NRA BASICS COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔Proper maintenance - ✔✔This helps a gun function more reliably, shoot more
accurately & last longer
✔✔The NRA first rule of gun safety - ✔✔Always keep the gun pointed in a safe
direction.
✔✔First rule of gun storage - ✔✔Guns should be stored so that they are inaccessible to
unauthorized persons
✔✔Single-action - ✔✔Pulling the trigger only performs one action: releasing the
hammer
✔✔+P cartridges - ✔✔Cartridges loaded to higher pressures than standard ammunition
✔✔The NRA third rule of gun safety - ✔✔Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to
use.
✔✔Magazine - ✔✔The part of a semi-automatic pistol designed to hold extra cartridges
✔✔Muzzle - ✔✔The front end of the barrel where the bullet exits
✔✔Chamber - ✔✔The place where the cartridge is located at the time it is fired
✔✔The NRA second rule of gun safety - ✔✔Always keep your finger off the trigger until
ready to shoot.
✔✔Bullet - ✔✔The projectile that exits the gun when it is fired
✔✔Primer - ✔✔A pressure sensitive component of a cartridge that ignites the powder.
✔✔Case - ✔✔The container that holds the primer, powder and bullet
✔✔Full metal jacket - ✔✔Type of bullet not meant to expand, with no lead exposed at
the tip
✔✔Hollow point - ✔✔Type of bullet made with a hollow cavity at the front, meant to
promote expansion
AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔Proper maintenance - ✔✔This helps a gun function more reliably, shoot more
accurately & last longer
✔✔The NRA first rule of gun safety - ✔✔Always keep the gun pointed in a safe
direction.
✔✔First rule of gun storage - ✔✔Guns should be stored so that they are inaccessible to
unauthorized persons
✔✔Single-action - ✔✔Pulling the trigger only performs one action: releasing the
hammer
✔✔+P cartridges - ✔✔Cartridges loaded to higher pressures than standard ammunition
✔✔The NRA third rule of gun safety - ✔✔Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to
use.
✔✔Magazine - ✔✔The part of a semi-automatic pistol designed to hold extra cartridges
✔✔Muzzle - ✔✔The front end of the barrel where the bullet exits
✔✔Chamber - ✔✔The place where the cartridge is located at the time it is fired
✔✔The NRA second rule of gun safety - ✔✔Always keep your finger off the trigger until
ready to shoot.
✔✔Bullet - ✔✔The projectile that exits the gun when it is fired
✔✔Primer - ✔✔A pressure sensitive component of a cartridge that ignites the powder.
✔✔Case - ✔✔The container that holds the primer, powder and bullet
✔✔Full metal jacket - ✔✔Type of bullet not meant to expand, with no lead exposed at
the tip
✔✔Hollow point - ✔✔Type of bullet made with a hollow cavity at the front, meant to
promote expansion
