Forest Resources and Mananagement
Forest Resources and Mananagement
Forest Resources and Mananagement
3. If the circumference (C) of the tree given, the basal area (BA) of the tree can also be computed using
the formula:
a. BA= (C2 x 4)
b. BA= (C^2/4 )
c. BA= C2 x H
d. BA= 0.7854C2 x H
e. None of the mentioned
8. Given a -56% angular reading to the base, a 21.8m horizontal distance from the tree and a 22.4 m
slope distance to the top, compute for the angle of depression to the top of the tree.
a. 13%
b. -13%
c. 24%
d. -24%
e. None of the mentioned
9. The diameter of a tree was measured using an ordinary metric tape. The tape reads 1.5m, what is the
diameter of the tree in cm?
a. 150cm
b. 15cm
c. 48cm
d. 4.8cm
e. None of the mentioned
21. A man walked along line AB several times and recorded the following number of strides: 115, 117,
118, 115 and 116, respectively. Determine the pace factor if the horizontal distance of the line AB is
200m.
a. 1.72m/pace
b. 0.86m/pace
c. 0.69m/pace
d. 0.58m/pace
e. None of the mentioned
25. If the smallest division that can be read in an instrument’s main scale is ½ degree, determine the
fineness of readings if its vernier caliper has 90 divisions.
a. 30 seconds
b. 30 minutes
c. 20 seconds
d. 20 minutes
e. 45 seconds
27. A line on a map measures 40cm, when determined on the ground, its actual distance is 2km, what is
the scale of the map?
a. 1:50,000
b. 1:500
c. 1:50
d. 1:2,000
e. 1:200
28. The area of the cadastral map is 450 cm2. If the map scale is 1:2,500, what is the actual area of the
property?
a. 112.5ha
b. 112.5m2
c. 28.125ha
d. 28.125m2
e. None of the mentioned
29. A 30-m tape is to be used to lay out a 150-m distance on the ground. Prior to the measurement, the
tape is found to be too short by 2.5cm from a standard tape. What is the distance needed to be laid out on
the ground to meet the required horizontal distance?
a. 162.5m
b. 138.5m
c. 151.25m
d. 148.75m
e. None of the mentioned
46. The value of a 10-ha rubber plantation that is worth Php300,000 today is estimated to increase at a
rate of 8% per annum. How much will it be worth 15 years from now?
a. Php25,054.81
b. Php299,999.00
c. Php951,650.73
d. Php2,023,992.19
e. None of the mentioned
48. Mary borrowed Php500,000 from a bank to buy equipment for her forestry nursery at 10% rate of the
compound interest. The loan has to be paid in 15 years. How much should she pay yearly as amortization
in the bank?
a. Php131,898.74
b. Php65,736.89
c. Php50,000.00
d. Php33,333.33
e. Php15,736.89
49. A piece of equipment was purchased on January 2011 at a cost of Php110,000. The estimated useful
life of this equipment is 5 years and the salvage value at the end of the 5th year is Php20,000. What is the
amount of depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2011?
a. Php30,000
b. Php24,000
c. Php18,000
d. Php12,000
e. None of the mentioned
53. The optimum stocking rate of an area is 3 AU/ha/yr. If the range produces 11,000kg DM/ha/yr of a key
forage species with a proper use factor of 25%, what is the forage consumption in DM/AU/yr in the area?
a. 917 kg DM/AU/yr
b. 916,667 kg DM/AU/yr
c. 9,167 kg DM/AU/yr
d. 9 tons DM/AU/yr
e. 9 kg DM/AU/yr
71. Based on DAO No. 69 series of 1990, the minimum sidelap of aerial print shall be:
a. 50%
b. 2%
c. 15%
d. 30%
e. None of the mentioned
85. The drainage density of a watershed is 0.1km/ha. What is the length of overland flow (LOF)?
a. 4km/ha
b. 0.5km/ha
c. 5km/ha
d. 10km/ha
e. 2km/ha
108. 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?
a. P382.50/cu m
b. P191.25/cu m
c. P255.00/cu m
d. P318.75/cu m
e. none of the mentioned
146. 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:
a. 1/10,000
b. 1/20,000
c. 1/5,000
d. 1/15,000
e. none of the mentioned
156. Trees less that 5 cm in diameter and at least 1.3 m in height (30 cm for pine) are classified as
a. a saplings
b. sawtimbers
c. reproductions
d. poletimbers
e. none of the mentioned
159. The spacing between 100 sample plots systematically distributed in a 10,000-hectare forest would
be:
a. 1 km x 1 km
b. 2 km x 5 km
c. 100 m x 100 m
d. 10 km x 10 km
e. none of the mentioned
164. How many seedlings will Ka Pilo have to raise if he wants to plant his 4.2 ha land using 3m x 2m
spacing and a 10% stock reserve for replacement in case of mortality?
a. 6,650
b. 7,001
c. 4,070
d. 7,700
e. none of the mentioned
169. Cutting cycle refers to the period between two major harvests in the same cutting area. What is the
cutting cycle (in years) for areas falling within climatic type 3 (season not very pronounced, relatively dry
from November to April and wet during the rest of the year).
