SARTECH III STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST SEARCH AND RESCUE
TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION EXAM PREP 2026/2027
Lost Person Behavior (LPB) data provides search planners with general indications of the
following with the exception of - ANS ✔✔How quickly they will be located by trained searchers
Clues and evidence should be - ANS ✔✔reported and processed following AHJ SOGs and
properly documented and secured in a food grade plastic storage bag
Smelling smoke from a campfire when looking for a pair of missing hikers or finding a small toy
during a search for a child are what type of clues? - ANS ✔✔Physical
Who is responsible for establishing a "safety first" mindset during search operations? - ANS
✔✔The Safety Officer
The National SAR Committee (NSARC) is responsible for coordinating and improving federal
involvment in civil search and rescue. Its member agencies include the following agences: - ANS
✔✔The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Department of Defence
The Department of Interior
Federal Communications Commission
The Department of Commerce
The LPQ, maps, statistical data, weather reports, theoretical and search data are considered -
ANS ✔✔Planning Data
Search planners use the subject behavioral profile for a number of reasons: - ANS
✔✔Determining search strategy
defining the search area
, estimating resource needs
mapping the search area
briefing search teams
A Search Urgency Form - ANS ✔✔justifies the initial actions such as performing additional
investigation or calling out search resources
POD Estimates, Map or Trail updates that might be needed, hazard areas not included in the
safety briefing, thoughts and impressions from the team members - ANS ✔✔A complete
debriefing of a team when they return from a task is critical to understanding how how well
they were able to search their area. A good debriefing should include all of the following.
Notification of a search assignment to the search team, and notification of a search assignment
to the team members - ANS ✔✔Notification of a search is separated into the following
categories
Indirect - ANS ✔✔a loose grid is what type of search tactic
direct them to the agency having jurisdiction - ANS ✔✔when approached by the media,
searchers should
Local law enforcement and OEM - ANS ✔✔search and Rescue response at the local level is
coordinated by
ideally a search segment should be - ANS ✔✔easily identifiable on both a map and the ground
Experienced, Well Equipped, Highly Mobile, clue conscious, through - ANS ✔✔Hasty or efficient
searchers
TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION EXAM PREP 2026/2027
Lost Person Behavior (LPB) data provides search planners with general indications of the
following with the exception of - ANS ✔✔How quickly they will be located by trained searchers
Clues and evidence should be - ANS ✔✔reported and processed following AHJ SOGs and
properly documented and secured in a food grade plastic storage bag
Smelling smoke from a campfire when looking for a pair of missing hikers or finding a small toy
during a search for a child are what type of clues? - ANS ✔✔Physical
Who is responsible for establishing a "safety first" mindset during search operations? - ANS
✔✔The Safety Officer
The National SAR Committee (NSARC) is responsible for coordinating and improving federal
involvment in civil search and rescue. Its member agencies include the following agences: - ANS
✔✔The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Department of Defence
The Department of Interior
Federal Communications Commission
The Department of Commerce
The LPQ, maps, statistical data, weather reports, theoretical and search data are considered -
ANS ✔✔Planning Data
Search planners use the subject behavioral profile for a number of reasons: - ANS
✔✔Determining search strategy
defining the search area
, estimating resource needs
mapping the search area
briefing search teams
A Search Urgency Form - ANS ✔✔justifies the initial actions such as performing additional
investigation or calling out search resources
POD Estimates, Map or Trail updates that might be needed, hazard areas not included in the
safety briefing, thoughts and impressions from the team members - ANS ✔✔A complete
debriefing of a team when they return from a task is critical to understanding how how well
they were able to search their area. A good debriefing should include all of the following.
Notification of a search assignment to the search team, and notification of a search assignment
to the team members - ANS ✔✔Notification of a search is separated into the following
categories
Indirect - ANS ✔✔a loose grid is what type of search tactic
direct them to the agency having jurisdiction - ANS ✔✔when approached by the media,
searchers should
Local law enforcement and OEM - ANS ✔✔search and Rescue response at the local level is
coordinated by
ideally a search segment should be - ANS ✔✔easily identifiable on both a map and the ground
Experienced, Well Equipped, Highly Mobile, clue conscious, through - ANS ✔✔Hasty or efficient
searchers
