Chartered Forester / Chartered Arboriculturist — Professional Membership Entry (PME) · UK · Institute of Chartered Foresters
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersTrees and forests where people live: urban forest planning, species choice, planting and care of individual trees, tree risk assessment and the benefits of urban trees.
In the exams: ICAR AICE-JRF 59 Unit 11 (urban forestry: choice of species, design, management); ICAR AIEEA-PG Group 09 (urban forestry); ISA Certified Arborist; ICF Chartered Arboriculturist
How our questions for Chartered Forester / Chartered Arboriculturist spread across the units of Urban Forestry & Arboriculture. Difficulty: 2 easy, 16 medium, 10 hard.
| Tree protection on construction sites | 7 | |
| Urban forest management plans and policy | 6 | |
| Urban forest concepts and benefits | 4 | |
| Urban tree inventory and canopy-cover assessment | 3 | |
| Species choice and design for streets, parks and green belts | 2 | |
| Pruning standards and practices | 2 | |
| Tree biomechanics and tree risk assessment | 2 | |
| Urban tree pests, diseases and disorders | 1 | |
| Arboricultural safety and climbing | 1 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
Valuation methods typically show that a large mature tree compared with a new sapling is:
D. Worth far more
Supports protecting existing trees.
Equity analyses of urban canopy often find:
D. Less canopy in poorer neighbourhoods
Canopy distribution is uneven.
The emerald ash borer and Dutch elm disease illustrate the risk of:
C. Relying on few species
Diversity spreads risk.
A street population planted all at once is vulnerable even if diverse because:
D. It ages and declines together
Diversify age structure too.
The UK standard for tree work recommendations is:
C. BS 3998:2010
BS 3998:2010 covers tree work recommendations.
Most tree roots are found in the top:
C. 30 to 60 cm of soil
And extend beyond the crown edge.
Under BS 5837:2012, the root protection area radius equals:
C. 12 times stem diameter
Stem diameter is measured at 1.5 m.
Utilities crossing a root zone are best installed by:
A. Directional boring
Trenchless methods avoid root severance.
A key governance problem in Indian urban forestry is:
B. Overlapping agencies
Coordination and a designated tree officer help.
An urban forest management plan typically includes:
C. Canopy targets, maintenance
Plus inventory, planting, protection and budget.
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