Chartered Forester / Chartered Arboriculturist Professional Forestry Practice, Ethics & Registration: practice questions

1 · Forestry as a profession: societies, regulators and titles · medium

The Institute of Chartered Foresters can award a protected chartered title because it holds:

1. A licence from the European Union
2. A contract with every forest company
3. Membership of the United Nations
4. A royal charter

2 · Registration routes: licensing exams, articling, competency interviews · hard

In a professional interview, a candidate is asked about work outside their experience. The best response is to:

1. Claim experience they do not have
2. Refuse to answer the question
3. Describe a colleague's work as their own
4. State the limits of their experience honestly

3 · Continuing professional development requirements · medium

Which sequence describes planned CPD?

1. Attend any event of any kind, then claim all the hours
2. Review, identify gaps, learn, record, reflect
3. Collect certificates without reviewing them
4. Wait for the audit and then study

4 · Consulting forestry: contracts, reports and liability · medium

Why do some codes restrict fees contingent on the outcome of a timber valuation?

1. They tempt the valuer to bias the result
2. They are always lower than equivalent daily-rate fees
3. They are illegal in every country
4. Clients never accept them

5 · Consulting forestry: contracts, reports and liability · hard

After reading a draft report, a client asks the consultant to change the conclusion to support a planning application. The consultant should:

1. Change the conclusion as requested, since the client is paying
2. Delete the report and refuse all contact
3. Correct facts but keep sound conclusions
4. Add the client's view as the consultant's own

6 · Working with Indigenous peoples and local communities · hard

Principles of Indigenous data sovereignty hold that data about Indigenous lands, knowledge and peoples should be:

1. Owned by whoever collects them
2. Published openly without consent
3. Controlled by the peoples concerned
4. Held only by national governments

7 · Communicating professional advice and conflict management · easy

In interest-based negotiation, BATNA stands for:

1. Basic agreement terms for negotiating any arrangement
2. Best alternative to a negotiated agreement
3. Balanced approach to negotiation and arbitration
4. Binding arbitration through a neutral authority

8 · Communicating professional advice and conflict management · hard

Research on risk communication suggests that admitting uncertainty honestly tends to:

1. Destroy trust permanently
2. Increase credibility over time
3. Have no effect on audiences
4. Be illegal for professionals

9 · Field practicum and forest work experience · medium

A trainee exaggerates their months of experience in a registration log. This is:

1. Normal practice that assessors expect from most applicants
2. A serious ethical breach
3. Acceptable if the supervisor agrees
4. Irrelevant to registration

10 · Health and safety responsibilities · easy

Which international body publishes a code of practice on safety and health in forestry work?

1. The International Labour Organization
2. The World Trade Organization
3. The Forest Stewardship Council
4. INTERPOL