Registration Exams

Examinations are given twice each year.

Exam Dates -
Date: February 13, 2008
Location: Pitt County Agricultural Center, Greenville, NC
Date: August 25, 2008
Location: Burke County Agricultural Center, Morganton, NC

In order to take the exam all applications, official transcript, and payment must be in the NCBRF office two weeks before the set exam date.

Individuals with applications on file will be notified before each examination.

To be eligible to take any examination, you must file an application with the Registration Board at least 10 days prior to attempting an exam. Individuals with active applications on file will be notified of each examination by mail. Contact Sara Koch at 919-847-5441 or info@ncbrf.org for an application.

Two types of examinations are given as part of the registration process. People seeking registration without a Bachelor’s or higher forestry degree from an SAF-accredited forestry school must pass two examinations, the Pre-Qualifying and the Qualifying Examination. People with a Bachelor’s or higher degree from an SAF-accredited forestry school must pass only the Qualifying Examination.

Both examinations last a total of six hours with a one hour break for lunch. The range of questions on both examinations is broad. It includes any material covered in forestry and forestry-related courses. The following critically important subject areas are always covered: mensuration, management, silviculture, dendrology, silvics/physiology, genetics, soils, economics, entomology, pathology, fire, and aerial photography. A score of 70 percent or higher is required to pass either examination.

Following general policy, the Board does not offer study sessions, practice examinations, or recommendations for references, but sample examination questions are available. The samples provided are reasonably representative of some of the questions found on the Registration Examination. Most questions were asked on an exam at one time or another. The questions are intended as examples, not an exhaustive study guide. All possible types, categories, and styles of questions are not included.

Detailed information about the Pre-Qualifying Examination.

Detailed information about the Qualifying Examination.