UPTP Test 3 2024/2025 Exam Questions
and Corresponding Answers with Surety
of 100% Pass Mark
Critical Incident - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an event requiring an extraordinary
degree of adaptation by the individual who experiences the event
Critical Incident Characteristics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. event outside the
range of usual human experience & that would be markedly distressing to
almost anyone
2. fright which includes the element of surprise
3. loss of sense of control
4. disruption of beliefs & value system
Critical Incident Stress - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stress experienced at any level
resulting from exposure to a critical incident
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔development of
characteristic symptoms following a psychologically distressing event that
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,is outside the range of usual human experience...duration of disturbance at
least one month
PTSD Symptoms - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔problems with concentration & memory,
nightmares, flashbacks, tendency to be easily startled, inability to relax,
anxiety, depression
Sympathetic Response to Critical Incident Stress - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔dilated
pupils, HR & breathing rate increase, blood shanted away from non-
essential organs, blood pumped to skeletal muscles, myocardium & liver,
GI tract slowed down or stopped, body releases what it does not need, rise
in cholesterol (blood clotting agent)
Immediate Physiological Symptoms to Crtitical Incident Stress - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔time distortion (slow-motion, fast-motion) auditory distortion
(diminished sound, intensified sound) visual distortion (tunnel vision,
heightened sense of detail)
Delayed Physiological Responses to Critical Incident Stress - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔behavioral (activity, emotional outbursts, addictive behavior, appetite),
physical (fatigue, headaches, thirst, chest pain), cognitive (inability to
concentrate, nightmares, hyper vigilance), emotional (anger, anxiety, guilt,
denial, depression)
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, Psychological Effects of Delayed Critical Incident Response - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔denial, isolation, preoccupation with the event, heightened sensitivity to
others' reactions
Coping Strategies to Reduce Critical Incident Exposure - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔cognitive restructuring, mental rehearsal, mental focus, rituals or
maintaining your schedule
On-scene Techniques to Reduce Critical Incident Stress - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔talk to officers coming off scene, prepare yourself for what you might
see, hear, and smell
Post-Incident Techniques to Reduce Critical Incident Stress - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔accept feelings as normal, know you have choices, examine thoughts,
attend agency-sponsored debriefings, encourage peers to discuss, share
openly with trusted person, seek professional assistance, do not drink
alcohol, exercise
Crisis Incident - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an extraordinary event, either caused by
human or natural phenomena, which may require the response of multiple
emergency personnel to prevent loss of life, damage to property, and
protection of the environment
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Critical Incident - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an event requiring an extraordinary
degree of adaptation by the individual who experiences the event
Critical Incident Characteristics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. event outside the
range of usual human experience & that would be markedly distressing to
almost anyone
2. fright which includes the element of surprise
3. loss of sense of control
4. disruption of beliefs & value system
Critical Incident Stress - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stress experienced at any level
resulting from exposure to a critical incident
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔development of
characteristic symptoms following a psychologically distressing event that
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,is outside the range of usual human experience...duration of disturbance at
least one month
PTSD Symptoms - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔problems with concentration & memory,
nightmares, flashbacks, tendency to be easily startled, inability to relax,
anxiety, depression
Sympathetic Response to Critical Incident Stress - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔dilated
pupils, HR & breathing rate increase, blood shanted away from non-
essential organs, blood pumped to skeletal muscles, myocardium & liver,
GI tract slowed down or stopped, body releases what it does not need, rise
in cholesterol (blood clotting agent)
Immediate Physiological Symptoms to Crtitical Incident Stress - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔time distortion (slow-motion, fast-motion) auditory distortion
(diminished sound, intensified sound) visual distortion (tunnel vision,
heightened sense of detail)
Delayed Physiological Responses to Critical Incident Stress - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔behavioral (activity, emotional outbursts, addictive behavior, appetite),
physical (fatigue, headaches, thirst, chest pain), cognitive (inability to
concentrate, nightmares, hyper vigilance), emotional (anger, anxiety, guilt,
denial, depression)
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, Psychological Effects of Delayed Critical Incident Response - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔denial, isolation, preoccupation with the event, heightened sensitivity to
others' reactions
Coping Strategies to Reduce Critical Incident Exposure - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔cognitive restructuring, mental rehearsal, mental focus, rituals or
maintaining your schedule
On-scene Techniques to Reduce Critical Incident Stress - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔talk to officers coming off scene, prepare yourself for what you might
see, hear, and smell
Post-Incident Techniques to Reduce Critical Incident Stress - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔accept feelings as normal, know you have choices, examine thoughts,
attend agency-sponsored debriefings, encourage peers to discuss, share
openly with trusted person, seek professional assistance, do not drink
alcohol, exercise
Crisis Incident - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an extraordinary event, either caused by
human or natural phenomena, which may require the response of multiple
emergency personnel to prevent loss of life, damage to property, and
protection of the environment
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