Forester Licensure Examination 2019 Forest Utilization Engineering Flashcards
Early days of logging is best characterized as wasteful but now a days the situation is reverse due to the following.
I. Wood waste goes to mill or factories for remanufacturing
II. Use of more efficient equipment/machine in processing
III. Proper handling
IV. Proper disposal of wood waste
a. I and II
b. I, II, and IV
c. II, III, and IV
d. I, II and III
d. I, II, and III
A study on the relationship between wood and moisture content, as well as wood and heat, elasticity, sound and light.
a. Wood physics
b. Wood strength
c. Wood chemistry
d. Wood mechanics
a. Wood physics
_______ is a kind of fungi which does NOT attack the lignin component of wood cell and usually attacks green wood.
a. White rot fungi
b. Brown rot fungi
c. Soft rot fungi
d. Mold fungi
b. Brown rot fungi
Consideration to insure sustainable and more profit derive in the wood processing business.
I. Secure source of raw material by having a forest concession
II. Adherence to market requirement
III. Continuous process improvement
IV. Play politics
a. I, II, and III
b. IV, and III
c. I, and IV
d. II, IV
a. I, II, and III
Determine the percentage moisture content of a piece of wood with a green and oven dry weight of 150g and 85g respectively.
a. 76%
b. 10%
c. 25%
d. 60%
a. 76%
The force sometimes expresses pound square inch of pull required to break the interval bonding of a panel is called ______.
a. Breakeven point
b. Tensile strength
c. Modulus of rapture
d. Modulus of elasticity
c. Modulus of rapture
The distance that the stock being processed move during a given interval of time is _______.
a. Complete cycle
b. Peripheral cycle
c. Feed rate
d. Orthogonal cycle
c. Feed rate
A wood with high specific gravity has some advantages such as:
I. Heat generated is high
II. Strength properties is high
III. Absorptive capacity
IV. Pulp yield is very low
Which of the following above statements are considered advantages?
a. II and III
b. I and II
c. I, III, and IV
d. II and IV
b. I and II
Napthalene and cresylic acid are synthetic material which is best known as ______.
a. Acetate product
b. Sulfonate acid
c. Analgesic acid
d. Antisceptic acid
a. Acetate product
The measure of the potential lumber content of a log or logs based on a particular cutting and sizes.
a. Log scale
b. Brereton scale
c. Log run
d. Mill run
a. Log scale
Latex extraction from Canarium spp. trees are called ______.
a. Manila elemi
b. Gutta percha
c. Manila copal
d. Balau
a. Manila elemi
Growth of destructive fungi in wood materials is dependent on the present of _______.
a. Moisture
b. Low air moisture
c. High temperature
d. High relative humidity
a. Moisture
_______ is described as internal checking when drying stresses develops and exceed the strength of wood.
a. Honey comb
b. Case hardening
c. Twisting
d. End checking
a. Honey comb
Longitudinal or axial wood cells that function mainly for food storage is ______.
a. Longitudinal cells
b. Axial cells
c. Parenchyma cells
d. Wood rays
c. Parenchyma cells
Jointing is an operation where random veneers are ______.
a. Cut into standard size to minimize delay
b. Cut to make the edges straight, clamped, and glued
c. Cut automatically to full size and clipped defective parts
d. Sliced to unite together by lapping the ends
b. Cut to make the edges straight, clamped, and glued
As a wood utilization expert, what would you recommend to avoid shrinkage or decay of freshly sawn timber?
I. Natural seasoning
II. Artificial seasoning
III. Chemical seasoning
IV. Vacuum seasoning
a. I, IV
b. II, IV
c. II, III
d. I, II
d. I, II
Bristol board is a paper board used fro drawing purposes and the manufacture of playing cards is made of a mixture of ______.
a. Short and long fiber pulp
b. Sulfite and novelty pulp
c. Sulfite and soda pulp
d. Long and medium length pulp
c. Sulfite and soda pulp
In wood processing the anisotropic nature of wood affects _______.
a. Chip formation
b. Electrical properties
c. Moisture content
d. Dulling of knives
a. Chip formation
What do you call the agent that causes damage to wood in brackish water?
a. Ambrocia
b. Dry wood termite
c. Marine borer
d. Subterranean termite
c. Marine borer
Starved joint is one of the defects in bonding two or more pieces of wood material which resulted due to ______.
a. Improper positioning of the piece of wood to be joined
b. Excessive quantity of adhesive
c. Uneven drying of adhesive
d. Unproportion mixture of adhesive
b. Excessive quantity of adhesive
Psychrometer is an instrument use for measuring the amount of _______ in the atmosphere.
a. Rain
b. Water vapor
c. Moisture
d. Evaporation
c. Moisture
Increment borer is an instrument used to extract core for purposes of determining the _______ of a tree.
a. Apical growth
b. Lateral growth
c. Age
d. Diameter growth
c. Age
A lumber with a volume of 1 board ft. has a dimension of ______.
a. 1” x 1” x 1 ft
b. 12” x 12” x 1 ft
c. 12” x 12” x 12 ft
d. 1” x 12” x 1 ft
d. 1” x 12” x 1 ft
What is that discipline that deals with the study of man at work, aimed at achieving man safety and efficiency?
a. Ergonomics
b. Technology safety
c. Anthropology
d. Operation research
a. Ergonomics
Due to global warming problem the cutting of naturally grown timber is now banned, thus reducing the supply of lumber in the market. At present _______ is a low cost substitute for lumber produced from timber.
a. Plywood
b. Coco lumber
c. Steel
d. Hollow block
b. Coco lumber
A type of debarker applied to large, old growth logs with thick and heavy bark is called ______.
a. Ring the barker
b. Cambio debarker
c. Spud
d. Hydraulic debarker
b. Cambio debarker
It is the light colored wood beneath the bark that is susceptible to stain.
a. Late wood
b. Cambium layer
c. Early wood
d. Sap wood
d. Sap wood
Thin places in the walls of the vessels that allow sap to pass from one cavity to another in the _______.
a. Xylem
b. Pits
c. Wood ray
d. Pores
b. Pits
The first strength property of wood affected by decay is the ______ of the wood.
a. Toughness
b. Impact bending
c. Modulus of elasticity
d. Electrical conductivity
a. Toughness
These are substances which are nor considered part of the basis wood structure but merely deposit and is collectively termed as ________.
a. Tannin
b. Extractive
c. Sap
d. Hemicellulose
b. Extractive
What machine si used in plywood manufacturing, which cuts the rotary half round and rift veneer?
a. Lathe
b. Rifter
c. Clipper
d. Slicer
b. Rifter
Which of the following drying factor in NOT important in the satisfactory operation of a kiln dryer?
a. Heat
b. Humidity
c. Free water circulation
d. Air circulation
c. Free water circulation
The usual process of converting wood into charcoal is ______.
a. Charring
b. Condensable vapor process
c. Carbonization
d. Crude production
c. Carbonization
Compression failure is one indication that there exist a ______ on end grain of wod.
a. Parallel stress
b. Lateral stress
c. Tension
d. Fiber breakage
d. Fiber breakage
What particular measuring principle could you consider to insure accuracy of measuring the volume of irregular shape of wood?
a. Dendrometer
b. Hypsometer
c. Xylometer
d. Calorimeter
c. Xylometer
Satisfaction of customer is one consideration for a product to be competitive, however, one aspect which the Department of Trade and Industries are not fully implementing when it comes to wood products is ______ because accordingly it is not among the criteria in determining the criticalness of the product.
a. Hardness of lumber
b. Drying of lumber
c. Pricing of lumber
d. Grading and specification of lumber
c. Pricing of lumber
What is the wood component that consists of cellulose and hemicellulose?
a. Lignin
b. Holocellulose
c. Glucose
d. Pseudo-cellulose
c. Glucose
In sawmilling a set is provided to avoid friction during cutting.
a. Oiling
b. Clearance
c. Inspection
d. Benching
b. Clearance
Softwood destructive distillation similar in principle to that for hardwood but difference existed in _______>
I. Product obtained
II. Methods of refining of distillates
III. In the process
IV. In the treatment
a. III, IV
b. I, III, IV
c. III, I, II
d. I, II
d. I, II
The fastest way of determining moisture content of wood is through the use of ______.
a. Sun drying
b. Oven dry method
c. Moisture meter method
d. Benchmarking
c. Moisture meter method