Forest Management (Silviculture)
Agricultural Science · 50 practice questions
Importance of forests (wood, pulp, fibre, forest products); conservation (regulation, exploitation, regeneration, afforestation, agroforestry, management systems e.g. taungya, alley, ley).
- Relate forest products to their uses.
- Compare forest conservation methods and apply them appropriately.
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- Practice question 1
Demarcating and mapping forest boundaries mainly helps to
- A.clarify the legal limits of the forest reserve and support its management
- B.eliminate the need for any forest management plan
- C.guarantee unrestricted use of the surrounding land
- D.apply only to agricultural land, never to forest reserves
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A. clarify the legal limits of the forest reserve and support its management
Clear boundaries are foundational to effectively managing and protecting a forest area.
- Practice question 2
Urban forestry mainly involves
- A.planting trees only in remote, uninhabited wilderness areas
- B.the complete removal of trees from any urban environment
- C.planting and managing trees within towns and cities
- D.a practice applied exclusively to large-scale rural plantations
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C. planting and managing trees within towns and cities
Urban forestry brings the benefits of trees directly into built-up city environments.
- Practice question 3
A diameter tape, used in forest inventory work, mainly is used to
- A.measure the girth (diameter) of a standing tree's trunk
- B.measure the total height of a standing tree
- C.measure the exact area of an entire forest reserve
- D.measure the moisture content of forest soil
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A. measure the girth (diameter) of a standing tree's trunk
Diameter tapes give a quick, standard measure of a tree's trunk size for inventory purposes.
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