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Wilderness Survival
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. For maximum benefit - it's best to drink water at a rate of 1/4 liter every ___ minutes.
15 minutes
North-south
Level of dehydration
1)Remove from source of cold and protect 2)Remove all wet clothing and replace with dry clothes 3)Hydrate and maintain blood sugar 4)Have the person exercise.
2. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Not adequately hydrated
Magnetic north pole
1)Remove from source of cold and protect 2)Remove all wet clothing and replace with dry clothes 3)Hydrate and maintain blood sugar 4)Have the person exercise.
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
3. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
North-south
Cloudy = 3 degrees
15 minutes
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
4. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
25 times faster
1:00pm
Red end
Mild
5. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
1:2
Sense of direction
1:24000
Conduction
6. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
15
Internal temperature
1:24000
Equidistant
7. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
In the extremities
Geographic north
Shadows
25 times faster
8. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
Sterilizing
A 7.5-minute map
Convection
Wash your dishes in a stream
9. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Level of dehydration
Convection
60 degrees
60 minutes
10. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
A 7.5-minute map
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
12 hours
1:2
11. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Rise or be lifted
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Power lines
12 hours
12. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
17 degrees
4 maps
Exercise
Mountain
13. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
1:00pm
Geographic north
Mild
Convection
14. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Polaris
Mild
Heat injury
Sense of direction
15. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Conduction
Equidistant
South of west
12 hours
16. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Radiation
Iodine water purification tablets
Severe
60 degrees
17. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Slow jog
Poison oak rash
1:2
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
18. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Fat
Iron in rocks
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
North-south
19. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Evaporation
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Poison oak rash
Mild
20. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
North-south
Internal temperature
Polaris
Equidistant
21. B.L.I.S.S
A 7.5-minute map
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
1:00pm
The county sheriff
22. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
1)Remove from source of cold and protect 2)Remove all wet clothing and replace with dry clothes 3)Hydrate and maintain blood sugar 4)Have the person exercise.
23. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
23.5
60 minutes
Help - a distress call
Poison oak rash
24. Name the four category plants fall into
Magnetic north pole
17 degrees
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Equal elevation
25. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Help - a distress call
Shadows
Head region
26. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
Red end
Oxygen - fuel - heat
200 feet
17 degrees
27. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Dead
2 degrees
Increases
The point the lost person was last seen
28. The name of the north star is ___.
Protozoa
UV radiation
Conduction
Polaris
29. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
5 seconds
Level of dehydration
15
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
30. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
60 degrees
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Internal temperature
31. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Protozoa
Evaporation
Red end
1:2
32. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
15
Rise or be lifted
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Slow jog
33. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
Evaporation
Radiation
Moderate
4 miles
34. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Equidistant
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Sterilizing
Rise or be lifted
35. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
A 7.5-minute map
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Mild
Dead
36. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Mild
Head region
37. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
60 minutes
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Biodegradable soap
38. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
4 miles
Wet - rainy conditions
Wash your dishes in a stream
A 7.5-minute map
39. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Wash your dishes in a stream
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Moderate hypothermia
40. R.I.C.E
Sterilizing
12 hours
Lean to - A frame - Dome
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
41. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
1:24000
Moderate
Exercise
In the extremities
42. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
The point the lost person was last seen
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
12 hours
43. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
North-south
Wet - rainy conditions
17 degrees
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
44. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Brain
23.5
Biodegradable soap
Evaporation
45. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
Mild
12 hours
25 times faster
Head region
46. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
200 feet
Mountain
Mild
Mild
47. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Iodine water purification tablets
Mild
Moderate
Fresh water fish
48. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
1:24000
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
In the extremities
South of west
49. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Polaris
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
North-south
Increases
50. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Dead
Magnetic north pole
S-size up the situation u- undo haste makes waste r- remember where you are v- vanquish rear and doubt i- improvise v- value living a- act like the natives l- learn basic skill - live by your witts
Equal elevation