Forestry Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Natural resources - CORRECT ANSWER - Products of natural ecosystems that we harvest
to sustain and support life.
Renewable natural resources - CORRECT ANSWER - Water, fish, forage, wildlife, &
forests
Overharvesting - CORRECT ANSWER - How can a natural resource become a non-
renewable resource?
Natural resource industries - CORRECT ANSWER - Mining, petroleum extraction,
fishing, hunting, and forestry.
Agriculture - CORRECT ANSWER - Industrial user of natural resources
Wildlife Management - CORRECT ANSWER - to apply scientific knowledge to
manipulate a population to reach a goal
Conservation - CORRECT ANSWER - wise use of resources
What is forest management? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. a catch-all term used to describe
any activities relating to humans working to extract resources from or alter the properties of
forests.
2. a term used to differentiate between preserved forests and those that are harvested.
what are the components of production forestry? - CORRECT ANSWER - felling,
extraction, harvest strategies
, type of felling - CORRECT ANSWER - manual, mechanized
timber extraction - CORRECT ANSWER - removing trees after felling
clearcutting - CORRECT ANSWER - take out all the trees
seed-tree method - CORRECT ANSWER - leave a few trees to seed new trees
shelterwood method - CORRECT ANSWER - leave patches of trees to seed new trees and
create "shelter" from wind disturbance
thinning/release cutting - CORRECT ANSWER - removing some trees to give the
remaining trees more "space" to grow
low thinning - CORRECT ANSWER - removing the shorter trees with "lower" crowns
crown thinning - CORRECT ANSWER - removing the alternate co-dominant crowns to
stimulate growth
selection thinning - CORRECT ANSWER - removing the trees with the dominant crowns
mechanical/row thinning - CORRECT ANSWER - removal of trees to facilitate
mechanical harvesting
salvage cutting - CORRECT ANSWER - harvesting dead or dying trees after a disturbance
before the wood rots
site preparation - CORRECT ANSWER - before planting methods to ensure rapid growth
and success of trees
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Natural resources - CORRECT ANSWER - Products of natural ecosystems that we harvest
to sustain and support life.
Renewable natural resources - CORRECT ANSWER - Water, fish, forage, wildlife, &
forests
Overharvesting - CORRECT ANSWER - How can a natural resource become a non-
renewable resource?
Natural resource industries - CORRECT ANSWER - Mining, petroleum extraction,
fishing, hunting, and forestry.
Agriculture - CORRECT ANSWER - Industrial user of natural resources
Wildlife Management - CORRECT ANSWER - to apply scientific knowledge to
manipulate a population to reach a goal
Conservation - CORRECT ANSWER - wise use of resources
What is forest management? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. a catch-all term used to describe
any activities relating to humans working to extract resources from or alter the properties of
forests.
2. a term used to differentiate between preserved forests and those that are harvested.
what are the components of production forestry? - CORRECT ANSWER - felling,
extraction, harvest strategies
, type of felling - CORRECT ANSWER - manual, mechanized
timber extraction - CORRECT ANSWER - removing trees after felling
clearcutting - CORRECT ANSWER - take out all the trees
seed-tree method - CORRECT ANSWER - leave a few trees to seed new trees
shelterwood method - CORRECT ANSWER - leave patches of trees to seed new trees and
create "shelter" from wind disturbance
thinning/release cutting - CORRECT ANSWER - removing some trees to give the
remaining trees more "space" to grow
low thinning - CORRECT ANSWER - removing the shorter trees with "lower" crowns
crown thinning - CORRECT ANSWER - removing the alternate co-dominant crowns to
stimulate growth
selection thinning - CORRECT ANSWER - removing the trees with the dominant crowns
mechanical/row thinning - CORRECT ANSWER - removal of trees to facilitate
mechanical harvesting
salvage cutting - CORRECT ANSWER - harvesting dead or dying trees after a disturbance
before the wood rots
site preparation - CORRECT ANSWER - before planting methods to ensure rapid growth
and success of trees
