Forester Licensure Examination 2010 Forest Resource Management Flashcards
It is the process by which weeds or trees without economic or commercial value are thinned or cleared to facilitate the growth of the remaining trees.
a. Assisted natural regeneration
b. Forest mensuration
c. Timber stand improvement
d. Reforestation
c. Timber stand improvement
What is the practical minimum scale of photographs for forest analysis?
a. 1:20,000 - 1:25,000
b. 1:15,000 - 1:20,000
c. 1:10,000 - 1:20,000
d. 1:30,000 - 1:35,000
a. 1:20,000 - 1:25,000
What is the volume harvested from a forest at a particular or during a given period.
a. Allowable cut
b. Stumpage
c. Yield
d. Growth
c. Yield
There are several zones categories within the NIPAS areas. In what particular zone where CBFM is NOT possible to implement?
a. Protected zone
b. Shelterleast zone
c. Multiple use zone
d. Buffer zone
a. Protected zone
What kind of aerial photographs that is made if the camera axis is pointed at an angle between vertical and horizontal?
a. Photo pair photograph
b. Stereoscopic photograph
c. Vertical photograph
d. Oblique photograph
d. Oblique photograph
There are three (3) factors needed in the computation of the carrying capacity of a rangeland. Which of the following is NOT considered in the computation?
a. Proper use factor
b. Area of the rangeland
c. Forage production
d. Forage consumption
b. Area of the rangeland
A stream with a channel of three (3) square meter has a volume of running water of 6,000 cubic meter per hour. What is the velocity per second of the streamflow?
a. 0.056 m/sec
b. 0.56 m/sec
c. 56 m/sec
d. 5.60 m/sec
b. 0.56 m/sec
It is a system of hastening the germination where a small portion of the tests is cut to expose a small portion of the cotyledon.
a. Nicking
b. Scarification
c. Water treatment
d. Floatation
a. Nicking
It is the average growth of a forest stand over the entire measurement period.
a. Mean annual increment
b. Accretion and ingrowth
c. Periodic annual increment
d. Current annual increment
a. Mean annual increment
What is the total volume of a forest area under stumpage value?
a. Allowable cut
b. Timber inventory
c. Forest resources
d. Forest yield
d. Forest yield
It does NOT affect the financial or economic value of forest lands.
a. Payback period
b. Soil expectation value
c. Stumpage value
d. Net present value
a. Payback period
Which of the following factors influences forage production?
a. Soil
b. Topography
c. Climate
d. Vegetation
c. Climate
What is the effect of an increase in interest rate on the length of rotation?
a. Rotation length will not be affected.
b. Rotation length will be longer
c. Rotation length will be shorter
d. Rotation length will approximate interest rate
c. Rotation length will be shorter
In range management, there are systems which are dangerous to grazing lands because some sites are extremely over-grazed and the other are barely touched. What system is this?
a. Light grazing
b. Continuous grazing
c. Heavy grazing
d. Rotational grazing
b. Continuous grazing
The third phase of selective logging system which involves the selection of the desired crops and removal of competing trees, injured trees, and defective, and culled trees.
a. Residual improvement
b. Timber stand improvement
c. Residual inventory
d. Enrichment planting
b. Timber stand improvement
The transplanting of seedlings in containers is called.
a. Potting
b. Hardening
c. Lifting
d. Pricking-off
a. Potting
The first phase of selective logging
a. Tree marking
b. Road construction
c. PCT inventory
d. Residual inventory
a. Tree marking
The shift in logging from the old-growth forest to the residual forest was implemented in ____.
a. 1991
b. 1992
c. 1990
d. 1993
b. 1992
It is the smallest part of a forest block where an orderly harvesting and removal of merchantable trees are conducted.
a. Log landing
b. Compartment
c. Logging set-up
d. Forest stand
c. Logging set-up
In order to attain forest sustainability, forest regulation which controls forest production and harvest must be implemented in a given forest management unit. It determine the what, where, when, and how much to be produced in the management of such management unit, which of the following should be affected first in forest regulation?
a. Rotation and cutting cycle determination
b. Forest products demand projection
c. Allowable cut determination and allocation
d. Determination of forest growth and yield
d. Determination of forest growth and yield
What is the difference between the total revenue and total cost?
a. Profit or net revenue
b. Overhead cost
c. Market price
d. Shadow price
a. Profit or net revenue
A stand density is a quantitative indicator of the distribution of trees in the forest stand. This is measured by _____.
a. All of these
b. Basal area per hectare
c. Number and volume of trees per hectare
d. Spacing
a. All of these
Company “A” has an approved allowable cut. For one month the company was able to manifest a total of 1,500 cu. meters. A verification conducted in the field disclosed that 500 cu. meters of which was cut in areas 999 meters above sea level with 49% slope. What is the total Forest charges to be paid if the company is located in Mindanao?
a. P1,663,500.00
b. P1,500,000.00
c. P1,477,500.00
d. P1,912,500.00
a. P1,663,500.00
In the dipterocarp forest, timber harvesting is regulated based on the principle of _____.
a. Area-volume control
b. Volume control
c. Log requirements for processing plants
d. Area control
a. Area-volume control
This is a law which prohibits the issuance by courts of preliminary injunction in cases involving concessions, license and other permits by public administrative officials or bodies for the exploitation of natural resources.
a. PD 1020
b. PD 705
c. PD 605
d. PD 410
d. PD 605
What is the forest charge per cubic meter of timber cut in forestlands?
a. 20% of the actual FOB market price
b. 30% of the actual FOB market price
c. 15% of the actual FOB market price
d. 25% of the actual FOB market price
d. 25% of the actual FOB market price
During planting operation, the root system of seedlings must be dipped in a mixture of soil and water to restore the seedling from drying. What do you call the mixture of the materials?
a. Potting medium
b. Milleh
c. Puddle
d. Mixture of mud
c. Puddle
What is that method of obtaining timber stand in a given period of time by planting young trees or by direct seedling?
a. Natural regeneration
b. Artificial reproduction
c. Stand replacement
d. Direct planting
b. Artificial reproduction
Environmental compliance monitoring is a basic requirement for all projects. When should it be established?
a. Upon implementing the project
b. The time ECC is issued
c. Upon submission of proposal
d. Upon instruction from DENR or as need arises
b. The time ECC is issued
Forest valuation is the process of determining the financial and economic worth of forest resources. Which of the following factors affects forest valuation?
a. Stumpage value
b. Market value of the product
c. Soil expectation value
d. Net present value
b. Market value of the product
What do you call that forestry parlance that involves the measurement and determination of quantity and quality of trees and description of the different characteristics of the area.
a. Impact assessment
b. Site assessment
c. Forest inventory
d. Eco-profiling
c. Forest inventory
This is a collection of trees uniform in species composition and growth structure.
a. Patches of forest
b. Forest
c. Flora
d. Stand
d. Stand
It is a form of managing a forest land and resources for the production of optimal mix of goods and services.
a. Forest management
b. Sustained yield management
c. Multiple-use management
d. Sustainable development
c. Multiple-use management
What do you call the nursery technique wherein sowing of seeds are timed with intervals in order to catch up with potting operations?
a. Interval sowing
b. Phasing of sowing
c. Line plot sowing
d. Direct sowing
b. Phasing of sowing
Which of the following is the physical components of rangelands?
a. All of these
b. Vegetative and chemical elements
c. Climatic and edaphic elements
d. Location and topographic elements
c. Climatic and edaphic elements
Which of the following is NOT considered a system/method in range production and management?
a. Rotational grazing
b. Trial grazing
c. Zero grazing or soiling
d. Continuous grazing
b. Trial grazing
On each aerial photograph what is that intersection of perpendicular line connecting opposite fiducial marks?
a. Isocenter
b. Conjugate principal point
c. Nadir
d. Principal point
a. Isocenter
It is a tree species growing in the stand then deprives adjacent trees of light and growing space requirements.
a. Wolf tree
b. Dominant tree
c. Spar tree
d. Root grafted tree
a. Wolf tree
Weeds in the nursery compete with the seedling for nutrients, water, and light. What will happen to the nursery plants if these weeds will not be remove?
a. There will be shading of the plant
b. There will be suppression of the plant
c. There will be weed infestation of the plant
d. There will be more vigorous and faster growth of the plant
b. There will be suppression of the plant
What is the gross increment of a forest stand after 10 years given the following data, please include ingrowth?
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. 76.65 cu. m
c. 77.46 cu. m
d. 67.64 cu. m
c. 77.46 cu. m