Sar Tech II Exam | Search And Rescue
Certification (Sar) | 100% Correctly
Answered and Graded A+ | 2025/2026
Guide
Which of the north arrows on a USGS topographic map points toward
the North Pole?
- Correct Answer - True North
What is magnetic declination?
- Correct Answer - The difference between true north and magnetic
north
In what direction does the direction of travel arrow on a compass point?
- Correct Answer - The direction you are traveling
What is the difference between an azimuth and a back azimuth?
- Correct Answer - They are 180 degrees apart
Calculate magnetic bearing from true bearing of 180 degrees with a map
of declination of 8 degrees
- Correct Answer - 172 degrees
Advantage of GPS unit
- Correct Answer - their ability to accurately ascertain and track
locations
, In order to determine distances on a topographic map you would use the
_________located at the bottom of the map - Correct Answer - bar scale
The preferred maps used by most ground search and rescue teams are -
Correct Answer - topographical maps
An imaginary line on the earths surface connecting points where the
magnetic declination is zero as of a given date is a - Correct Answer -
agonic line
map scales indicate - Correct Answer - the ratio or proportion of the
horizontal distance on the map to the corresponding horizontal distance
on the ground
The brown lines on a woodland topography map illustrate - Correct
Answer - contour interval
On a 1:24,000 scale map one inch equals - Correct Answer - 2000 feet
In order to correct magnetic west declination when converting from a
compass to a map you must - Correct Answer - subtract declination
A space based radio navigation system consisting of satellites and a
network of ground stations used for monitoring and control is called -
Correct Answer - GPS
Contour lines close together - Correct Answer - steep terain
Certification (Sar) | 100% Correctly
Answered and Graded A+ | 2025/2026
Guide
Which of the north arrows on a USGS topographic map points toward
the North Pole?
- Correct Answer - True North
What is magnetic declination?
- Correct Answer - The difference between true north and magnetic
north
In what direction does the direction of travel arrow on a compass point?
- Correct Answer - The direction you are traveling
What is the difference between an azimuth and a back azimuth?
- Correct Answer - They are 180 degrees apart
Calculate magnetic bearing from true bearing of 180 degrees with a map
of declination of 8 degrees
- Correct Answer - 172 degrees
Advantage of GPS unit
- Correct Answer - their ability to accurately ascertain and track
locations
, In order to determine distances on a topographic map you would use the
_________located at the bottom of the map - Correct Answer - bar scale
The preferred maps used by most ground search and rescue teams are -
Correct Answer - topographical maps
An imaginary line on the earths surface connecting points where the
magnetic declination is zero as of a given date is a - Correct Answer -
agonic line
map scales indicate - Correct Answer - the ratio or proportion of the
horizontal distance on the map to the corresponding horizontal distance
on the ground
The brown lines on a woodland topography map illustrate - Correct
Answer - contour interval
On a 1:24,000 scale map one inch equals - Correct Answer - 2000 feet
In order to correct magnetic west declination when converting from a
compass to a map you must - Correct Answer - subtract declination
A space based radio navigation system consisting of satellites and a
network of ground stations used for monitoring and control is called -
Correct Answer - GPS
Contour lines close together - Correct Answer - steep terain
