Forrest Recreation Exam 2 Practice Test

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• What does N-P-K stand for in fertilizers?
• What decision strategy fits high agreement on both facts and values?
• Which term corresponds to the concept of 'Shape' in landscape appearance?
• Which option is NOT a factor in determining proper site management?
• How long is the waiting period after the final EIS?
• What is texture?
• What are the three methods of tree regeneration?
• Which five resource inputs must be monitored?
• What is a systems approach to impact assessment?
• What five factors determine proper site management?
• What is visual resource management?
• Which strategy involves closing a site and applying treatments to speed recovery?
• What are the three basic concepts for managing visual resources?
• Thatch is best described as a layer of dead and living stems between green tops and the soil surface.
• Which method of tree regeneration occurs without human intervention?
• Which of the following is NOT listed as a natural agent of change?
• What are the two main categories of turf maintenance?
• When is complete sodding especially useful?
• The body responsible for coordinating NEPA's policy guidelines is the?
• When was NEPA passed?
• What is deviation?
• What three levels of analysis can NEPA review involve?
• Which term describes the main line of focus created by lines converging toward a central point?
• Which statement best describes the two main parts of an ecosystem?
• Which establishment method is particularly useful for quickly stabilizing slopes?
• What describes vertical axes intercepting a flat plane, such as timber edges meeting a road?
• How should mowing height change in shade or high-use areas?
• Which description best captures the three broad tasks of natural ecosystem management?
• Which statement best defines a characteristic landscape?
• Name factors affecting tree susceptibility to fire damage.
• In cool regions, when are fertilizers generally applied?
• What does Close and Culturally Treat mean?
• Which of the following is NOT one of the eight cultural treatments of sod?
• What is site management?
• What are the three observer positions?
• Which turf regions generally need irrigation throughout the growing season?
• What four resources are included in an ecosystem inventory?
• What decision strategy fits low agreement on both facts and values?
• Which statement describes the effect of turf management on infiltration and nutrient leaching?
• The document that finalizes the EIS process is called what?
• What does ecological modelling do?
• Which of the following is NOT a goal of silvicultural treatment before development?
• Which tree is highly tolerant of urban conditions?
• What is site durability?
• Why is natural seeding unsuitable for intensive-use sites?
• Why might an overstory recreation site require redevelopment?
• What is the best prevention for insect and disease problems?
• Relocation is suitable under what condition?
• What are social impacts?
• Which grasses suit the cool humid region?
• What does CEQ stand for?
• Where is natural seeding most appropriate?
• What is an exotic species?
• Which method can reconstruct recent ecological history?
• What soils are typical of the warm humid region in Table 9-1?
• What three broad tasks summarize natural ecosystem management?
• What is NEPA's basic policy?
• What is the primary objective of Leave Open, Culturally Treat?
• What are examples of natural agents of change?
• What is thatch?
• What decision strategy fits high agreement on values but low agreement on facts?
• Which term describes two or more similar features in a landscape view?
• Why is natural seeding unsuitable for intensively used sites?
• What are the two main parts of an ecosystem?
• Why are hardiness zones useful?
• How did Native Americans use fire according to the content?
• Which statement best describes transition zone climate challenges?
• Hardiness zones are used based on what criterion?
• Which of the following is a vegetative planting method?
• Which list shows the four primary landscape types?
• Which concept notes that vegetation deteriorates faster than it recovers?
• What does Hardening the Site mean?
• In a systems approach, what is defined first to create a participatory model?
• What is contrast?
• In ecosystem management, what is the purpose of establishing policy?
• Which step directly involves predicting ecological trajectories under different change agents?
• Which strategy is explicitly rejected as an approach that allows overuse and then moving elsewhere?
• Which four elements dominate landscape appearance?
• Which regeneration option focuses on closing individual units rather than the whole site and allowing those units to regrow or be redesigned?
• What does Close, Natural Recovery mean?
• Exotic species are prohibited in National Park Service natural areas and which system?
• What are hardiness zones based on?
• Which term refers to two or more similar features in a landscape view?
• Why coordinate fire management?
• What is liming used for?
• Public involvement is required for which planning instrument?
• What are the three principles of site selection?
• What three monitoring techniques are listed?
• Which term describes vertical axes intercepting a flat plane, such as timber edges meeting a road?
• Why thin vegetation?
• What are the five benefits of turf management?
• Which item is not a tool for hand planting?
• Which grasses suit warm humid regions?
• What is a characteristic landscape?
• Topdressing is described as spreading a thin layer of fertile topsoil over sod and lightly working it in.
• What is resilience?
• Which strategy involves rotating use among sites to provide recovery periods?
• When is an EIS prepared?
• What are environmental impacts?
• What can reconstruct recent ecological history?
• Which of the following is NOT listed as a monitoring technique?
• Which term describes the grain of the landscape that varies with distance?
• Which are the listed vegetative planting methods?
• From where should a site be monitored?
• What does an Environmental Assessment determine?
• What are the three basic components of NEPA?
• Which two irrigation types are listed?
• What are the three site regeneration options?
