PPCT CORRECT EXAMS ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔15. An officer applies a joint lock to a subject who has resisted him from/in the
escort position. - ✔✔Soft Empty Hand Control
✔✔16. An officer uses his baton to deliver a Fluid Shockwave Strike to an offender's
Tibial nerve motor point. - ✔✔Intermediate Weapon
✔✔17. An officer tells a subject to step out of the car. - ✔✔Verbal Direction
✔✔18. An officer delivers an angle kick to a subject's Common Peroneal nerve motor
point. - ✔✔Hard Empty Hand Control
✔✔19. An officer, dressed in full uniform arrives at the scene. - ✔✔Officer Presence
✔✔20. For the purposes of officer safety, the minimum safe zone that an officer should
maintain is referred to as the: - ✔✔Reactionary Gap
✔✔21. The tactical considerations for handcuffing are approach to contact, control upon
touch and: - ✔✔Speed in Application
✔✔22. The criteria needed by an officer to be legally justified to restrain a subject using
the handcuffs include(s): - ✔✔The subject has committed a crime
The subject is an escape risk
The subject is a safety hazard to himself or others
✔✔23. Officers should always search a subject before handcuffing. - ✔✔False
✔✔24. When handcuffing the first hand of a subject who is in the prone position, what
precautions should be taken to prevent the subject from rolling over? - ✔✔Keep the
subject's hand below the officer's knee
, ✔✔25. The subject is being escorted. Suddenly, he locks his arm straight out, refusing
to continue moving with the officer. - ✔✔Straight Arm Lockout/Straight Armbar
Takedown
✔✔26. The subject is being escorted. Suddenly, he pulls his arm in towards his chest,
refusing to continue moving with the officer. - ✔✔Side Curl/Transport Wrist Lock
✔✔27. When applying the Transport Wristlock, to which knuckle of the hand is the
pressure applied? - ✔✔Index finger
✔✔28. When performing a joint lock takedown the officer should rotate to Level I. -
✔✔False
✔✔29. There are two Methods of Application for pressure points and nerve motor
points. They are Touch Pressure and: - ✔✔Striking
✔✔30. The most applicable Control Principle for Touch Pressure method of application
to the Infra Orbital is: - ✔✔Pain Compliance
✔✔31. The most applicable Control Principle for an Angle Kick to the Common
Peroneal is: - ✔✔Motor Dysfunction
✔✔32. If a Pain Compliance technique is held too long after a subject has complied with
an officer's verbal commands, the subject will either become unconscious or: -
✔✔Escalate resistance
✔✔33. Location is behind the base of the ear lobe, between the Mastoid and the
Mandible. Pressure should be directed in and forward toward the tip of the nose. -
✔✔Mandibular Angle
✔✔34. Location is on the side of the neck, approximately 3 inches from the base,
between the two groups of Sterno Cleido Mastoid muscle. Pressure should be applied
directly towards the center of the neck. - ✔✔Brachial Plexus Origin
✔✔35. Location is at the base of the neck, just above the sternum. Pressure should be
applied inward and down. - ✔✔Jugular Notch
✔✔36. Location is at the junction where the trapezius muscle connects to the side of the
neck. The angle of pressure should be directed towards the floor. - ✔✔Suprascapular
SET A+
✔✔15. An officer applies a joint lock to a subject who has resisted him from/in the
escort position. - ✔✔Soft Empty Hand Control
✔✔16. An officer uses his baton to deliver a Fluid Shockwave Strike to an offender's
Tibial nerve motor point. - ✔✔Intermediate Weapon
✔✔17. An officer tells a subject to step out of the car. - ✔✔Verbal Direction
✔✔18. An officer delivers an angle kick to a subject's Common Peroneal nerve motor
point. - ✔✔Hard Empty Hand Control
✔✔19. An officer, dressed in full uniform arrives at the scene. - ✔✔Officer Presence
✔✔20. For the purposes of officer safety, the minimum safe zone that an officer should
maintain is referred to as the: - ✔✔Reactionary Gap
✔✔21. The tactical considerations for handcuffing are approach to contact, control upon
touch and: - ✔✔Speed in Application
✔✔22. The criteria needed by an officer to be legally justified to restrain a subject using
the handcuffs include(s): - ✔✔The subject has committed a crime
The subject is an escape risk
The subject is a safety hazard to himself or others
✔✔23. Officers should always search a subject before handcuffing. - ✔✔False
✔✔24. When handcuffing the first hand of a subject who is in the prone position, what
precautions should be taken to prevent the subject from rolling over? - ✔✔Keep the
subject's hand below the officer's knee
, ✔✔25. The subject is being escorted. Suddenly, he locks his arm straight out, refusing
to continue moving with the officer. - ✔✔Straight Arm Lockout/Straight Armbar
Takedown
✔✔26. The subject is being escorted. Suddenly, he pulls his arm in towards his chest,
refusing to continue moving with the officer. - ✔✔Side Curl/Transport Wrist Lock
✔✔27. When applying the Transport Wristlock, to which knuckle of the hand is the
pressure applied? - ✔✔Index finger
✔✔28. When performing a joint lock takedown the officer should rotate to Level I. -
✔✔False
✔✔29. There are two Methods of Application for pressure points and nerve motor
points. They are Touch Pressure and: - ✔✔Striking
✔✔30. The most applicable Control Principle for Touch Pressure method of application
to the Infra Orbital is: - ✔✔Pain Compliance
✔✔31. The most applicable Control Principle for an Angle Kick to the Common
Peroneal is: - ✔✔Motor Dysfunction
✔✔32. If a Pain Compliance technique is held too long after a subject has complied with
an officer's verbal commands, the subject will either become unconscious or: -
✔✔Escalate resistance
✔✔33. Location is behind the base of the ear lobe, between the Mastoid and the
Mandible. Pressure should be directed in and forward toward the tip of the nose. -
✔✔Mandibular Angle
✔✔34. Location is on the side of the neck, approximately 3 inches from the base,
between the two groups of Sterno Cleido Mastoid muscle. Pressure should be applied
directly towards the center of the neck. - ✔✔Brachial Plexus Origin
✔✔35. Location is at the base of the neck, just above the sternum. Pressure should be
applied inward and down. - ✔✔Jugular Notch
✔✔36. Location is at the junction where the trapezius muscle connects to the side of the
neck. The angle of pressure should be directed towards the floor. - ✔✔Suprascapular
