How many types of tracking signs are there?

• A. Four types
• B. Three types
• C. Two types
• D. One type

Answer: (C)

Tracking signs are grouped into two broad categories: visible signs and latent signs. Visible signs are things you can notice right away with the naked eye—footprints, tire tracks, broken vegetation, disturbed soil, or obvious trail markers. Latent signs aren’t obvious at first glance; they require closer searching or special techniques—impressions in soft ground, subtle disturbances, or traces that need oblique lighting, casting, or lifting to reveal their details. In tracking, you rely on both types to piece together where someone went and how they moved. That two-part framework is why two types is the correct answer. The other numbers would imply extra categories that this approach doesn’t use.