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1. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
15
Mild
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

2. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Increases
Minimize impact
UV radiation

3. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
1:2
1:24000
23.5
Exercise

4. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
25 times faster
15 minutes
North-south
Help - a distress call

5. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Mild
Brain cells
Exercise
Moderate hypothermia

6. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
South of west
The point the lost person was last seen
The county sheriff
Oxygen - fuel - heat

7. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
The point the lost person was last seen
1:24000
Moderate
Wet - rainy conditions

8. B.L.I.S.S
Equidistant
Internal temperature
Radiation
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location

9. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Cooling systems
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Index
Iron in rocks

10. For maximum benefit - it's best to drink water at a rate of 1/4 liter every ___ minutes.
15 minutes
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Lean to - A frame - Dome
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

11. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Heat injury
5 seconds
UV radiation
Head region

12. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
Wash your dishes in a stream
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
1:00pm
In the extremities

13. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Protozoa
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Dead
Heat production

14. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
The point the lost person was last seen
8000 feet
Mild
Heat injury

15. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
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.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Conduction
Increases

16. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
Highest thing around
Magnetic north pole
4 maps
North-south

17. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Red end
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Mountain
Wet - rainy conditions

18. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Iodine water purification tablets
UV radiation
Mild
4 maps

19. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
23.5
Polaris
Help - a distress call
Cooling systems

20. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Brain
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.
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Geographic north

21. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
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
Wet - rainy conditions
5 seconds
Shadows

22. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Mild
Poison oak rash
In the extremities
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

23. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Slow jog
Minimize impact
Power lines
Brain cells

24. Clouds do not block...
Moderate hypothermia
UV radiation
Slow jog
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

25. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Slow jog
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Moderate
Iodine water purification tablets

26. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
15 minutes
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Rise or be lifted
Moderate hypothermia

27. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Fat
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Equidistant
12 hours

28. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Moderate
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Sense of direction
Radiation

29. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Head region
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
12 hours
1:24000

30. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Cooling systems
Convection
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Moderate hypothermia

31. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
North-south
Evaporation
Index
Sterilizing

32. You are going on a solo backcountry hike for a full day. Describe the information you would convey to your roommate or friend before leaving - about your hike and the protocols to follow if you are not back by nightfall.

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33. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Radiation
Level of dehydration
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Power lines

34. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
4 maps
Wet - rainy conditions
Equidistant
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

35. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
1:2
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

36. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
In the extremities
Increases
Minimize impact
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.

37. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Mild
Equidistant
Highest thing around
Help - a distress call

38. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
Exercise
Level of dehydration
Dead
12 hours

39. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Internal temperature
Convection
Exercise
Power lines

40. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Index
Oxygen - fuel - heat
South of west
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.

41. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
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.
South of west
60 degrees
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

42. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
25 times faster
Mild
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

43. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
Equidistant
12 hours
15
Severe

44. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Not adequately hydrated
Power lines
Index
Iron in rocks

45. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
Conduction
17 degrees
25 times faster
Convection

46. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Heat production
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Index
Geographic north

47. R.I.C.E
Level of dehydration
60 minutes
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

48. Name the three types of shelter designs
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Protozoa
Internal temperature
Radiation

49. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Increases
Protozoa
Iron in rocks
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

50. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
1:24000
Conduction
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Heat production

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