a. 30
b. 40
c. 35
d. 45
e. none of the mentioned
194. A piece of wood having dimensions of 1inch x 12 inches x 12 inches has a volume of:
a. 1 board foot
b. 10 board feet
c. 2 board ft.
d. 5 board feet
e. none of the mentioned
219. Twenty (20) height measurements were randomly taken from a plantation. If the mean was
computed at 13.5 and the standard deviation was 2.52, what was the variance? -
a. 6.37
b. 2.31
c. 7.52
d. 10.08
235. Tapping depth of Almaciga trees for gathering resin shall not exceed
a. 3/4 of the bark
b. 1/4 of the bark
c. 1/2 of the bark
d. 1.3 of the bark
e. none of the mentioned
236. In extracting tanbark or dyebark, the strip of the bark should have a width of at least:
a. 1/3 of the circumference of the tree
b. 2/3 of the circumference of the tree
c. 1/2 of the circumference of the tree
d. 1/4 of the circumference of the tree
e. none of the mentioned
241.In the determination of the annual allowable cut for the second growth dipterocarp forest, what is the
value of the reduction factor to compensate for logging inefficiency, internal defects, and to allow for
deficiency in attaining a satisfactory residual stand?
a. 0.70
b. 0.60
c. 0.50
d. 0.75
e. none of the mentioned
262. A sampling intensity in which 5% of the population is covered by the area of sample units
a. 5% sampling estimate
b. 5% sampling error
c. 5% sampling unit
d. 5% sampling design
e. none of the mentioned
278. A 20% sampling intensity in a 500-ha forest is desired. If a line-plot sampling method using 17.84m
radius plot was used, how many of these plots should be established?
a. 850
b. 720
c. 1,000
d. 2,200
e. none of the mentioned
282. The measurement of the diameter of trees with buttress more than 1.3 meters from the ground is
made at
a. 10 cm above the buttress
b. 20 cm above the buttress
c. 30 cm above the buttress
d. 15 cm above the buttress
e. none of the mentioned
283. A timber inventory was conducted in a 5,000-ha forest using strip sampling method using a 10%
sampling intensity. What was the distance between strips if the width of the strip was 20 m?
a. 400
b. 200
c. 300
d. 100
e. none of the mentioned
288. The basal area is computed by multiplying the diameter squared with
a. 0.7354
b. 0.7854
c. 0.8754
d. 0 .7584
e. none of the mentioned
312. Using the Smalian formula, what is the volume of a 6-meter log with base and top diameter of 55 cm
and 14 cm, respectively?
a. 7.590 cu.m.
b. 75.90 cu.m.
c. 0.7590 cu.m.
d. 795.0 cu.m.
e. none of the mentioned
314. If the photo scale is 1:12,000, what is the actual length of the stream if it measures 0.17 cm on the
photograph
a. 20.40 m
b. 20.40 cm.
c. 204 m
d. 2040 m
e. none of the mentioned
320. The end–of- the-4th-year value of five P3,000.00 annual payments if the interest rate is 3.5%
a. P12,645.00
b. P9,686.00
c. P88,714.00
d. P3,420.00
e. none of the mentioned
323. Volume of bolts or sticks can be expressed in talaksan. How many standard talaksan are there in 8
cu. m?
a. 4
b. 3
c. 6
d. 5
e. none of the mentioned
375. The volume of a 6-meter log with a small end diameter of 36.2 cm and a big end diameter of 50.4 cm
using the government scaling formula is -
a. 0.62 cu m (.7854xd*2xL) | <8m
b. 0.95 cu m
c. 0.71 cu m
d. 0.88 cu m
e. none of the mentioned
380. Cutting cycle used in the determination of allowable cut as prescribes in DAO 12, Series of 1992
a. 30 years
b. 45 years
c. 40 years
d. 35 years
e. none of the mentioned
381. Volume of 7-meter Apitong logs with big end diameter of 45 cm and small end diameter of 28.5 cm
using the government scaling formula
a. 1.04 cu.m.
b. 0.45 cu.m. (ito ang tama kapag sinunod ang rule <8m)
c. 0.75 cu.m.
d. 0.40 cu.m.
e. none of the mentioned
426. A photograph taken with a camera with a focal length of 0.50 meter at a flying height of 10,000
meters and a shutter speed of 10000 has a scale of:
a. 1/20,000
b. 1/10,000
c. 1/5,000
d. 1/1,000
e. none of the mentioned
471. The predicted diameter of 30 cm tree after 50 years is 70 cm, therefore its average annual increment
is:
a. 1.50 cm
b. 0.80 cm
c. 0.35 cm
d. all of the mentioned
e. none of the mentioned
502. What is the depth of rainfall if a 20 cm rain gauge was able to collect 4,712.4 cm3 rain?
a. 37.50 mm
b. 15 mm
c. 375 mm
d. 150 mm
a. none of the mentioned
514. Salting is important in livestock management. What is the normal salt requirement of a mature
animal per day?
a. 20-40 grams
b. 35-50 grams
c. 30-50 grams
d. 2-3 grams
e. none of the mentioned