USA · US Office of Personnel Management (qualification standard); USDA Forest Service, BLM, NPS, BIA and others (hiring) · civil-service · unverified source
No written exam: applicants are rated against the OPM qualification standard (a forestry degree or a required number of forestry credit hours) and the job announcement's questionnaire.
Unverified: the OPM standard was not opened this session; listed so students know the federal route is by qualifications, not a test.
Official source: https://www.opm.gov/
Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.
1. Plot volume has a CV of 40%. How many plots are needed for an allowable error of ±10% at about 95% confidence (t ≈ 2), using simple random sampling?
C. 64
n = t²CV²/E² = 4 × 1600/100 = 64. 16 omits t²; 8 uses CV/E without squaring.
Biometry, Statistics & Computing for Forestry · Sampling distributions, standard error and confidence intervals
2. In the United States, national forests are managed by the Forest Service, which sits within the:
B. Department of Agriculture
The Forest Service is part of the Department of Agriculture; the Department of the Interior houses agencies such as the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management.
Forest Administration, Protection Enforcement & Office Practice · Organisation of forest departments and forest service cadres
3. A duty of care towards field staff includes:
B. Protective gear, training and insurance
Employers must provide equipment, training, reasonable hours and compensation for injury.
Forest Administration, Protection Enforcement & Office Practice · Personnel management and staff welfare
These notes are free to read here, with no account.
What the Laisha app adds:
Free for ten days, then a subscription. We would rather write that here than have you find it later.