TLETA TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS FULLY UPDATED
●● What is the third cardinal firearms rule?
A. Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire
B. Treat every firearm as if it is loaded
C. Be sure of your target and what is beyond it
D. Never point a firearm at anything you are not willing to destroy
Answer: A. Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire
●● What three things must be present to have a discharge?
A. Firearm, ammunition, and shooter
B. Trigger, magazine, and target
C. Barrel, sights, and ammunition
D. Shooter, target, and range
Answer: A. Firearm, ammunition, and shooter
●● What is the difference between how a rifle works vs. a handgun?
A. A rifle uses compressed air while a handgun uses gunpowder
B. A rifle works with water and at high speed; handgun uses mechanical
ammo
C. A rifle is always automatic while a handgun is always semi-automatic
,D. A rifle uses a magazine while a handgun does not
Answer: B. A rifle works with water and at high speed; handgun uses
mechanical ammo
●● What are the three types of malfunctions?
A. Failure to fire, stovepipe, and double feed
B. Jam, obstruction, and overfeed
C. Misfire, hang fire, and squib load
D. Failure to eject, failure to extract, and stovepipe
Answer: C. Misfire, hang fire, and squib load
●● What happens during a misfire?
A. Delay between trigger press and discharge
B. Failure to discharge
C. Round becomes lodged in the barrel
D. Multiple rounds fire at once
Answer: B. Failure to discharge
●● What happens during a hang fire?
A. Delay between trigger press and discharge
B. Failure to extract a spent casing
C. No gunpowder in the cartridge
, D. Immediate discharge upon chambering
Answer: A. Delay between trigger press and discharge
●● What is the result of a squib load?
A. Excessive recoil
B. Failure to extract
C. No gun powder
D. Delayed ignition
Answer: C. No gun powder
●● What are the three conditions of malfunction?
A. Misfire, hang fire, and squib load
B. Failure to feed, failure to eject, and obstruction
C. Failure to fire, stovepipe, and double feed
D. Light strike, overcharge, and undercharge
Answer: C. Failure to fire, stovepipe, and double feed
●● What are the seven fundamentals of marksmanship?
A. Grip, trigger control, breathing, stance, speed, reload, and follow
through
B. Stance, grip, sight alignment, sight picture, breathing, trigger control,
and follow through
C. Stance, aiming, loading, firing, unloading, cleaning, and storage
SOLUTIONS FULLY UPDATED
●● What is the third cardinal firearms rule?
A. Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire
B. Treat every firearm as if it is loaded
C. Be sure of your target and what is beyond it
D. Never point a firearm at anything you are not willing to destroy
Answer: A. Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire
●● What three things must be present to have a discharge?
A. Firearm, ammunition, and shooter
B. Trigger, magazine, and target
C. Barrel, sights, and ammunition
D. Shooter, target, and range
Answer: A. Firearm, ammunition, and shooter
●● What is the difference between how a rifle works vs. a handgun?
A. A rifle uses compressed air while a handgun uses gunpowder
B. A rifle works with water and at high speed; handgun uses mechanical
ammo
C. A rifle is always automatic while a handgun is always semi-automatic
,D. A rifle uses a magazine while a handgun does not
Answer: B. A rifle works with water and at high speed; handgun uses
mechanical ammo
●● What are the three types of malfunctions?
A. Failure to fire, stovepipe, and double feed
B. Jam, obstruction, and overfeed
C. Misfire, hang fire, and squib load
D. Failure to eject, failure to extract, and stovepipe
Answer: C. Misfire, hang fire, and squib load
●● What happens during a misfire?
A. Delay between trigger press and discharge
B. Failure to discharge
C. Round becomes lodged in the barrel
D. Multiple rounds fire at once
Answer: B. Failure to discharge
●● What happens during a hang fire?
A. Delay between trigger press and discharge
B. Failure to extract a spent casing
C. No gunpowder in the cartridge
, D. Immediate discharge upon chambering
Answer: A. Delay between trigger press and discharge
●● What is the result of a squib load?
A. Excessive recoil
B. Failure to extract
C. No gun powder
D. Delayed ignition
Answer: C. No gun powder
●● What are the three conditions of malfunction?
A. Misfire, hang fire, and squib load
B. Failure to feed, failure to eject, and obstruction
C. Failure to fire, stovepipe, and double feed
D. Light strike, overcharge, and undercharge
Answer: C. Failure to fire, stovepipe, and double feed
●● What are the seven fundamentals of marksmanship?
A. Grip, trigger control, breathing, stance, speed, reload, and follow
through
B. Stance, grip, sight alignment, sight picture, breathing, trigger control,
and follow through
C. Stance, aiming, loading, firing, unloading, cleaning, and storage
