SECURITY FORCES BLOCK 1 TEST STUDY
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1. Who established the Office of the Air Provost Marshall (APM)? - ANSWER
✔ General Henry H Harp Arnold on March 29, 1943
2. President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 into law. -
ANSWER ✔ July 26 1947
3. September 1, 1950 - ANSWER ✔ First Air Police School on Tyndall AFB,
Fl.
4. October 13, 1956 - ANSWER ✔ Air Police training transfered to Lackland
AFB, TX.
5. Staff Sergeant Terrance Jensen - ANSWER ✔ First Air Policeman KIA
during Vietnam Conflict on July 1, 1965.
6. January 31, 1968 - ANSWER ✔ Five men team in Bunker 051. Just one
survivor (Alonzo Coggins).
7. In March 1971, Security Forces career field was split into what two separate
functions? - ANSWER ✔ Security and Law Enforcement.
8. November 1971 - ANSWER ✔ 12 female Airmen entered Law
Enforcement specialist training.
9. 1983 - ANSWER ✔ Operantion Urgent Fury. (Grenada)
,10.Operation Just Cause - ANSWER ✔ December 1989
11.October 31, 1997 - ANSWER ✔ Security Specialist, Law Enforcement
Specialist and Combat Arms Training and Maintenance career fields merged
into one career field called, Security Forces.
12.Ethics - ANSWER ✔ Rules of behavior based on ideas about what is
morally good and bad.
13.Use of Force - ANSWER ✔ - Force: amount of effort required to use
- Less- lethal force: any use of force then that which is considered
deadly force
- Excessive force: when type, degree or duration of the force is greater
than that which was objectively reasonable
- Objective Reasonableness: is the "reasonableness" of a particular use
of force must be judged from the officer on the scene, rather then
20/20 vision hindsight
- Officer's perception: of the subject's action and the totality of
circumstances
- Subject's Actions: behavioral categories of the subject to promote
understanding of Use of Force
- Officer's Response: perceiving subject actions to obtain compliance
- Deadly Force: use of force that creates a substantial risk of causing
death or serious bodily injury
14.Goal of Use of Force - ANSWER ✔ to gain control of the situation or
individual encountered while using only force that is necessary
15.When a Defender uses force... - ANSWER ✔ should be the minimum
necessary to achieve resolution.
16.Force must be - ANSWER ✔ reasonable in intensity, duration, and
magnitude based off of totality of circumstances
17.Deadly force should... - ANSWER ✔ only be usef when lesser means fail
or are not feasible (have failed, cannot reasonably be employed)
,18.PRAP review - ANSWER ✔ at risk reviews conducted weekly by
Commander
19.Rules of Engagement (ROE) - ANSWER ✔ Directives issued by
competent military authority which delineate the circumstances and
limitations under which US forces initiate and/or continue combat
engagement with other forces encountered.
20.ROEs can be... - ANSWER ✔ adjusted to be restrictive or permissive
21.Authority to Bear Firearms (Eligibles) - ANSWER ✔ Group A- DoD
military, civilian and contract personnel, etc.
22.Group B- member other then those in Group A who are required to be armed
as designated by deployment orders.
23.On 2 January 1948, General Order No. 1, Headquarters AF designated these
units and the individuals serving under them as ____ and established the
APM - ANSWER ✔ Air Police
24.Approximately ____ MP companies were converted in mass to Air Police
squadrons - ANSWER ✔ 22
25.On 1 September 1950, the first ____ was established at Tyndall AFB, Fl. -
ANSWER ✔ Air Police School
26.The Air Police school was transferred to Parks AFB, CA and re-designated
as the ____ School - ANSWER ✔ Air Base Defense
27.On 13 October 1956, Air Police training was transferred to ____ - ANSWER
✔ Lackland AFB, TX
28.In the 1960's the name APM was dropped in favor of ____ - ANSWER ✔
Director of Security and Law Enforcement
29.____ was the first Air Policeman killed in action during the Vietnam
Conflict on July 1, 1956 - ANSWER ✔ Staff Sergeant Terrance Jensen
, 30.In 1966, the name of the career field was changed from Air Police to ____ -
ANSWER ✔ Security Police
31.The demands of the Vietnam War led to the creation of ____ in 1967 -
ANSWER ✔ Operation SAFE SIDE
32.Through Operation SAFE SIDE, the ____ was formed to train for
operational deployment to South East Asia and to acquire the experience
necessary to develop AF doctrine on base defense. - ANSWER ✔ 1041st
Security Police Squadron
33.Established the Office of the Air Provost Marshal - ANSWER ✔ General
Henry Hap Arnold
34.Army AF Military Police Companies were brought together and named: -
ANSWER ✔ AAF Base Security Battalions
35.The biggest test of Security Police combat effectiveness came during the
Vietnam Tet Offensive on January 31, 1968 - ANSWER ✔ Battle of Tan
Son Nhut
36.The Act that authorized the creation of the AF, which would take over
personnel, aircraft and mission of the AAF including the MP force that
would eventually become the AF SF - ANSWER ✔ National Security Act
of 1947
37.During the Battle of Tan Son Nhut, a five-man team positioned in Bunker
____ held off the enemy assault long enough for backup forces to respond
and prevent further penetration of the base - ANSWER ✔ 051
38.In March 1971, the enlisted career field divided into two separate specialties,
____ and ____ - ANSWER ✔ Security and Law Enforcement
39.In November 1971, 12 ____ entered Law Enforcement specialist training at
the Security Police Academy at Lackland AFB, TX - ANSWER ✔ Female
Airmen
GUIDE 2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. Who established the Office of the Air Provost Marshall (APM)? - ANSWER
✔ General Henry H Harp Arnold on March 29, 1943
2. President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 into law. -
ANSWER ✔ July 26 1947
3. September 1, 1950 - ANSWER ✔ First Air Police School on Tyndall AFB,
Fl.
