ACTIVE SHOOTER STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔ What tragic event occurred that caused police agencies across the United States to
change their tactics in rapid response to actor(s) killing innocent persons. -
✔✔Columbine High School
✔✔It is imperative that the first responding officer(s) to a random act of violence
differentiate between a _____ and _____. - ✔✔Hostage Situation / Active Shooter
✔✔Which of the following is the correct response to a hostage / Barricade Situation? -
✔✔•Contain
•Control
•Communicate
•Call SWAT and Hostage Negotiators
•Create Immediate Action Plan
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a concept and principle of team movements? -
✔✔Move as fast as you can
✔✔What are the priorities of work after a lethal engagement occurs? - ✔✔•Security
•Immediate Action Plan
•Medical
✔✔The number one goal when responding to an Active Shooter or Homicide in
progress is to: - ✔✔Stop the killing
✔✔When evaluating the need to close distance, you should ask which of the following?
- ✔✔All of the below questions should be asked -
1. Can you eliminate the threat?
2. Can you restrict or isolate the suspects movement?
3. Can you take resources away from the suspect (weapons, escape routes)?
✔✔When faced with an armed threat and limited / no cover is available, it is important to
remember that _____. - ✔✔Action is faster than reaction
✔✔A solo Officer should make a direct-to-threat entry into an Active shooting crisis site
except for when: - ✔✔There is no driving force (nothing heard, seen or known upon
arrival)
✔✔In most situations, secondary / follow-on responders should not move into area
beloved to be occupied by friendly forces: - ✔✔Until positive "link-up" has been made
between elements
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔ What tragic event occurred that caused police agencies across the United States to
change their tactics in rapid response to actor(s) killing innocent persons. -
✔✔Columbine High School
✔✔It is imperative that the first responding officer(s) to a random act of violence
differentiate between a _____ and _____. - ✔✔Hostage Situation / Active Shooter
✔✔Which of the following is the correct response to a hostage / Barricade Situation? -
✔✔•Contain
•Control
•Communicate
•Call SWAT and Hostage Negotiators
•Create Immediate Action Plan
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a concept and principle of team movements? -
✔✔Move as fast as you can
✔✔What are the priorities of work after a lethal engagement occurs? - ✔✔•Security
•Immediate Action Plan
•Medical
✔✔The number one goal when responding to an Active Shooter or Homicide in
progress is to: - ✔✔Stop the killing
✔✔When evaluating the need to close distance, you should ask which of the following?
- ✔✔All of the below questions should be asked -
1. Can you eliminate the threat?
2. Can you restrict or isolate the suspects movement?
3. Can you take resources away from the suspect (weapons, escape routes)?
✔✔When faced with an armed threat and limited / no cover is available, it is important to
remember that _____. - ✔✔Action is faster than reaction
✔✔A solo Officer should make a direct-to-threat entry into an Active shooting crisis site
except for when: - ✔✔There is no driving force (nothing heard, seen or known upon
arrival)
✔✔In most situations, secondary / follow-on responders should not move into area
beloved to be occupied by friendly forces: - ✔✔Until positive "link-up" has been made
between elements
