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How to tie essential survival knots
Contributed by: Roe
  • 1. What is the bowline knot primarily used for?
A) Securing a load to a truck bed
B) Joining two ropes of different sizes
C) Making a rope shorter
D) Creating a fixed loop
  • 2. What knot is also known as a reef knot?
A) Square knot
B) Clove hitch
C) Figure eight knot
D) Bowline
  • 3. What is the primary use of a clove hitch?
A) Making a rope adjustable in length
B) Joining two slippery ropes
C) Creating a strong bend in a rope
D) Attaching a rope to a pole or ring
  • 4. Which knot is known for its strength and is often used in climbing?
A) Figure eight knot
B) Water knot
C) Sheet bend
D) Overhand knot
  • 5. What knot is useful for tensioning a rope, like on a tent guyline?
A) Clove hitch
B) Taut-line hitch
C) Bowline
D) Fisherman's knot
  • 6. Which knot is used to join two ropes of different diameters?
A) Sheet bend
B) Clove hitch
C) Square knot
D) Bowline
  • 7. What is the most basic knot, often used as a stopper?
A) Square knot
B) Bowline
C) Overhand knot
D) Taut-line hitch
  • 8. Which knot is used to create a loop that will not tighten under load?
A) Square knot
B) Bowline
C) Fisherman's knot
D) Clove hitch
  • 9. What is a common use for the square knot?
A) Securing a boat to a dock
B) Tying packages
C) Rescuing someone from water
D) Climbing
  • 10. Which knot is known for jamming easily under heavy load?
A) Figure eight knot
B) Clove hitch
C) Taut-line hitch
D) Bowline
  • 11. What type of knot is a figure eight knot considered?
A) Stopper knot
B) Binding knot
C) Slipping knot
D) Loop knot
  • 12. What is the crucial difference between a square knot and a granny knot?
A) The way the second overhand knot is tied
B) The number of twists in the rope
C) The size of the rope used
D) Whether it is tied in a counter-clockwise direction
  • 13. Which knot is commonly used to tie two ends of webbing together?
A) Clove hitch
B) Water knot
C) Sheet bend
D) Bowline
  • 14. Why is it important to 'dress' a knot?
A) To make the knot look aesthetically pleasing
B) To make the knot easier to untie
C) To prevent the rope from fraying
D) To tighten and align the strands for maximum strength
  • 15. Which knot is especially useful when tying two ropes that are wet?
A) Bowline
B) Square knot
C) Fisherman's knot
D) Clove hitch
  • 16. What could be the dangerous consequence of improperly tying a square knot?
A) It can cause the rope to fray prematurely
B) It can fuse two ropes together permanently
C) It can make the rope more prone to tangling
D) It can slip under load
  • 17. Which knot can be used to shorten a rope without cutting it?
A) Clove hitch
B) Square knot
C) Sheepshank
D) Bowline
  • 18. What is a 'bight' in knot tying terminology?
A) A special tool used to tighten knots
B) A loop formed by bending the rope back on itself, keeping the sides parallel
C) The end of a rope that is frayed
D) A knot that is tied incorrectly
  • 19. When would you use a double fisherman's knot?
A) To securely join two ropes, especially slippery materials.
B) To create a quick-release knot.
C) To tie a rope to a pole.
D) To form a loop that will not tighten.
  • 20. What is the main advantage of the figure-eight follow-through knot?
A) It uses very little rope.
B) It's strong and easily inspected for correct tying.
C) It's very easy to untie.
D) It's ideal for joining ropes of different diameters.
  • 21. Which of the following is NOT a typical use of a bowline?
A) Securing a hammock
B) Mooring a boat
C) Rescuing someone from water
D) Joining two ropes together
  • 22. What is the primary risk associated with using a granny knot instead of a square knot?
A) It's more difficult to tie
B) It's harder to untie
C) It is more likely to slip and come undone
D) It weakens the rope significantly
  • 23. Which of these knots is specifically designed to slide along another rope?
A) Prusik knot
B) Square knot
C) Bowline
D) Clove hitch
  • 24. What makes the Taut-line hitch a good choice for tent guylines?
A) It's very compact
B) It's easily adjustable
C) It requires no practice to tie correctly
D) It's the strongest knot
  • 25. Which knot should NOT be used if the rope could get wet?
A) None of the above
B) Clove hitch
C) Square knot
D) Bowline
  • 26. What is the definition of 'standing part' of a rope?
A) The inactive part of the rope, away from the knot.
B) The very end of the rope.
C) The middle section of the rope.
D) The part of the rope used to tie the knot.
  • 27. When would you use a timber hitch?
A) To attach a rope to a climbing harness
B) To tie your shoelaces
C) To make a buttonhole
D) To haul logs or timbers
  • 28. Which knot is suitable for creating a loop at the end of a rope if the loop needs to be adjustable?
A) Overhand knot
B) Adjustable Grip Hitch
C) Bowline
D) Figure eight loop
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