PPCT COMPREHENSIVE 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔11. Officers are called to an abortion clinic to remove unwanted protesters. When
officers attempt to escort a protester away from the scene, the protester goes "limp"
and/or becomes "dead weight." - ✔✔Passive Resistance
✔✔12. While investigating a complaint of an "unwanted guest", officers confront a
subject who assumes a potentially "combative stance" and glares at them. -
✔✔Psychological Intimidation
✔✔13. During an interview, a subject throws a punch at the officer. - ✔✔Active
Aggression
✔✔14. An officer uses the bony portion of his hand to deliver a strike to an offender's
Brachial Plexus origin. - ✔✔Deadly Force
✔✔15. An officer applies a joint lock to a subject who has resisted him from/in the
escort position. - ✔✔Soft Empty Hand Control
✔✔16. An officer uses his baton to deliver a Fluid Shockwave Strike to an offender's
Tibial nerve motor point. - ✔✔Intermediate Weapon
✔✔17. An officer tells a subject to step out of the car. - ✔✔Verbal Direction
✔✔18. An officer delivers an angle kick to a subject's Common Peroneal nerve motor
point. - ✔✔Hard Empty Hand Control
✔✔19. An officer, dressed in full uniform arrives at the scene. - ✔✔Officer Presence
✔✔20. For the purposes of officer safety, the minimum safe zone that an officer should
maintain is referred to as the: - ✔✔Reactionary Gap
✔✔21. The tactical considerations for handcuffing are approach to contact, control upon
touch and: - ✔✔Speed in Application
✔✔22. The criteria needed by an officer to be legally justified to restrain a subject using
the handcuffs include(s): - ✔✔The subject has committed a crime
The subject is an escape risk
The subject is a safety hazard to himself or others
✔✔23. Officers should always search a subject before handcuffing. - ✔✔False
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔11. Officers are called to an abortion clinic to remove unwanted protesters. When
officers attempt to escort a protester away from the scene, the protester goes "limp"
and/or becomes "dead weight." - ✔✔Passive Resistance
✔✔12. While investigating a complaint of an "unwanted guest", officers confront a
subject who assumes a potentially "combative stance" and glares at them. -
✔✔Psychological Intimidation
✔✔13. During an interview, a subject throws a punch at the officer. - ✔✔Active
Aggression
✔✔14. An officer uses the bony portion of his hand to deliver a strike to an offender's
Brachial Plexus origin. - ✔✔Deadly Force
✔✔15. An officer applies a joint lock to a subject who has resisted him from/in the
escort position. - ✔✔Soft Empty Hand Control
✔✔16. An officer uses his baton to deliver a Fluid Shockwave Strike to an offender's
Tibial nerve motor point. - ✔✔Intermediate Weapon
✔✔17. An officer tells a subject to step out of the car. - ✔✔Verbal Direction
✔✔18. An officer delivers an angle kick to a subject's Common Peroneal nerve motor
point. - ✔✔Hard Empty Hand Control
✔✔19. An officer, dressed in full uniform arrives at the scene. - ✔✔Officer Presence
✔✔20. For the purposes of officer safety, the minimum safe zone that an officer should
maintain is referred to as the: - ✔✔Reactionary Gap
✔✔21. The tactical considerations for handcuffing are approach to contact, control upon
touch and: - ✔✔Speed in Application
✔✔22. The criteria needed by an officer to be legally justified to restrain a subject using
the handcuffs include(s): - ✔✔The subject has committed a crime
The subject is an escape risk
The subject is a safety hazard to himself or others
✔✔23. Officers should always search a subject before handcuffing. - ✔✔False
