Virtual Cruiser Vest: Lesson 7 Quiz - Gathering Stand-Level Information

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Lesson 7 Quiz:
Gathering Stand-Level Information

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

1. Site index is:

a. The market value of a given acre of land

b. How long it will take trees to grow 120 feet in height

c. How long it will take trees to reach 10 inches in diameter

d. A measure of the dominant tree productivity of a site

2. Site index is a relationship between a tree’s:

a. Height and diameter

b. Age and diameter

c. Height and age

3. What does it mean if a stand has a 50-year site index of 100?

a. The dominant trees will be 100 feet tall at age 50

b. All trees will be 100 feet tall at age 50

c. Trees greater than 10 inches will be 100 feet tall at age 50

d. The 100 largest trees will be at least 10 inches in diameter by age 50

4. When measuring slope with a clinometer you should look:

a. Directly at the ground

b. Uphill or downhill at something the same height above the ground as your eye

c. At the top of a tree 100 feet away either uphill or downhill

d. Across the slope at something on the same level on the slope as you

5. If you have a south-facing slope, what is your aspect (in degrees)?

a. 0

b. 90

c. 180

d. 360

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