SAR TECH III COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
●● Chapter 1 - Define rescue
Answer: an operation to retrieve persons in distress, provide for their
initial medical or other needs, and deliver them to a place of safety
●● Chapter 1 - What are the 3 categories of fundamental SAR skills
Answer: 1) search, 2) rescue and 3) survival/support (i.e. navigation)
●● Chapter 1 - What is NASAR
Answer: a not-for profit membership organization of dedicated paid and
unpaid SAR professionals that offers formal training opportunities
●● Chapter 1 - What is the purpose of the SAR TECH certification
criteria
Answer: these criteria were developed to evaluate three levels of search
responder so that a measurable level of individual and crew capability
could be made available for Incident Commanders
●● Chapter 2 - Which 2 organizations coordinate member countries'
efforts to provide SAR services on a global basis
,Answer: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
●● Chapter 2 - What are the 5 stages of a SAR operation
Answer: awareness, initial action, planning, operations and conclusion
●● Chapter 2 - Which international conventions pertain to SAR
Answer: Convention on International Aviation, International Convention
on Maritime Search and Rescue and the International Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
●● Chapter 2 - Define positive control
Answer: followed by radar and in direct communication with air traffic
controllers
●● Chapter 2 - What is Cospas-Sarsat
Answer: an international humanitarian SAR system that uses satellites to
detect and locate emergency beacons carried by ships, aircraft or
individuals; the system consists of a network of satellites, ground
stations (Local User Terminal), mission control centers (MCC) and
rescue coordination centers (RCC)
●● Chapter 2 - What are the 3 different types of emergency locator
beacons
,Answer: Emergency Locator Transmitters (aircraft), Emergency Position
Indicating Radio Beacons (maritime) and Personal Locator Beacons
(individuals)
●● Chapter 2 - Define a SAR Region (SRR)
Answer: an area of defined dimensions, associated with a rescue
coordination center (RCC), within which SAR services are provided; for
every SRR, there is one RCC
●● Chapter 2 - Who are the SAR coordinators for the United States
Answer: the U.S. Air Force for the continental United States, the U.S.
Pacific Command for Alaska and the U.S. Coast Guard for the maritime
SRRs that coincide with the ocean environments and Hawaii
●● Chapter 2 - How are emergency management and disaster response
handled
Answer: responsibility for responding to emergencies and disasters
begins at the local level, the next higher level of response (county, state,
national) is activated when resources and capabilities are exhausted
●● Chapter 2 - What is the scope of the National Incident Management
System (NIMS)
Answer: NIMS is intended to provide a consistent, flexible and
adjustable national framework within which government and private
entities at all levels can work together to manage domestic incidents,
regardless of their size, location or complexity; it is also intended to
, provide a set of standardized organizational structures (i.e. ICS) and
requirements for processes, procedures and systems designed to improve
interoperability among jurisdictions
●● Chapter 2 - What is the National Response Plan (NRP)
Answer: the purpose of the NRP is to establish a comprehensive,
national, all-hazards framework for domestic incident management
across a spectrum of activities including prevention, preparedness,
response and recovery; the NRP incorporates best practices and
procedures from various incident management disciplines and integrates
them into a unified coordinating structure
●● Chapter 2 - What are the 3 criteria that should be met before an
AMBER Alert is activated
Answer: 1) law enforcement confirms a child has been abducted, 2) law
enforcement believes the circumstances surrounding the abduction
indicate that the child is in danger of serious bodily harm or death and 3)
there is enough descriptive information about the child, abductor and/or
suspect's vehicle to believe an immediate broadcast alert will help
●● Chapter 3 - What the the 5 major functional areas or sections of the
Incident Command System (ICS)
Answer: command, operations, planning, logistics and
finance/administration
●● Chapter 3 - Define span of control
EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
●● Chapter 1 - Define rescue
Answer: an operation to retrieve persons in distress, provide for their
initial medical or other needs, and deliver them to a place of safety
●● Chapter 1 - What are the 3 categories of fundamental SAR skills
Answer: 1) search, 2) rescue and 3) survival/support (i.e. navigation)
●● Chapter 1 - What is NASAR
Answer: a not-for profit membership organization of dedicated paid and
unpaid SAR professionals that offers formal training opportunities
●● Chapter 1 - What is the purpose of the SAR TECH certification
criteria
Answer: these criteria were developed to evaluate three levels of search
responder so that a measurable level of individual and crew capability
could be made available for Incident Commanders
●● Chapter 2 - Which 2 organizations coordinate member countries'
efforts to provide SAR services on a global basis
,Answer: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
●● Chapter 2 - What are the 5 stages of a SAR operation
Answer: awareness, initial action, planning, operations and conclusion
●● Chapter 2 - Which international conventions pertain to SAR
Answer: Convention on International Aviation, International Convention
on Maritime Search and Rescue and the International Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
●● Chapter 2 - Define positive control
Answer: followed by radar and in direct communication with air traffic
controllers
●● Chapter 2 - What is Cospas-Sarsat
Answer: an international humanitarian SAR system that uses satellites to
detect and locate emergency beacons carried by ships, aircraft or
individuals; the system consists of a network of satellites, ground
stations (Local User Terminal), mission control centers (MCC) and
rescue coordination centers (RCC)
●● Chapter 2 - What are the 3 different types of emergency locator
beacons
,Answer: Emergency Locator Transmitters (aircraft), Emergency Position
Indicating Radio Beacons (maritime) and Personal Locator Beacons
(individuals)
●● Chapter 2 - Define a SAR Region (SRR)
Answer: an area of defined dimensions, associated with a rescue
coordination center (RCC), within which SAR services are provided; for
every SRR, there is one RCC
●● Chapter 2 - Who are the SAR coordinators for the United States
Answer: the U.S. Air Force for the continental United States, the U.S.
Pacific Command for Alaska and the U.S. Coast Guard for the maritime
SRRs that coincide with the ocean environments and Hawaii
●● Chapter 2 - How are emergency management and disaster response
handled
Answer: responsibility for responding to emergencies and disasters
begins at the local level, the next higher level of response (county, state,
national) is activated when resources and capabilities are exhausted
●● Chapter 2 - What is the scope of the National Incident Management
System (NIMS)
Answer: NIMS is intended to provide a consistent, flexible and
adjustable national framework within which government and private
entities at all levels can work together to manage domestic incidents,
regardless of their size, location or complexity; it is also intended to
, provide a set of standardized organizational structures (i.e. ICS) and
requirements for processes, procedures and systems designed to improve
interoperability among jurisdictions
●● Chapter 2 - What is the National Response Plan (NRP)
Answer: the purpose of the NRP is to establish a comprehensive,
national, all-hazards framework for domestic incident management
across a spectrum of activities including prevention, preparedness,
response and recovery; the NRP incorporates best practices and
procedures from various incident management disciplines and integrates
them into a unified coordinating structure
●● Chapter 2 - What are the 3 criteria that should be met before an
AMBER Alert is activated
Answer: 1) law enforcement confirms a child has been abducted, 2) law
enforcement believes the circumstances surrounding the abduction
indicate that the child is in danger of serious bodily harm or death and 3)
there is enough descriptive information about the child, abductor and/or
suspect's vehicle to believe an immediate broadcast alert will help
●● Chapter 3 - What the the 5 major functional areas or sections of the
Incident Command System (ICS)
Answer: command, operations, planning, logistics and
finance/administration
●● Chapter 3 - Define span of control
