Forester Licensure Examination 2010 Forest Ecosystem Flashcards
_____ begins with predominantly inorganic environment and characterized by early and continued dominance of producers.
a. Primary succession
b. Heterotrophic succession
c. Ecological succession
d. Autotrophic succession
d. Autotrophic succession
Atrophic symptoms are disease symptoms manifested when there is slowing down in development of plant parts or failure of organs to develop fully. _____ is that condition when internodes are stunted and when leaves are clustered.
a. Chlorosis
b. Etiolation
c. Rosetting
d. Suppression
c. Rosetting
____ is a transition area between a protected area and the surrounding landscape.
a. Multiple management zone
b. Buffer zone
c. Hedgerows
d. Wilderness area
b. Buffer zone
The enlarged, basal portion of a pistil in which ovules are found:
a. Pericycle
b. Pericarp
c. Ovary
d. Peristome
c. Ovary
RA 9072 is the National Caves and Cave Resources Management and Protection Act. RA 9147 is the Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act.
a. All the statements are true.
b. The first statement is true while the second statement is false.
c. The first statement is false while the second statement is true
d. All statements are false
a. All statements are true
____ is the law that primarily manages the Philippines protected area systems.
a. RA 7586
b. EO 108
c. RA 6239
d. PD 705
a. RA 7586
____ is the place where organisms live while ____ are large, recognizable community units resulting from interaction between regional climates and regional biota.
a. Biomes - habitats
b. Habitat - biomes
c. Ecosystem - environment
d. Environment - ecosystem
b. Habitat - biomes
About 1.4 million species of animals and plants are known to science but there are believed to be at least three times this number waiting to be discovered. If 50% of the unknown were discovered and named, what is the total number of animal and plant species known to science?
a. 5.6 M
b. 3.5 M
c. 4.2 M
d. 2.1 M
b. 3.5 M
The family with tanniferous trees and shrubs.
a. Malvaceae
b. Moraceae
c. Rutaceae
d. Anacardiaceae
d. Anacardiaceae
The study of the evolutionary relationship of organisms using both fossils and modern living representatives of a group of species:
a. Taxonomy
b. Classification
c. Systematics
d. Dendrology
c. Systematics
A carbohydrate material that makes up the cell walls of most plants.
a. Chlorophyll
b. Sucrose
c. Cellulose
d. Chloroplast
c. Cellulose
It is the part of the cell wall where ATP synthesis occurs.
a. Golgi apparatus
b. Nucleus
c. Vacuole
d. Mitochondrion
d. Mitochondrion
A broad-leave plant shedoff its leaves at the end of each growing season.
a. Biennial
b. Annual
c. Decidous
d. Monocot
c. Decidous
Which statement refer to forest tree improvement?
I. It involves the combination of parentage and silviculture.
II. Its purpose is to improve the overall yield of product.
III. It improve the quality of the products.
a. I and II
b. I, II, and III
c. I and III
d. II and III
b. I, II, and III
What differentiates cyme from corymb as form of inflorescence?
a. Inner flowers open first
b. Inner flower open last
c. Arrange like ribs of umbrella
d. Flowers start from all points
a. Inner flower open first
The symptom is known as ____ when the necrotic tissue within a leafspot cracks and falls from surrounding tissue while ____ is that when dark mycelia appear on the surface of the necrotic spot.
a. Shot hole - blotch
b. Blight - specks
c. Spot - shot hole
d. Blight - blotch
a. Shot hole - blotch
Physical disturbance of the ecosystem disrupt the nutrient cycling mechanism. Highly adapted biological cycles are more susceptible to disruption.
a. All statements are true
b. All statements are false
c. Statement 1 is false, statement 2 is true
d. Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false
d. Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false
Generally bound in freshwater/swamp forest.
a. Owls, doves, and pigeons
b. Fruits oats and mice
c. Herons, dusks, flycatchers
d. Snakes and frogs
c. Herons, dusks, flycatchers
Seeds classified based on longevity are either orthodox or recalcitrant. Orthodox seeds can be stored at low or subfreezing temperature for a long time.
a. All statements are true
b. The first statement is true, the second is false
c. All statement are false
d. The first statement is false, the second is true
d. The first statement is false, the second is true
Which of the following are characteristics of leaf miner attacking bagras?
