Mounted search and rescue

[Trails End Farm <trailsendfarm@erols.com>]

Una,
We're approaching the written portions as multiple choice. Thoughts are to 
decide on some good overall categories, then work up a large pool of 
questions, and then pick and choose a subset appropriate for an intro-level 
MSAR person, and from the same pool choose a larger somewhat more advanced 
subset for the middle-level MSAR person. And more questions (and more 
advanced ones) for the advanced level MSAR person.

Suzanne Anderson
TROT Mounted Search Team
trailsendfarm@erols.com
Maryland

> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 09:43:32 -0700
> From: Una Smith <una@lanl.gov>
> Subject: Re: [MSAR] MSAR written testing
> To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> Jorene wrote:
> >What would you suggest as GENERAL subject areas to address
> >at the MSAR entry level for WRITTEN testing specific to
> >riders and equine in SAR?
>
> A written test is something few if any MSAR teams use.  (I
> would like to know about any MSAR written tests that are in
> use.  Speak up, folks!)  So, this question requires some
> "outside the box" thinking.  Hm...
>
> Look at Pony Club manuals.  And entry-level books on horse
> husbandry and riding;  most have very similar formulas.
>
> NASAR committee folks:  What is the intended test format?
> Eg, multiple choice, match terms, fill in the blank, essay?
>
>         Una Smith
>         Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse, in New Mexico
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Suzanne Anderson
TROT Mounted Search Team
trailsendfarm@erols.com
Maryland