The Lift Evacuation Awareness Exam will be used to test your knowledge of the Lift Evacuation process. The answers to the questions are listed at the bottom of the exam.

If you have any questions, please contact Dale Stewart at 602.944.7723 or by email: Dale@ahsrescue.com

1. What is the approved belay device to use with the chair evac equipment?
   a. A figure 8.
   b. Trango jaws.
   c. Munter hitch.
   d. Carabiner wrap.
2. What kind of rope do we use for customer evacuations?
   a. 3/4 inch sisal layed rope.
   b. 1/4 inch parachute cord.
   c. 11 mm kern mantle static rope.
   d. 6 mm Spectra cord.
3. What is the breaking strength of the lift evacuation rope?
   a. In excess of 4,000 pounds.
   b. 2,500 pounds.
   c. 10,000 pounds.
   d. No more than twice the weight of Dale Stewart.
4. Where should you stand when belaying for customer evacuations?
   a. In front of the chair and 20 yards down the slope.
   b. On the uphill side of the chair and 10 meters in front of the chair.
   c. Just behind the chair and almost underneath the chair.
   d. Where ever you want.
5. What is the job of the belay person?
   a. Interface with local area management.
   b. Communicate with the stranded patrons, other patrollers.
   c. Instruct the patron when to get on the rescue chair.
   d. Control the rope, raise the rescue chair and belay the person down to the snow.
6. What is the job of the communicator?
   a. Interface with local area management.
   b. Communicate with the stranded patrons.
   c. Instruct the patron when to get on the rescue chair.
   d. Control the rope, raise the rescue chair and belay the person down to the snow.
7. What is the job of the rope handler?
   a. Interface with local area management.
   b. Communicate with the stranded patrons, other patrollers.
   c. Instruct the patron when to get on the rescue chair.
   d. Handle the rope, help raise the chair, assist the patron when they are safely on the snow.
8. How will you be notified that you are authorized to self-evac from the chair?
   a. Only when ski patrol director says so.
   b. A 10-9 via the telephone in the patrol shack.
   c. A 10-50 on your radio.
   d. You don’t need authorization; if the chair has been immobile for 15 minutes or more, you may self-evac.
9. On what side of the cable do you normally place the lift evac chair from the tower?
   a. On the inside of the cable.
   b. On the outside of the cable.
   c. Over the “comm.line”
10. What is the purpose of the J-shaped device strung over the rope?
    a. It doesn’t have a purpose.
    b. To ensure the rescue chair doesn’t get pulled over the cable.
    c. Protect the rope where it would contact the cable.
11. What direction should the patron’s skis be pointed when they hit the ground?
    a. Across the hill.
    b. Down the hill.
    c. Up the hill.
    d. At the communicator.
12. Can you promise “free lift ticket” or “free hot chocolate”?
    a. Yes.
    b. No.
13. How many “points of contact” should you have as you climb the tower?
    a. 1.
    b. 2.
    c. 3.
    d. 4.
14. What is the purpose of the “tower top kit”?
    a. To give the appearance of safety.
    b. To secure the ski patroller to the top of the tower.
    c. To let the patroller communicate with management without a radio.
    d. For the stranded patrons to use.
15. Is it OK for the patron to ski over the rope?
    a. Yes.
    b. No.
    c. Only if everyone has already been evacuated out of the chair.
    d. Sure, ski edges won’t damage the rope.
16. What should the people on the chair do with their ski poles?
    a. Put them on one hand to carry down on the j-chair.
    b. Give them all to the person on the inside of the chair to drop.
    c. Give them all to the person on the outside of the chair to drop.
    d. Drop them one by one on the snow in front of the chair.
17. When should the patron grab the j-chair to sit on?
    a. As soon as the j-chair is at eye level with the patron.
    b. Only when the communicator says it is time to do so.
    c. As soon as the patron see the top of the chair.
    d. Any time they feel comfortable doing so.
18. If three people are on a chair, who should be the first person to be evacuated?
    a. The person who weighs the most.
    b. The person on the inside of the chair.
    c. The person in the center.
    d. Bill London.
19. What is the breaking strength of your personal self-evac rope?
    a. Don’t have a clue.
    b. Greater than 1,000 pounds, but less than 2,000 pounds.
    c. Less than 1,000 pounds.
    d. Less than 1,800 pounds.
20. How long should your self-evac rope be?
    a. 75 feet.
    b. 100 feet.
    c. 150 feet.
    d. 200 feet.
21. When properly placed the rope saver’s straight portion is pointed where?
    a. At the Belayer.
    b. Straight up.
    c. At the up-hill tower.
    d. At the rescue chair.
22. Do you think you could put your harness on while sitting in a chair safely in less than 5 minutes?
    a. Don’t know.
    b. No.
    c. Yes. Show me, at the next station.

Answers to questions:

1:B, 2:C, 3:A, 4:C, 5:D, 6:B, 7:D, 8:A, 9:A, 10:C, 11:A, 12:B, 13:C, 14:B, 15:B, 16:B, 17:B, 18:D, 19:B, 20:C, 21:D.