CFSC / PAL: Actions, safeties and magazines

All 14 questions in this test

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1. What risk do you take when you lower the hammer of a loaded firearm by hand?

   1. The magazine can release all its rounds at once
   2. The barrel can unscrew from the receiver
   3. The hammer can slip from your thumb and fire the round
   4. The hammer can lock in place and stop the action opening

2. Why is pointed centre-fire ammunition usually hazardous in a tubular magazine?

   1. Pointed bullets jam the follower in the tube
   2. The magazine spring wears out much faster
   3. Pointed bullets are too light for tubular feeds
   4. A bullet tip can set off the primer of the round ahead

3. Which action opens by tipping the barrel down near the breech, like a door hinge?

   1. Pump or slide action
   2. Semi-automatic action
   3. Lever action
   4. Hinge or break action

4. Generally, how many cartridges may a magazine for a semi-automatic centre-fire long gun hold?

   1. Three
   2. Ten
   3. Twenty
   4. Five

5. How is a pump-action firearm cycled?

   1. By lifting and pulling back a bolt handle
   2. By sliding the fore-end back and forth
   3. By swinging a lever down behind the trigger
   4. By breaking the barrel open at the breech

6. Which action uses part of the gas from each shot to eject the case and load the next round?

   1. Bolt action
   2. Semi-automatic
   3. Pump action
   4. Hinge action

7. What is the most important safety device on any firearm?

   1. The half-cock notch
   2. The trigger lock
   3. The person handling it
   4. The cross-bolt safety

8. On many cross-bolt safeties, what does a visible red band mean?

   1. The safety is on and the firearm is blocked
   2. The magazine is empty and needs reloading
   3. The chamber has a cartridge loaded in it
   4. The safety is off and the firearm can fire

9. You pick up an unfamiliar firearm and cannot find how to open the action. What should you do?

   1. Push every button and lever on the receiver until it opens
   2. Pull the trigger gently while pointing it down
   3. Leave it loaded and put it back in the rack
   4. Check the owner's manual or ask someone who knows it

10. What does a mechanical safety actually do?

    1. It blocks part of the firing system, such as the firing pin
    2. It makes the firearm impossible to fire under any blow
    3. It unloads the chamber automatically when the action is opened
    4. It locks the magazine so no rounds can be fed

11. When should you find out which position of the safety is ON?

    1. Only if the firearm misfires
    2. When you clean it after the hunt
    3. After the first shot at the range
    4. Before you load the firearm

12. What are the two common types of magazine on repeating long guns?

    1. Box and tubular
    2. Rotary and stripper
    3. Clip and cylinder
    4. Drum and belt

13. On an exposed-hammer firearm, why is a hammer resting fully forward on the firing pin a hazard?

    1. The trigger will no longer move at all
    2. A sharp blow on the hammer can fire it
    3. The safety will switch itself on and jam
    4. The firearm cannot be unloaded in that position

14. Some lever-action rifles will not fire unless what happens?

    1. The lever is squeezed fully against the stock
    2. The magazine tube is removed from the stock
    3. The hammer is lowered fully onto the firing pin
    4. The action is opened and closed twice in a row