Virtual Cruiser Vest: Lesson 5 Quiz - Establishing Variable Plots

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Lesson 5 Quiz:
Establishing Variable Plots

Check your knowledge by answering the following multiple-choice questions:

1. In a variable plot, how many trees should you have, on average, per plot?

a. No more than 5

b. 5 - 10

c. 10 - 15

d. At least 15

2. A variable plot will tend to include trees that are:

a. Smaller and further from plot center

b. Smaller and closer to plot center

c. Larger and further from plot center

d. Larger and closer to plot center

3. When using a glass prism, you should:

a. Hold the prism over plot center

b. Keep your eye over plot center

c. Hold the prism up to each tree

d. Keep plot center between your eye and the prism

4. When using a glass wedge prism, a tree is in if:

a. The view of the tree trunk completely fills the prism

b. The view of the tree trunk does not completely fill the prism

c. The view of the tree trunk is completely shifted away from the view you can see with your naked eye

d. The view of the tree trunk overlaps with the view you can see with your naked eye

5. Suppose you begin sampling a stand with a BAF 20 prism. At your 3rd plot, you find you have more than the desired number of trees in your plot. What should you do?

a. Increase your BAF

b. Decrease your BAF

c. Leave you BAF unchanged

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