MAJOR FORESTRY TEST QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Which of the following products come from trees?
A) Ice Cream
B) Paints
C) Cosmetics
D) Toothpaste
E) All of the above - ANSWERE) All of the above
Which is not one of the primary pine species found in Florida?
A) Sand Pin
B) Pinyon Pine
C) Loblolly Pine
D) Longleaf Pine
E) Slash Pine - ANSWERB) Pinyon Pine
Which pine is most resistant to fire?
A) Slash Pine
B) Ponderosa Pine
C) Spruce Pine
D) Longleaf Pine
E) Loblolly Pine - ANSWERD) Longleaf Pine
Scalping should be done at what time?
A) After trees have been planted for about one month
B) When trees are about 10 feet tall
C) When trees are about ready to be harvested
D) When getting ready to plant seedlings
E) None of the above - ANSWERD) When getting ready to plant seedlings
Prescribed burns help to do what?
A) Improve wildlife habitat
B) Build healthier forests
C) Improve Air Quality
D) Reduce Fuel Loads
E) Answer A, B, and D - ANSWERE) Answer A, B, and D
Which of the following processes I snot used during the harvest of a stand of pine
trees?
A) Transporting
B) Limbing
C) Sorting
D) Dibbling
E) Felling - ANSWERD) Dibbling
, Each ____ the average American uses enough wood products to equal a tree 16
inches in diameter and 100 feet tall.
A) Day
B) Week
C) Month
D) Year
E) Lifetime - ANSWERD) Year
When implementing Best Management Practices (BMP'S) you minimize impacts on:
A) Soil Quality
B) Roads
C) Air Quality
D) Water Quality
E) Answers A & D - ANSWERE) Answers A & D
A Wedge Prism is used to?
A) Determine fuel loads in the forest
B) Drive a saw kerf to prevent binding a chainsaw
C) Estimate tree height
D) Measure basal area
E) Determine plot locations when cruising timber - ANSWERD) Measure basal area
One board foot is defined as?
A) Aboard that is one foot long
B) A section of lumber that measures 12 inches, by 6 inches, by 3 inches
C) 128 cubic inches of wood
D) A block of wood that measures 12 inches, by 12 inches, by 12 inches
E) 144 cubic inches of wood - ANSWERE) 144 cubic inches of wood
The difference between true north and magnetic north is called?
A) Magnetic Deviation
B) Magnetic Variation
C) Celestial Navigation
D) Azimuth error
E) Magnetic Declination - ANSWERE) Magnetic Declination
A flank fire is a fire that___?
A) Burns the coolest
B) Runs with the wind
C) Burns into the wind
D) Burns parallel to the wind
E) Burns the hottest - ANSWERD) Burns parallel to the wind
____ new trees are planted in Florida for every tree harvested.
A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 10
E) 20 - ANSWERD) 10
& ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Which of the following products come from trees?
A) Ice Cream
B) Paints
C) Cosmetics
D) Toothpaste
E) All of the above - ANSWERE) All of the above
Which is not one of the primary pine species found in Florida?
A) Sand Pin
B) Pinyon Pine
C) Loblolly Pine
D) Longleaf Pine
E) Slash Pine - ANSWERB) Pinyon Pine
Which pine is most resistant to fire?
A) Slash Pine
B) Ponderosa Pine
C) Spruce Pine
D) Longleaf Pine
E) Loblolly Pine - ANSWERD) Longleaf Pine
Scalping should be done at what time?
A) After trees have been planted for about one month
B) When trees are about 10 feet tall
C) When trees are about ready to be harvested
D) When getting ready to plant seedlings
E) None of the above - ANSWERD) When getting ready to plant seedlings
Prescribed burns help to do what?
A) Improve wildlife habitat
B) Build healthier forests
C) Improve Air Quality
D) Reduce Fuel Loads
E) Answer A, B, and D - ANSWERE) Answer A, B, and D
Which of the following processes I snot used during the harvest of a stand of pine
trees?
A) Transporting
B) Limbing
C) Sorting
D) Dibbling
E) Felling - ANSWERD) Dibbling
, Each ____ the average American uses enough wood products to equal a tree 16
inches in diameter and 100 feet tall.
A) Day
B) Week
C) Month
D) Year
E) Lifetime - ANSWERD) Year
When implementing Best Management Practices (BMP'S) you minimize impacts on:
A) Soil Quality
B) Roads
C) Air Quality
D) Water Quality
E) Answers A & D - ANSWERE) Answers A & D
A Wedge Prism is used to?
A) Determine fuel loads in the forest
B) Drive a saw kerf to prevent binding a chainsaw
C) Estimate tree height
D) Measure basal area
E) Determine plot locations when cruising timber - ANSWERD) Measure basal area
One board foot is defined as?
A) Aboard that is one foot long
B) A section of lumber that measures 12 inches, by 6 inches, by 3 inches
C) 128 cubic inches of wood
D) A block of wood that measures 12 inches, by 12 inches, by 12 inches
E) 144 cubic inches of wood - ANSWERE) 144 cubic inches of wood
The difference between true north and magnetic north is called?
A) Magnetic Deviation
B) Magnetic Variation
C) Celestial Navigation
D) Azimuth error
E) Magnetic Declination - ANSWERE) Magnetic Declination
A flank fire is a fire that___?
A) Burns the coolest
B) Runs with the wind
C) Burns into the wind
D) Burns parallel to the wind
E) Burns the hottest - ANSWERD) Burns parallel to the wind
____ new trees are planted in Florida for every tree harvested.
A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 10
E) 20 - ANSWERD) 10
