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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.
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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. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Red end
Moderate hypothermia
Mild
2. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Shadows
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Brain
Internal temperature
3. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
A 7.5-minute map
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Power lines
Not adequately hydrated
4. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
Evaporation
Lean to - A frame - Dome
North-south
Mild
5. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Cooling systems
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
2 degrees
6. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Not adequately hydrated
Equinoxes
Mild
Moderate
7. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Heat injury
Increases
Rise or be lifted
Minimize impact
8. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Biodegradable soap
Head region
Cotton
Radiation
9. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Poison oak rash
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.
Power lines
North-south
10. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Fat
Brain
11. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
Mountain
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
4 maps
Sterilizing
12. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Increases
Equinoxes
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
Biodegradable soap
13. 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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14. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Severe
Heat injury
Heat production
15. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Oxygen - fuel - heat
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Poison oak rash
Highest thing around
16. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
1:00pm
Mild
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
17. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
Help - a distress call
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
15
Wash your dishes in a stream
18. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Moderate
Geographic north
Cooling systems
19. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
The county sheriff
Fat
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.
Equidistant
20. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
South of west
Increases
Heat injury
21. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Magnetic north pole
Brain
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Moderate
22. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
1:00pm
Moderate
Slow jog
Iodine water purification tablets
23. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Heat injury
Mountain
Highest thing around
Protozoa
24. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
25 times faster
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Cotton
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
25. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
17 degrees
Power lines
Biodegradable soap
The point the lost person was last seen
26. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Convection
The county sheriff
27. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Cloudy = 3 degrees
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
Rise or be lifted
Sterilizing
28. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Cotton
UV radiation
60 minutes
Biodegradable soap
29. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
1:2
Iron in rocks
Red end
30. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
23.5
Severe
Exercise
Wash your dishes in a stream
31. Giardia lamblia is a ____
North-south
Protozoa
Index
Mild
32. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Level of dehydration
Power lines
Mild
Conduction
33. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Highest thing around
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Mild
34. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Index
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
North-south
Cloudless= 5 degrees
35. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Biodegradable soap
Heat injury
Evaporation
60 degrees
36. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
12 hours
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
A 7.5-minute map
37. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Geographic north
1:2
Moderate hypothermia
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
38. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Moderate
Fresh water fish
Level of dehydration
The county sheriff
39. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
A 7.5-minute map
Oxygen - fuel - heat
UV radiation
Radiation
40. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Sense of direction
South of west
41. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
15
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
23.5
Equidistant
42. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Wash your dishes in a stream
Sterilizing
Iodine water purification tablets
60 degrees
43. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
A 7.5-minute map
44. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
15 minutes
4 miles
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.
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
45. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Biodegradable soap
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Level of dehydration
46. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Rise or be lifted
60 degrees
Dead
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
47. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Mountain
60 degrees
Wash your dishes in a stream
1:2
48. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Wet - rainy conditions
12 hours
Equal elevation
Sense of direction
49. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
1:00pm
Mild
Wash your dishes in a stream
23.5
50. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Shadows
15 minutes
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Highest thing around