Virtual Cruiser Vest: Lesson 10 Quiz - Basic Inventory Calculations


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	Lesson 10 Quiz Basic Inventory Calculations Check your knowledge by answering the following multiple-choice questions: 1. What does an expansion factor do?a. Converts per tree values to per acre values b. Converts DBH to basal area c. Converts volume to value 2. What is basal area? a. The ratio between tree height and diameter b. The circumference of a tree c. The cross-sectional area of the tree trunk at the base of the tree d. The cross-sectional area of the tree trunk at breast height 3. Basal area per acre is a function of what two factors? a. Number of trees and tree heights b. Number of trees and tree diameters c. Tree heights and tree diameters 4. If you put in five 1/10th acre inventory plots in a stand, what is the expansion factor for each plot tree (i.e. how many trees per acre does each plot tree represent)? a. 2 b. 5 c. 10 d. 50 5. True or false: The expansion factor is the same for each tree when using variable plots.a. True b. False
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