This Forestry Licensure Exam reviewer contains 50 questions related to the subject area: Forest Production and Management.
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Question of
A method of hewing branches of big trees with wide-spreading branches before felling operation to avoid or minimize damages to residuals
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lopping off
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bucking
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skylining
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pruning
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Question of
Animal Unit Month (AUM) means the quantity of forage requirement of one (1) mature cow for a period of:
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one month
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one year
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one day
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one week
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Question of
Soil structure, soil fertility, soil pH, and soil water and drainage are examples of what site factor?
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edaphic
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environmental
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biotic
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climatic
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Question of
The classification of the lands of the public domain into alienable and disposal or forest lands is a responsibility of the Bureau of:
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Lands
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Soils
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Fisheries
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Forest Development
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A cutting made to remove trees killed or badly injured to utilize sound materials before they become worthless
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salvage cutting
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selection cutting
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coppicing
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clearcutting
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A balance between food, cover and animal population is a primary objective of:
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wildlife management
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watershed management
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timber management
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recreation management
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Hunting and fishing activities have a direct impact on:
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wildlife populations
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water regimen
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timber production
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natural regeneration
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Question of
Prices of timber were surveyed in a certain locality. The average free on board (FOB) market price of a certain group of timber was P1,275.00 per cu m. What was the corresponding forest charge?
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P382.50/cu m
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P191.25/cu m
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P255.00/cu m
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P318.75/cu m
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Question of
Refers to small, fenced grazing lands that may have been improved by reseeding, fertilizing or irrigation
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pasture
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backyard garden
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rangeland
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sloping agricultural land
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A watershed is said to be critical when it is:
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in need of immediate reforestation
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supporting a logging business
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supporting a multipurpose dam and in need of reforestation
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erosion is prevalent
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Question of
The process of allocating land to specific use or combination of uses is called:
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land-use planning
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land use valuation
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land evaluation
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land capability
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To bring about forest cover through artificial means to denuded areas with or without previous forest vegetation is referred to as:
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reforestation
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afforestation
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deforestation
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forestation
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Timber in the natural forest are largely harvested and disposed of through:
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stumpage sales
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government licensing systems
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public bidding
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negotiated contracts
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Question of
The money collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue from loggers for timber cut from forest lands is called:
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forest charges
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reforestation fund
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stumpage price
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forest rent
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The arrangement of natural streams on a watershed is referred to as:
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drainage basin
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drainage network
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watershed discharge
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aspect
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Benefit-cost analysis involves consideration of:
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benefit and cost of a project
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alternative investment
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return on investment
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net present value
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Question of
Ancestral lands refer to lands claimed by:
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upland farmers
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shifting cultivation
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kaingineros
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cultural communities
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Question of
Aerial photos are very useful in:
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timber inventories
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land capability surveys
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wildlife surveys
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streamflow gauging
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A measure of the degree of responsiveness of quantity demanded to price changes
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deflation
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elasticity
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inflation
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fluctuation
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Question of
Drainage density of a watershed refers to:
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stream quantity
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sediment load
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water volume
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silt load
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The larger and heavier sediments like sands and gravels that are sliding, rolling or bouncing along the bottom or bed of a stream is technically called:
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bedrock
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bedload
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solid suspension
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silt
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Question of
Vertical exposure assembled by cutting, matching, and pasting together into a large photograph that appears as a single print is called:
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photomosaic
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aerial map
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photographic map
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aerial photo
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Question of
A type of aerial photograph most adapted to forest inventories:
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oblique photographs
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vertical photographs
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horizontal photographs
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low oblique photographs
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Question of
A photo scale is also referred to as:
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representative fraction
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parallax formula
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natural scale
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differential parallax
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Question of
A community of trees possessing sufficient uniformity as regards composition, age and spatial arrangement:
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forest stand
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forest community
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ecosystem
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setup
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Refers to the accumulated growth of trees in a stand:
