PPCT Correct Questions &
Answers(RATED A)
What three standards were used to create HFRG techniques? - ANSWER Tactical,
Legal, & Medical
Definition of survival stress? - ANSWER Deadly force threat that activates the
sympathetic nervous system
Definition of combat stress? - ANSWER Mental / psychological symptoms of going from
SNS to PNS "backlash"
Autonomic nervous system has two branches. What are they? - ANSWER
Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) & Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
Four triggers that activate SNS are? - ANSWER Objective threat perceptions, objective
fear perceptions, physical exhaustion, startle response
Physical exhaustion is caused by depletion of this fuel system? - ANSWER Adenosine
Triphosphate / Phosphocreatine
(ATP/PC)
SNS activation can also cause critical incident amnesia, how does sleep help? -
ANSWER First sleep period increases recall of events 50-90%, most complete recovery
after second sleep period
Three basic motor skill classifications? - ANSWER 1. Fine motor skills
2. Complex motor skills
3. Gross motor skills
What theory states that as stress levels increase, performance deteriorates? -
ANSWER Inverted U-Law
Perceptions come from what senses? - ANSWER Sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, &
sixth sense
Where's the first place perceptions are managed? - ANSWER Short term sensory store
(STSS) receives information and hold the image
Where are perceptions analysed and evaluated and strategy formed? - ANSWER Short
term memory (STM)
, Where does a response strategy have to come from if there is nothing in the STM? -
ANSWER Long term memory (LTM)
What are the combat variables? - ANSWER - Mindset
- Nutrition / hydration
- Fitness
- Belief system
What are the two groups of carbohydrates? - ANSWER 1. Fast burning
2. Slow burning
What are proteins? - ANSWER Maintain and build muscle used as energy source
What are fats? - ANSWER A source of energy, slow entry of carbs into bloodstream,
make you feel fuller
What amount of fluid loss can impair functions and increase fatigue? - ANSWER 2% of
body weight
Bodies three primary energy systems? - ANSWER - ATP / PC System
- Lactic acid system
- Aerobic system
What energy levels do you have with ATP / PC system? - ANSWER 100% max output
for 10-15 seconds, then decrease up to 45%
Lactic acid system provides what energy level? - ANSWER 45 seconds of intermediate
energy after ATP system used up
After 90 seconds the ATP system and then the lactic acid system are used up leaving
what system? - ANSWER Aerobic system where you are at 31% output
What law states if you have more than one option to select from you reaction time
increases? - ANSWER Hicks Law
What is definition of reaction time? - ANSWER Time to see, analyze and initiate
physical response
What is the definition of movement time? - ANSWER Initiation of motor skill to end
What is the definition of response time? - ANSWER Reaction time + movement time
What are the 3 relative positions for an Officer? - ANSWER 1. Avoid inside position (0)
2. Field interview stance (1)
3. Escort and handcuff position (2 1/2)
Answers(RATED A)
What three standards were used to create HFRG techniques? - ANSWER Tactical,
Legal, & Medical
Definition of survival stress? - ANSWER Deadly force threat that activates the
sympathetic nervous system
Definition of combat stress? - ANSWER Mental / psychological symptoms of going from
SNS to PNS "backlash"
Autonomic nervous system has two branches. What are they? - ANSWER
Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) & Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
Four triggers that activate SNS are? - ANSWER Objective threat perceptions, objective
fear perceptions, physical exhaustion, startle response
Physical exhaustion is caused by depletion of this fuel system? - ANSWER Adenosine
Triphosphate / Phosphocreatine
(ATP/PC)
SNS activation can also cause critical incident amnesia, how does sleep help? -
ANSWER First sleep period increases recall of events 50-90%, most complete recovery
after second sleep period
Three basic motor skill classifications? - ANSWER 1. Fine motor skills
2. Complex motor skills
3. Gross motor skills
What theory states that as stress levels increase, performance deteriorates? -
ANSWER Inverted U-Law
Perceptions come from what senses? - ANSWER Sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, &
sixth sense
Where's the first place perceptions are managed? - ANSWER Short term sensory store
(STSS) receives information and hold the image
Where are perceptions analysed and evaluated and strategy formed? - ANSWER Short
term memory (STM)
, Where does a response strategy have to come from if there is nothing in the STM? -
ANSWER Long term memory (LTM)
What are the combat variables? - ANSWER - Mindset
- Nutrition / hydration
- Fitness
- Belief system
What are the two groups of carbohydrates? - ANSWER 1. Fast burning
2. Slow burning
What are proteins? - ANSWER Maintain and build muscle used as energy source
What are fats? - ANSWER A source of energy, slow entry of carbs into bloodstream,
make you feel fuller
What amount of fluid loss can impair functions and increase fatigue? - ANSWER 2% of
body weight
Bodies three primary energy systems? - ANSWER - ATP / PC System
- Lactic acid system
- Aerobic system
What energy levels do you have with ATP / PC system? - ANSWER 100% max output
for 10-15 seconds, then decrease up to 45%
Lactic acid system provides what energy level? - ANSWER 45 seconds of intermediate
energy after ATP system used up
After 90 seconds the ATP system and then the lactic acid system are used up leaving
what system? - ANSWER Aerobic system where you are at 31% output
What law states if you have more than one option to select from you reaction time
increases? - ANSWER Hicks Law
What is definition of reaction time? - ANSWER Time to see, analyze and initiate
physical response
What is the definition of movement time? - ANSWER Initiation of motor skill to end
What is the definition of response time? - ANSWER Reaction time + movement time
What are the 3 relative positions for an Officer? - ANSWER 1. Avoid inside position (0)
2. Field interview stance (1)
3. Escort and handcuff position (2 1/2)
