Forest Engineering and Utilization

1. Resin obtained from Anisoptera thurifera

A. balau C. gutta percha
B. manila copal D. manila elem
2. Grooved or notches made in cutting with saw
A. sawing variation C. saw dust
B. saw kerf D. saw line
3. The property of wood which exhibits different physical and chemical characteristics along it
planes
A. Hygroscopicity C. microscopicity
B. anisotropicity D. isotropicity
4. Plywood that is capable of withstanding prolonged exposure to severe service condition
A. interior plywood
B. type 1 plywood
C. exterior type plywood
D. Grade A plywood
5. It is the lengthwise curvature of the narrow surface of the board.
A. cup C. bow
B. crook D. twist
6. It refers to any irregularity or deviation from the qualities that make the wood suitable for a
particular end use
A. disease C. reaction wood
B. defect D. tension wood
7. Wood with completely filled resin canals
A. bagtikan C. mayapis
B. yemane D. almon
8. A kind of decay when both the cellulose and lignin is removed
A. stain C. white rot
B. dry rot D. brown rot
9. Which is the best species for fuel wood production?
A. Toog C. Kakawate
B. Bakauan D. Molave
10. A classification of lumber which are used for general building and construction purposes
A. yard lumber C. structural lumber
B. joints and planks D. factory lumber
11. It is used for smoking fish
A. api-api C. kalantas
B. tangal D. akle
12. Wood saccharification simply means -
A. Extraction of hydrated tar from bicarbonate extract
B. Acid hydrolosis of wood cellulose to produce sugar
C. Separation of acid liquid for soluble tar
D. Methyl acetone undergoes further distillation

13. An open joint extending through or partially through a panel, which result when side by side
core veneers are not tightly buttered together.
A. cross break C. closed split
B. core gap D. dent
14. An empty cell process which applies air pressure above atmospheric pressure to force air into
the wood cells before the impregnation of preservative
A. rueping process
B. arsenate method
 C. refusal method
D. full cell process

15. The first strength property of a wood affected by decay

A. modulus of elasticity
B. impact bending
C. electrical conductivity
D. toughness

16. A complex phenolic polymers of irregular structures in wood

A. hemicellulose
B. Carbohydrates
C. lignin
D. cellulose

17. There are many standard grades of plywood which are determined based on their uses. One
of the common use of plywood is for structural and construction and this type of plywood is
known as -
A. Engineered grade
B. Appearance grade
C. Class grade
D. Export grade

18. Load where the force acts over a long period of time is called?
A. impact load
B. dead load
C. rolling load
D. static load

19. General term for cup, bow, twist or crook

A. collapse
B. Brittle
C. case hardening
D. warp

20. Speed up chemical reaction in the mix

A. adhesive
B. Extender
C. discolored sapwood cutting
D. catalyst

21. A process of sawing boards to desired dimension.

A. pressing
B. Sawing
C. trimming
D. edging

22. Tension wood in hardwood is usually referred to as -

A. Custard
 B. Reaction wood
C. Juvenile wood
D. Compression wood

23. It is the standard method of treating with all water-borne preservative

A. arsenal method
B. rueping method
C. refusal method
D. full cell process

24. Cold pressing is the - before the plywood pane is subjected to hot press.
A. Ply conditioning
B. Initial undertaking
C. Means for ply stabilizer
D. Preparatory for ply fitting

25. What is that living tissue in a tree that is responsible for the transport of soluble mineral
nutrient from root and all part of the plant
A. Xylem C. Phloem
B. Cortex D. Wood cell
26. The benefit of cogeneration as source of electrical energy as far as end users/cogenerators
are concerned
I. Reduce energy bill
II. Additional profit from selling by-products like wood and agro residues
III. Increase security of energy supply
IV. Conventional energy source will be phased out
A. I, II, IV C. I, IV
B. I, II, III D. II,III, IV
27. Which portion of the wood is more easily penetrated by preservative?
A. Heartwood
B. Knot
C. Bark
D. Sapwood

