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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. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
Level of dehydration
Geographic north
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Cotton
2. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Mild
Severe
Heat production
Equinoxes
3. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
25 times faster
Mountain
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
4. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
In the extremities
North-south
Geographic north
Power lines
5. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Brain
Geographic north
Biodegradable soap
Heat production
6. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Shadows
12 hours
Polaris
1:00pm
7. Giardia lamblia is a ____
8000 feet
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Minimize impact
Protozoa
8. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
4 miles
North-south
Mild
South of west
9. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Fresh water fish
Moderate
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
10. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
1:2
North-south
Mild
11. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
Dead
60 minutes
Radiation
200 feet
12. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate hypothermia
Iodine water purification tablets
Moderate
Heat injury
13. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Iodine water purification tablets
Rise or be lifted
Moderate
Fat
14. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
17 degrees
Mild
Magnetic north pole
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
15. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
Minimize impact
17 degrees
Mild
Not adequately hydrated
16. The name of the north star is ___.
Polaris
Mild
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Level of dehydration
17. High altitude begins at what elevation?
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
In the extremities
8000 feet
Help - a distress call
18. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
60 minutes
Increases
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Exercise
19. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Sense of direction
Mild
Moderate
20. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
4 miles
Geographic north
Evaporation
21. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Geographic north
Poison oak rash
Iodine water purification tablets
Convection
22. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
23.5
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Radiation
Moderate hypothermia
23. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Highest thing around
Equinoxes
Help - a distress call
24. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
Heat production
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
15
25. Name the four category plants fall into
Help - a distress call
Index
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
26. Shivering requires the energy of a...
23.5
Wet - rainy conditions
Highest thing around
Slow jog
27. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Increases
Sense of direction
Shadows
Heat injury
28. Clouds do not block...
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
UV radiation
Severe
Conduction
29. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
1:2
60 minutes
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Shadows
30. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
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
4 maps
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Level of dehydration
31. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
The county sheriff
Increases
Moderate
32. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
5 seconds
1:2
4 miles
Heat injury
33. Humans have very efficient...
Increases
Brain cells
1:00pm
Cooling systems
34. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
12 hours
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Heat production
Heat injury
35. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
17 degrees
Red end
Internal temperature
36. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Iron in rocks
Convection
Power lines
Polaris
37. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Moderate
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Equinoxes
8000 feet
38. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
23.5
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Moderate
Cloudy = 3 degrees
39. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Iodine water purification tablets
1:2
Brain cells
Equinoxes
40. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
17 degrees
UV radiation
41. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Equidistant
12 hours
Mountain
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
42. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
Equinoxes
In the extremities
Conduction
8000 feet
43. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Highest thing around
Heat injury
Radiation
44. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Moderate
Evaporation
45. 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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46. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Head region
Moderate
15 minutes
South of west
47. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
25 times faster
Geographic north
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.
Poison oak rash
48. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
UV radiation
Index
Wet - rainy conditions
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
49. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Wet - rainy conditions
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
1:24000
50. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
60 degrees
Red end
Equinoxes
The county sheriff