Bouldering Quiz Survey

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Please read the following scene. Use the information provided to answer the questions that follow.

You are offering a bouldering orientation to a group who have chosen this activity as part of their night out. The group of 5 people arrive in a very cheerful mood and are ready to continue their spirited activities. You greet the group and explain they will need to complete participant agreements and go through a facility and bouldering orientation. The participants in the group skim the information and sign and initial at the locations on the document. You tell them to wait at the front desk while you get their rental shoes so that you can give them a full orientation. You are distracted with getting other people checked in and notice that one of the folks from the group has already started trying bouldering while the others cheer them on. A second person from the group is moving across the mats toward the person climbing, with their phone out and shoot video of the action. The gym is pretty busy, and you are a little short-handed.

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* 3. What is your primary goal and your primary responsibility in introducing these climbers to bouldering? Answers: choose 5 of the 8 possible answers

Personal responsibility for risks

What risks are involved in bouldering

How to spot

Using climbing terminology

How to do a back step

Limits of the flooring

Which route is appropriate to climb

How to fall properly

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* 4. As a person working in the climbing facilities what are 3 potential risks you notice with this group? Select 3 from the options below.

The group is more focused on photos than the sport of climbing

Since the group did not wait for the bouldering orientation before climbing as asked they may not follow the facility rules.

The group may not be able to climb well

They did not read the participant agreement or participate in an orientation and may not fully understand the risks

Their lack of knowledge about the risks involved combined with their distraction and party attitude may increase the potential for the group to come to harm.

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* 5. What steps would you take to mitigate risks when working with a younger age group? Select the best 3 choices.

Discuss appropriate behavior and consequences of not following gym rules

Take more time to offer the orientation

Confirm parents have correctly signed the waiver and will be available for early pick up if necessary.

Confirm if child is allowed to leave on their own

Importance of ensuring participants can understand their responsibility

Stay with the group while they try on shoes, regardless of how busy the gym is

Get them climbing as quickly as possible so you can get their attention

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* 6. To confirm a client is ready to boulder without supervision, what would you want to see or hear? Select the best 3 answers:

The client acknowledges and accepts the risks of bouldering

The client understands their responsibility when climbing

The client demonstrates good footwork

The client has practiced controlled drops and falls

The client can complete a moderately difficult boulder problem

Using the Bouldering Orientation as a guide, consider how you would communicate the following skill, knowledge or concept. Select the most appropriate approach in the next 3 questions.

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* 7. You are teaching falling techniques and the learner has a visual learning style. What approach would you take to teaching?

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* 8. You are teaching the concept of how to identify the fall zone for a particular climb to two friends who are learning to climb together. What is the best way to introduce this concept to learners with an interpersonal learning style?

Bouldering Quiz

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* 1. Name:

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* 2. Email:

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* 3. What is your primary goal and your primary responsibility in introducing these climbers to bouldering? Answers: choose 5 of the 8 possible answers

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* 4. As a person working in the climbing facilities what are 3 potential risks you notice with this group? Select 3 from the options below.

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* 5. What steps would you take to mitigate risks when working with a younger age group? Select the best 3 choices.

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* 6. To confirm a client is ready to boulder without supervision, what would you want to see or hear? Select the best 3 answers:

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* 7. You are teaching falling techniques and the learner has a visual learning style. What approach would you take to teaching?

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* 8. You are teaching the concept of how to identify the fall zone for a particular climb to two friends who are learning to climb together. What is the best way to introduce this concept to learners with an interpersonal learning style?

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* 9. You are explaining the limits of flooring to a kinesthetic learner. What is a good way to reinforce this concept?