28. Flavin is a dye extract from the inner bark of

A. Duhat
B. Oak
C. Tangai
D. Kamachili

29. When a veneer is continuously cut by centering the entire bolt in a lathe and rotating it against
the log, this type of cutting is -
A. Saw cutting
B. Rotary cutting
C. Rift cutting
D. Sliced cutting

30. Principal consideration why pine trees are preferred for mine timber.
A. It is reservoir
 B. Long fiber and does not break easily
C. It is cheap
D. It is light in weight

31. The sour smell of logs submerged in water is an indication of what?

A. fungal growth
B. insect growth
C. bacterial growth
D. chemical growth

32. Characterized by a surface tension set in the shell and compression set in the core of a dried
lumber
A. bow
B. Casehardening
C. cup
D. twist

33. What is the insect that belongs to the order Isoptera known to be the most destructive insect to
wood which causes significant economic losses?
A. Centipede C. Beetle
B. Butterfly D. White ant
34. The term used to indicate the rate flow of gases and liquids in wood
A. permeability
B. diffusibility
C. capillary
D. absorption

35. Plain sawed lumber is synonymous to

A. edge-grained
B. rift-grained lumber
C. radial grained
D. flat-grained

36. In scientific name Shorea negrosensis, negronesis is the -

A. Generic name
B. Specific epithet
C. Binomial name
D. Latin name

37. Species that smells like old leather

A. dungon
B. tindalo
C. narra
D. pagatpat
38. Consist of making a series of narrow holes or slits in the wood about 1/2 to 3/4 inch deep.
These allow preservatives to better penetrate impregnation-resistant wood species and make
possible a more uniform penetration to atleast the depth of holes.
A. incising
B. peeling
 C. cutting and framing
D. conditioning

