FLETC TEST 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Identify the components of the Survival Circle. - Correct Answers -Mental Preparation,
Tactics, Physical Fitness, Equipment, Shooting Skills
Identify the Ten Deadly Errors - Correct Answers -1. Failure to maintain proficiency and
care of weapons, vehicle and equipment
2. Improper frisk, search, or use of hand cuffs
3. Not enough rest/sleep
4. Relaxing to soon
5. Missing Danger signs
6. Taking a bad position
7. Failure to watch the hands
8. Tombstone Courage
9. Preoccupation
10. Apathy (Complacency)
Identify those areas of personal lives which are directly affected by law enforcement
career and the countermeasures necessary to increase personal safety. - Correct
Answers -1. Personal Identity - Should be restricted to those with a "Need to know"
2. Carrying a weapon off duty - Agency Policy
3. Home Security - Physical security such as lighting, locks, shrubs, doors, and alarm
systems
4. Air Travel - Keep your personal identification and your official identification separate
5. Police on Police Awareness - Identify yourself as police, notify 911, follow the orders
of uniformed officer.
Mental Preparation - Correct Answers -Foundation of Survival
Tactics - Correct Answers -The techniques and tools the law enforcement officers use in
the performance of their duties that give the officers an advantage over the adversary
Physical Fitness - Correct Answers -1. Aerobic Conditioning - activity which conditions
the cardiovascular system (heart and lungs)
2. Strength Training - allows development and maintenance of muscular strength and
structure
, 3. Flexibility Training - helps the body to stay limber, increases speed of movement and
helps to prevent pulled muscles or back injuries
Equipment - Correct Answers -Should be the best available, understand how it
functions, limitations, working properly.
Identify the definition of a critical incident - Correct Answers -An event requiring an
extraordinary degree of adaptation by the individual who experiences the event
Identify the definition of critical incident stress - Correct Answers -Stress experienced at
any level resulting from exposure to a critical incident
Identify the definition of post-traumatic stress disorder - Correct Answers -The
development of characteristic symptoms following a psychologically distressing event
that is outside the range of usual human experience
Identify the physiological effects of critical incident stress - Correct Answers -1. Time
Distortion 6. Intensified Sound
2. Slow Motion 7. Visual Distortion
3. Fast Motion 8. Tunnel Vision
4. Auditory Distortion 9. Heightened Sense Detail
5. Diminished Sound
Identify the psychological effects of critical incident stress - Correct Answers -Delayed
critical incident responses which may be experienced after the incident (immediate to
delays - 0 to 7 days)
1. Denial
2. Isolation
3. Preoccupation with the event
Identify coping strategies to prepare for and techniques to reduce a critical incident
exposure - Correct Answers -Resilience - the process of adapting well in the dace of
adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or even significant, sources of stress
Resilience - Mental and emotional toughness is achieved by; cognitive restructuring;
which is the changing a perception from a negative interpretation to a neutral or positive
one, making it less stressful
Techniques to reduce CIE -
On scene techniques - Talk to other officers; Visual prepare your mind for the sights of
death; Auditory prepare yourself for calmness, control and objective thinking for the
emotional displays of the victims/witnesses; Odors, be prepared for the smells of
mutilated or burned bodies, fumes of chemicals, or decay of flesh, vomit, and fecal
matter
ANSWERS
Identify the components of the Survival Circle. - Correct Answers -Mental Preparation,
Tactics, Physical Fitness, Equipment, Shooting Skills
Identify the Ten Deadly Errors - Correct Answers -1. Failure to maintain proficiency and
care of weapons, vehicle and equipment
2. Improper frisk, search, or use of hand cuffs
3. Not enough rest/sleep
4. Relaxing to soon
5. Missing Danger signs
6. Taking a bad position
7. Failure to watch the hands
8. Tombstone Courage
9. Preoccupation
10. Apathy (Complacency)
Identify those areas of personal lives which are directly affected by law enforcement
career and the countermeasures necessary to increase personal safety. - Correct
Answers -1. Personal Identity - Should be restricted to those with a "Need to know"
2. Carrying a weapon off duty - Agency Policy
3. Home Security - Physical security such as lighting, locks, shrubs, doors, and alarm
systems
4. Air Travel - Keep your personal identification and your official identification separate
5. Police on Police Awareness - Identify yourself as police, notify 911, follow the orders
of uniformed officer.
Mental Preparation - Correct Answers -Foundation of Survival
Tactics - Correct Answers -The techniques and tools the law enforcement officers use in
the performance of their duties that give the officers an advantage over the adversary
Physical Fitness - Correct Answers -1. Aerobic Conditioning - activity which conditions
the cardiovascular system (heart and lungs)
2. Strength Training - allows development and maintenance of muscular strength and
structure
, 3. Flexibility Training - helps the body to stay limber, increases speed of movement and
helps to prevent pulled muscles or back injuries
Equipment - Correct Answers -Should be the best available, understand how it
functions, limitations, working properly.
Identify the definition of a critical incident - Correct Answers -An event requiring an
extraordinary degree of adaptation by the individual who experiences the event
Identify the definition of critical incident stress - Correct Answers -Stress experienced at
any level resulting from exposure to a critical incident
Identify the definition of post-traumatic stress disorder - Correct Answers -The
development of characteristic symptoms following a psychologically distressing event
that is outside the range of usual human experience
Identify the physiological effects of critical incident stress - Correct Answers -1. Time
Distortion 6. Intensified Sound
2. Slow Motion 7. Visual Distortion
3. Fast Motion 8. Tunnel Vision
4. Auditory Distortion 9. Heightened Sense Detail
5. Diminished Sound
Identify the psychological effects of critical incident stress - Correct Answers -Delayed
critical incident responses which may be experienced after the incident (immediate to
delays - 0 to 7 days)
1. Denial
2. Isolation
3. Preoccupation with the event
Identify coping strategies to prepare for and techniques to reduce a critical incident
exposure - Correct Answers -Resilience - the process of adapting well in the dace of
adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or even significant, sources of stress
Resilience - Mental and emotional toughness is achieved by; cognitive restructuring;
which is the changing a perception from a negative interpretation to a neutral or positive
one, making it less stressful
Techniques to reduce CIE -
On scene techniques - Talk to other officers; Visual prepare your mind for the sights of
death; Auditory prepare yourself for calmness, control and objective thinking for the
emotional displays of the victims/witnesses; Odors, be prepared for the smells of
mutilated or burned bodies, fumes of chemicals, or decay of flesh, vomit, and fecal
matter
