SOCE PRACTICE TEST STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●Totality of the circumstances . Answer: Term the courts use to refer to
all facts and circumstances known to the officer at the time or a
reasonably perceived by the officer
●Perceptual time distortion . Answer: Occurrences seem to be faster or
slower than they actually are
●Perceptual space distortion . Answer: Objects appear to be closer or
father away than they are
●How long do you need to hold a stretch? . Answer: 10-20 seconds
●Cardiovascular training . Answer: Any exercise that elevates the HR to
a range of 60-85% of max rate
●Chapter 776 . Answer: Governs all use of force
,●Two ways UOF is justified . Answer: - Apprehend a subject/ make an
arrest
- Defend self or other
●Objective Reasonableness . Answer: - Describe the process or
evaluating the appropriateness of an officers response to a subjects
resistance
- Graham V Connor
●UOF is a seizure under the _____ ______ . Answer: Fourth admen.
●What does the 8th admen. prohibit? . Answer: Cruel and unusual
punishment
●Compliance . Answer: Verbal/Physical yielding to an officers authority
w/out apparent threat of resistance/violence
●Escalation . Answer: Increasing the UOF or resistance
●De-Escalation . Answer: Decreasing the UOF or resistance
●Disengagement . Answer: Discontinuing a command or physical UOF
,●Force Guidelines . Answer: Provide a framework for making decisions
involving the reasonable UOF
●Passive Resistance . Answer: Subjects verbal/physical refusal to
comply w/ an officers lawful direction
●Agg. Resistance . Answer: Attacking movements toward an officer that
may cause injury but are not likely to cause death or GBH
●Active Resistance . Answer: Subjects use of physically evasive
movements directed towards the officer such as bracing, pushing, etc
●Custodial search technique . Answer: Used when a subject is taken into
custody in an unsecured enviroment
●Balance . Answer: ______ posture is essential in preforming any
technique
●Balance displacement . Answer: Controlling technique used to break
the subjects balance through the use of leverage
●Leverage . Answer: Using great force against a weaker resistance
, ●Pain compliance . Answer: Subjects response to a combination of pain
and verbal commands
●Mechanical Compliance . Answer: Officer may gain control over a
subject by applying pressure on a joint by locking it up so there is no
movement
●Joint manipulation . Answer: Officer may gain control over a subject
by bending or twisting a joint in a directions that will cause pain
●Motor dysfunction . Answer: Gain control over a subject by using an
incapacitation technique that causes temporary impairment of muscle
control
●Fluid shock princple . Answer: When a strike stays on target for an
instant to allow the transfer of energy
●Deadly force resistance . Answer: Hostile attacking movements w/out a
weapon that intends to cause/capability of causing death/GBH
●Slide step . Answer: Used when preparing to engage or disengage from
a subject in close proximity
●Reactionary gap . Answer: - Distance between officer and subject
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●Totality of the circumstances . Answer: Term the courts use to refer to
all facts and circumstances known to the officer at the time or a
reasonably perceived by the officer
●Perceptual time distortion . Answer: Occurrences seem to be faster or
slower than they actually are
●Perceptual space distortion . Answer: Objects appear to be closer or
father away than they are
●How long do you need to hold a stretch? . Answer: 10-20 seconds
●Cardiovascular training . Answer: Any exercise that elevates the HR to
a range of 60-85% of max rate
●Chapter 776 . Answer: Governs all use of force
,●Two ways UOF is justified . Answer: - Apprehend a subject/ make an
arrest
- Defend self or other
●Objective Reasonableness . Answer: - Describe the process or
evaluating the appropriateness of an officers response to a subjects
resistance
- Graham V Connor
●UOF is a seizure under the _____ ______ . Answer: Fourth admen.
●What does the 8th admen. prohibit? . Answer: Cruel and unusual
punishment
●Compliance . Answer: Verbal/Physical yielding to an officers authority
w/out apparent threat of resistance/violence
●Escalation . Answer: Increasing the UOF or resistance
●De-Escalation . Answer: Decreasing the UOF or resistance
●Disengagement . Answer: Discontinuing a command or physical UOF
,●Force Guidelines . Answer: Provide a framework for making decisions
involving the reasonable UOF
●Passive Resistance . Answer: Subjects verbal/physical refusal to
comply w/ an officers lawful direction
●Agg. Resistance . Answer: Attacking movements toward an officer that
may cause injury but are not likely to cause death or GBH
●Active Resistance . Answer: Subjects use of physically evasive
movements directed towards the officer such as bracing, pushing, etc
●Custodial search technique . Answer: Used when a subject is taken into
custody in an unsecured enviroment
●Balance . Answer: ______ posture is essential in preforming any
technique
●Balance displacement . Answer: Controlling technique used to break
the subjects balance through the use of leverage
●Leverage . Answer: Using great force against a weaker resistance
, ●Pain compliance . Answer: Subjects response to a combination of pain
and verbal commands
●Mechanical Compliance . Answer: Officer may gain control over a
subject by applying pressure on a joint by locking it up so there is no
movement
●Joint manipulation . Answer: Officer may gain control over a subject
by bending or twisting a joint in a directions that will cause pain
●Motor dysfunction . Answer: Gain control over a subject by using an
incapacitation technique that causes temporary impairment of muscle
control
●Fluid shock princple . Answer: When a strike stays on target for an
instant to allow the transfer of energy
●Deadly force resistance . Answer: Hostile attacking movements w/out a
weapon that intends to cause/capability of causing death/GBH
●Slide step . Answer: Used when preparing to engage or disengage from
a subject in close proximity
●Reactionary gap . Answer: - Distance between officer and subject
