ISA Arborist Study Guide Sample test questions with answers.

ISA Arborist Study Guide Sample test
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When cutting through a tree with a chain saw or drilling
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into a tree, you would pass through (in order) - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Bark, phloem, cambium, xylem |\ |\ |\ |\




If the terminal bud is removed in pruning: - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Growth may be stimulated in lateral buds
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Visible because of the rapid growth rate of earlywood
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relative to latewood, can be counted on to approximate
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trees age, can give information about growth conditions
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in previous years. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The growth
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rings of a tree:|\ |\ |\




layer of cells is responsible for outward growth and
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increased girth of tree. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Cambium


A symbiotic relationship between fungi and roots. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Mycorrhizae are: |\ |\ |\

, They are not in the same genus. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) differs from |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



balsam fir (Abies balsamea) in that:
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When two leaves and/or buds are located at the same
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node on a twig. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Opposite leaf
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arrangement is: |\




Scientific name of Red Oak. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Quercus rubra |\




This genus of tree usually does not have an opposite leaf
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arrangement. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Quercus (Oak) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




These conifers have needles in bundles. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Pines |\




The primary factor in controlling the depth, spread, and
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distribution of tree roots in the soil is/are: - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Available oxygen and water |\ |\ |\ |\




Are in the upper 6 inches of soil. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔The most fibrous and absorptive portion of a tree's
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root system is found in?
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