FORESTRY Written Test Sample

TRUE OR FALSE

1. Standing dead trees should be removed from this stand because they compete for growing space with surrounding trees.

2. New Jersey is 45% forested.

3. Soil characteristics are of no importance to forest management – all trees grow equally well on all types of soil.

4. The identification and classification of trees is known as dendrology.

5. As a mature trees ages, it uses more carbon dioxide and produces more oxygen.

6. When pruning a tree, the branch collar should be removed to allow the tree to heal properly.

7. City trees have shorter average life spans than forest trees.

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8. What is the scientific name of New Jersey’s state tree?

9. Name the tree that can have three different shaped leaves and many people make tea from its bark and roots.

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10. A major reason that exotic forest insect pests often become a serious problem in our forests is:
a. More favorable weather conditions
b. Resistance to pesticides
c. Resistance to herbicides
d. Lack of natural predators

11. The tissue directly below the bark responsible for cell division and growth is:
a. Cambium
b. Phloem
c. Inner bark
d. Xylem.

12. In crop tree management planning, as with any forest management planning, the first step in the management process is to:
a. Identify the landowner’s property goals.
b. Determine which trees to cut
c. Inventory the property establish stand-specific objectives
d. Girdle all undesirable trees

13. 62% of the forest land in New Jersey is owned by:
a. The Federal Government
b. Forest industry companies
c. Private non-industrial landowners
d. The State Government

14. The loss of moisture from tree leaves is:
a. Evaporation
b. Respiration
c. Photosynthesis
d. Transpiration

15. The gradual lessening of diameter in a stem of a tree or a log from the base to the top is called:
a. Kerf
b. Defect
c. Taper
d. Cooperage

16. The tissue in the stem/twig center is the:
a. Pith
b. Heartwood
c. Sapwood (xylem)
d. Inner bark (phloem)
e. Cambium

17. Trees that need full sunlight to grow best are said to be:
a. Tolerant
b. Intolerant
c. Epicormic
d. Suppressed
e. Resistant

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18. The sequence of plant communities that replace one another in a given area culminating in a climax community is called:
a. Regeneration
b. Evolution
c. Succession
d. Reforestation.

19. Understory tree species are generally more tolerant to this than tree species found in the canopy:
a. Shade
b. Sunlight
c. Drought
d. Insect attack

20. Streamside forests or riparian buffers are valuable along waterways because they:
a. Moderate stream temperature
b. Provide food in the form of leaves for aquatic animals
c. Trap sediments and excess nutrients from adjacent land
d. All of the above

21. Which of the following factors can influence regeneration?
a. Harvesting method
b. Over-browsing by animals
c. Fire
d. Soil type
e. All of the above

22. These trees are overtopped members of the forest community having almost no free overhead light. They are slow growing
a. Codominant trees
b. Suppressed trees
c. Wolf trees
d. Intermediate trees

23. The study and interpretation of annual growth rings of trees and their use in dating past variations in climate and in archaeological investigations is:
a. silviculture
b. dendrocronology
c. remote sensing
d. forest meteorology

24. Entire, serrated and lobed are examples of:
a. leaf margins
b. leaf bases
c. leaf venation
d. leaf shape

25. Conifers belong to which group:
a. angiosperms
b. gymnosperms

26. A tree with compound leaves is:
a. red maple
b. shagbark hickory
c. black gum
d. red oak
e. yellow-poplar

27. When leaves are paired at the same height, one on each side of the twig, they are:
a. opposite
b. whorled
c. alternate
d. compound

28. Which of the following are hazards to look for when evaluating the health of a tree?
a. Root rots
b. Tight Crotches and cracks
c. Trunk cracks
d. All of the above

29. Once a tree has become weakened, it is often attacked by secondary agents. Which of the following is a secondary agent?
a. Drought
b. Fire
c. Insects
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

30. When removing living or dying branches from a tree, it is important to:
a. Paint all cuts
b. Not leave stubs
c. Remove the branch collar
d. All of the above
e. A and B only

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