APD 127 X26 TASER TEST QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS
In deploying an ECD, the law enforcement officer should:
a) Use the least number of ECD discharges to accomplish lawful objectives
b) Keep pulling the trigger until the subject submits
c) Hold the trigger back (continuous ECD discharge) as long as it takes until the
person submits to the officer's commands
d) Use the ECD as a torture device to gain the subject's complete compliance - ANSWERSa) Use
the least number of ECD discharges to accomplish lawful objectives
Officers using an ECD are expected to know, understand, and adhere to:
a) The current law in the officer's jurisdiction
b) The officer's department policies on use of force and ECDs
c) TASER's current training program
d) TASER's current ECD warnings, instructions, and information
e) All of the above - ANSWERSe) All of the above
When deploying an ECD, sensitive ECD target areas of the body to be avoided when practicable
include:
a) Head
b) Throat
c) Chest/breast
d) Known pre-existing injury areas
, e) All of the above - ANSWERSe) All of the above
The preferred target areas for ECD deployment are:
a) Lower center mass (below chest) and legs for front shots
b) Below the neck area for back shots
c) Anywhere on the subject's body
d) a and b - ANSWERSd) a and b
An ECD application on a subject can cause physiologic or metabolic effects, including, but not
limited to, changes in:
a) Acidosis
b) Heart rate and rhythm
c) pH
d) Respiration
e) Stress hormones or other biochemical neuromodulators (e.g., catecholamines).
f) All of the above - ANSWERSf) All of the above
The risk (or probability) of an ECD causing or contributing to a subject's cardiac arrest is:
a) Zero
b) Very high
c) High
d) Higher than the risk of death or serious injury from a firearm
e) Very low - ANSWERSe) Very low
As with any use of force tool or technique used by an officer:
a) Any use of force has a risk of death or serious body harm
& ANSWERS
In deploying an ECD, the law enforcement officer should:
a) Use the least number of ECD discharges to accomplish lawful objectives
b) Keep pulling the trigger until the subject submits
c) Hold the trigger back (continuous ECD discharge) as long as it takes until the
person submits to the officer's commands
d) Use the ECD as a torture device to gain the subject's complete compliance - ANSWERSa) Use
the least number of ECD discharges to accomplish lawful objectives
Officers using an ECD are expected to know, understand, and adhere to:
a) The current law in the officer's jurisdiction
b) The officer's department policies on use of force and ECDs
c) TASER's current training program
d) TASER's current ECD warnings, instructions, and information
e) All of the above - ANSWERSe) All of the above
When deploying an ECD, sensitive ECD target areas of the body to be avoided when practicable
include:
a) Head
b) Throat
c) Chest/breast
d) Known pre-existing injury areas
, e) All of the above - ANSWERSe) All of the above
The preferred target areas for ECD deployment are:
a) Lower center mass (below chest) and legs for front shots
b) Below the neck area for back shots
c) Anywhere on the subject's body
d) a and b - ANSWERSd) a and b
An ECD application on a subject can cause physiologic or metabolic effects, including, but not
limited to, changes in:
a) Acidosis
b) Heart rate and rhythm
c) pH
d) Respiration
e) Stress hormones or other biochemical neuromodulators (e.g., catecholamines).
f) All of the above - ANSWERSf) All of the above
The risk (or probability) of an ECD causing or contributing to a subject's cardiac arrest is:
a) Zero
b) Very high
c) High
d) Higher than the risk of death or serious injury from a firearm
e) Very low - ANSWERSe) Very low
As with any use of force tool or technique used by an officer:
a) Any use of force has a risk of death or serious body harm
