2010 Forestry District Contests General Knowledge Test

1. 2010 Forestry District Contests General Knowledge Test

2. Which of the following products come from trees? • Ice cream • Paints • Cosmetics • Tooothpaste • All of the above

3. Which is not one of the primary pine species found in Florida? • Sand Pine • Pinyon Pine • Loblolly Pine • Longleaf Pine • Slash Pine

4. Which pine is most resistant to fire? • Slash Pine • Ponderosa Pine • Spruce Pine • Longleaf Pine • Loblolly Pine

5. Scalping should be done at what time? • After trees have been planted for about one month • When trees are about 10 feet tall • When trees are about ready to be harvested • When getting ready to plant seedlings • None of the above

6. Prescribed burns help to do what? • Improve wildlife habitat • Build healthier forests • Improve air quality • Reduce fuel loads • Answers a, b, & C

7. Which of the following processes is not used during the harvest of a stand of pine trees? • Transporting • Limbing • Sorting • Dibbling • Felling

8. Each ______ the average American uses enough wood products to equal a tree 16 inches in diameter and 100 feet tall • Day • Week • Month • Year • Lifetime

9. When implementing Best Management Practices (BMP’s) you minimize impacts on: • Soil quality • Roads • Air quality • Water quality • Answers a and d

10. A Wedge Prism is used to? • Determine fuel loads in the forest • Drive a saw kerf to prevent binding a chainsaw • Estimate tree height • Measure basal data • Determine plot locations when cruising timber

11. One board foot is defined as? • A board that is one foot long • A section of lumber that measures 12 inches, by 6 inches, by 3 inches • 128 cubic inches of wood • A block of wood that measures 12 inches, by 12 inches, by 12 inches • 144 cubic inches of wood

12. The difference between true north and magnetic north is called? • Magnetic deviation • Magnetic variation • Celestial navigation • Azimuth error • Magnetic declination

13. A flank fire is a fire that _____? • Burns the coolest • Runs with the wind • Burns into the wind • Burns parallel to the wind • Burns the hottest

14. __ new trees are planted in Florida for every Floridian? • 1 • 3 • 5 • 10 • 20

15. What is high grading? • A method for improving the quality of timber stands • A lumber grading system that makes lumber grade out at a higher quality • A thinning system that preserves the best trees in the forest • A thinning system that takes the dominant and co-dominant trees • The best approach to harvesting timber

16. One of the ways Longleaf Pine benefits • Burning off it’s needles makes it grow faster • Killing the fungus that causes Fusiform Rust • Eliminating the alternate host Pitch Canker • Destroying the fungus that causes Brown Spot Needle Blight • Depositing nitrogen in the soil

17. What is an increment borer? • A boring tool that is used by the forest products industry in the production of utility poles • An insect that damages the xylem of a pine tree by incrementally boring into the wood • A tool used to bore into the soil during tree planting • The larval stage of a wood borer that drills holes into trees • A tool used to take a sample of wood from a living tree for the purpose of determining the trees age or growth rate

18. Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) is measured at what height from the ground? • 3.5 feet • 4.5 feet • 6 feet • Chest height, no matter how tall you are • None of the above

19. Florida was surveyed using the Section, Township and Range (STR) system. Under this system, how many Sections are in a township? • 6 • 25 • 36 • 43 • 640

20. Each Section in the STR system is how big? • 36 square miles • 10 square miles • 6 square miles • 2 square miles • 1 square miles

21. Silviculture is defined as? • The ability of the trees to last forever • The practice of relying on seed production to regenerate a forest • Sampling a forest • The science of producing and tending a forest • None of the above

22. What are Mycorrhizae? • Fine tree roots that absorb the bulk of nutrients and water • A fungus that causes tree roots to rot • Beneficial fungi that aid a root to absorb water and nutrients • A National Park in Australia • The resin inside a tree

23. When is the best time of year to plant trees? • All year long • June through August • December through February • March through May • September through November

24. To be considered pure, a stand must have what percentage of the same tree species? • 75% • 80% • 85% • 90% • 95%

25. Cellulose is used as a ____ in toothpaste? • Thickener • Colorant • Flavor • Disinfectant • Thinner

26. If wildlife management is a primary consideration in a planted pine stand, what is a good recommendation for initial tree planting spacing? • 6’ by 10’ • 5’ by 12’ • 4’ by 10’ • 10’ by 12’ • 861 trees per acre

