Research Briefs Test

Research Briefs Test
Please fill out your email address in the first box and your name, ISA cert. no. & specialty in the second box. Answer the questions below and when you are finished, press submit.

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Question: 1. American Forests recommends cities have:
a minimum canopy coverage of 50%.
a minimum canopy coverage of 50% in suburban residential zoning districts in the east.
a minimum canopy coverage of 5% in central business zoning districts.
all of the above.

Question: 2. Minimum canopy standards can be set:
for the city as a whole.
by zoned land use district.
by each developed building lot.
all of the above.

Question: 3. The minimum canopy standard can be measured by:
canopy coverage area.
numbers of trees per development site.
number of caliper inches per acre.
all of the above.

Question: 4. A healthy soil food web helps reduce or eliminate the need for:
fertilizers.
insects.
disease.
all of the above.

Question: 5. Some soil organisms produce sticky substances:
that aid in the formation of soil aggregates.
that aid in the stability of soil aggregates.
that are essential to good soil structure.
all of the above.

Question: 6. Humus:
holds water and nutrients in the soil.
binds to heavy metals.
stores carbon in the soil for years.
all of the above.

Question: 7. Soil organisms:
decompose organic compounds.
decompose pesticides.
improve rainwater infiltration rates.
all of the above.

Question: 8. Treatments for Emerald Ash Borer included:
borate treatments by spray.
borate treatments by dip.
imidacloprid treatment by spray.
all of the above.

Question: 9. Which statement is true?
All chemical treatments did better under indoor rearing than they did under outdoor rearing.
For the outdoor-reared logs, only the borate treatments had a significant effect.
Only the borate dip treatments reduced the infection levels significantly.
Imidacloprid treatments may negatively affect EAB adult health and survivability after emergence.

Question: 10. Minimal sidewalk lifting or cracking was associated with:
structural soil.
foam treatments.
vertical polyethylene sheet.
all of the above.

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