2010 Forestry District Contests General Knowledge Test

Which of the following products come from trees?

• Ice cream• Paints• Cosmetics• Tooothpaste• All of the above

Which is not one of the primary pine species found in Florida?

• Sand Pine• Pinyon Pine• Loblolly Pine• Longleaf Pine• Slash Pine

Which pine is most resistant to fire?

• Slash Pine• Ponderosa Pine• Spruce Pine• Longleaf Pine• Loblolly Pine

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

Prescribed burns help to do what?

• Improve wildlife habitat• Build healthier forests• Improve air quality• Reduce fuel loads• Answers a, b, & C

Which of the following processes is not used during the harvest of a stand of pine trees?

• Transporting• Limbing• Sorting• Dibbling• Felling

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

When implementing Best Management Practices (BMP’s) you minimize impacts on:

• Soil quality• Roads• Air quality• Water quality• Answers a and d

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

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

The difference between true north and magnetic north is called?

• Magnetic deviation• Magnetic variation• Celestial navigation• Azimuth error• Magnetic declination

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

__ new trees are planted in Florida for every Floridian?

• 1• 3• 5• 10• 20

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

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

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

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

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

Each Section in the STR system is how big?

• 36 square miles• 10 square miles• 6 square miles• 2 square miles• 1 square miles

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

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

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

To be considered pure, a stand must have what percentage of the same tree species?

• 75%• 80%• 85%• 90%• 95%

Cellulose is used as a ____ in toothpaste?

• Thickener• Colorant• Flavor• Disinfectant• Thinner

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

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

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

What portion of Florida’s 35.7 Million acres is forested?

• One-Quarter• One-third• One-half• Two-thirds• Three-quarters

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

Prior to European settlement, which pine species dominated the forests of the south?

• Slash pine• Longleaf pine• Loblolly pine• Bald Cypress• Sand Pine

In the early 1900’s, which was Florida’s biggest industry?

• Citrus• Timber harvesting• Hunting• Naval stores• Cattle ranching

_____ is necessary to maintain Florida’s ecosystems?

• Fertilizer• Fire• Succession• Daily rainfall• Drainage

The process by which plant species change over time known as?

• Succession• Procession• Climax community• Pioneer species• Forest change

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

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

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

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

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

Today’s forests cannot be kept in their natural state by natural processes because

of?

• Wildlife• Fragmentation• Succession• Global Warming• Hurricanes

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

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

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

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

People spend billions of dollars each year to recreate in Florida’s forests and natural

areas

• True• False

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

• True• False

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

Which species of pine trees provides the most benefits to wildlife?

• Sand pine• Slash pine• Loblolly pine• Longleaf pine• Pond pine

How many chains are in a mile?

• 40• 66• 80• 360• 640

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

One cord of wood contains __ cubic feet of wood, air and bark.

• 66• 80• 90• 128• 240

How many square chains are in ten acres?

• 1• 10• 20• 50• 100