I. Damage is caused primarily by larvae
II. Damage leaves became skeletonized
III. Adults are black
a. I and III
b. II and III
c. I and II
d. I, II, and III
c. I and II
As it attacks bagras, this insect concentrates on the inflorescence of the still unrecognizable fruits just below the developing flower bud.
a. Butterly
b. Mealy bugs
c. Gall midge
d. Leaf hoppers
c. Gall midge
The forester in-charge of plantation establishment knows that the atmospheric nitrogen cannot be used directly by plants, so they have to look for available nitrogen. Which of the following are sources of nitrogen?
I. Mineralization of humus
II. Nitrogen conveyed by rain and storms
III. Bacteria in the root nodules
a. II and III
b. I, II, and III
c. I and II
d. I and III
b. I, II, and III
After three weeks of observation, you noticed that the leaves of your mahogany trees have yellow spots all over the green seams remain along the vein. Your trees lack ____.
a. Magnesium
b. Potassium
c. Calcium
d. Iron
a. Magnesium
Radiant energy is sole energy that can be used by green plants. What happens when radiant energy is intercepted by the leaf?
I. It can be absorbed
II. It can be transmitted
III. It can be reflected
a. I and II only
b. I, II, and III
c. I and III only
d. II and III only
b. I, II, and III
A large planting hole with plenty of refilled soil result to:
I. Higher initial growth
II. Water logged seedlings
III. Increase survival rate
a. I, II, and III
b. I and II
c. II and III
d. I and III
d. I and III
____ is the unit of vegetation which includes not only the plants of which it is composed but the animals habitually associated with them and also all the physical and chemical components of the immediate environment or habitat.
a.. Forest
b. Ecosystem
c. Ecology
d. Bioregion
b. Ecosystem
This class has flowers which develop into fruits completely surround the seeds.
a. Gymnosperms
b. Monocots
c. Angiosperms
d. Dicots
c. Angiosperms
In the forest, the ratio of Apitong to Guijo is 7:6 and the ratio of Guijo to Red Lauan is 5:3. What is the ratio of Apitong to Red Lauan?
a. 21:11
b. 35:18
c. 6:5
d. 7:3
b. 35:18
Nitrogen fixation is the microbiological conversion of nitrogen to NH4 which can be readily utilized by plants. Nitrogen fixation maybe symbiotic or non-symbiotic.
a. The first statement is false, the second is true
b. All statements are false
c. All statements are true
d. The first statement is true, the second is false
c. All statements are true
____ has tiny pipelines that carry water with small amount of dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves of leaves.
a. Phloem
b. Xylem
c. Cork layer
d. Cambium
b. Xylem
____ is the process by which cell walls and protoplasm absorb water, making them softer, swollen, and more elastic.
a. Diffusion
b. Absorption
c. Osmosis
d. Imbibition
d. Imbibition
Which of the following are characteristics of seed production areas?
I. All are natural and artificial stands of proven genetic quality
II. All undergo progeny testing
III. All undergo routing
a. I and III
b. I and II
c. I, II, and III
d. II and III
a. I and III
Usually when plants are kept in rooms without sunlight, dwarfing chlorosis and spindlines are observed. This disease symptom si known as ____.
a. Chlorosis
b. Etiolation
c. Rosetting
d. Necrosis
b. Etiolation
The thorax of an insect consists of ____ tightly fused segments.
a. Two
b. Three
c. Five
d. Four
b. Three
Which is NOT a part of the leg?
a. Femur
b. Cardo
c. Trochanter
d. Larvae
b. Cardo
____ indicates that the seeds are free from any pathogenic microflora and harmful insects.
a. Seed health certification
b. Quarantine’s report
c. Species health record
d. Pathogenic certificate
a. Seed health certification
Which is NOT a tree or a shrub?
a. Psidium guajava
b. Fragrostis curvuravea
c. Homonia riparea
d. Datura alba
b. Fragrostis curvuravea
The ____ of the soil refers to the sizes particles that predominate while ____ refers to the arrangement of soil particles into aggregates.
a. Structure - texture
b. Texture - structure
c. Texture - horizons
d. Structure - horizons
b. Texture - structure
The fruit of bagras is small woody ____.
a. Pome
b. Stone
c. Head
d. Capsule
d. Capsule
Glycolysis is the first phase in the process of ____.
a. Assimilation
b. Respiration
c. Transpiration
d. Absorption
b. Respiration