1998 Forest Resource Management Flashcards
What is that market situation wherein there in one seller and one specific product?
a. Oligopoly
b. Pure monopoly
c. Monopoly
d. Pure competition
b. Pure monopoly
In making a topographic survey if the bearing of the base line is 60W, what is the bearing of the strip?
a. S 30E
b. D-W
c. S 60 E
d. N 30E
d. N 30E
Which of the following factors does not determine the selection of method of minor transportation (log assemblage or skidding)?
a. Topography
b. Distance to the sawmill
c. Silvicultural consideration or forest management policies
d. Size and character of timber
b. Distance to the sawmill
What is the ratio of the total stem volume to the volume of the cylinder with diameter equal to total height of the tree?
a. Cylindrical form factor
b. Taper
c. Ingrowth
d. Increment
a. Cylindrical form factor
_____ are adjacent photographs which can be viewed in the third dimension.
a. Stereoscopic pair
b. Film
c. Sidelap
d. Three-dimension photos
a. Stereoscopic pair
In aerial photogrammetry, it refers to the height of the optical center of the camera lens above the datum plane.
a. Parallax
b. Nadir
c. Flying height
d. Flying line
c. Flying height
The act of cutting or severing a tree from the stump.
a. Chopping
b. Felling
c. Undercut
d. Girdling
b. Felling
It is an error in measurement which implies a tendency to depart in a particular direction from the true value sought. An example of this error is that which results from the use of an instrument with graduation of incorrect size or with an incorrect origin.
a. Bias
b. Precision
c. Sampling error
d. Mistake
a. Bias
It is a process of analyzing and describing the risks associated with a project of activity to ecosystems, human health and welfare.
a. Eco-watch
b. Environmental Scoping
c. Environmental Impact Assessment
d. Environmental Risk Assessment
d. Environmental Risk Assessment
What is the flying height above mean ground level given the following:
Focal length of the lens = 150 mm
Scale of the compilation map = 1:10,000
Mean height above the sea level of the ground = 100 m
Aircraft speed = mph
a. 1,500 meters
b. 10,000 meters
c. 1,600 meters
d. 100 meters
c. 1,600 meters
The volume of wood or quantity of forest products which is authorized to be removed from a forest under a particular license during a given year.
a. Allowable cut
b. Marking goal
c. Annual allowable cut
d. Stumpage value
c. Annual allowable cut
A harvesting method for easy and flat terrain where a tractor or wrecker equipped with a winch complete with logging arch, front mounted decking blade, and a rear mounted logging pan to lift one end of the log while forwarding is _____.
a. Ground skidding
b. Animal yarding
c. Cable crane system
d. Skylining
a. Ground skidding
Where swinging is practiced, it is the entire area from which logs come to one head spar at the landing.
a. Logging area
b. Spur road
c. Compartment
d. Setting
d. Setting
_____ refers to the extracted or cutting of timber and non-timber forest products from either natural or man-made forests.
a. Yarding and skidding
b. Felling
c. Major transporting
d. Harvesting
d. Harvesting
In dense stands, _____ are trees or brush which are characterized with stunted or abnormal growth.
a. Wolf trees
b. Snags
c. Scrubs
d. Mosses
c. Scrubs
Forest nurseries play a vital role in reforestation. Which of the following should not be considered in the establishment of a forest nursery?
a. A perfectly level ground should not be preferred over slightly sloping ground
b. The area should be large enough for future expansion
c. The soil where the nursery is located should be neutral acidity
d. There is adequately amount of water supply
a. A perfectly level ground should not be preferred over slightly sloping ground
______ is an indication of the number of trees in a stand, as compared to the desirable number for best growth and development.
a. Optimal growth
b. Stand structure
c. Stocking
d. Spacing
c. Stocking
What is the legal basis of CBFM as a National Strategy to manage forestland resources of the country?
a. PD 705
b. RA 6969
c. RA 7160
d. EO 263
d. EO 263
____ is the mainstay of the wood-based industry in the Philippines.
a. Forest plantation
b. Dipterocarp forest
c. Pine forest
d. Residual forest
b. Dipterocarp forest
In aerial photogrammetry, which is not a result of a short focal length camera?