• Why continuously monitor the five resource inputs?
• What ends the EIS process?
• Natural ecosystems are affected by what?
• Which description best describes the aims of natural ecosystem management?
• Which of the following is a secondary landscape type?
• Which of the following best describes reconstructing past ecological history?
• What is topdressing?
• Which option correctly lists the four elements that dominate landscape appearance?
• Which of the following is NOT listed as affecting natural ecosystems?
• Which term describes the ongoing balance maintained by forces within an ecosystem?
• Which of the following is a key requirement for hand planting?
• What decision strategy fits low agreement on values but high agreement on facts?
• What four systems affect turf development?
• Which three factors affect site durability?
• What are key requirements for successful hand planting?
• What two tools are shown for hand planting?
• Which statement correctly lists the five ecosystem management steps?
• What is aeration?
• What begins the EIS scoping process?
• Which term is defined as the intersection of two planes, such as shorelines or timberlines?
• What is the focal point where several axes meet?
• Which two climatic factors directly influence turf maturation and hardiness?
• Which NEPA component corresponds to the Declaration of National Environmental Policy?
• Which environmental factor is defined by the viewer's position relative to the scene?
• Vegetation at a recreation site deteriorates at what rate relative to recovery?
• Seedbed preparation should include...
• Which list contains the eight environmental factors that influence visual perception?
• What are lethal fire effects on overstory vegetation?
• Which term best describes repetition of dominant elements or an ordered series of visual experiences?
• Which NEPA review option is used when a project is not expected to have significant environmental effects?
• In landscape terminology, which term is defined as the intersection of two planes, such as shorelines or timberlines?
• Which NEPA review option is the most comprehensive assessment of potential environmental impacts?
• Which of the following is a factor in proper site management?
• Which monitoring method involves maintaining photographic records of the site over time?
• What are the two ways of establishing turf?
• Which statement best describes a principle of dominance in the context of landscape aesthetics?
• What three related programs should overstory management integrate with?
• Which are the four variables that affect aesthetic response?
• What does Leave Open, Culturally Treat mean?
• In warm regions, when are fertilizers generally applied?
• The purpose of monitoring resource inputs is to guide management programs that maintain or enhance what?
• Which of the following is NOT a primary landscape type?
• What does Rest and Rotate mean?
• Which option describes the timing of silvicultural treatments?
• Silvicultural treatments can be applied at which times relative to site development?
• Which four items does an Environmental Assessment generally discuss?
• Which rate best describes vegetation deterioration in recreation areas?
• Which seeding approach is typically used to seed large landscape areas efficiently?
• What is variety?
• Which NEPA provision pertains to analysis of environmental impacts for federal projects?
• What happens if primary agents of change are removed?
• An EIS is typically prepared for actions with what level of impact?
• Which option is a listed turf management benefit?
• Why is the transition zone difficult for turf?
• Liming primarily raises soil pH toward neutrality.
• What three concepts are important in site management?
• What seedbed preparation should include?
• Which set identifies the secondary landscape types?
• Which two planting methods are identified as common techniques?
• Where are exotic species prohibited according to the lecture?
• When can CATEX apply?
• What is an ecosystem?
• How long is the draft EIS public review and comment period?
• What is soil scarification?
• What two artificial seeding approaches are listed?
• When is ground cover most rapidly impacted?
• What does Cut Out, Get Out mean?
• What is the most important natural source of motion in a landscape?
• Which regeneration option involves relocating development to a new location rather than modifying in place?
• Which of the following is NOT listed as a goal of silvicultural treatment before development?
• What does redesign and reestablish involve?
• Which item is NOT one of the four items typically discussed in an Environmental Assessment?
• Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting site durability?
• In which region would warm-season grasses perform best?
• Which strategy involves making a site able to tolerate higher use by adding materials such as gravel, coarse sand, or wood chips?
• What happens to microclimate after vegetation is destroyed by fire?
• What are the six principles of dominance?
• Which of the following is included among the eight cultural treatments of sod?
• Which regeneration option is least desirable for visitor convenience?
• What is the stated purpose of the information program?
• Which monitoring technique is a fixed-plot method?
• A deviation is defined as?
• Which option is NOT one of the three primary silvicultural treatments listed before development?
• Which three primary nutrients are used in fertilizers?
• What is the focal point where several axes meet?
• How did 19th-century settlers use fire?
• Which statement best describes the purpose of reconstructing recent ecological history?
• What is the purpose of ecosystem management policy?
• Which of the following is an example of a line in landscape terms?
• Why watch indicator species?
• What three factors influence fire behavior?
• What was the prevailing official fire policy during much of the 20th century?
• What is the main line of focus created by lines converging toward a central point?
• Which are the two general categories of impacts?
• What three factors determine the turf establishment method?
• Is public involvement required for an EIS?
• Aeration is defined as the mechanical removal of sod-soil cores.
• Which statement best defines site durability?
• The formal initiation of scoping for an EIS is signaled by what action?
• What historical role has fire played?
• What is the first task in a systems approach?
• How does distance affect color?