Post on 31-Dec-2015
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Rules
• Number a paper from 1-16.• Please put away your binders, papers,
computers.• Compete for the glory of winning
– or defeating the CVS staff
• Once we move on to a new question, please do not go back and change or fill in an old question.
• CVS staff may get different questions.• Kevin can be the judge on ambiguous answers• Honor system.
#1
• #1 Contracting Firms: What is the URL of the CVS website?
• #1 CVS: What is the URL of the EEP website?
#3
• #3 Contracting Firms: Name 4 required fields for level 1-2 plot datasheets not including fields related to geocoordinates or plot name (project, team, plot).
• #3 CVS Staff: How many unique datasheet pages do we have in our most recent set of datasheets?
#5
• #5 Firms: Name at least one of the authors of the major Flora of the southeast published in 1968.
• #5 CVS Staff: Who won all 4 men's tennis grand slam events in 1969?
Hint: it is NOT the same person!!!
#6
• #6 Firms: What is the current preferred taxonomic standard, with date?
• #6 CVS Staff: Name 4 contracting firms currently in EEP's on-call list.
#9
• #9 Firms: What is the name of CVS level-5 plot excursion that occurs 2-3 times per year?
• #9 CVS: Name 2 out of the 3 plans and drawings before monitoring listed on the EEP Projects Spreadsheet.
#10
• #10 Firms: How big is an are?
• #10 CVS Staff: Name the city in Wisconsin whose name is three words, but <=10 total letters.
#11
• #11 Firms: What is our preferred date format? Give today's date in that format as an example.
• #11 CVS: What is the average high-temperature from June-August of Columbia SC (+/- 2 deg F)? Is it higher or lower than Austin, TX?
#13
• #13 Firms: Name 3 damage categories on the Planted Woody Stems datasheet, excluding animals.
• #13 CVS: Name the three orders of the mammals listed in the damage categories.
#14
• #14 Firms: List the 3 unknown species scenarios
• #14 CVS: What is the name of the device that controls how much (or if) water flows to a waterwheel on a mill?
#15
• What values would you fill in on the Planted Woody Stems datasheet for ddh, Height, and DBH for this plant (green=alive):
ground1.9 cm
1.31m2.76m
1.4 cm 1.2 cm
3.75m
#16
• #16 Firms: Where does the cursor go on the Planted Woody Stems form when you press <enter> on your keyboard?
• #16 CVS: What is the diagonal distance on a 10m x 10m plot?
#1 ANSWER
• #1 Contracting Firms: What is the URL of the CVS website?– cvs.bio.unc.edu– www.cvs.com gets you the drug store
• #1 CVS: What is the URL of the EEP website?– www.nceep.net
#2 ANSWER
• When do you NOT measure ddh for a planted stem?
• If height is >2.5m
• AND for Live-Stakes
#3 ANSWER
• #3 Contracting Firms: Name 4 required fields for level 1-2 plot datasheets not including fields related to geocoordinates or plot name (project, team, plot)– Plot leader, start date, taxonomic standard (with date), state,
EEP reach, X-axis bearing, plot size, post coordinates
• #3 CVS Staff: How many unique datasheet pages do we have in our most recent set of datasheets?– 10: Plot (levels 1-2), Plot (3), Plot x 2 (4-5), Planted Stems (1-2),
Planted Stems x Natural Stems Hybrid (2), Natural Stems (2-3), Natural Stems (4-5), Cover (3-4), Cover (5)
#5 ANSWER
• #5 Firms: Name at least one of the authors of the major Flora of the southeast published in 1968. – Radford, Ahles, Bell
• #5 CVS-EEP Staff: Who won all 4 men's tennis grand slam events in 1969?– Rod Laver
#6 ANSWER• #6 Firms: What is the current preferred
taxonomic standard (with date?) – Weakley 2006
• #6 CVS-EEP Staff: Name 4 contracting firms.
– Axiom Environmental, Inc. – Confluence Engineering, PC – Ecological Engineering, LLP – EcoScience Corporation, a Division of
PBS&J – Equinox Environmental Consultation
and Design, Inc. – Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc. – KCI Associates of North Carolina, PA – Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. – Ko & Associates, PC
– Land Management Group, Inc.– MACTEC Engineering and Consulting,
Inc. – Michael Baker Engineering, Inc. – Mulkey, Inc. – Robert J. Goldstein & Associates, Inc. – Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. – Tetra Tech, Inc. – Ward Consulting Engineers, PC – Wildlands Engineering, Inc. – Wolf Creek Engineering, PLLC
#9 ANSWER
• #9 Firms: What is the name of CVS level-5 plot excursion that occurs 2-3 times per year?
• Pulse
• #9 CVS: Name 2 out of the 3 plans and drawings before monitoring listed on the EEP Projects Spreadsheet.
• Restoration Plan, Mitigation Plan, As-built Drawing
#10 ANSWER
• #10 Firms: How big is an are?• 100 sq. meters• I will also accept 1,076.39 sq. feet• 1/100 hectare!
• #10 CVS Staff: Name the city in Wisconsin whose name is three words, but <=10 total letters.
• Fond du Lac
#11 ANSWER
• #11 Firms: What is our preferred date format? Give today's date in that format as an example.
• DD-MMM-YYYY• 10-JUN-2009
• #11 CVS: What is the average high-temperature from June-August of Columbia SC (+/- 2 deg F)? Is it higher or lower than Austin, TX?
• Columbia: 93 deg F• Austin: 94 deg F• lower, but not by much!
#12 ANSWER
• What does the "R" source code stand for on the planted woody stems datasheet?
• bare Root
#13-Firms ANSWER
• Name 3 damage categories on the Planted Woody Stems datasheet, excluding animals.
• Removal• Cut• Mowing• Beaver• Deer• Rodents (presumably other
than Beaver)• Insects• Game• Livestock
• Other/Unknown animal• Human Trampled • Site too wet• Site too dry• Flood• Drought• Storm• Hurricane• Diseased• Vine Strangulation
13-CVS ANSWER
• #13 CVS: Name the three mammalian orders of the mammals listed in the damage categories.
• Rodentia (Beaver, Rodents)
• Artiodactyla (Deer)
• Primata (Humans)
#14 ANSWER
• #14 Firms: List the 3 unknown species scenarios• Genus/Family sp.• DONTKNOW• Unknown
• #14 CVS: What is the name of the device that controls how much (or if) water flows to a waterwheel on a mill?
• sluice gate
#15 ANSWER
• What values would you fill in on the Planted Woody Stems datasheet for ddh, Height, and DBH for this plant (green=alive):
ground1.9 cm
1.31m2.76m
1.4 cm 1.2 cm
3.75m
ddh=(blank) as height is >=250 cm
Height=270 (binned down from 276 cm)
DBH=1 (binned down to 1 from 1.4)
I actually got this one wrong at first and had to correct it!