a. Exaggerated 3-D effect
b. Minimum stereoscopic effect and image displacement
c. Wide coverage from low altitude
d. Increased image displacement
b. Minimum stereoscopic effect and image displacement
What is that sellers market structure characterized by price leadership?
a. Monopolistic competition
b. Oligopoly
c. Monopoly
d. Oligopsony
b. Oligopoly
In a plantation forest, what is the term used to represent the number of years a single crop or generation is allowed to grow.
a. Financial maturity
b. Rotation
c. Allowable cut
d. Cutting cycle
b. Rotation
A silvicultural system applied to a pine forest.
a. Seed tree
b. Clearcutting
c. Coppice
d. Shelterwood
a. Seed tree
It refers to the aggregation of trees occupying a specific area with a set of homogenous characteristics which make it distinct from the adjacent.
a. Setting
b. Stand
c. Forest
d. Block
b. Stand
The value represented by the land, timber, reproduction, and physical improvements that make-up a forest property is referred to as _____.
a. Aesthetic value
b. Stumpage value
c. Stand price
d. Forest capital
d. Forest capital
Which is not a factor considered in determining the annual allowable cut in the second-growth dipterocarp forests?
a. Initial reduction factor
b. Marking goal
c. Annual cutting area
d. Harvestable volume per hectare
b. Marking goal
Which of the following is not a high premium species used in plantations?
a. Molave
b. Narra
c. Ipil
d. Moluccan sau
d. Moluccan sau
______ is the capitalized value of infinitely long series of extended periodic income timber and is considered the value of bare forest land.
a. Stumpage series value
b. Marginal income value
c. Forest net work
d. Soil/Land expectation value
d. Soil/Land expectation value
Refers to the number of years between establishment and harvesting of a given stand.
a. Rotation
b. Cutting cycle
c. Harvesting cycle
d. Economic rotation
a. Rotation
What is that process by which precipitation is caught and held by foliage, branches of trees, and lesser vegetation, or by surface debris?
a. Interception
b. Infiltration
c. Transpiration
d. Drainage area
a. Interception
It is a device used in felling trees to prevent binding in log making operations.
a. Diameter tape
b. Stereoscope
c. Wedge
d. Hypsometer
c. Wedge
Compute for the gross increment including ingrowth after 10 years of a forest stand in Region 6 given the following:
Volume 10 years after = 150.71 cu. m.
Initial volume = 83.88 cu. m.
Mortality = 9.82 cu. m.
Ingrowth = 0.81 cu. m
a. 66.83 cu. m.
b. 67.64 cu. m.
c. 77.46 cu. m.
d. 76.65 cu. m.
d. 76.65 cu. m.
What is the difference of elite trees from plus trees?
a. Straight growth
b. Cylindrical bole
c. Progeny-tested
d. Good crown form
c. Progeny-tested
What do you call that amount of water remaining in well-drained area when the downward movement of flow into unsaturated soil has become small or negligible?
a. Field capacity
b. Antecedent moisture
c. Ground water
d. Base flow
a. Field capacity
A ratio, expressed in percent, of the actual amount of water vapor in the air compared to the total amount of water vapor necessary for saturation is _____.
a. Dry bulb temperature
b. Dew point temperature
c. Microclimate factor
d. Relative humidity
d. Relative humidity
What is the stumpage value (p/cu. m.) of a log which sells for P6,000.00 per cubic meter and cost P2,500 per cu.m. to produce given that the margin for profit and risk is 20% of the production cost?
a. P3,500.00
b. P2,500.00
c. P3,000.00
d. P6,500.00
c. P3,000.00
Group of trees which are broad-leaved.
a. Softwood
b. Hardwood
c. Lianas
d. Conifers
b. Hardwood
In what particular zone within the NIPAS area where implementation of CBFM is not possible?
a. Protected zone
b. Buffer zone
c. Multiple-use zone
d. Shelterleast zone
a. Protected zone
The smallest subdivision of a forest block which is delimited for orderly harvesting and removal of merchantable trees in order to minimize the damage/injury to the remaining forest land is called _____.
a. Production forest
b. Compartment
c. Residual forest
d. Set-up
d. Set-up
Which forest includes the critical watershed, mossy forest, strips of rivers, streams, shorelines, and reservoir and steep, rocky areas?
a. Protection forest
b. Production forest
c. Parks/Outdoors
d. Grazing lands
a. Protection forest