answers 2025 latest update
EPO 1: ID use of authority elements - correct answer ✔✔-Power, Force, Discretion, Control, Influence,
Leadership, Command Presence
EPO 2: ID core values for LEO's & how they influence an officers use of authority - correct answer ✔✔-
Integrity, Fairness, Respect, Honesty, Courage, Compassion
EPO 1: ID the human stress response - correct answer ✔✔-Resilience: ability to bounce back from
challenges
-Stress: the non-specific response of the body to any demand
-Healthy stress=Eustress(promotion) - Bad stress=Distress
-Physical stress response=quick breathing, quick heartbeat, muscles tense, sweat
-Emotional stress response=aggressiveness, sleeplessness, withdrawal from family
-Health problems=heart problems, sleep disorders, fatigue
EPO 2: ID challenges/sources of stress for LEO's - correct answer ✔✔-hours of boredom->moments of
terror, see people at their worst
-enforce laws people may not agree with, testifying in court, media scrutiny
-If unmanaged: violence, alcoholism, burnout/decreased energy, relationship problems
EPO 3: ID ways to build resilience/well being - correct answer ✔✔-Get a life outside of job, non-cop
friendships, share thoughts with family, religion, hobbies, vacation, exercise, nutrition, positive thinking
EPO 4: ID ways to ensure good mental health for you/your co-workers - correct answer ✔✔-Buddy
check, ACT (Ask, Care aka listen, Take action aka refer to professional) Model intervention.
EPO 1: ID human behaviors that are abnormal - correct answer ✔✔-its about actions, not looks (goes
against social normativity for that environment)
, -too far gone - continues in spite of info that action is unlikely to be effective
EPO 2: Procedures for handling MO's - correct answer ✔✔-Plan the approach, call for backup early,
secure scene, be observant, document everything, goal=voluntary compliance, be prepared for
noncompliance, ID them, calm voice, don't argue, build trust
EPO 1: ID principles to combat terrorism - correct answer ✔✔-defeat terrorism worldwide, strengthen
bio/nuclear security, improve intel capacity/info sharing, ensure digital info/comm infrastructure, make
physical and social infrastructure resilient, strengthen transborder security, effective incident
management(evacuation/medical plans).
EPO 2: ID 4 failures by 9/11 commission - correct answer ✔✔Imagination (CTC didn't see how an aircraft
could be a weapon), Policy (limits to what we were able to do), Capabilities (didn't have capability to link
agent knowledge to national priorities), Management (should've made sure info was shared and duties
clearly assigned).
EPO 3: ID elements of material support for FTO's that violate Title 18 S2339B - correct answer ✔✔-
money, lodging, weapons, documents, transportation, etc. except religious or medical supplies that
support FTO's
EPO 4: ID ways LEO's can jeopardize agency/self with social media - correct answer ✔✔-By posting
sensitive work related info and not maximizing privacy options
-by geotagging, not updating anti-virus, monitoring posts by friends/family
-officers can give away sensitive info without even knowing it. FTO's use it for targeting, recruiting,
spreading propaganda. FTO's spread personal information posted on social media
EPO 5: ID terrorist attack cycle & how targets are chosen - correct answer ✔✔-Project initiation: leaders
initiate op/discuss targets
-Target assessment/selection: eval targets for likelihood of success
-In-depth surveillance: riskiest phase because of exposure. Less experienced personnel used. Monitor
routines/security.
-Planning/rehearsal: tactics selected. Plan validated
-Plan verification: resumes surveillance professionally, watches target for changes in activity.
-Execution/exploitation: plan carried out, incident exploited