Survival Flashcards
1
Q
What is the most important factor contributing to survival in a disaster situation?
A
Attitude.
2
Q
In a survival situation, boredom can lead to:
A
All of the answers are correct.
3
Q
Which of the following has killed more people in survival situations?
A
Panic.
4
Q
In a survival situation, in most cases after landing you should:
A
Stay by the aircraft.
5
Q
If you are attempting to walk to safety, you should walk:
A
Slowly and rest for about 15 minutes of each hour.
6
Q
When walking down a steep slope, you should:
A
Zigzag instead of walking straight down to use less energy.
7
Q
When walking for an extended period of time, you should:
A
Swing your arms in time with your pace and do not put your hands in your pockets.
8
Q
If three people are walking together, the pace should be set by:
A
The slowest person.
9
Q
During a resting period between walks, if possible, you should:
A
Remove shoes, change socks, and elevate your feet.
10
Q
What should you do if a blister forms on your foot?
A
Wash it, drain it, and cover it with a bandage.
11
Q
Would it be a good idea to use dry grass or leaves for insulation when wearing loosely laced shoes or boots?
A
Yes.
12
Q
When the temperature is below 0 degrees C and your socks get wet, you should dry them by:
A
Taking them off, allowing them to freeze, and knocking out the frost.
13
Q
During periods of very bad weather, it is a good idea to:
A
Seal off one end of the tent by tying it shut.
14
Q
Which of the following would be the most suitable choice for immediate shelter once in a survival situation?
A
Your downed aircraft.
15
Q
Which of the following should be avoided during lightning storms?
A
All of the answers are correct.
16
Q
Which of the following is true of quicksand?
A
Sinking deeper into the quicksand is caused by struggling to get out.
17
Q
When rationing food, you should estimate a reasonable rescue time and ration:
A
2/3 of your food for half that time and the remaining 1/3 for the second half of the time.
18
Q
In the event that an injured person is left at the campsite while another leaves to get help, the injured person should be left with:
A
1/3 of the food.
19
Q
Foods derived from animals have:
A
Much more food value per pound than those derived from plants but are much more difficult to obtain.
20
Q
Animals with scent glands should:
A
Have the glands and hair removed before you cook or eat them.
21
Q
Which of the following animals are easily trapped and good to eat?
A
All of the answers are correct.
22
Q
Fresh bird eggs are:
A
Among the safest of foods.
23
Q
To capture partridge in northern areas, at dusk you should look for the sleeping birds:
A
In small holes in snow drifts.
24
Q
In regard to snakes as food, they:
A
Are edible; you should remove the head of venomous varieties & burn it to avoid accidental contact.
25
Which of the following types of insects include poisonous varieties and thus should not be eaten?
Hairy caterpillars.
26
When fishing during the heat of the summer, you should fish:
In deep water.
27
The best time to trap an animal is from:
Dusk to dawn.
28
To make meat into jerky, you should let it dry in the sun for:
Two to four days.
29
After landing your aircraft and finding temporary shelter, your first concern should be:
Water.
30
At absolute minimum, the average human requires about ______ of water per day to survive.
1/2 pint.
31
At temperatures above 90 °F you will probably suffer fatal consequences if you experience:
25% dehydration.
32
Which of the following could give you cramps if you drink it too quickly?
Ice cold water.
33
If dehydration reaches 6 to 10 percent of your body weight, you may notice your skin turning a slightly:
Blue color.
34
If you are low on water, which of the following will help and do no harm if put in your mouth?
Pebbles or gum.
35
What effect will alcoholic beverages have on dehydration?
Dehydration will be accelerated.
36
Which of the following foods should you eat if you are low on water?
Carbohydrates (hard candy, fruit bars).
37
When trying to find water, remember that birds will:
Gather around water sources in the morning and evening.
38
Which types of rock have more and larger springs for obtaining water than any other types of rock?
Limestone and lava.
39
Runoff water found above the water table in streams, stagnant pools, and bogs should be considered:
Contaminated and dangerous even if it is away from human habitation.
40
Berries will help prevent dehydration, but you should not eat berries that are:
Green or white or taste bitter.
41
A water still will produce:
About half as much water from 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. as it will during the daylight hours.
42
Odors may be removed from water by:
Adding charcoal to boiling water.
43
If using tincture of iodine for purifying water, you should add:
Two drops to each quart of clear water.
44
What is the first thing you should do in preparation for building a fire?
Clear the ground in the area you will build it.
45
How is a "Dakota" fire prepared for use in high winds?
You dig a hole for your fire, then dig a tunnel from the fire to another hole for the fire to get air.
46
Which of the following would serve well as tinder for a fire?
All of the answers are correct.
47
Which of the following provides the best cooking heat?
A bed of hot coals.
48
To lay a fire in a "leanto" fashion, you should first put a stick into the ground:
At an angle that points the top of the stick into the wind.
49
If it is extremely cold, you should build:
A series of small fires built in a circle around you.
50
Which of the following is true of the flint and steel method of starting a fire without matches?
Flint, quartz, or other hard rock may be used with a knife blade or other small piece of steel or iron.
51
You can start a fire with live flashlight batteries and:
Steel wool.
52
To get maximum warmth from your fire, you should build it:
Against a rock or wall of logs.
53
In closed shelters in which a fire is burning, you should:
Provide good ventilation.
54
How can a fire be made to last overnight?
Place large logs on fire; when bed of coals forms, cover lightly with ashes and then dry earth.
55
Which can be used to keep a fire going when it has already been started: paper or gasoline?
Paper
56
What is the most effective method of signaling at night?
Signal fires.
57
The appropriate procedure for building signal fires is to build:
Three fires that are all separated by an equal distance.
58
How can you get your fire to emit black smoke?
Add oil or rubber.
59
What is the Morse Code signal for help (SOS)?
Dot dot dot; dash dash dash; dot dot dot.
60
What is the Morse Code for the number 1?
Dot dash dash dash dash.
61
When using a flag to send Morse Code, you should wave the flag:
To your left for a dash and to your right for a dot.
62
What is the ground-air emergency code for the message "Require Food and Water"?
F.
63
What is the body signal for the message "Pick Me Up"?
Raise both arms straight up over your head.
64
When signaling with a firearm, you should fire:
Once, wait ten seconds, fire again, wait five seconds, then fire a third time.
65
Which of the following should be avoided as a shelter during the day in the desert?
Interior of the aircraft.
66
When constructing a shelter from cloth in the desert, remember that it will be most cool inside if you use:
2 layers of cloth separated by several inches of air space.
67
A flare can be constructed from a tin can filled with gasoline and:
Sand.
68
Which of the following can be used as fuel for fires in the desert?
All of the answers are correct.
69
During the day in the desert, ground temperature can be greater than the temperature a foot off the ground by as much as:
30 degrees F.
70
During the day in the desert, your clothing should consist of:
Long pants and a shirt with sleeves rolled down, plus a head and neck covering.
71
When you are low on water in the desert, you should:
Keep your mouth closed and breathe through your nose; cover lips with grease or oil.
72
In desert regions certain plants grow only around water, including:
All of the answers are correct.
73
Moisture may be obtained most efficiently from the barrel cactus by:
Chewing on the pitch, making sure not to swallow it.
74
All varieties of cactus fruit are edible.
True.
75
The cereus plant, which looks like a clump of sticks, has a root which:
May be eaten and is high in moisture.
76
Be careful when going to sleep in extreme cold for you could freeze to death without waking.
False.
77
Which of the following is true concerning obtaining water from ice or snow?
About 50 percent more fuel and time are required to obtain a given amount of water from snow than ice.
78
Which of these techniques is (are) recommended for treating frostbite?
Cover and protect the frozen area from further freezing until medical help can be sought.
79
Does sound carry well through snow?
No.
80
Which of the following would make a good campsite in the Arctic in the summer?
A ridge top, or near a cold lake.
81
In the Arctic in winter, a good campsite would be:
In timber.
82
During the winter in the Arctic, lubricants and rust prevention compounds should be:
Completely removed from your firearms.
83
During winter in the Arctic, firearms should be stored:
Outdoors or in an unheated shelter.
84
Which of the following types of plants is found in Arctic regions and has great food value?
Lichens.
85
During winter in the Arctic, you should wear clothing:
Loosely.
86
If you fall in water in the Arctic, you should:
Roll in dry snow to soak up moisture, stopping occasionally to brush off snow.
87
For cold weather clothing, jeans (denim pants) are:
Not preferable.
88
What material might be useful for providing additional insulation against heat loss?
All of the answers are correct.
89
Which of the following is the first sign that a person is developing hypothermia?
Shivering.
90
Which of the following are better insulators: clean clothes, dirty clothes, or wet clothes?
Clean clothes.
91
After ditching your aircraft and inflating raft(s), if there is more than one raft, you should:
Tie rafts together with about 25 feet of line.
92
When in a survival situation at sea, you should:
Exercise mildly to restore circulation.
93
In regard to exposure in warm oceans, the most important factor is protection from:
The sun.
94
The air chambers on the raft should be kept:
Well rounded; not drum tight.
95
During a storm while in a raft, the heaviest people should be seated:
In the center.
96
Leaks in a raft are most likely to occur at:
Valves, seams, and on underwater surfaces.
97
When using a sea marker for signaling from a raft, remember that these spots of dye (in normal sea conditions) stay conspicuous for about:
3 hours.
98
A pilot in an aircraft will be able to see the flash you create with a mirror, on a hazy day, before you in your raft can sight the aircraft.
True.
99
If you are seasick in a raft, you should:
Lie down, change your head's position, and refrain from eating or drinking.
100
Salt water sores should be:
Kept dry.
101
If you encounter immersion foot (tingling, numbness, redness, and swelling of the foot), you should:
All of the answers are correct.
102
If you have de-salting kits and sun stills on your raft, the de-salting kits should be used:
Only for immediate needs or when sun stills are ineffective due to long periods of overcast skies.
103
Reflecting moonlight onto the water with a mirror, or shining a flashlight there, is a good way to:
Attract fish at night.
104
On rough seas, when two rafts are tied together, you should rig a sea anchor to the:
Stern of the second raft.
105
Compasses should be kept away from:
Metal such as steel or iron.
106
When using a compass, you should remember that true north is:
Different from magnetic north by a number of degrees that is determined by your location.
107
When walking on level ground at a fast pace, you are traveling at approximately:
Three miles per hour.
108
In the northern hemisphere, a north-south line can be determined on a watch by pointing the hour hand toward the sun and:
Drawing an imaginary line midway between the hour hand and 12 o'clock (Standard Time).
109
Utilizing the sun's shadow, north can be determined by placing a stick at the center of a watch and moving the watch so that the shadow falls:
Along the hour hand.
110
What is the only star that does not appear to move in the sky?
The North Star (Polaris).
111
If you put a 4 foot stick in the ground, mark the tip of its shadow, wait 15 minutes, then mark the tip of its shadow again and draw a line from the first to the second mark you made, the line will be pointing:
East.
112
The tips of evergreen trees generally point approximately:
East.
113
If you are using a star close to the horizon to guide you at night, you should use a new star or adjust your direction (to account for sky rotation) approximately every:
10 minutes.
114
The phenomena known as "mirages" are:
Caused by heat and high evaporation rates in desert areas.
115
If, when traveling, you can't decide which way to go or what to do, you should:
Stay where you are.
