PPCT CONTROL PRINCIPLE TEST 2025
Name the three Components of Acceptability - ANSWER: Tactical, Legal, and
Medical Acceptability
Tactical Acceptability - ANSWER Tactical Acceptability
•Develop a system for the most common types of encountered resistance
•From gross motor skills build techniques (Inverted-U Law)
•Minimize response choices (Hick's Law)
Legal Acceptability - ANSWER Study current case law
•Develop a use of force continuum to case law
Medical Acceptability - ANSWER In-depth medical research to validate
techniques
Identify the two Force/Control Philosophies - ANSWER One Plus One Theory
and Total Control Theory
Total Control Theory - ANSWER With relation to a training technique
emphasizing the use of an intermediate weapon at each level of resistance
Escalation and De-escalation Principles - ANSWER Reasonable force for
control of subject
Name the three Components of Acceptability - ANSWER: Tactical, Legal, and
Medical Acceptability
Tactical Acceptability - ANSWER Tactical Acceptability
•Develop a system for the most common types of encountered resistance
•From gross motor skills build techniques (Inverted-U Law)
•Minimize response choices (Hick's Law)
Legal Acceptability - ANSWER Study current case law
•Develop a use of force continuum to case law
Medical Acceptability - ANSWER In-depth medical research to validate
techniques
Identify the two Force/Control Philosophies - ANSWER One Plus One Theory
and Total Control Theory
Total Control Theory - ANSWER With relation to a training technique
emphasizing the use of an intermediate weapon at each level of resistance
Escalation and De-escalation Principles - ANSWER Reasonable force for
control of subject
