Terms

Question 1

Avoidable waste

Answer 1

Waste volumes left on the ground that could have been removed safely, were not physically obstructed and were not inaccessible.

Question 2

Measuring bias

Answer 2

Occurs when the mean of the measured values differs from the mean of the actual values.

Question 3

Sampling Bias

Answer 3

Occurs when certain sampling units are more likely to be included than others. (lack of randomness)

Question 4

Statistical Bias

Answer 4

occurs when the expected value of the statistic differs from the population parameter

Question 5

Breakage

Answer 5

Any piece meeting the minimum diameter of the cutting authority, shorter than 3m in length and broken at the large end or both ends.

Question 6

Bucking waste

Answer 6

any pieces less than 3m in length that has been cut at the large end or both ends, and has been cut with improper or careless bucking practices.

Question 7

Accuracy

Answer 7

How close to the actual value of the variable being measured your measurement is.

Question 8

Chunk

Answer 8

A short piece of waste that has resulted from end trimming logs or from breaking logs during extraction ops.
-usually unavoidable but could be considered avoidable if it meets TMS.

Question 9

Cut Control

Answer 9

MOF procedure for accounting for volumes of timber harvested under a licence

Question 10

VRI

Answer 10

Vegetation Resource Inventory

Question 11

NFI

Answer 11

National Forest Inventory

Question 12

FAO

Answer 12

Food and Agriculture Organization