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yield
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mortality
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accretion
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production
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Question of
A tabular presentation that gives the volume of a standing tree given DBH, log length and species group is a:
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volume table
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stand and stock table
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yield table
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site index
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In timber inventory “log” refers to:
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a standing tree
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the length of a standing tree
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a felled tree
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5-meter section of log
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The dot-dash tally sheet is used in:
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scaling felled logs
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recording damaged residuals
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tallying standing timber
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computing volume of trees
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The removal of undesirable species is a stand for the purpose of improving the quality of the desired trees is referred to as:
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pruning
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release cutting
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timber stand improvement
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selection cutting
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This is an intermediate cut, the purpose of which is to provide more growing space to the preferred trees in the stand:
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thinning
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sanitation cutting
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pruning
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release cutting
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Slope is a basic consideration in land classification. As a rule, the maximum gradient allowable for alienable and disposable lands is:
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17 percent
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10 percent
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19 percent
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15 percent
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Question of
Land-use planning involves:
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land-use allocation
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land capability evaluation
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land suitability classification
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all of the choices
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Government regulations provide that the maximum gradient of lands allowed for grazing is:
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18 percent
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20 percent
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49 percent
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40 percent
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Question of
The diameter of a tree with a circumference of 226.2 cm
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72
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47
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88
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69
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The objective/s of establishing buffer zones between production forests and areas used for agricultural and other purposes is/are: (1) to serve as protective belt on the exposed natural forest from encroachment and destruction; and (2) to provide livelihood opportunities to rural communities.
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Only objective 2 is correct
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Only objective 1 is correct
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Both objectives are incorrect
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Both objectives mentioned are correct
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Question of
A poisonous weed common in pasture lands is hagonoy or “bungargar”. It’s scientific name is:
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Paspalum sp.
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Amorpopalus campanulatus
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Chromolaena odorata
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Agathis alba
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Question of
Stewardship certificates are long-term forest occupancy permits issued by the [BFD], under its:
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Integrated Social Forestry Program
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Range Management Program
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Forestation program
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PROFEM
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Question of
The volume of timber a licensee is allowed to cut inside his timber concession per year is called:
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annual allowable cut
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annual field
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annual log export quota
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annual increment
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Question of
One of the following is not a measure of determining the financial or economic value of forest land and/or forest resources
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Benefit-cost ratio
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Consumer index
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Internal rate of return
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Net present value
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Question of
Approaches to allowable cut determination are classified generally into area control and …
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marking goal
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marking goal
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volume control
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number of trees
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The amount by which one photograph includes the same area covered by another, customarily expressed as a percentage –
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parallax
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photographic lapse
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overlay
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overlap
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A method used for wildlife inventory that makes use of a devise in order to live capture and take a certain animal species –
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quadrat method
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rapid visual survey
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trapping
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shooting
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A grazing method where livestock are stalled separately from the grazing area and herbage is cut and carried to the animals for feeding
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continuous grazing
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zero grazing
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rotational grazing
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none of the choices
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Question of
An instrument used for determining elevation
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altimeter
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caliper
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abney hand level
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clinometer
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Question of
If the distance between two objects on a photograph is 1 centimeter and on a map with a scale of 1:20,000 the same objects are one-half centimeter apart, the scale of the photograph is:
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1/10,000
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1/20,000
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1/5,000
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1/15,000
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Question of
Volume control means regulating timber cutting by specifying:
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the species to cut
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the sizes of trees to be cut
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the volume that shall be cut
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the area where cutting is done
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Question of
Timber stand improvement (TSI) involves the:
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cutting of vines, defective trees and weeds
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enrichment planting
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marking of trees to be left after logging
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prescribed burning
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The purpose of TSI is to:
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improve site quality
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produce high-quality
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improve water yield
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prevent the incidence of pest
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Question of
The selective logging system specifies that healthy residuals should be:
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distributed around the spar tree
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located along cableways
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concentrated around the spar tree
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concentrated along the setup boundary
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