ISA Board Certified Master Arborist (BCMA) — Practice Exam
Plant appraisal: practice questions
Our ISA Board Certified Master Arborist bank has 6 questions on this topic. Here are 3 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.
Question 1
Which appraisal approaches does the BCMA outline list?
- Topping, thinning and raising
- Cost, income and sales comparison approaches
- Height, width and age approaches, each measured against a reference tree
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B. Cost, income and sales comparison approaches — Cost approach techniques include DCT, TFT and CCT.
Question 2
Which techniques fall under the cost approach in the BCMA outline?
- Direct capitalization
- Hedonic regression and paired sales analysis of comparable properties
- Direct Cost, Trunk Formula and Cost Compounding techniques
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C. Direct Cost, Trunk Formula and Cost Compounding techniques — Hedonic regression and paired sales belong to sales comparison.
Question 3
In most cases, what is the maximum homeowner insurance claim for any one tree or shrub, per ISA?
- US$50,000, or the full appraised value
- US$500
- US$5
- No limit
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B. US$500 — Check the policy first.