SARTECH-III STUDY GUIDE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS.
What are the two types of searches (categorized by length? - ANS Hasty and Extended
WHO is searched for? - ANS The lost, overdue, endangered, suicidal, aircraft
What are the four states a subject may be in? - ANS Mobile and responsive, mobile and
unresponsive, immobile and responsive, and immobile and unresponsive
What are the nine techniques that subjects may use to try to orient themselves? -
ANS Random traveling, route traveling, direction traveling, route sampling, direction
sampling, view enhancing, back tracking, folk wisdom, and staying put
What are the two types of searches (categorized by geography covered)? -
ANS Route/location and area
What are four types of ground searchers? - ANS Sign cutters/human trackers, hasty teams,
grid teams, and untrained volunteers
What are the three ways to temporarily categorize resources in ICS? - ANS Single resource,
strike team, task force
What is the PLS? - ANS Place Last Seen
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, What is the LPQ? - ANS Lost Person Questionnaire
What is the LPK? - ANS Last Known Position
What is the IPP? - ANS Initial Planning Point
What is LPB? - ANS Lost Person Behavior
What are three methods of physical confinement? - ANS Trail blocks, road patterns, and track
traps
What are examples of virtual confinement? - ANS Leaving voicemails, texts, emails, notes on
car/residence, checking with transportation companies, and checking with hospitals or jails
What items are included in the Search Urgency Rating Chart? - ANS Age, medical condition,
number of subjects, subject experience profile, weather profile, equipment profile, and
terrain/hazards profile
What are four forms that clues may come in? - ANS Physical, electronic, witness reports, or
investigative
What is the IAP? - ANS Incident Action Plan
What is an AAR? - ANS After Action Review
What are the important aspects of the AAR? - ANS What worked well, what didn't work well,
and what should be done next time
What is a search? - ANS Effort to locate someone in distress
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS.
What are the two types of searches (categorized by length? - ANS Hasty and Extended
WHO is searched for? - ANS The lost, overdue, endangered, suicidal, aircraft
What are the four states a subject may be in? - ANS Mobile and responsive, mobile and
unresponsive, immobile and responsive, and immobile and unresponsive
What are the nine techniques that subjects may use to try to orient themselves? -
ANS Random traveling, route traveling, direction traveling, route sampling, direction
sampling, view enhancing, back tracking, folk wisdom, and staying put
What are the two types of searches (categorized by geography covered)? -
ANS Route/location and area
What are four types of ground searchers? - ANS Sign cutters/human trackers, hasty teams,
grid teams, and untrained volunteers
What are the three ways to temporarily categorize resources in ICS? - ANS Single resource,
strike team, task force
What is the PLS? - ANS Place Last Seen
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, What is the LPQ? - ANS Lost Person Questionnaire
What is the LPK? - ANS Last Known Position
What is the IPP? - ANS Initial Planning Point
What is LPB? - ANS Lost Person Behavior
What are three methods of physical confinement? - ANS Trail blocks, road patterns, and track
traps
What are examples of virtual confinement? - ANS Leaving voicemails, texts, emails, notes on
car/residence, checking with transportation companies, and checking with hospitals or jails
What items are included in the Search Urgency Rating Chart? - ANS Age, medical condition,
number of subjects, subject experience profile, weather profile, equipment profile, and
terrain/hazards profile
What are four forms that clues may come in? - ANS Physical, electronic, witness reports, or
investigative
What is the IAP? - ANS Incident Action Plan
What is an AAR? - ANS After Action Review
What are the important aspects of the AAR? - ANS What worked well, what didn't work well,
and what should be done next time
What is a search? - ANS Effort to locate someone in distress
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