Defensive Tactics Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Defensive Tactics - CORRECT ANSWER A system of controlled defensive and
offensive body movements used by criminal justice officers to respond to a subject's
aggression or resistance
Prone position - CORRECT ANSWER lying on abdomen, facing downward (head may
be turned to one side)
Posting - CORRECT ANSWER Supporting the balance of the body using a limb
Shrimping - CORRECT ANSWER movement in a hip escape
Sprawl - CORRECT ANSWER Defensive against subj who shoots in for a take down
Pummeling Drill - CORRECT ANSWER Grappling technique used to gain double
undertook position
Cardiovascular training - CORRECT ANSWER Exercise that elevated heart from 60-
85%
776 F.S. - CORRECT ANSWER Governs all use of force by criminal justice officers.
776.05, F.S. - CORRECT ANSWER Addresses the issue of an officer using force to
make an arrest
Objective Reasonableness - CORRECT ANSWER To decide Weather and officers use
the force is an appropriate response to the subjects resistance
Compliance - CORRECT ANSWER Verbal or physical building to an officers
authority without a parent threat of resistance or violence
Escalation - CORRECT ANSWER Increasing the use of force or resistance
De-escalation - CORRECT ANSWER Decreasing the use of force or resistance
Disengagement - CORRECT ANSWER Discontinuing a command or physical use of
force
, Force Guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER provide a framework for making decisions
involving the reasonable use of force by criminal justice officers.
Passive resistance - CORRECT ANSWER I subjects verbal or physical refusal to
comply with an officers lawful direction
Active Resistance - CORRECT ANSWER a subject's use of physically evasive
movements directed toward the officer such as bracing, tensing, pushing, or pulling to
prevent the officer from establishing control over the subject.
Aggressive resistance - CORRECT ANSWER A hostile attacking movements that me
and her are not likely to cause death a great bodily harm
Deadly force resistance - CORRECT ANSWER A subject's hostile, attacking
movements, with or without a weapon, that create a reasonable perception by the officer that
the subject intends to cause and has the capability of causing death or great bodily harm to
the officer or others
Officer presence - CORRECT ANSWER your ability to convey to subjects and
onlookers that you are able and ready to take control.
Command presence - CORRECT ANSWER An officer's demeanor and confidence
exhibited by personal appearance, erect posture, alertness, and attention to surroundings
which is developed through training and self-confidence
Physical control - CORRECT ANSWER Achieving compliance or custody through the
use of empty-hand or leverage-enhanced techniques, such as pain compliance, transporters,
restraint devices, takedowns, and striking techniques
Less lethal weapon - CORRECT ANSWER Not designed to cause death
776.06 - CORRECT ANSWER deadly force likely to cause death or bodily harm
Ability - CORRECT ANSWER refers to the subject having the means to carry out his
or her intent to cause death or great bodily harm.
Opportunity - CORRECT ANSWER means the subject is capable of acting on a plan to
cause death or great bodily harm to the officer or others.
776.07 - CORRECT ANSWER Use of Force to Prevent Escape
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Defensive Tactics - CORRECT ANSWER A system of controlled defensive and
offensive body movements used by criminal justice officers to respond to a subject's
aggression or resistance
Prone position - CORRECT ANSWER lying on abdomen, facing downward (head may
be turned to one side)
Posting - CORRECT ANSWER Supporting the balance of the body using a limb
Shrimping - CORRECT ANSWER movement in a hip escape
Sprawl - CORRECT ANSWER Defensive against subj who shoots in for a take down
Pummeling Drill - CORRECT ANSWER Grappling technique used to gain double
undertook position
Cardiovascular training - CORRECT ANSWER Exercise that elevated heart from 60-
85%
776 F.S. - CORRECT ANSWER Governs all use of force by criminal justice officers.
776.05, F.S. - CORRECT ANSWER Addresses the issue of an officer using force to
make an arrest
Objective Reasonableness - CORRECT ANSWER To decide Weather and officers use
the force is an appropriate response to the subjects resistance
Compliance - CORRECT ANSWER Verbal or physical building to an officers
authority without a parent threat of resistance or violence
Escalation - CORRECT ANSWER Increasing the use of force or resistance
De-escalation - CORRECT ANSWER Decreasing the use of force or resistance
Disengagement - CORRECT ANSWER Discontinuing a command or physical use of
force
, Force Guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER provide a framework for making decisions
involving the reasonable use of force by criminal justice officers.
Passive resistance - CORRECT ANSWER I subjects verbal or physical refusal to
comply with an officers lawful direction
Active Resistance - CORRECT ANSWER a subject's use of physically evasive
movements directed toward the officer such as bracing, tensing, pushing, or pulling to
prevent the officer from establishing control over the subject.
Aggressive resistance - CORRECT ANSWER A hostile attacking movements that me
and her are not likely to cause death a great bodily harm
Deadly force resistance - CORRECT ANSWER A subject's hostile, attacking
movements, with or without a weapon, that create a reasonable perception by the officer that
the subject intends to cause and has the capability of causing death or great bodily harm to
the officer or others
Officer presence - CORRECT ANSWER your ability to convey to subjects and
onlookers that you are able and ready to take control.
Command presence - CORRECT ANSWER An officer's demeanor and confidence
exhibited by personal appearance, erect posture, alertness, and attention to surroundings
which is developed through training and self-confidence
Physical control - CORRECT ANSWER Achieving compliance or custody through the
use of empty-hand or leverage-enhanced techniques, such as pain compliance, transporters,
restraint devices, takedowns, and striking techniques
Less lethal weapon - CORRECT ANSWER Not designed to cause death
776.06 - CORRECT ANSWER deadly force likely to cause death or bodily harm
Ability - CORRECT ANSWER refers to the subject having the means to carry out his
or her intent to cause death or great bodily harm.
Opportunity - CORRECT ANSWER means the subject is capable of acting on a plan to
cause death or great bodily harm to the officer or others.
776.07 - CORRECT ANSWER Use of Force to Prevent Escape