39. It is also known as bethel process

A. empty cell
B. full cell
C. sap displacement
D. sap replacement
40. The smallest aggregations of cellulose molecules in the plant cell
A. elementary fibrils
B. amorphous
C. crystalline
D. microfibrils
41. Cellulose molecules arranged into ordered strands during growth of the tree.
A. Wood rays
B. Vessel
C. Tracheids
D. fibrils
42. The moisture content of a piece of wood with green and ovendry weight of 300 and 180 grams
respectively
A. 0.6%
B. 6.66%
C. 66.67%
D. 66.66%
43. It is used to hold the log or can steadily during sawing
A. setworks
B. feedwork
C. dogs
D. Feed rate
44. Common type of fillers except
A. wood flour
B. coconut shell flour
C. cassava flour
D. none of these
45. Bubble-like outgrowth of the parenchyma cells adjacent to the vessels are called what?
A. pitch
B. tyloses
C. ash
D. resin
46. Chromated copper arsenate (CCA) is an example of what?
A. water-borne preservative
B. oil-borne preservative
C. tar oil
D. organic solvent
47. A log input of 45 cu.m sawn by a rotary mill have lumber output of 9540 bd.ft. , however, when
the same volume of logs was sawn in a band mill, the lumber output is 13,360 bd.ft. What is
the difference in the conservation efficiency between the two type of logs ?
A. 50% C. 30%
B. 25% D. 20%
48. The cutting unit system of lumber is used in
board feet. What is the required volume in cu. m. of log?
A. defect grading
B. stress grading
C. machine grading
D. NHLA rules
49. A treatment which reduce combustibility in wood
A. insecticide
B. polyethylene glycol
C. Fungicide
D. fire retardant
50. Analyze the statements.
I. Majority of Philippine timbers are diffused porous
II. Kalantas exhibits solitary pores.
A. Both statements are wrong.
B. Statement I is correct and statement II is wrong.
C. Statement I is wrong and statement II is correct.
D. Both statements are true.
51. A reaction wood formed on the upper side of leaning hardwoods.
A. compression wood
B. heartwood
C. Sapwood
D. tension wood
52. Measure if stiffness of a beam or column
A. modulus of rupture
B. modulus of rigidity
C. modulus of elasticity
D. static bending
53. This organisms damages wood in salt or brackish water
A. marine borers
B. Bacteria
C. dry wood termites
D. subterranean termites
54. A highly purified liquid products used in the manufacture of rayon, tire, cord, cellophane,
plastic, etc.
A. sulfite pulp
B. mechanical pulp
C. dissolving pulp
D. fiber
55. The fiber saturation point of wood is when?
A. both cell walls and lumen without water
B. both cell walls and lumen saturated with water
C. cell walls saturated with water and no water in the lumen
D. only cell lumen is saturated with water
56. It is consisted of cellulose and hemicellulose
A. pseudo-cellulose
B. Lignin
C. Holocellulose
D. glucose
57. A lumber that has not been dressed
A. surfaced lumber
B. patterned lumber
C. worked lumber
D. rough lumber
58. Removing moisture from green wood to improve its serviceability
A. curing
B. conditioning
C. EMC
D. seasoning
59. Ratio of calculated or lotted linear error to the measured and recorded perimeter
A. error of closure
B. Backsight
C. Range
D. elevation
60. A crude method of measuring horizontal distance
A. transit
B. laser
C. stadia
D. pacing
61. A yellow coloring dye obtained from the rhizomes of Cucuma longa and is grown in Northern
Luzon
A. logwood
B. indigo
C. turmeric
D. sappan
62. These are living organisms belonging to the Mollusk and Crustaceans which inhabit salt and
brackish water and inflict extensive damage on submerged wooden structures or those
exposed to low tide.
A. beetles
B. marine borers
C. termites
D. fungi
63. A device used in finding areas in maps
A. pantograph
B. engineer’s scale
C. planimeter
D. triangle
64. A hardwood species commonly used for matchsticks and chopsticks
A. taluto
B. yemane
C. yakal
D. gubas
65. Water in the cells wall materials of wood is called bound water while those in the cell lumina is
called
A. Moisture content
B. free water
C. humidity
D. water vapor
66. It is an indication of the amount of wood substance contained in a given volume of the
material. It is the best measure of the strength quality of wood.
A. specific gravity
B. equilibrium moisture content
C. fiber saturation
D. density
67. Which of the following families produces softwood species?
A. Podocarpaceae
B. Verbenaceae
C. Leguminosae
D. Meliaceae
68. Water in the wood that is associated with the cell wall material, the removal of which below the
fiber saturation point cause the cell wall to shrink
A. Free water
B. Water vapor
C. Bound water
D. Moisture meter
69. One of the best natural resins used in varnish and paint manufacture derived from almaciga
trees.
A. Manila elemi
B. Turpentine
C. Balau
D. Manila copal
70. A defect characterized by irregular and abnormal shrinkage, which occurs above the fiber
saturation point. It is due to buckling and crushing of the cell walls.
A. warping
B. heartcheck
C. Butt rot
 D. collapse
71. Lumber that has been surfaced by a planing machine for purposes of attaining smoothness of
surfaces and uniformity of size on one edge or a combination of sides and edges
A. patterned lumber
B. matched lumber
C. dressed lumber
D. worked lumber
72. One of the premium hardwood species commonly used in furniture and paneling for export.
A. Shorea squamata
B. Albizzia falcataria
C. Pinus insularis
D. Pterocarpus indicus
73. The observed dimensional changes in wood are unequal along the three structural directions.
This phenomenon is an indication that wood is
A. anisotropic
B. microscopic
C. Hygroscopic
D. isotropic
74. The central portion of a log left in the process of producing veneer sheets with the use of rotary
lathe.
A. log ends
B. log core
C. core board
D. brash center
75. When a log scale exceeds the lumber output, it is said to be:
A. mill tally
B. over run
C. under run
D. 100% utilization
76. It consists of cells which serve as storage and conduction of food materials; these cells contain
living protoplasm while they are in the sapwood, but lose their protoplasm when the sapwood
is transformed into heartwood.
A. resin canals
B. wood parenchyma
C. vessels
D. wood rays
77. A yarding technique which is considered more destructive compared to truck logging or tractor
logging.
A. siwash
B. high lead
C. hauling
D. skidding
78. The term used to describe any distortion from the true plane that may occur in a piece of wood
during seasoning.
A. brash center
B. casehardening
C. warping
 D. collapse
79. Principal chemical constituent of the cell walls; complex carbohydrate occurring in the form of
polymer chains.
A. holocellulose
B. alpha cellulose
C. cellulose
D. lignin
80. A machine which converts sawmill wastes not otherwise used, such as slabs, edgings,
trimmings, defective boards and miscuts into small roughly sized pieced to be used for fuel.
A. feed work
B. wood hog
C. resaw
D. ripper
81. A special type of map which shows, by the use of suitable symbols, the configuration of the
earth’s surface called relief, other natural features such as trees and streams and the physical
changes brought upon the earth’s surface by the works of man, such as houses, roads, etc..
A. topographic map
B. hydrograhic map
C. geographic map
D. land-use map
82. The abnormal wood produced in the upper side of leaning stems of hardwood.
A. unsound wood
B. compression wood
C. tension wood
D. bump
83. What is the moisture content of a piece of wood if the green weight is 200 grams and the
ovendry weight is 160 grams?
A. 50%
B. 15%
C. 25%
D. 40%
84. It is a term used to indicate the rate of flow of gases and fluids in wood.
A. swelling
B. absorption
C. fluidity
D. permeability

