Advice, and contacting Emergency Services in Britain
Choose the correct answer.
What do the initials NHS stand for?
Net Help Service
National Health Service
National Healthy Services
Specifically, which class of people does the charity organisation Shelter try to help?
The mentally ill
People without accommodation
People waiting for buses
Which independent organisation would give you free, confidential and impartial advice or help for almost any problem?
The Citizens' Advice Bureau
The Police Complaints Authority
The BBC
Which number would you dial in an emergency for the police, fire service, or ambulance in Britain?
999
911
100
What is the object most commonly stolen from people in the street in London?
A mobile telephone
Money
Your purse or wallet
Which number would you telephone to get London public transport information?
020 7222 1234
999
118
Which of these telephone numbers costs the most?
09XX
08XX
020
If you desperately need someone to talk to, or you feel suicidal, which charity organisation might you call?
The Samaritans
The Police
The YMCA
If you needed counselling after a rape, who could you contact first?
The Rape Crisis Federation
The Police
The Samaritans
What is the specific organisation that helps people with drugs problems, or people who are close to them?
Release!
ASH
AA
If you smell gas in your home, what should you do?
Run away
Call Transco
Call the police
If, while you are making chips, the chip-pan catches fire, exactly what should you do?
Don't touch the pan
Panic
Run away!
If the small baby you are looking after seems to be choking, what should you do?
Hold him/her up by the heels and give him a firm slap on the back
Panic
Try to remove the object with your fingers
If you are a girl and find yourself alone in a 'dangerous' area of the city at night, which of these is a good precaution while trying to get to a less dangerous area?
Carry a knife or an ammonia spray
Stop a car and ask for a lift
Key the number 999 into your mobile telephone, ready to use if necessary. Also carry a loud alarm and keep your finger on the button
Which of these organisations will help you to give up smoking?
Alcoholics Anonymous
Click2Quit
Philip Morris
If you receive an email informing you that your personal bank details have been compromised, what do you do?
Click the link on the email to go to the website and follow instructions.
Delete it.
Read it, then go to your bank's website to check your account.
If the police arrest you on suspicion of stealing, take you to the police-station and charge you with stealing, what should you do?
Try to escape!
Ask to make a telephone call.
Tell the police why you are innocent of the crime.
You are a girl and meet a man you really fancy in a club or disco. He asks if he can meet you again, what should you do?