Foresters Licensure Examination

Philippines · Professional Regulatory Board for Foresters, Professional Regulation Commission · licensing · unverified source

246practice questions written to this syllabus
28subjects

Format

Written examination on four subjects set in RA 10690; pass requires a general weighted average of 75%. Dates are set by the PRC master schedule.

Sections

Over the years

The four subjects and the 75% rule are from the text of the Forestry Profession Act (RA 10690, 2015), read in the LawPhil law library rather than on a PRC page, so the row stays unverified. The Act also requires a forestry degree from a CHED-recognised school; the Board may revise syllabi with PRC approval. Item counts and weights per subject were not checked.

Official source: https://www.prc.gov.ph/

Subjects this exam draws on

Introduction to Forestry & the World's Forests1 questionsForest Botany & Plant Systematics9 questionsDendrology & Tree Identification9 questionsTree Physiology1 questionsForest Soils & Soil Conservation4 questionsForest Meteorology & Climatology1 questionsForest Surveying & Mapping26 questionsForest Ecology & Ecosystem Processes11 questionsForest Types, Phytogeography & World Biomes10 questionsForest Tree Seed Technology9 questionsPrinciples of Silviculture16 questionsForest Nursery & Plantation Establishment8 questionsSilvicultural Systems6 questionsStand Tending, Thinning & Pruning6 questionsPlantation Forestry & Short-Rotation Crops9 questionsForest Mensuration16 questionsForest Inventory & Sampling Design3 questionsGrowth & Yield Modelling8 questionsWood Anatomy & Wood Properties13 questionsWood Seasoning, Preservation & Protection9 questionsForest Operations, Harvesting & Forest Engineering10 questionsWood Products & Forest-Based Industries10 questionsNon-Timber Forest Products, Bamboo & Medicinal Plants11 questionsForest Management & Yield Regulation16 questionsForest Economics & Valuation9 questionsForest Policy, Law & Governance8 questionsCommunity & Social Forestry, Joint Forest Management & Forest Peoples3 questionsProfessional Forestry Practice, Ethics & Registration4 questions

Five practice questions, worked

Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.

1. Which statement about professional recognition of foresters is correct?

  1. Every country requires foresters to pass one international licensing examination
  2. No country regulates the professional practice of forestry in any form
  3. Only foresters employed by government services can hold professional status
  4. Some license foresters by law; others use chartered membership
Answer and working

D. Some license foresters by law; others use chartered membership

The Philippines and several Canadian provinces and US states license or register foresters; the UK, Australia and others use chartered or registered membership of professional bodies.

Introduction to Forestry & the World's Forests · Branches of forestry and the forester's professional roles worldwide

2. Earlywood and latewood together form:

  1. A ray
  2. A growth ring
  3. A lenticel
  4. A pit
Answer and working

B. A growth ring

Seasonal changes in cambial activity produce growth rings, usually annual.

Forest Botany & Plant Systematics · Plant cell, tissues and secondary growth

3. Why should blazes be small and avoided on valuable trees and research plots?

  1. They make the tree illegal to sell
  2. They kill the tree within a week
  3. They change the species of the tree
  4. They open wounds to pathogens
Answer and working

D. They open wounds to pathogens

Blazes are wounds; minimise them.

Dendrology & Tree Identification · Field characters: bark, blaze, leaf arrangement, stipules, exudates

4. Which group consists of shade-intolerant (light-demanding) species?

  1. Firs, hemlocks, beeches and yews
  2. Pines, larches, birches and poplars
  3. Spruces, beeches, hemlocks and firs
  4. Yews, hollies, firs and sugar maples
Answer and working

B. Pines, larches, birches and poplars

Pioneer genera such as pines, larches, birches and poplars demand light; firs, hemlocks, beeches, yews and sugar maple are classically shade-tolerant.

Tree Physiology · Photosynthesis in trees: C3 pathway, light response, shade tolerance

5. A prescription calls for 200 kg N ha⁻¹ as urea (46% N). How much urea is needed per hectare?

  1. 435 kg
  2. 92 kg
  3. 246 kg
  4. 200 kg
Answer and working

A. 435 kg

200/0.46 = 435 kg. 92 kg multiplies by 0.46 instead of dividing.

Forest Soils & Soil Conservation · Forest soil fertility, fertilisation of plantations

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