1st Annual Competition Each Contracting Firm

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1st Annual CompetitionEach Contracting Firm
CVS Staff

• by Michael Lee
• June 10, 2009

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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.

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• 1 Contracting Firms What is the URL of the CVS
  website?
• 1 CVS What is the URL of the EEP website?

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• When do you NOT measure ddh for a planted stem?

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• 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?

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• What do VMD and VBD stand for?

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• 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!!!
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• 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.

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• How long (maximally) do you have between
  installation and VBD?

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• When does year 1 VMD sampling occur?

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• 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.

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• 10 Firms How big is an are?
• 10 CVS Staff Name the city in Wisconsin whose
  name is three words, but lt10 total letters.

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• 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?

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• What does the "R" source code stand for on the
  planted woody stems datasheet?

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• 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.

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• 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?

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• What values would you fill in on the Planted
  Woody Stems datasheet for ddh, Height, and DBH
  for this plant (greenalive)

3.75m
2.76m
1.31m
1.4 cm
1.2 cm
1.9 cm
ground
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• 16 Firms Where does the cursor go on the
  Planted Woody Stems form when you press ltentergt
  on your keyboard?
• 16 CVS What is the diagonal distance on a 10m x
  10m plot?

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The answers
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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

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2 ANSWER

• When do you NOT measure ddh for a planted stem?
• If height is gt2.5m
• AND for Live-Stakes

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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)

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4 ANSWER

• What do VMD and VBD stand for?
• Vegetation Monitoring Data
• Vegetation Baseline Data

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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

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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 PBSJ
• 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

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7 ANSWER

• How long (maximally) do you have between
  installation and VBD?
• 60 days

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8 ANSWER

• When does year 1 VMD sampling occur?
• September

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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

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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 lt10 total letters.
• Fond du Lac

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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!

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12 ANSWER

• What does the "R" source code stand for on the
  planted woody stems datasheet?
• bare Root

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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

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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)

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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

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15 ANSWER

• What values would you fill in on the Planted
  Woody Stems datasheet for ddh, Height, and DBH
  for this plant (greenalive)

3.75m
2.76m
Height270 (binned down from 276 cm)
1.31m
1.4 cm
1.2 cm
DBH1 (binned down to 1 from 1.4)
ddh(blank) as height is gt250 cm
1.9 cm
ground
I actually got this one wrong at first and had to
correct it!
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16 ANSWER

• 16 Firms Where does the cursor go on the
  Planted Woody Stems form when you press ltentergt
  on your keyboard?
• Next row, first column species name
• 16 CVS What is the diagonal distance on a 10m x
  10m plot?
• 14.142m (I will accept 14.14m also)