Troop 157                                                       Name: ____________________________

Camping Merit Badge

March 7, 2000

 

Final Exam

 

This is an open book test.  Use the sections from the Scout Field Book that were mailed to you (or consult a copy in the troop library at the Scout House).  You might also want to look at the Scout Handbook or the Camping Merit Badge pamphlet.  Please answer all of the questions in the space provided.  Enough space has been left to answer each question, and so please refrain from adding any additional pages.  Return the completed test to Mr. Lee at the March 14 meeting (or mail it to him at 94 Bakers Hill Road).  All of your answers must be correct to pass, but you if you get some wrong, you will be given another opportunity to correct the answers you missed.

 

If you want to answer the questions using word processing, you can download the test as a Word document from the Handouts, Forms section of the troop web site.

 

 

1.  What is hypothermia?

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  What are four early signs of the onset of hypothermia?. 

 

            1.  ______________________________________________________

 

            2.  ______________________________________________________

 

            3.  ______________________________________________________

 

            4.  ______________________________________________________

 

 

3.  How do you treat someone who exhibits those early signs of hypothermia?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  How much water should you carry in your pack for a 24 hour period if you are carrying all the water you need to drink during that period (there are no sources of water along the trail)?

 

 

 

 

5.  What are two things you should always use to protect yourself from the sun on a hike on which you will be exposed to the sun? 

 

            1. _______________________________________

 

            2. _______________________________________

 

 

6.  What are two things you should bring in your personal first aid kit to treat or prevent blisters on your feet?

 

            1. _______________________________________

 

            2. _______________________________________

 

 

7.  In the White Mountains National Forest, how many feet off of a trail must a tent be located? 

 

            ____________________  feet

 

8.  How do you properly dispose of toilet paper on a backpacking trip? 

 

 

 

9.  Using the attached AMC map of trails in the White Mountain National Forest, identify the trail that you would take to get from the Lafayette Campground on I93 in Franconia Notch up to the AMC Greenleaf Hut on the side of Mt. Lafayette.   How much gain in elevation is there from I93 to the hut?  In what compass direction are you traveling during the last mile of the hike?  From the topographic contours on the map, is the last mile of the hike on a ridge or in a valley?

 

Trail name:  __________________________________________________________

 

Elevation gain:  ________________________________  feet

 

Compass direction during last mile of hike:  _________________ degrees

 

Last mile of hike:  ridge or valley?  ________________________

 

10.  How should your sleeping bag be stored at home?

 

 

 

 

11.  How should you care for your boots before going on backpacking trip?

 

 

 

 

12.  Unscramble the following eight survival items you should always have with you when hiking: 

 

hewlist                                      _____________________________________

 

sapmocs                                   _____________________________________

 

ekfin                                         _____________________________________

 

temsach                                    _____________________________________

 

lonynl rocd                               _____________________________________

 

lyporop gonl rueadewnr            _____________________________________

 

niar ketcaj                                _____________________________________

 

saltfighhl                                   _____________________________________

 

 

13.  When should you treat water from a stream in the White Mountains National Forest?

 

 

 

 

14.  Name three ways of treating water from a stream:

 

            1. ___________________________________________________________

 

            2. ___________________________________________________________

 

            3. ___________________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

 

15.  Write down a detailed menu for a breakfast and a supper for a backpacking trip.  Assume that you are feeding four persons, including yourself.  Give the amount of each item of food (not too much, as then you will be carrying too much weight, and not too little, as you don't want to be hungry). 

 

Breakfast

 

Item                                                                                         Amount

 

______________________________________                    ________________

 

______________________________________                    ________________

 

______________________________________                    ________________

 

______________________________________                    ________________

 

 

 

Supper

 

Item                                                                                         Amount

 

______________________________________                    ________________

 

______________________________________                    ________________


______________________________________                    ________________

 

______________________________________                    ________________