PPCT EXAM
1. 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
2. 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
3. The concept that depicts the relationship between heart rate and performance and
examines the heart rate zone for optimal performance is known as: - ✔️✔️Inverted - U
Law
4. The heart rate zone for optimal performance is: - ✔️✔️115-145
5. When an officer is confronted by a subject with a weapon and must employ a
disarming procedure, he/she should parry the weapon and move the target, secure the
weapon and: - ✔️✔️Disarm and stun
6. The energy system that burns out after 10-15 seconds, reducing the maximum output
by 45%, is the: - ✔️✔️ATP/PC Systems
7. The three Components of Acceptability that underline the research philosophy of the
PPCT System are Tactical, Legal, and Human Factors. - ✔️✔️False
8. A subject resists from the Escort Position by pulling his arm away from the officer. -
✔️✔️Defensive Resistance
9. The subject is not willing to comply with the officer's verbal commands and makes
threatening statements to the officer. This is an example of: - ✔️✔️Verbal Non-
Compliance
10. Officers are dispatched to investigate a suspicious subject in front of an all night
convenience store. Upon arrival, the officers are confronted by a subject who
immediately produces a knife and lunges at the officers. - ✔️✔️Deadly Force Assault
11. The autonomic nervous system is divided into two branches, the parasympathetic
nervous system and the sympathetic nervous system. - ✔️✔️True
, 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. Four issues that can help officers prepare for a disarming encounter include relative
distance, absolute commitment in disarming, follow up control and: -
✔️✔️Distractionary Windows
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. A person can experience up to 70% reduction in peripheral vision during activation
of the SNS. - ✔️✔️True
23. Officers should always search a subject before handcuffing. - ✔️✔️False
24. When handcuffing the first hand of a subject who is in the prone position, what
precautions should be taken to prevent the subject from rolling over? - ✔️✔️Keep the
subject's hand below the officer's knee
1. 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
2. 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
3. The concept that depicts the relationship between heart rate and performance and
examines the heart rate zone for optimal performance is known as: - ✔️✔️Inverted - U
Law
4. The heart rate zone for optimal performance is: - ✔️✔️115-145
5. When an officer is confronted by a subject with a weapon and must employ a
disarming procedure, he/she should parry the weapon and move the target, secure the
weapon and: - ✔️✔️Disarm and stun
6. The energy system that burns out after 10-15 seconds, reducing the maximum output
by 45%, is the: - ✔️✔️ATP/PC Systems
7. The three Components of Acceptability that underline the research philosophy of the
PPCT System are Tactical, Legal, and Human Factors. - ✔️✔️False
8. A subject resists from the Escort Position by pulling his arm away from the officer. -
✔️✔️Defensive Resistance
9. The subject is not willing to comply with the officer's verbal commands and makes
threatening statements to the officer. This is an example of: - ✔️✔️Verbal Non-
Compliance
10. Officers are dispatched to investigate a suspicious subject in front of an all night
convenience store. Upon arrival, the officers are confronted by a subject who
immediately produces a knife and lunges at the officers. - ✔️✔️Deadly Force Assault
11. The autonomic nervous system is divided into two branches, the parasympathetic
nervous system and the sympathetic nervous system. - ✔️✔️True
, 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. Four issues that can help officers prepare for a disarming encounter include relative
distance, absolute commitment in disarming, follow up control and: -
✔️✔️Distractionary Windows
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. A person can experience up to 70% reduction in peripheral vision during activation
of the SNS. - ✔️✔️True
23. Officers should always search a subject before handcuffing. - ✔️✔️False
24. When handcuffing the first hand of a subject who is in the prone position, what
precautions should be taken to prevent the subject from rolling over? - ✔️✔️Keep the
subject's hand below the officer's knee