4. October 13, 1956 - ANSWER ✔ Air Police training transfered to Lackland
AFB, TX.
5. Staff Sergeant Terrance Jensen - ANSWER ✔ First Air Policeman KIA
during Vietnam Conflict on July 1, 1965.
6. January 31, 1968 - ANSWER ✔ Five men team in Bunker 051. Just one
survivor (Alonzo Coggins).
7. In March 1971, Security Forces career field was split into what two separate
functions? - ANSWER ✔ Security and Law Enforcement.
8. November 1971 - ANSWER ✔ 12 female Airmen entered Law
Enforcement specialist training.
9. 1983 - ANSWER ✔ Operantion Urgent Fury. (Grenada)
,10.Operation Just Cause - ANSWER ✔ December 1989
11.October 31, 1997 - ANSWER ✔ Security Specialist, Law Enforcement
Specialist and Combat Arms Training and Maintenance career fields merged
into one career field called, Security Forces.
12.Ethics - ANSWER ✔ Rules of behavior based on ideas about what is
morally good and bad.
13.Use of Force - ANSWER ✔ - Force: amount of effort required to use
- Less- lethal force: any use of force then that which is considered
deadly force
- Excessive force: when type, degree or duration of the force is greater
than that which was objectively reasonable
- Objective Reasonableness: is the "reasonableness" of a particular use
of force must be judged from the officer on the scene, rather then
20/20 vision hindsight
- Officer's perception: of the subject's action and the totality of
circumstances
- Subject's Actions: behavioral categories of the subject to promote
understanding of Use of Force
- Officer's Response: perceiving subject actions to obtain compliance
- Deadly Force: use of force that creates a substantial risk of causing
death or serious bodily injury
14.Goal of Use of Force - ANSWER ✔ to gain control of the situation or
individual encountered while using only force that is necessary
15.When a Defender uses force... - ANSWER ✔ should be the minimum
necessary to achieve resolution.
16.Force must be - ANSWER ✔ reasonable in intensity, duration, and
magnitude based off of totality of circumstances
17.Deadly force should... - ANSWER ✔ only be usef when lesser means fail
or are not feasible (have failed, cannot reasonably be employed)
,18.PRAP review - ANSWER ✔ at risk reviews conducted weekly by
Commander
19.Rules of Engagement (ROE) - ANSWER ✔ Directives issued by
competent military authority which delineate the circumstances and
limitations under which US forces initiate and/or continue combat
engagement with other forces encountered.
20.ROEs can be... - ANSWER ✔ adjusted to be restrictive or permissive
21.Authority to Bear Firearms (Eligibles) - ANSWER ✔ Group A- DoD
military, civilian and contract personnel, etc.
22.Group B- member other then those in Group A who are required to be armed
as designated by deployment orders.
23.On 2 January 1948, General Order No. 1, Headquarters AF designated these
units and the individuals serving under them as ____ and established the
APM - ANSWER ✔ Air Police
24.Approximately ____ MP companies were converted in mass to Air Police
squadrons - ANSWER ✔ 22
25.On 1 September 1950, the first ____ was established at Tyndall AFB, Fl. -
ANSWER ✔ Air Police School
26.The Air Police school was transferred to Parks AFB, CA and re-designated
as the ____ School - ANSWER ✔ Air Base Defense
27.On 13 October 1956, Air Police training was transferred to ____ - ANSWER
✔ Lackland AFB, TX
28.In the 1960's the name APM was dropped in favor of ____ - ANSWER ✔
Director of Security and Law Enforcement
29.____ was the first Air Policeman killed in action during the Vietnam
Conflict on July 1, 1956 - ANSWER ✔ Staff Sergeant Terrance Jensen
, 30.In 1966, the name of the career field was changed from Air Police to ____ -
ANSWER ✔ Security Police
31.The demands of the Vietnam War led to the creation of ____ in 1967 -
ANSWER ✔ Operation SAFE SIDE
32.Through Operation SAFE SIDE, the ____ was formed to train for
operational deployment to South East Asia and to acquire the experience
necessary to develop AF doctrine on base defense. - ANSWER ✔ 1041st
Security Police Squadron
33.Established the Office of the Air Provost Marshal - ANSWER ✔ General
Henry Hap Arnold
34.Army AF Military Police Companies were brought together and named: -
ANSWER ✔ AAF Base Security Battalions
35.The biggest test of Security Police combat effectiveness came during the
Vietnam Tet Offensive on January 31, 1968 - ANSWER ✔ Battle of Tan
Son Nhut
36.The Act that authorized the creation of the AF, which would take over
personnel, aircraft and mission of the AAF including the MP force that
would eventually become the AF SF - ANSWER ✔ National Security Act
of 1947
37.During the Battle of Tan Son Nhut, a five-man team positioned in Bunker
____ held off the enemy assault long enough for backup forces to respond
and prevent further penetration of the base - ANSWER ✔ 051
38.In March 1971, the enlisted career field divided into two separate specialties,
____ and ____ - ANSWER ✔ Security and Law Enforcement
39.In November 1971, 12 ____ entered Law Enforcement specialist training at
the Security Police Academy at Lackland AFB, TX - ANSWER ✔ Female
Airmen