85. A non-elastic rubber derived from the latex of several members of the genus Palaquium.
A. Manila copal
B. Manila elemi
C. Gutta percha
D. balau
86. Lumber cut so that the wide face of the board is principally radial is called:
A. flat sawn
B. plan sawn
 C. dressed lumber
D. quarter sawn
87. It is defined as the amount of deviation from a straight line drawn from end to end of the log,
over and above the amount of taper. It is a gradual curve extending to the whole length of the
log.
A. ring shake
B. center rot
C. sweep
D. crook
88. The volume of log input needed to sustain the operation of a wood processing plant at
attainable capacity for a period of one (1) year.
A. annual log requirement
B. annual growth
C. log production
D. allowable cut
89. On the other hand, lumber cut so that the wide face of the board is tangential is said to be
A. edge-grained
B. tongued and grooved
C. plain sawn
D. quarter sawn
90. Skidding or forwarding to move the log from stumps area to roadside is the commonly used
method where grades do not exceed:
A. 100%
B. 60%
C. 80%
D. 70%
91. Bark or the lack of wood from any cause on the edge or corner of a piece of lumber.
A. wane
B. miscut
C. cat-face
D. slab
92. A theoretical state of which all the free water has evaporated leaving only the bound water in
the cell wall.
A. shrinkage
B. equilibrium moisture content
C. relative humidity
D. fiber saturation point
93. An abnormal type of wood generally found in leaning stems and branches of softwoods and
hardwoods.
A. canker
B. reaction wood
C. knot
D. burl
94. The extractable material in certain plants having the ability to convert hide into leather.
A. lignin
 B. gum resin
C. exudates
D. tannin
95. Which of the following species produces the hardest and heaviest wood?
A. Vitex parviflora
B. Ceiba Pentandra
C. Sterculia cermanica
D. Xanthostemon verdugonianus
96. Wood shrinks and swells as a result of the change in moisture content below fiber saturation
point. It has been shown that for each percent decrease in moisture content from FSP wood
shrinks about:
A. 1/2 of the total possible shrinkage
B. 1/25 of the total possible shrinkage
C. 1/30 of the total possible shrinkage
D. 1/5 of the total possible shrinkage
97. Consists of boards bonded together, either in straight or curved form with their grain directions
parallel to each other.
A. plywood
B. laminated wood
C. chipboard
D. particle board
98. The outer portion of a woody stem distinguished from the inner wood by its lighter color.
A. softwood
B. core wood
C. sapwood
D. heartwood
99. The scientific name of the now common balimbing wood species is:
A. Spondias purpurea
B. Averrhoa bilimbi
C. Averrhoa carambola
D. Averrhoa quadrialata
100. In primary log transport the one responsible for unhooking the turns as they are in and
for preparing a safe log deck.
A. chaser
B. yarder engineer
C. choker setter
D. rigging slinger