Textbook Test 3

1. The type of land survey system that is used in most areas of the United States except in some areas of the southeast is:

• metes and bounds
• rectangular survey
• Scribner's rule
• Gannet survey

2. Which of the following is a survey line that runs east-west?

• principal meridian
• section
• guide meridian
• baseline

3. Each section of land has a surface area of approximately how many acres?

• 640
• 320
• 160
• 40

4. A tract of land approximately six miles square is called a:

• section
• township
• quarter section
• range

5. A procedure called the dot grid method uses a clear plastic sheet with evenly spaced dots to:

• measure land area
• measure tree heights
• make forest type maps
• calculate forest basal area

6. A method that uses aerial photographs to make field maps to scale is:

• photogammetry
• altimetric scaling
• planimetery
• fotometry

7. An instrument that is used to measure the circumference of a tree is called a:

• Biltmore stick
• steel tape
• hypsometer
• timber cruiser

8. The age of a living tree is determined using an instrument called a:

• increment borer
• planimeter
• Biltmore stick
• stereoscope

9. The activity of gathering data for the purpose of estimating the volume of standing timber is called:

• slumming
• scaling
• cruising
• Scribner's rule

10. The timber volume table that is used by the United States Forest Service to measure timber sales is:

• Doyle's rule
• Scribner's decimal C
• Scribner's rule
• International Log Rule