ISA CERTIFIED ARBORIST LATEST FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Taxonomy - ✔✔Classification of plants
✔✔Levels of Classification - ✔✔Kingdom > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Genus
> Species > Specific epithet
✔✔Angiosperm - ✔✔flowering plant
✔✔Gymnosperm - ✔✔Cone bearing plants and gingco
✔✔Cultivar - ✔✔Cultivated Variety for a tree/shrub
✔✔Monocot - ✔✔one seed leaf
✔✔Drill Hole Method - ✔✔aerates the soil 2-4 inches into ground around drip line and
uses granular fertilizer.
✔✔Surface Application - ✔✔applied fertilizer over surface using spreader
✔✔Apical Meristems - ✔✔located at the end of the shoot
, ✔✔Apical Dominance - ✔✔tendency for terminal buds to inhibit growth of lateral buds
✔✔CODIT - ✔✔Compartmentalization Of Decay In Trees or
4 Steps trees use to heal itself from decay
✔✔Photosynthesis - ✔✔process that a tree/plant uses to create food/energy
✔✔Leaves - ✔✔Food factories
✔✔Cambium - ✔✔layer of cells located between the phloem & xylem
✔✔Urea-formalehyde - ✔✔slow, soluble, synthetic fertilizer
✔✔Leaching - ✔✔washing out of chemicals through soil
✔✔Organic Fertilization - ✔✔organic materials that are carbon based that decompose
slowly
✔✔Susceptible/Pest Resistant - ✔✔cultivar selected to be adept from a disease or
problem
✔✔Chlorosis - ✔✔yellowing veins within the leaf from mineral loss
✔✔Fertilizer Analysis - ✔✔the % listed on the container for the fert.
✔✔Complete Fertilizer - ✔✔Nitro phosphorus & potassium listed (NPK)
✔✔Planting Specifications - ✔✔detailed plans & statements for landscape
✔✔Evergreen - ✔✔maintain leaves throughout the seasons
✔✔Mycorrhizae - ✔✔fungus roots
✔✔Macropores - ✔✔air filled soil
✔✔Rhizosphere - ✔✔soil zone immediately surrounding roots
✔✔Field Capacity - ✔✔soil after gravitational water has drained
✔✔Buffering Capacity - ✔✔ability to maintain pH
✔✔Gravitational Water - ✔✔water that drains from the macropores
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Taxonomy - ✔✔Classification of plants
✔✔Levels of Classification - ✔✔Kingdom > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Genus
> Species > Specific epithet
✔✔Angiosperm - ✔✔flowering plant
✔✔Gymnosperm - ✔✔Cone bearing plants and gingco
✔✔Cultivar - ✔✔Cultivated Variety for a tree/shrub
✔✔Monocot - ✔✔one seed leaf
✔✔Drill Hole Method - ✔✔aerates the soil 2-4 inches into ground around drip line and
uses granular fertilizer.
✔✔Surface Application - ✔✔applied fertilizer over surface using spreader
✔✔Apical Meristems - ✔✔located at the end of the shoot
, ✔✔Apical Dominance - ✔✔tendency for terminal buds to inhibit growth of lateral buds
✔✔CODIT - ✔✔Compartmentalization Of Decay In Trees or
4 Steps trees use to heal itself from decay
✔✔Photosynthesis - ✔✔process that a tree/plant uses to create food/energy
✔✔Leaves - ✔✔Food factories
✔✔Cambium - ✔✔layer of cells located between the phloem & xylem
✔✔Urea-formalehyde - ✔✔slow, soluble, synthetic fertilizer
✔✔Leaching - ✔✔washing out of chemicals through soil
✔✔Organic Fertilization - ✔✔organic materials that are carbon based that decompose
slowly
✔✔Susceptible/Pest Resistant - ✔✔cultivar selected to be adept from a disease or
problem
✔✔Chlorosis - ✔✔yellowing veins within the leaf from mineral loss
✔✔Fertilizer Analysis - ✔✔the % listed on the container for the fert.
✔✔Complete Fertilizer - ✔✔Nitro phosphorus & potassium listed (NPK)
✔✔Planting Specifications - ✔✔detailed plans & statements for landscape
✔✔Evergreen - ✔✔maintain leaves throughout the seasons
✔✔Mycorrhizae - ✔✔fungus roots
✔✔Macropores - ✔✔air filled soil
✔✔Rhizosphere - ✔✔soil zone immediately surrounding roots
✔✔Field Capacity - ✔✔soil after gravitational water has drained
✔✔Buffering Capacity - ✔✔ability to maintain pH
✔✔Gravitational Water - ✔✔water that drains from the macropores
