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Quiz about So You Want to be a Boy Scout Leader

So You Want to be a Boy Scout Leader? Quiz

This quiz is about the various programs and procedures of the Boy Scouts of America.

A multiple-choice quiz by wjames. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
wjames

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
364,205

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
296

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Question 1 of 10

1. As an adult Scout leader, you need to complete various training topics. One of the most important is YPT, done online at least every two years. What is "YPT"? Hint

Your Precious Time

Young Person Training

Youth Protection Training

Youth & Pre-Teen Training

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Question 2 of 10

2. You may start out as a Tiger Adult Partner when your son is six years old. What BSA program includes ranks such as Tiger, Wolf, Bear and WEBELOS? Hint

Boy Scouts

Varsity Scouts

Venturing

Cub Scouts

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Question 3 of 10

3. What title, from Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book", do Cub Scouts use to mean "leader" - such as their parents, older Scouts or their adult Scout leaders? Hint

Akela

Baloo

Mowgli

Shere Khan

4. When a Cub Scout completes his second year as a WEBELOS, he has completed Cub Scouting and is ready to move on to Boy Scouting. What is the ceremony called when the boy moves from the Cub Scout Pack to the Boy Scout Troop? Hint

Bridging

Crossover

Promotion

Ordeal

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Question 5 of 10

5. After you've been a BSA adult leader for a few years, you may want to take what is billed as the premier Scout adult leader leadership training. At this course, you'll "work your ticket" and, hopefully, within 18 months will earn your "beads". What is the name of this course? Hint

Wood Badge

Powderhorn

Team Coordination Training

Total Quality Management

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Question 6 of 10

6. Your older Boy Scouts or Venturers may want to complete a fun & challenging trek at one of the four BSA High Adventure Bases. These are: The Summit in WV, Northern Tier in MN, Sea Base in FL and which other, in NM? Hint

OK Corral

Philmont

Painted Desert

Dude Ranch

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Question 7 of 10

7. Scouts and adult leaders that distinguish themselves may be nominated for membership in Scouting's "honor society", the Order of the Arrow (OA). Who elects Scouting youth to the Order of the Arrow? Hint

Members of their unit, who may not be OA members.

The Order of the Arrow Lodge Chief

Adult leaders of the OA

Youth members of the OA, by secret ballot

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Question 8 of 10

8. What BSA program is for youth aged 13-21 and includes both young men and young women? Hint

Varsity

Boy Scouts

Cub Scouts

Venturing

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Question 9 of 10

9. As your child ages out of Scouting, you may want to continue in roles beyond the local unit level. What is the next organizational level up from the local BSA unit (Pack, Troop, Crew, Team or Post)? Hint

Council

National

Region

District

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Question 10 of 10

10. Are the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) part of the same organization as the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. As an adult Scout leader, you need to complete various training topics. One of the most important is YPT, done online at least every two years. What is "YPT"?

Answer: Youth Protection Training

Youth Protection Training covers the various BSA policies and procedures to keep kids safe and to keep adults out of situations where they could be unfairly accused of wrongdoing. YPT has to be completed before being accepted as a Scout leader and periodically thereafter in order to remain as one.

2. You may start out as a Tiger Adult Partner when your son is six years old. What BSA program includes ranks such as Tiger, Wolf, Bear and WEBELOS?

Answer: Cub Scouts

Cub Scouts are for boys in six to 11 years old, in First to Fifth grades. Adults work very closely with their Scouts, but as the Cub Scout gets older he works more with his adult leaders and fellow Scouts and less with his parents.

3. What title, from Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book", do Cub Scouts use to mean "leader" - such as their parents, older Scouts or their adult Scout leaders?

Answer: Akela

In "The Jungle Book", Akela is the leader of the pack of gray wolves. Cub Scouting borrows many themes from "The Jungle Book", including having the boys formed into Dens by age, and all of the Dens making up the Pack.

Answer: Crossover

Crossover is usually held in Spring of the boy's last year of Cub Scouting. He says good-bye to the organization, uniform and world of the Cub Scout and is accepted by a Boy Scout Troop of boys aged 11-18.

Answer: Wood Badge

Wood Badge is taught over two 3-day weekends, with the trainees learning various leadership and management techniques to improve their Scout unit and their overall abilities. When they complete their "ticket" of five projects, they earn the distinctive neckerchief and beads that mark them as Wood Badgers.

Answer: Philmont

Philmont Scout Reservation covers 137,500 acres near Cimarron, NM. Philmont hosts treks in the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains and conducts many training courses each year for Scouts and Scout leaders.

Answer: Members of their unit, who may not be OA members.

One of the unique features of the OA is that non-members appoint the members. A Scout becomes eligible to join OA by meeting certain requirements (achieved First Class rank, camped a minimum amount of nights, etc.), but they must first receive a majority of votes from their Troop, most of whom won't be OA members.

8. What BSA program is for youth aged 13-21 and includes both young men and young women?

Answer: Venturing

Venturing is for high school and college-aged young men and women. Carrying on the progression from Cub Scouts through Boy Scouts, Venture Crews are to be entirely run by the youth members, with adults acting only as Advisors.

Answer: District

Districts directly serve the BSA units in their area, providing training, assistance, advice, etc. to Scouts and adults running the individual units. Districts are sub-divisions of Councils; National BSA is made up of 282 Councils.

10. Are the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) part of the same organization as the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)?

Answer: No

Despite the similarities in organization, methods and goals, GSUSA and BSA are completely separate organizations. The only co-educational units are the BSA's Venturing Crews and Exploring Posts

Source: Author wjames

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