Online Totin' Chip Test
T215 - Totin' Chip - Ax, Saw, Knife Safety Certification
100 POINTS. EACH QUESTION IS WORTH UP TO 2.25 POINTS.
NEED TO SCORE 80% OUT OF 100% OR BETTER TO PASS.

Note: Upon Completion of this Certification Test - Print out the page with the final results and take it to either the Scoutmaster or Assistant Scoutmaster. You will then be asked to demonstrate the skills associated with earning the Totin' Chip Card and you may be asked some of these questions again at that time.

Remember: Once you have earned the Totin' Chit Card - it must be with you at all times to build a fire or work with fires on Campouts and other Outdoor Activities - regardless of your age and rank. Scouts found abusing these privileges will have one or more of the corners removed from the card - once all 4 corners have been removed you will be required to repeat this program.

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Parts of an Scouting Woodsman Ax

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1) Axes: What are the following parts of an Ax from the Picture listed above: Part I and Part K?
a) Blade or Bit & Cheek
b) Heel & Beard
c) Toe & Heel
d) Toe & Beard

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2) Axes: What are the following parts of an Ax from the Picture listed above: Part G and Part H?
a) Eye & Cheek
b) Beard & Grip
c) Heel & Beard
d) Blade or Bit & Cheek

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3) Axes: What are the following parts of an Ax from the Picture listed above: Part J and Part A?
a) Blade or Bit & Knob
b) Blade or Bit & Belly
c) Throat & Shoulder
d) Blade or Bit & Handle

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4) Axes: What are the following parts of an Ax from the Picture listed above: Part F and Part B?
a) Beard & Knob
b) Shoulder & Knob
c) Eye & Throat
d) Butt or Poll & Grip

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5) Axes: When using an Ax you should do what when you get tired?
a) Get another Scout in the wood yard and both of your finish
b) Rest and Properly Store the Ax
c) Just finish the job
d) Rest and Lean on the Ax

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6) Axes: When honing an ax rub a dry ____________ against the ax blade in a ________________ motion?
a) Flint / Back & Forth
b) Stone / Side to Side
c) File / Up & Down
d) Whetstone / Circular

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7) How do you fix a loose ax head?
a) Elmers Glue
b) Use a Hammer to bang on the sides of the head to bend the head and make it squeeze the handle
c) Soak the Ax Head in a Bucket of Water and when you get home, drive a wedge into the handle through the eye of the head
d) If it is not that loose, do not worry about it

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8) Axes: True or False: It is OK to use a Dull Ax ?
a) True
b) False

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9) Axes: Safe cutting with an ax requires clearance of an area at least how far all around ?
a) Just Rope off an Area and use the Ax in this area
b) Grab the ax by the handle. Slowly swing the ax at arms length all around and above you
c) Just make sure no one is around you when you use and ax
d) Grab the ax by the head. Slowly swing the ax at arms length all around and above you

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10) Axes: Name two of three reasons for not driving an ax into the ground?
a) Chip & Rust
b) Chip & Scrap off the Paint
c) Rust & Dull it
d) Get Dirt on it & Chip It

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11) Axes: How many people are allowed in an ax yard at any one time ?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) As many as you wish as long as they each have enough room to work

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12) Axes: When an ax is not in use, what should be done with the blade. There is two possible answers?
a) Lay it on the Ground / Sheath It
b) Sheath It / Put in a Chopping Block
c) Lay it against a Log with the Head Down / Lay it Flat on the Ground
d) Lay it on the Ground / Put it in a box

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13) Axes: How should you pass an ax to another person ?
a) Hold the Handle near the Knob with the Head sticking out and the Blade facing down. Wait for the person to take it and say Thank You, once they have it
b) Hand it to them anyway you wish as long as you both are careful
c) Hold the Head with the Blade facing down and extend the handle out to the person. Wait for the person to take it and say Thank You, once they have it
d) Lay it on the Ground and have the other person pick it up off of the Ground

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14) Knifes: Sharpen your knife on an oiled ____________________?
a) Rock
b) Grinding Wheel
c) Sharpening Stone / Whetstone
d) Grinding Wheel

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15) Knifes: When sharpening a knife hold the blade at a _____ degree angle to the whetstone?
a) 10 Degrees
b) 20 Degrees
c) 30 Degrees
d) 45 Degrees

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16) Knifes: How many hands are used to properly close a knife ?
a) One Hand
b) Two Hands
c) One Hand and the Side of you Leg
d) One Hand and pushing the blade up against a firm object

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17) Do not carry a knife with the _________ open?
a) Blade
b) Screwdriver
c) Can Opener
d) All of the Above

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18) Knifes: True or False: Always close a pocket knife before handing the knife to a friend?
a) True
b) False

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19) Knifes: When Cutting items with a knife always move the blade in what direction from you to prevent injury?
a) Away and Towards
b) Towards
c) Up and Down
d) Away

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20) Knifes: Keep your knife dry, __________, and ___________ at all times?
a) Clean & Dull
b) Open & Sharp
c) Sharp & Clean
d) Dirty & Dull

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21) Saws: A saw will cut wood __________ as fast as an ax?
a) Same Speed
b) Twice
c) Three Times
d) Slower

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22) . Saws: Hold the wood ___________ in place and use _____________, smooth saw strokes?
a) In a Wood Vice & Back & Forth
b) With your Foot & Short Quick
c) Firmly & Long
d) With your Hand & Short Quick

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23) Saws: When you have ____________ to clear a campsite of saplings, saw them off ____________?
a) Been Told / At the Limbs
b) Permission / At the Limbs
c) Been Told / 6 to 10 inches from the Ground
d) Permission / Just Above Ground Level

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24) Saws: Name two kinds of camp saws?
a) Wood Saw & Metal Saw
b) Bow Saw & Tree Saw
c) Bow Saw & Folding Saw
d) Camping Saw & Folding Saw

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25) Saws: What kind of tool is used to sharpen a saw?
a) Metal File
b) Sand Paper
c) Ignition File
d) Sharpening Stone

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26) General: What is a Blood Zone?
a) A safety zone around someone using a pocket knife, hatchet, ax, or other sharp tool. It is an arms length plus the length of the tool in all directions. No one should be in another persons Blood Zone when a sharp tool is in use
b) A Bad B Flick Movie
c) A safety zone around someone using a pocket knife, hatchet, ax, or other sharp tool. It is an arms length in all directions. No one should be in another persons Blood Zone when a sharp tool is in use
d) The Area roped off for the Ax Yard

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27) General: True or False: Troop 215 allow Sheaf Knives as well as Pocket Knifes on any of its outings or meetings?
a) True
b) False

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28) General: True or False: My Totin Chip Card needs to be with me at all times on campouts to use and type of wood tools and to carry my pocket knife?
a) True
b) False

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29) General: True or False: Once I earn the Totin Chip Card, I will always have the right to carry my pocket knife and use wood tools?
a) True
b) False

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30) General: Fill in the Blank: Part 1 of the Outdoor Code: As an American, I will do my best to be ___________ in my outdoor manners?
a) Clean
b) Considerate
c) Careful
d) Conservation
e) Clumsy

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31) General: Fill in the Blank: Part 2 of the Outdoor Code: be ___________ with fire?
a) Clean
b) Considerate
c) Careful
d) Conservation
e) Clumsy

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32) General: Fill in the Blank: Part 3 of the Outdoor Code: be considerate in the outdoors, and be ___________ minded?
a) Clean
b) Considerate
c) Careful
d) Conservation
e) Clumsy

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33) General: True or False: All Scouts should live by and practice the Outdoor Code?
a) True
b) False

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34) General: True or False: Always keep knives, hand axes, axes, and saws sheathed when not in use?
a) True
b) False

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35) General: True or False: When passing a knife, axe, or saw the receiver should state, Thank you, I have it?
a) True
b) False

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36) General: True or False: You should test how sharp your Knife, Ax or Saw is by running your finger over the blade?
a) True
b) False

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37) General: True or False: When a Scout reaches the rank of First Class it is no longer necessary for him to carry a Totin Chip card since he has already demonstrated his knowledge of knife and axe through his First Class requirements?
a) True
b) False

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38) General: True or False: If it is necessary to prune branches from a live tree, one should first make an undercut with the saw to prevent stripping of the bark?
a) True
b) False

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39) General: True or False: A pocket knife where the blade does not lock back in the open position is not as safe as a pocket knife that locks the blade in the open position?
a) True
b) False

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40) General: True or False: Protective eyewear should be worn when using an Ax or Saw?
a) True
b) False

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