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Wilderness Survival
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
In the extremities
Mild
1:2
Oxygen - fuel - heat
2. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Not adequately hydrated
Mild
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Index
3. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
25 times faster
60 degrees
Wet - rainy conditions
UV radiation
4. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
South of west
Conduction
Exercise
Moderate
5. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
1:24000
Protozoa
Mild
Slow jog
6. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Shadows
Moderate
Wet - rainy conditions
7. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Equinoxes
Evaporation
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
8. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
Minimize impact
Equal elevation
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
9. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Help - a distress call
60 minutes
Sense of direction
10. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Evaporation
Dead
Geographic north
Mild
11. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Exercise
Heat injury
Evaporation
Lean to - A frame - Dome
12. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
Poison oak rash
North-south
Index
Convection
13. Name the four category plants fall into
Mild
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Moderate
Highest thing around
14. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Highest thing around
Equinoxes
Power lines
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
15. High altitude begins at what elevation?
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.
8000 feet
Moderate
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
16. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
Moderate
Level of dehydration
Magnetic north pole
Exercise
17. Name the three types of shelter designs
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Mild
Wash your dishes in a stream
Equal elevation
18. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Increases
Geographic north
1:24000
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.
19. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Equinoxes
Mild
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.
Wet - rainy conditions
20. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Power lines
Fresh water fish
Red end
21. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Radiation
8000 feet
Cloudy = 3 degrees
4 maps
22. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Brain cells
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Iron in rocks
Cotton
23. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Biodegradable soap
Brain cells
Rise or be lifted
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
24. All _____________ are non-poisonous
60 degrees
17 degrees
Magnetic north pole
Fresh water fish
25. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Equal elevation
Protozoa
Increases
Polaris
26. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
Polaris
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Dead
200 feet
27. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Geographic north
Brain
Increases
23.5
28. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
Mountain
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Severe
29. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
Mild
Brain
South of west
15
30. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
The point the lost person was last seen
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Help - a distress call
31. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
4 miles
25 times faster
Shadows
Mild
32. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Cooling systems
4 miles
1:00pm
The point the lost person was last seen
33. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Rise or be lifted
5 seconds
Power lines
Moderate
34. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Rise or be lifted
Equal elevation
Brain
Help - a distress call
35. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Equal elevation
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
The point the lost person was last seen
South of west
36. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
Equinoxes
Polaris
Highest thing around
1:24000
37. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
5 seconds
Red end
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Mountain
38. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Exercise
Equidistant
Red end
Equinoxes
39. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
Shadows
4 maps
Sense of direction
Red end
40. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Equal elevation
In the extremities
41. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
Wet - rainy conditions
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
4 miles
Head region
42. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Wash your dishes in a stream
Help - a distress call
Mild
25 times faster
43. Clouds do not block...
Mild
12 hours
Convection
UV radiation
44. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
25 times faster
Highest thing around
Minimize impact
Convection
45. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Power lines
Heat production
Cloudless= 5 degrees
4 miles
46. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Moderate
Wet - rainy conditions
1:2
Brain cells
47. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
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.
15
Cotton
200 feet
48. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
A 7.5-minute map
17 degrees
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Slow jog
49. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
1:00pm
Level of dehydration
Equinoxes
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
50. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
60 minutes
Magnetic north pole
Slow jog
Conduction