Of course not! SCRAP is simply an acronym which will remind you of the possible defensive strategies. It can help you to choose the initial line of defence and to pick a good lead.

Review the bidding. Analyse the auction. Review your own hand.

Initiate a logical defence. Review the dummy. Review the play.

SCRAP = shorten Cut Ruff Active Passive

INDICATIONS FROM THE AUCTION plus further indications when dummy goes down and play progresses	SCRAP	DEFENCE SUGGESTED BY THESE INDICATIONS, YOUR OWN HOLDING AND PARTNER'S (ASSUMED) HOLDING
1. Declarer has a 2-suiter or 2. You or your partner has 4+ trumps	S	SHORTEN (Better known as Force) Lead a long side suit forcing declarer to ruff in the long hand, shortening his trump. Declarer may lose trump control allowing the defenders to make their side suit tricks.
1. Declarer is in a partial or total misfit or 2. Defenders are strong in the side suits or 3. Dummy may ruff a side suit or 4. Partner has passed to convert a takeout double into a penalty double	C	CUT Lead trump to cut down declarer's ruffs.
1. The defenders have weak hands or 2. A defender is short in an unbid suit or 3. A defender is long in a side suit which the opponents have bid and raised or 4. A defender can ruff so as to promote a trump trick for partner (Uppercut)	R	RUFF Use defender's trumps to ruff declarer's side suits.
1. You can see that declarer's side suit is breaking favourably for him or 2. Your tricks may disappear because declarer can discard losers on a side suit or 3. You are defending against a small slam in a suit but not against 6NT or 4. Opponents have bid aggressively or 5. Opponent has pre-empted, 3-level or more or 6. Opponents are in 1NT or 3NT	A	ACTIVE Lead aggressively to take defensive tricks which might otherwise disappear. Where an opponent has opened pre-emptively and that bid is left to play, lead a high card in a side suit to try to retain the lead. Generally speaking, active leads are slightly more appropriate when playing teams.
1. Declarer has not shown a side suit or 2. Declarer is strong, dummy is weak or 3. Declarer has a bad trump break or 4. Against no-trumps & no good suit to lead or 5. You are defending against 6NT or 6. You are defending a 7-level contract or 7. You are defending a 2NT contract	P	PASSIVE Lead innocuously, usually from a suit which contains no honours, in the hope of giving nothing away. Where the opponents' bidding seems tentative, let them do the work. Generally speaking, passive leads are often more appropriate at pairs.