27. Pond Cypress communities grow in pockets of low topography and usually form a group of trees in the shape of a____? • Cone • Dome • Depression • Triangle • Oval

28. Disturbing soil near a body of water could degrade the water quality by? • Sedimentation • Chemical Pollution • Nutrient Pollution • All of the above • A & B only

29. What portion of Florida’s 35.7 Million acres is forested? • One-Quarter • One-third • One-half • Two-thirds • Three-quarters

30. Forestry is… • The science of producing and tending a forest • The art and science of managing forests to produce products for the benefit of society • The science, art, and practice of managing and using trees, forests, and their associated resources for human benefit • The science of growing trees • A tree in the forest

31. Prior to European settlement, which pine species dominated the forests of the south? • Slash pine • Longleaf pine • Loblolly pine • Bald Cypress • Sand Pine

32. In the early 1900’s, which was Florida’s biggest industry? • Citrus • Timber harvesting • Hunting • Naval stores • Cattle ranching

33. _____ is necessary to maintain Florida’s ecosystems? • Fertilizer • Fire • Succession • Daily rainfall • Drainage

34. The process by which plant species change over time known as? • Succession • Procession • Climax community • Pioneer species • Forest change

35. What two types of wood make up the woody portion of a tree known as the xylem? • Phloem & Cambium • Heartwood & pulpwood • Deadwood & Sapwood • Sapwood & Heartwood • Bark & Deadwood

36. Managing a forest so that the amount of timber harvested each year does not exceed the amount grown is known as? • Economic modeling • Sustainable Forest Management • Poor planning • Silviculture • Ecological Forest Management

37. Young Longleaf pines stay close to the ground for an extended period of time in a phase known as? • The grass stage • The fire resistant stage • The seedling stage • The infant stage • The Longleaf stage

38. Prescribed burning between a timber harvest and tree planting has what benefit(s)? • Removes logging debris? • Controls Brown Spot Needle Blight • Reduces competing vegetation • All of the above • Only a & c

39. Choose the three classes of soil particles • Sand, dirt, and clay • Soil, dirt, and dust • Clay, silt, and sand • Sand, dust, and clay • Clay, loan, and silt

40. Today’s forests cannot be kept in their natural state by natural processes because of? • Wildlife • Fragmentation • Succession • Global Warming • Hurricanes

41. An even-aged stand could be best described as… • Having 90% of the trees from the same species • Having trees from all stages of life • Having all trees the same height and diameter • Having a mixture of trees that all started at the same time • Having an age that is divisible by two

42. What might be an indicator that a stand should be thinned? • A basal area greater than 120 sq. ft. per acre • Recent growth rings are narrower than previous growth rings • The live crown ration is less than 33% • All of the above • Only a & b

43. What is a skidder used for? • Sorting trees by size class • Dragging trees to a loading dock • Cutting trees into chips • Felling trees • Loading seedlings onto trucks

44. Pick the statement that best describes Special Management Zone (SMZ) • An area along a stream where no trees may be harvested • An area that limits silvicultural operations that might disturb water quality of a nearby water body • A “do not disturb” zone around a body of water designed to protect water quality • Any area of the forest that requires special attention • A forest area infested with invasive exotic species

45. People spend billions of dollars each year to recreate in Florida’s forests and natural areas • True • False

46. People spend billions of dollars each year to recreate in Florida’s forests and natural areas. • True • False

47. Prescribed fire is.. • A fire used to cultivate a forest • The application of fire, by trained individuals, used under specific conditions, to achieve measurable results. • A non-destructive forest fire used to reduce dangerous fuel level • Any fire in the woods that is not out of control • The best forest management tool available to foresters

48. Which species of pine trees provides the most benefits to wildlife? • Sand pine • Slash pine • Loblolly pine • Longleaf pine • Pond pine

49. How many chains are in a mile? • 40 • 66 • 80 • 360 • 640

50. What height measurement might you use while cruising timber? • Total height • The height to a 4 inch top • The height to an 8 inch top • Any of the above could be used • Doesn’t really matter, as long as you are consistent