Measurement of Forest Resources UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Metes and Bounds - CORRECT ANSWER - A land survey systems that uses natural
physical features in the landscape as starting points for land measurements
Rectangular Survey - CORRECT ANSWER - A land survey system that uses an initial
point as the beginning point for each survey and that establishes east-west baselines north- south
meridians, and intermediate survey lines
Initial Point - CORRECT ANSWER - A permanent physical feature that is prominent in
the landscape that serves as a beginning point for a rectangular land survey
Baseline - CORRECT ANSWER - A survey line that runs east and west
Principal Meridian - CORRECT ANSWER - A survey line that runs north and south
Standard Parallel - CORRECT ANSWER - A survey line that is established running east
and west for each interval of 24 miles on either side of the baseline
Guide Meridian - CORRECT ANSWER - A survey line that is established running north
and south for each interval of slightly less than 24 miles (corrected for the curvature of the earth)
on either side of the principal meridian
Township - CORRECT ANSWER - A tract of land measuring approximately 6 miles on
each side
Range - CORRECT ANSWER - the east and west location of a township from a principal
meridian
, Sections - CORRECT ANSWER - A tract of land approximately 1 mile square with a
surface area of 640 acres
Quarter Section - CORRECT ANSWER - A tract of land measuring approximately 160
acres; one- fourth of a section
Forty - CORRECT ANSWER - A tract of land measuring approximately 40 acres
Acre - CORRECT ANSWER - A tract of land equal to 43,560 square feet
Hectare - CORRECT ANSWER - A metric measurement for land area that is equal to
10,000 square meters or 100 ares; equivalent to 2.471 acres
Are - CORRECT ANSWER - A metric measurement of land area; a land area equal to 100
square meters
Forest Type Map - CORRECT ANSWER - Prepared from aerial photographs of the forest
with aid of an instrument called a stereoscope, a map of the locations of different types of tree
Stereoscope - CORRECT ANSWER - A mapping instrument that is used in simultaneously
view two aerial photographs of the same area from slightly different angles creating an image in
three dimension
Planimeter - CORRECT ANSWER - An instrument that accurately measures that land area
of a map of known scale by tracing the perimeter boundary
Dot-grid - CORRECT ANSWER - A technique for determining the land area on a map by
counting number of dots that fall within the boundary lines
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Metes and Bounds - CORRECT ANSWER - A land survey systems that uses natural
physical features in the landscape as starting points for land measurements
Rectangular Survey - CORRECT ANSWER - A land survey system that uses an initial
point as the beginning point for each survey and that establishes east-west baselines north- south
meridians, and intermediate survey lines
Initial Point - CORRECT ANSWER - A permanent physical feature that is prominent in
the landscape that serves as a beginning point for a rectangular land survey
Baseline - CORRECT ANSWER - A survey line that runs east and west
Principal Meridian - CORRECT ANSWER - A survey line that runs north and south
Standard Parallel - CORRECT ANSWER - A survey line that is established running east
and west for each interval of 24 miles on either side of the baseline
Guide Meridian - CORRECT ANSWER - A survey line that is established running north
and south for each interval of slightly less than 24 miles (corrected for the curvature of the earth)
on either side of the principal meridian
Township - CORRECT ANSWER - A tract of land measuring approximately 6 miles on
each side
Range - CORRECT ANSWER - the east and west location of a township from a principal
meridian
, Sections - CORRECT ANSWER - A tract of land approximately 1 mile square with a
surface area of 640 acres
Quarter Section - CORRECT ANSWER - A tract of land measuring approximately 160
acres; one- fourth of a section
Forty - CORRECT ANSWER - A tract of land measuring approximately 40 acres
Acre - CORRECT ANSWER - A tract of land equal to 43,560 square feet
Hectare - CORRECT ANSWER - A metric measurement for land area that is equal to
10,000 square meters or 100 ares; equivalent to 2.471 acres
Are - CORRECT ANSWER - A metric measurement of land area; a land area equal to 100
square meters
Forest Type Map - CORRECT ANSWER - Prepared from aerial photographs of the forest
with aid of an instrument called a stereoscope, a map of the locations of different types of tree
Stereoscope - CORRECT ANSWER - A mapping instrument that is used in simultaneously
view two aerial photographs of the same area from slightly different angles creating an image in
three dimension
Planimeter - CORRECT ANSWER - An instrument that accurately measures that land area
of a map of known scale by tracing the perimeter boundary
Dot-grid - CORRECT ANSWER - A technique for determining the land area on a map by
counting number of dots that fall within the boundary lines
