1st Annual CompetitionEach Contracting Firm & CVS

Staff

by Michael Lee

June 10, 2009

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?

#2

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

#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?

#4

• What do VMD and VBD stand for?

#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.

#7

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

#8

• When does year 1 VMD sampling occur?

#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?

#12

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

#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?

The answers…

#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)

#4 ANSWER

• What do VMD and VBD stand for?

• Vegetation Monitoring Data

• Vegetation Baseline Data

#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

#7 ANSWER

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

• 60 days

#8 ANSWER

• When does year 1 VMD sampling occur?

• September

#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!

#16 ANSWER

• #16 Firms: Where does the cursor go on the Planted Woody Stems form when you press <enter> 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)