FUNSAR CHAPTER 01 Final Exam
Questions With Solved Solutions.
Searches and rescues have been carried out around the world for centuries. (TRUE/FALSE) -
Answer TRUE (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
We have referred to the act of aiding humans in distress traveling in unknown terrain
collectively as "search and rescue" or "SAR" for centuries. (TRUE/FALSE) - Answer FALSE, Since
the 20th century (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
What caused human populations to become less reliant on their personal skills and knowledge
that had previously allowed them to survive in their environment? - Answer Technology (Hint:
Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
Why did the need to assist people in distress become increasingly necessary? - Answer
Populations continued to expand into previously isolated areas (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History
of Search and Rescue)
What brought about the birth of organized government-supported SAR? - Answer The need to
find and recover wartime marine and aircraft crews with government funding to pursue these
objectives (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
Organized SAR as we know it today was based on what? - Answer Attention to search and
rescue, development of technology, and the considerable wartime resources of the U.S.
government (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
Contemporary SAR systems provide the response for only lost people in many environments?
(TRUE/FALSE) - Answer FALSE, SAR provides for the response for overdue, lost, injured or
stranded people in many environments (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
When considering the term 'wilderness' in SAR, there is a single meaning - an uninhabited
region. (TRUE/FALSE) - Answer FALSE, In SAR wilderness takes on several meanings (Hint:
Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
SAR plays an important part of nearly every disaster, fire service, law enforcement, emergency
medical service, and military incident. (TRUE/FALSE) - Answer TRUE (Hint: Section 1: A Brief
, Management of SAR operations can be diverse and can range from a few responders to an
effort involving thousands of responders. (TRUE/FALSE) - Answer TRUE (Hint: Section 1: A Brief
History of Search and Rescue)
What is the factor that tends to focus efforts on a quick conclusion and is almost always a factor
in SAR operations? - Answer Time (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
According to T.J. Setnicka, author of "Wilderness Search and Rescue," SAR is essentially what
kind of problem? - Answer SAR was essentially, "a transportation problem-of rescuers to the
victim and the victim to safety" (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
What 3 concepts must be grasped before discussing how one gets involved in search and
rescue? - Answer The SAR training categories, the SAR "tool" acquisition process, and SAR
standards and regulations (Hint: Section 2: Foundational Concepts in SAR)
Name at least 5 organizations through which individuals can get involved in search and rescue in
the United States? - Answer NASAR; MRA; CAP; U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary; USA Freedom
Corps; Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT); and other national, state, provincial, and
local agencies and organizations (Hint: Section 3: Getting Involved in SAR)
SAR fundamental search and rescue skills have been divided into three basic categories for
organizational purposes. What are those categories? - Answer 1-Search 2-Rescue
3-Survival/Support (Hint: Sub-Section 2-A: SAR Training Categories)
Besides the fundamental SAR search training provided for this course, advanced education in
this area can include what specialties? - Answer Specialties include land search, water search,
air search, the application of search theory, search planning, and search dog (Hint: Sub-Section
2-A: SAR Training Categories)
Besides the fundamental SAR rescue training provided for this course advanced education in
this area can include what specialties? - Answer Specialties include environments such as
mountain, wilderness, ice, water, cave/underground, and urban rescue, as well as many others
(Hint: Sub-Section 2-A: SAR Training Categories)
Besides the fundamental SAR survival/support training provided for this course advanced
education in this area can include what specialties? - Answer Specialties include wilderness
survival, signaling, navigation, improvisation, fitness, and communication (Hint: Sub-Section 2-A:
Questions With Solved Solutions.
Searches and rescues have been carried out around the world for centuries. (TRUE/FALSE) -
Answer TRUE (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
We have referred to the act of aiding humans in distress traveling in unknown terrain
collectively as "search and rescue" or "SAR" for centuries. (TRUE/FALSE) - Answer FALSE, Since
the 20th century (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
What caused human populations to become less reliant on their personal skills and knowledge
that had previously allowed them to survive in their environment? - Answer Technology (Hint:
Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
Why did the need to assist people in distress become increasingly necessary? - Answer
Populations continued to expand into previously isolated areas (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History
of Search and Rescue)
What brought about the birth of organized government-supported SAR? - Answer The need to
find and recover wartime marine and aircraft crews with government funding to pursue these
objectives (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
Organized SAR as we know it today was based on what? - Answer Attention to search and
rescue, development of technology, and the considerable wartime resources of the U.S.
government (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
Contemporary SAR systems provide the response for only lost people in many environments?
(TRUE/FALSE) - Answer FALSE, SAR provides for the response for overdue, lost, injured or
stranded people in many environments (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
When considering the term 'wilderness' in SAR, there is a single meaning - an uninhabited
region. (TRUE/FALSE) - Answer FALSE, In SAR wilderness takes on several meanings (Hint:
Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
SAR plays an important part of nearly every disaster, fire service, law enforcement, emergency
medical service, and military incident. (TRUE/FALSE) - Answer TRUE (Hint: Section 1: A Brief
, Management of SAR operations can be diverse and can range from a few responders to an
effort involving thousands of responders. (TRUE/FALSE) - Answer TRUE (Hint: Section 1: A Brief
History of Search and Rescue)
What is the factor that tends to focus efforts on a quick conclusion and is almost always a factor
in SAR operations? - Answer Time (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
According to T.J. Setnicka, author of "Wilderness Search and Rescue," SAR is essentially what
kind of problem? - Answer SAR was essentially, "a transportation problem-of rescuers to the
victim and the victim to safety" (Hint: Section 1: A Brief History of Search and Rescue)
What 3 concepts must be grasped before discussing how one gets involved in search and
rescue? - Answer The SAR training categories, the SAR "tool" acquisition process, and SAR
standards and regulations (Hint: Section 2: Foundational Concepts in SAR)
Name at least 5 organizations through which individuals can get involved in search and rescue in
the United States? - Answer NASAR; MRA; CAP; U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary; USA Freedom
Corps; Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT); and other national, state, provincial, and
local agencies and organizations (Hint: Section 3: Getting Involved in SAR)
SAR fundamental search and rescue skills have been divided into three basic categories for
organizational purposes. What are those categories? - Answer 1-Search 2-Rescue
3-Survival/Support (Hint: Sub-Section 2-A: SAR Training Categories)
Besides the fundamental SAR search training provided for this course, advanced education in
this area can include what specialties? - Answer Specialties include land search, water search,
air search, the application of search theory, search planning, and search dog (Hint: Sub-Section
2-A: SAR Training Categories)
Besides the fundamental SAR rescue training provided for this course advanced education in
this area can include what specialties? - Answer Specialties include environments such as
mountain, wilderness, ice, water, cave/underground, and urban rescue, as well as many others
(Hint: Sub-Section 2-A: SAR Training Categories)
Besides the fundamental SAR survival/support training provided for this course advanced
education in this area can include what specialties? - Answer Specialties include wilderness
survival, signaling, navigation, improvisation, fitness, and communication (Hint: Sub-Section 2-A:
