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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. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Sense of direction
Radiation
South of west
Evaporation
2. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
Level of dehydration
1:24000
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Lean to - A frame - Dome
3. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
12 hours
Moderate
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
4. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
Equidistant
Equal elevation
South of west
Wash your dishes in a stream
5. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
8000 feet
Oxygen - fuel - heat
1:00pm
6. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
Moderate
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
4 maps
7. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Sense of direction
Equidistant
Wash your dishes in a stream
Cloudy = 3 degrees
8. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Rise or be lifted
Moderate
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Power lines
9. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Moderate
Evaporation
Mild
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
10. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Help - a distress call
2 degrees
Conduction
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
11. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
UV radiation
Equal elevation
Moderate
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
12. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
North-south
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Equinoxes
Rise or be lifted
13. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Mild
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Head region
14. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Slow jog
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Equidistant
UV radiation
15. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
Severe
17 degrees
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Biodegradable soap
16. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
4 maps
15
Head region
Geographic north
17. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
Lean to - A frame - Dome
The point the lost person was last seen
Equinoxes
5 seconds
18. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
Rise or be lifted
Minimize impact
200 feet
Fresh water fish
19. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
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.
Evaporation
25 times faster
Moderate hypothermia
20. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Wash your dishes in a stream
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
200 feet
12 hours
21. Clouds do not block...
8000 feet
Red end
Not adequately hydrated
UV radiation
22. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Equal elevation
Cloudy = 3 degrees
60 degrees
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
23. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Shadows
Mountain
In the extremities
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
24. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Increases
Highest thing around
Conduction
Exercise
25. R.I.C.E
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Polaris
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
1:2
26. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
Severe
Wash your dishes in a stream
Level of dehydration
1:24000
27. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Level of dehydration
Brain
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Oxygen - fuel - heat
28. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Red end
Dead
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.
29. Humans have very efficient...
Cooling systems
Protozoa
Equidistant
Cloudy = 3 degrees
30. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Geographic north
Heat injury
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Evaporation
31. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
A 7.5-minute map
Shadows
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Index
32. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
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
Mountain
Wash your dishes in a stream
15 minutes
33. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Poison oak rash
Rise or be lifted
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
34. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
23.5
Mountain
1:24000
35. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Moderate
Heat production
Fresh water fish
60 minutes
36. 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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37. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Severe
Increases
Mountain
Not adequately hydrated
38. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Equidistant
The county sheriff
Fat
39. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
5 seconds
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Cotton
40. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Wet - rainy conditions
1:2
Shadows
41. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
Index
Mountain
Red end
Iron in rocks
42. Name the four category plants fall into
Help - a distress call
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
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
15
43. B.L.I.S.S
Magnetic north pole
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Sterilizing
Poison oak rash
44. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
Magnetic north pole
Conduction
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Highest thing around
45. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Evaporation
Iodine water purification tablets
Poison oak rash
46. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Fresh water fish
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
1:24000
47. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
60 degrees
60 minutes
The county sheriff
23.5
48. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
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
Red end
Protozoa
Wash your dishes in a stream
49. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
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
1:2
Moderate
A 7.5-minute map
50. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
A 7.5-minute map
200 feet
North-south