SARTECH II EXAM TEST BANK /SARTECH II
PRACTICE EXAM 2025/2026 WITH ACTUAL
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS |FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS |ALREADY
GRADED A+|NEWEST|BRAND NEW VERSION
!!!|LATEST UPDATE
. Which of the following is NOT one of the five types of clues?
A. physical
B. events
C. analytical
D. situational
D
List five pieces of information from a subject profile that may help predict the behavior of the
lost person.
habits, experience, age, fears/phobias, health, history, meds, hobbies, addictions
List three ways to document clues.
sketch, collect, photograph, witness
Crew mission debriefings are usually conducted by which section?
A. Planning
B. Operations
C. Logistics
D. Finance/Administration
A
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,On a search crew, the person responsible for tracking the crew's whereabouts in relation to the
search area and the incident base is the:
A. team leader.
B. timekeeper.
C. tally.
D. navigator.
D
On a search crew, this person is responsible for maintaining information about the distance
traveled in relation to the search area and the incident base:
A. the team leader
B. the timekeeper
C. tally
D. navigator
C
Search management has fully utilized its resources and tactics without finding the subject. A
remaining tactic involves no field searching specifically for the subject, but includes continued
investigation and periodic use of the former search area as a training site for search crews.
Management refers to this tactic as:
A. loose grid search.
B. search suspension.
C. continuous limited search.
D. non-area search.
C
A hasty search is considered to be one in which there:
A. involves less thoroughness in exchange for wider geographic coverage in less time through
use of a control line.
B. are only trail patrols and road blocks employed.
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,C. is an effort to find clues and define the search area, and requires few resources to conduct.
D. involves moving a group of searchers in a very organized, systematic formation to obtain the
highest probability of detection.
C
If your instructions had been to maintain a searcher interval of 20 meters, how far apart would
you report in the debriefing that your searchers were in the assignment?
A. 20 meters
B. roughly 20 meters
C. 40 meters
D. It may vary depending on the terrain and ground cover experienced during the assignment.
D
The purpose of the determination of AMDR is to:
A. make a quantitative measure of search conditions.
B. make a quantitative measure of search success.
C. make a qualitative measure of search conditions.
D. make a qualitative measure of search success.
A
A "bend" knot is made by:
A. tying the cordage around something.
B. joining two ends of cordage/webbing together.
C. making a loop with cordage.
D. none of the above.
B
The Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO) defines search and rescue as:
A. the act of finding and returning to safety the survivors from an emergency incident.
B. the location of persons in distress.
C. helping persons in distress.
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, D. a rescue problem.
A
T.J. Setnicka, author of "Wilderness Search and Rescue," stated that SAR was essentially:
A. a rescue problem.
B. a transportation problem.
C. a retrieval operation.
D. a search operation.
B
. The Mission Control Center (MCC):
A. is the ground station that receives an emergency beacon.
B. transmits an alert message to the appropriate Regional Control Center (RCC).
C. operates exclusively on 800.5 MHz.
D. coordinates international response to emergency beacons.
B
. In an incident with many kinds of resources, how many incident bases may be established?
A. a few
B. as many as are needed
C. one per kind of resource
D. one
D
The loss of heat to the environment is referred to as:
A. radiation.
B. homeostasis.
C. heat transfer.
D. body regulation.
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PRACTICE EXAM 2025/2026 WITH ACTUAL
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS |FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS |ALREADY
GRADED A+|NEWEST|BRAND NEW VERSION
!!!|LATEST UPDATE
. Which of the following is NOT one of the five types of clues?
A. physical
B. events
C. analytical
D. situational
D
List five pieces of information from a subject profile that may help predict the behavior of the
lost person.
habits, experience, age, fears/phobias, health, history, meds, hobbies, addictions
List three ways to document clues.
sketch, collect, photograph, witness
Crew mission debriefings are usually conducted by which section?
A. Planning
B. Operations
C. Logistics
D. Finance/Administration
A
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,On a search crew, the person responsible for tracking the crew's whereabouts in relation to the
search area and the incident base is the:
A. team leader.
B. timekeeper.
C. tally.
D. navigator.
D
On a search crew, this person is responsible for maintaining information about the distance
traveled in relation to the search area and the incident base:
A. the team leader
B. the timekeeper
C. tally
D. navigator
C
Search management has fully utilized its resources and tactics without finding the subject. A
remaining tactic involves no field searching specifically for the subject, but includes continued
investigation and periodic use of the former search area as a training site for search crews.
Management refers to this tactic as:
A. loose grid search.
B. search suspension.
C. continuous limited search.
D. non-area search.
C
A hasty search is considered to be one in which there:
A. involves less thoroughness in exchange for wider geographic coverage in less time through
use of a control line.
B. are only trail patrols and road blocks employed.
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,C. is an effort to find clues and define the search area, and requires few resources to conduct.
D. involves moving a group of searchers in a very organized, systematic formation to obtain the
highest probability of detection.
C
If your instructions had been to maintain a searcher interval of 20 meters, how far apart would
you report in the debriefing that your searchers were in the assignment?
A. 20 meters
B. roughly 20 meters
C. 40 meters
D. It may vary depending on the terrain and ground cover experienced during the assignment.
D
The purpose of the determination of AMDR is to:
A. make a quantitative measure of search conditions.
B. make a quantitative measure of search success.
C. make a qualitative measure of search conditions.
D. make a qualitative measure of search success.
A
A "bend" knot is made by:
A. tying the cordage around something.
B. joining two ends of cordage/webbing together.
C. making a loop with cordage.
D. none of the above.
B
The Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO) defines search and rescue as:
A. the act of finding and returning to safety the survivors from an emergency incident.
B. the location of persons in distress.
C. helping persons in distress.
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, D. a rescue problem.
A
T.J. Setnicka, author of "Wilderness Search and Rescue," stated that SAR was essentially:
A. a rescue problem.
B. a transportation problem.
C. a retrieval operation.
D. a search operation.
B
. The Mission Control Center (MCC):
A. is the ground station that receives an emergency beacon.
B. transmits an alert message to the appropriate Regional Control Center (RCC).
C. operates exclusively on 800.5 MHz.
D. coordinates international response to emergency beacons.
B
. In an incident with many kinds of resources, how many incident bases may be established?
A. a few
B. as many as are needed
C. one per kind of resource
D. one
D
The loss of heat to the environment is referred to as:
A. radiation.
B. homeostasis.
C. heat transfer.
D. body regulation.
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