Test your basic knowledge |

Wilderness Survival

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. B.L.I.S.S
12 hours
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Index
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location

2. For maximum benefit - it's best to drink water at a rate of 1/4 liter every ___ minutes.
15 minutes
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Dead

3. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Map with trail head marked and planned route. What time you should be home in the evening - and if you aren't back by early morning then call the county sheriff to get a search started.
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Convection
Mild

4. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
The point the lost person was last seen
Red end
Moderate
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location

5. Name the three types of shelter designs
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Geographic north
A 7.5-minute map
Wet - rainy conditions

6. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Severe
25 times faster
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Moderate

7. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
25 times faster
Radiation
Magnetic north pole
Iron in rocks

8. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Heat production
1:24000
Mild
4 miles

9. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Equal elevation
Moderate
Cooling systems
Dead

10. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Sense of direction
Shadows
1:2
Head region

11. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Cotton
Protozoa
Wash your dishes in a stream
Mild

12. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Iron in rocks
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

13. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Increases
The county sheriff
Conduction
Mild

14. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Moderate
60 degrees
The county sheriff
A 7.5-minute map

15. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
Index
Moderate
Wash your dishes in a stream
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

16. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
UV radiation
Oxygen - fuel - heat

17. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Index
Brain
Mild
Heat injury

18. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
1:00pm
Rise or be lifted
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.
5 seconds

19. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
25 times faster
Power lines
Moderate
Cooling systems

20. Clouds do not block...
UV radiation
Poison oak rash
Equal elevation
Equinoxes

21. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Increases
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Polaris
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

22. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
4 miles
Iodine water purification tablets
1:00pm
Brain

23. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Red end
Protozoa
Rise or be lifted
Index

24. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Highest thing around
Sterilizing
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Fat

25. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Slow jog
12 hours
Not adequately hydrated
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

26. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Sterilizing
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Heat injury
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

27. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
5 seconds

28. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Protozoa
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Biodegradable soap
Fresh water fish

29. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Fat
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Power lines
Convection

30. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Equal elevation
Equidistant
60 minutes
Red end

31. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Rise or be lifted
Moderate hypothermia
Geographic north
Internal temperature

32. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Protozoa
Iodine water purification tablets

33. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
2 degrees
Moderate
1:00pm

34. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
8000 feet
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
Brain cells
Cloudy = 3 degrees

35. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
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.
Head region
25 times faster
South of west

36. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
North-south
Radiation
The county sheriff
Wash your dishes in a stream

37. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
The point the lost person was last seen
4 miles
Mild

38. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Moderate hypothermia
Dead
Mountain
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

39. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Protozoa
Mild
Poison oak rash
Heat production

40. R.I.C.E
Mild
25 times faster
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Moderate

41. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
The point the lost person was last seen
Power lines
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

42. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Wash your dishes in a stream
Fresh water fish
Help - a distress call

43. The name of the north star is ___.
Equinoxes
Map with trail head marked and planned route. What time you should be home in the evening - and if you aren't back by early morning then call the county sheriff to get a search started.
Polaris
Brain

44. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
4 miles
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Iodine water purification tablets
Equinoxes

45. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Help - a distress call
Wash your dishes in a stream
15
Moderate

46. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Internal temperature
Geographic north
Cotton

47. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Wash your dishes in a stream
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Fresh water fish
Not adequately hydrated

48. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Help - a distress call
Mild
60 minutes

49. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Mild
Not adequately hydrated
23.5
Radiation

50. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
Brain
4 maps
In the extremities
Evaporation