Could You Survive?
Think you know everything about surviving tough situations? Test your knowledge with this survival skills quiz.
You're hiking on an elevated mountain ridge when suddenly a boulder dislodges, pinning you against a rock wall. You:
Stay calm and ask your hiking buddy to grab a branch and pry the boulder off.
Have been hiking alone and try your cell phone to call a park ranger.
Find yourself ill prepared with no supplies, no help and scream your head off.
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It is always best to go hiking with a buddy, so the best way to resolve this situation would be to remain calm and have your friend help you out of the tight spot.
While skiing you unwittingly set off an avalanche that engulfs you, leaving you buried in a mound of snow. You:
Become panicked and begin to hyperventilate.
Stay calm because you know you are prepared with a personal GPS device.
Are distressed, but calmly begin to dig in the direction you think is out.
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Beacons or transceivers are personal GPS devices that are commonly used in avalanche rescue efforts. Victims who have their beacon set to transmit a signal are able to be found by rescuers whose devices are set to receive. If, unprepared, you find yourself caught and buried in an avalanche, immediately clear enough snow to make an air pocket large enough to breathe in, before attempting to dig through to the surface.
While you're deep-sea fishing off the coast of Mexico, your small fishing boat is suddenly caught in a squall and capsizes. You:
Never took swimming lessons, can't tread water and didn't wear your life jacket.
Regret not preparing but kick off your shoes & rig makeshift flotation devices.
Keep a level head. You're glad you wore a life jacket and grab the flares.
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Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs) are a must-have for anyone going out fishing in deep or fast-flowing water. As in all survival situations, preparedness is key, so packing flares is also a good idea.
While taking a leisurely after-dinner stroll in your hillside neighborhood, you encounter a mountain lion. You:
Stop, make yourself appear larger by picking up a branch and defend yourself.
Scream "Cougar!" Then run in the opposite direction.
Back away slowly
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There are many precautions you can take to avoid encountering a mountain lion, but should you find yourself in this situation, backing away slowly is the first thing you must do. Turning your back to the cat and running away will only trigger the animal's instincts to chase you down as prey. If you cannot back away safely, making yourself appear larger and defending yourself is the next best option.
Snorkeling in St. Croix, you stop to adjust your mask, step on a poisonous lionfish, and cut yourself on sharp coral. What do you do?
Immediately swim to shore and call an ambulance.
Continue swimming and hope the pain will subside.
Try to suck the poison out, struggle to stay afloat and bleed in open water.
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Bleeding in open water and ignoring a poisonous injury are never the best options for your safety or health. Blood can attract a number of underwater predators, and some poisons take effect extremely quickly. Should you be injured when out in the ocean or any body of water, remain calm, swim to shore immediately, and call for medical assistance.
Camping in Yosemite, you encounter an angry bear with two curious cubs. You...
Talk to the bear calmly and give her food.
Turn and run.
Stay calm; speak softy; prepare to use your pepper spray or back away slowly
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Since bears are much faster than humans, moving at speeds up to 35 mph when provoked, it is inadvisable to run from a bear. In an encounter with a bear, the first thing you must do is identify yourself as a human by speaking softly and moving your hands. If the bear approaches within 25 feet of you, use your pepper spray. If the animal stays its distance, back away slowly.
Visiting Joshua Tree National Park, you are walking a trail when a rattlesnake bites you. What do you do?
Suck out the venom with your mouth.
Use the suction device in your snakebite kit to suck out the poison and get help.
Go on with your hike. Snake handlers are bitten all time.
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When travelling in areas known as habitats for poisonous snakes, a snakebite kit is essential to your safety and survival. If bitten by a snake you suspect to be poisonous, make use of your kit and call for medical assistance.
Your small twin-engine plane goes down in a snowstorm and you land in a frigid mountain snowbank. You:
Happen to have a pocketknife, waterproof matches and start a fire for the night.
Stay with the plane and wrap yourself in blankets.
Go on a hunt for food in the blizzard, leaving the plane behind.
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When travelling in small aircrafts in uncertain weather conditions, it is always best to come prepared with a few essentials to survival. In cold areas, materials that will help you start a fire and keep warm are especially useful, and can make all the difference in life or death situations.
Vacationing with your family in Hawaii, you catch a wave with your surfboard, but are then dragged under by a shark. You:
Scream and thrash, causing a loud commotion.
Maintain your calm, fight the shark off with an object and swim to shore.
Struggle to stay above water, finally breaking free to retrieve your surfboard.
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When it comes to shark attacks, defending yourself with an object of some kind, delivering a swift blow to a shark's vulnerable area (nose, eyes, gills), is the best option to increase your chances of survival.
Golfing in South Carolina you stumble upon an alligator in a sand trap. You:
Throw pinecones at it to see if it's alive.
Back away slowly and move to another location.
Loudly alert all in the area there's a gator as you take pictures of it.
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Alligators will not respond kindly to being hit by pinecones or loud attention from people. The animals have a natural fear of humans, and will attack if provoked. Back away slowly, if you should encounter this situation.
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(0-4 correct): Nature got the best of you on this quiz. Study more! Survival skills are important.
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(5-7 correct): Not bad, but it seems your survival skills are a bit rusty.
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(8-10 correct): Nature got the best of you on this quiz. Study more! Survival skills are important.
