TASER Recertification UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Nervous System consists of the following: - CORRECT ANSWER - Central Nervous
System - Command Center (brain and spinal cord)
Motor Nervous System - Carries commands from the brain to muscles (NMI systems affect
BOTH the Sensory and Motor Nerves)
In considering the use of a CEW: - CORRECT ANSWER - Do not use for verbal defiance
Do not use for belligerence
Do not use for punishment
Do not use for horse play
The preferred target areas for CEW exposure are: - CORRECT ANSWER - Lower center
mass (below chest or area of the heart) and legs for front exposure
Below the neck area for back exposures
The back is the most preferred area.
As with any use of force, the longer the CEW exposure the greater the risk of potential
cumulative physiologic, metabolic, and other effects. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
The officer should avoid intentionally targeting the CEW on sensitive areas of the body such as
the head, throat, breast, chest (area of the heart), genitals, or known pre-existing injury areas
without legal justification. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
, Probe deployments are more desirable/effective than drive stuns (other than 3-point
deployments). - CORRECT ANSWER - True
The further a CEW exposure is away from the heart and the fewer CEW cycles applied the
greater the safety margin for the CEW affecting the heart. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Controlling/Cuffing under power during the "window of opportunity" can reduce the need for
repeated or extended CEW exposures. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
TASER CEWs are serious weapons and are to be treated as such at all times. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
When deploying probes to the front of a person's body, the CEW should generally be aimed: -
CORRECT ANSWER - At the waist area to split the beltline
The risk of a CEW causing or contributing to a person's cardiac arrest is: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Very low
An officer's use of force must be objectively reasonable under the totality of circumstances as
reasonably perceived by the officer at the moment the force is used. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
When reasonable, Smart Use Considerations include: - CORRECT ANSWER - Use the
minimum force necessary to accomplish lawful objectives
Use force only on those "actively resisting" or higher
Give a verbal warning before the use of force
Give subjects a reasonable opportunity to comply before force is used or repeated
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Nervous System consists of the following: - CORRECT ANSWER - Central Nervous
System - Command Center (brain and spinal cord)
Motor Nervous System - Carries commands from the brain to muscles (NMI systems affect
BOTH the Sensory and Motor Nerves)
In considering the use of a CEW: - CORRECT ANSWER - Do not use for verbal defiance
Do not use for belligerence
Do not use for punishment
Do not use for horse play
The preferred target areas for CEW exposure are: - CORRECT ANSWER - Lower center
mass (below chest or area of the heart) and legs for front exposure
Below the neck area for back exposures
The back is the most preferred area.
As with any use of force, the longer the CEW exposure the greater the risk of potential
cumulative physiologic, metabolic, and other effects. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
The officer should avoid intentionally targeting the CEW on sensitive areas of the body such as
the head, throat, breast, chest (area of the heart), genitals, or known pre-existing injury areas
without legal justification. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
, Probe deployments are more desirable/effective than drive stuns (other than 3-point
deployments). - CORRECT ANSWER - True
The further a CEW exposure is away from the heart and the fewer CEW cycles applied the
greater the safety margin for the CEW affecting the heart. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Controlling/Cuffing under power during the "window of opportunity" can reduce the need for
repeated or extended CEW exposures. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
TASER CEWs are serious weapons and are to be treated as such at all times. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
When deploying probes to the front of a person's body, the CEW should generally be aimed: -
CORRECT ANSWER - At the waist area to split the beltline
The risk of a CEW causing or contributing to a person's cardiac arrest is: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Very low
An officer's use of force must be objectively reasonable under the totality of circumstances as
reasonably perceived by the officer at the moment the force is used. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
When reasonable, Smart Use Considerations include: - CORRECT ANSWER - Use the
minimum force necessary to accomplish lawful objectives
Use force only on those "actively resisting" or higher
Give a verbal warning before the use of force
Give subjects a reasonable opportunity to comply before force is used or repeated
