
e. a and c
f. a, b, c and d - ✔✔f. a, b, c and d
✔✔T/F
Defining the percentage of canopy cover as well as policies for risk management versus
tree removal and encouraging public participation are examples of overall or
comprehensive goals that could be defined in the urban forest management plan. -
✔✔True
✔✔A plan focusing on the trees along city streets and within the public right of way that
are managed by the public agency is called a __________________. - ✔✔Street Tree
master plan
✔✔The people and groups who derive benefits from the urban forest and have an
interest in its management are called _______________________. - ✔✔stakeholders
✔✔A work plan addresses what time frame.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔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.
✔✔What are work plans designed to accomplish? - ✔✔Work plans identify what work
will be performed over a 1-2 year period, when, by whom, to what standards and safety
requirements, and what the costs will be.
✔✔In the planning process, the method to evaluate effectiveness, incorporate changes
in a community values, and respond to new information is called
______________________. - ✔✔feedback
✔✔The municipal arborists role in meeting criteria for urban forest sustainability
includes which of the following?
a. Providing expertise and action in selecting, installing, and maintaining new trees, and
preserving and maintaining existing trees.
b. Providing expertise and outreach to the community and green industries.
, c. adopting an adhering to professional standards for tree care.
d. recycling and reusing wood waste products
e. a, b, and c
f. a, b, c and d - ✔✔F
✔✔T/F
To sustain an urban forest, it is important to preserve and protect all trees within the
urban forest until they die? - ✔✔False. The goal of urban forest sustainability is to
maximize function and benefit of time. Trees that are growing poorly, pose
unreasonable risk, and whose cost exceed benefits are not supporting sustainability.
✔✔In developing an urban forest master plan for a community, the vegetation that
should be considered includes:
a. street trees an parks
b. residential gardens
c. green belts
d. ecological preserves
e. a and c
f. a, b, c and d - ✔✔f. a, b, c and d
✔✔T/F
Defining the percentage of canopy cover as well as policies for risk management versus
tree removal and encouraging public participation are examples of overall or
comprehensive goals that could be defined in the urban forest management plan. -
✔✔True
✔✔A plan focusing on the trees along city streets and within the public right of way that
are managed by the public agency is called a __________________. - ✔✔Street Tree
master plan
✔✔The people and groups who derive benefits from the urban forest and have an
interest in its management are called _______________________. - ✔✔stakeholders
✔✔A work plan addresses what time frame.
