Which search method uses electronic devices to detect a metal object on or within a person or concealed within an item?

Which search method uses electronic devices to detect a metal object on or within a person or concealed within an item?

• A. Vehicle
• B. Pat search
• C. Metal detection
• D. Clothed search

Answer: (C)

Metal detection relies on electronic devices to sense metal objects. Handheld wands and walk-through detectors create fields and look for disruptions caused by metal, which lets screeners detect objects on a person or hidden within an item. This directly matches the idea of using a device to find metal on or inside someone or something concealed. Other methods described involve physical checks of people or vehicles without metal-sensing equipment, so they don’t fit the description as precisely.