CFM - Orienteering

Which of the following colors on topographic and orienteering maps describe forests with little or no undergrowth that allows for easy passage?

• Black

• Blue

• White

• Green

Which of the following land navigation techniques refer to the orienteer looking at the map to get a general idea of where to go?

• Route selection

• Rough orienteering

• Green orienteering

• Yellow orienteering

A type of orienteering competition where controls may be visited in any order and point values are assigned each control is called

• long-O.

• score-O.

• relay.

• memory-O.

The __________ _______ is the difference between true north and magnetic north.

• marginal angle

• topographic angle

• side angle

• declination angle

The sport of orienteering originated in

• Canada.

• Eastern Europe.

• Scandinavia.

• The United States.

Which of the following in the borders of a map is like a table of contents and introduction of a book?

• Direction

• Scale

• Marginal information

• Colors

Color-coded orienteering courses from easiest (shortest) to most difficult are

• white, orange, yellow, brown, green, blue, and red.

• orange, yellow, white, brown, green, red, and blue.

• white, yellow, red, orange, brown, green, and blue.

• white, yellow, orange, brown, green, red, and blue.

Which of the following is the correct number of standardized colors used on topographic and orienteering maps?

• Two

• Four

• Five

• Seven

Which of the following is a location (usually a linear boundary feature like a perimeter road) where an orienteer may go in the event of injury, excessive fatigue, or becoming lost?

• Route lanes

• Guidepost

• Blue lanes

• Safety lanes

When selecting a good route of travel (route choice) during an orienteering event, the successful orienteer will consider

• available handrails.

• personal physical and mental status.

• attack points.

• All of the above.