WorksheetsCFM - Orienteering
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 26mins
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.
The experienced orienteer will often select an easily located map feature within 100 to 150 meters of the control point as an intermediate destination or
beeline.
guide.
attack point.
contour route.
A grid location on a map is started from
top to bottom.
right to left.
right and up.
left and down.
What is the map feature appearing on the map as a "U" or a "V" shape and representing contours pointing back called?
Spur
Ridge
Knoll
Re-entrant
Topographical maps made specifically for orienteering are typically drawn to a scale of
1:10,000 and 1:15,000.
1:30,000 and 1:40,000.
1:50,000 and 1:100,00.
1:150,000 and 1:200,000.
A land map with intersecting horizontal and vertical lines on it is called a
Topographic map
Chart
Road map
Grid map
An easily recognizable map feature within 100-150 meters of a control point is called a (an)
destination
attack point
target point
identification point
Brown lines on a topographical or orienteering map representing the vertical rise and fall of the Earth's crust are called
rhumb lines.
contour lines.
convergence.
scalar lines.
Which of the following is a sport that involves land navigation over unfamiliar terrain with a map and compass?
Mountain climbing
Hiking
Orienteering
Fussganger
In hill country, two important considerations in route selection are
attack points
slope and profile
steering marks
contour routes
When navigating in flat terrain, orienteers should avoid stretches between readily identifiable waypoints of more than
100 meters.
200 meters.
600 meters.
400 meters.
Geographical features identified in green on an orienteering map are
rock features such as boulders and cliffs
vegetation requiring unusual effort to traverse
open or un-forested land
water such as lakes and ponds
Which land navigation technique below is a method by which the orienteer uses the compass to determine the bearing or azimuth to be followed?
The contour route
The steering mark
The beeline
The aiming off technique
What color is used to symbolize open, unforested land on an orienteering map?
brown
green
yellow
blue
What is the most widely used compass used for orienteering which was designed in the early 1930s?
Silva Type 1
Silva Type 2
Silva Type 3
Silva Type 4
An orienteer has determined his/her "pace count" running is 50 (same foot striking the ground). If the distance to travel between two controls is 200 meters, how many paces (running) would be required to traverse this leg?
40
100
200
400
What does the color white represent on orienteering maps?
unknown land type
Prarie
forest with no undergrowth
tundra
