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Merit Badge Test and Answers
Scout Leaders,
Crab Apple has developed a basic, fifteen question test corresponding to what
scouts learn from their guides while working on their Whitewater Merit Badge.
Please feel free to print it out and ask the boys to complete it at an upcoming
troop meeting. Our suggestion is to require twelve (12) correct answers in order
to pass (80%). These tests are for your own use and do not need to be sent to
Crab Apple or the BSA.
We hope that your troop enjoyed your day on the river with Crab Apple and
that the Whitewater Merit Badge work made the day productive and fun. We look
forward to seeing your troop again on some bigger whitewater or introducing new
scouts in your troop to easier rapids and the Whitewater Merit Badge.
Again, please note that the Whitewater Merit Badge includes both First Aid
and Canoeing skills making both the First Aid and Canoe Merit Badge
pre-requisites for the Whitewater merit Badge.
Boy Scout Merit Badge Test
1. The most important safety equipment on running water is:
A. caution, good judgment, experience and skill
B. a raft
C. a canoe
D. a tube
2. Which of the following is not an important piece of safety equipment?
A. PFD
B. Helmet
C. First Aid kit
D. camera
3. According to the International Scale of River Difficulty, how many
classes of rapids are there?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
4. The easiest class of rapids is Class
A. 0
B. 1
C. 5
D. 10
5. Classification of rapids is determined by all of the following except
A. size of the waves
B. difficulty of maneuvering
C. depth of the water
D. difficulty of rescue in the rapids
6. While reading the surface of a river, look for all of the following
except
A. an eddy
B. a billy
C. an upstream "V"
D. a downstream "V"
7. A log or tree down in the river is called a
A. strainer
B. haystack
C. shoal
D. rapid
8. A rapid forms in the river because
A. the river gets narrow
B. the river drops in elevation
C. the river gets shallow
D. the river goes around a corner
9. "Scouting" a rapid means
A. reading about it in a guide book
B. making a comprehensive trip plan before a canoe outing
C. looking at rapids from shore to determine a safe course
D. giving a name to a rapid
10. "Portaging" means
A. paddling very hard
B. drifting
C. carrying gear around a rapid
D. paddling to shore
11. Defensive swimming or whitewater floating position does not include
A. keeping feet up
B. keeping feet downstream
C. using arms to maneuver
D. standing in river
12. Shivering is an early sign of hypothermia.
A. True
B. False
13. The risks of tubing in whitewater are
A. no protection from impact for the passenger
B. limited control of speed and direction
C. tubes are easily flipped over in whitewater
D. All of the above
14. The buddy system calls for each paddler to have a "buddy" and each
craft to have a "buddy".
Does two people alone in a canoe meet the criteria?
A. Yes
B. No
15. The most common injury during a raft trip is from a paddle.
A. True
B. False
Answers to the test:
1. A, 2. D, 3. B, 4. B,
5. C, 6. B,
7. A, 8. B 9. C, 10. C, 11. D, 12. A, 13. D, 14. B, 15. A
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