FLATROCK PPCT EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
What three standards were used to create HFRG techniques? - Answers Tactical, Legal, & Medical
Definition of survival stress? - Answers Deadly force threat that activates the sympathetic nervous
system
Definition of combat stress? - Answers Mental / psychological symptoms of going from SNS to PNS
"backlash"
Autonomic nervous system has two branches. What are they? - Answers Parasympathetic Nervous
System (PNS) & Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
Four triggers that activate SNS are? - Answers Objective threat perceptions, objective fear
perceptions, physical exhaustion, startle response
Physical exhaustion is caused by depletion of this fuel system? - Answers Adenosine Triphosphate /
Phosphocreatine
(ATP/PC)
SNS activation can also cause critical incident amnesia, how does sleep help? - Answers First sleep
period increases recall of events 50-90%, most complete recovery after second sleep period
Three basic motor skill classifications? - Answers 1. Fine motor skills
2. Complex motor skills
3. Gross motor skills
What theory states that as stress levels increase, performance deteriorates? - Answers Inverted U-
Law
Perceptions come from what senses? - Answers Sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, & sixth sense
Where's the first place perceptions are managed? - Answers Short term sensory store (STSS) receives
information and hold the image
Where are perceptions analysed and evaluated and strategy formed? - Answers Short term memory
(STM)
Where does a response strategy have to come from if there is nothing in the STM? - Answers Long
term memory (LTM)
What are the combat variables? - Answers - Mindset
- Nutrition / hydration
- Fitness
- Belief system
What are the two groups of carbohydrates? - Answers 1. Fast burning
2. Slow burning
What are proteins? - Answers Maintain and build muscle used as energy source
What are fats? - Answers A source of energy, slow entry of carbs into bloodstream, make you feel
fuller
What amount of fluid loss can impair functions and increase fatigue? - Answers 2% of body weight
Bodies three primary energy systems? - Answers - ATP / PC System
- Lactic acid system
- Aerobic system
What energy levels do you have with ATP / PC system? - Answers 100% max output for 10-15
seconds, then decrease up to 45%
Lactic acid system provides what energy level? - Answers 45 seconds of intermediate energy after ATP
system used up
After 90 seconds the ATP system and then the lactic acid system are used up leaving what system? -
Answers Aerobic system where you are at 31% output
What law states if you have more than one option to select from you reaction time increases? -
Answers Hicks Law
What is definition of reaction time? - Answers Time to see, analyze and initiate physical response
What is the definition of movement time? - Answers Initiation of motor skill to end
What is the definition of response time? - Answers Reaction time + movement time
What are the 3 relative positions for an Officer? - Answers 1. Avoid inside position (0)
2. Field interview stance (1)
3. Escort and handcuff position (2 1/2)
What is the reactionary gap principle? - Answers Safe zone minimum that an officer should maintain
with others
, What are the tactical reactionary gap options? - Answers Penetrate and disengage
Penetrate - Answers Close range techniques
Disengage - Answers Use tactics on edge of gap
How do you choose your handcuffs? - Answers Match training, consider the environment, and subject
compliance
Handcuff maintenance includes what? - Answers Cleaning, mechanical failures, unlocking trouble, and
single bar will not rachet
What is the most fundamental and critical aspect of tactical handcuffing? - Answers Proper grip
Handcuffing proper grip - Answers Pistol grip-index, middle, and ring finger in between handcuffs
Behind earlobe between mastoid / mandible? - Answers Mandibular angle pressure point
(pressure in and toward the tip of the nose)
At base of nose? - Answers Infra-orbital nerve pressure point
(45 degree upward pressure to the top of the head)
1 inch forward of r notch of mandible and under jaw? - Answers Hypoglossal Pressure point
(pressure up to top of head)
Side of neck 3 inches up from base? - Answers Brachial plexus origin pressure point
(can be touch pressure in OR stunning / striking)
Above armpit at junction of pectoralis, bicep, deltoid? - Answers Brachial plexus tie-in motor point
(strike meant to stun)
Where the tapezius connects to side of neck? - Answers Suprascapular nerve motor point
(strike toward floor)
2 inches below the elbow joint on top of forearm? - Answers Radial nerve motor point
(strike toward center of arm)
On inside of forearm at base of the wrist, just above heel of hand? - Answers Median nerve motor
point
(strike toward center of wrist)
In middle of inside of thigh, halfway between groin and knee? - Answers Femoral nerve motor point
(strike into the thigh)
On outside of thigh about 6 inches above knee? - Answers Common peroneal nerve motor point
(strike into the thigh)
On top of the calf just below knee? - Answers Tibial nerve motor point
(strike into calf at slight downward angle)
At base of shin, just above instep? - Answers Superficial peroneal nerve motor point
(strike straight inward)
What is included in reporting use of force? - Answers Officers arrival (marked car, uniform, # of
officers),
approach (observations and verbal commands),
subject actions (verbal, body, physical actions),
officer actions (type of control, duration of resistance, de-escalation, restraint), and
transportation procedure (location, length, actions)
Deadly force justifications? - Answers Defense of officer or another in IMMINENT danger or death /
great bodily injury, or fleeing felon who threatened officer with weapon, or fleeing felon who
committed crime with or threat of serious physical harm and the use of deadly force is necessary to
prevent escape
What are the levels or resistance from low to high?
(Subject-based) - Answers 1) Psychological intimidation
2) Verbal non-compliance
3) Passive resistance
4) Defensive resistance
5) Active aggression
6) Deadly force assault
What are examples of psychological intimidation? - Answers Nonverbal cues, blank stare, clenching
fists
What are examples of verbal non-compliance? - Answers Verbally telling you that they wont comply
or threatening statement.
What are examples of passive resistance? - Answers Dead weight, not complying but not fighting
What three standards were used to create HFRG techniques? - Answers Tactical, Legal, & Medical
Definition of survival stress? - Answers Deadly force threat that activates the sympathetic nervous
system
Definition of combat stress? - Answers Mental / psychological symptoms of going from SNS to PNS
"backlash"
Autonomic nervous system has two branches. What are they? - Answers Parasympathetic Nervous
System (PNS) & Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
Four triggers that activate SNS are? - Answers Objective threat perceptions, objective fear
perceptions, physical exhaustion, startle response
Physical exhaustion is caused by depletion of this fuel system? - Answers Adenosine Triphosphate /
Phosphocreatine
(ATP/PC)
SNS activation can also cause critical incident amnesia, how does sleep help? - Answers First sleep
period increases recall of events 50-90%, most complete recovery after second sleep period
Three basic motor skill classifications? - Answers 1. Fine motor skills
2. Complex motor skills
3. Gross motor skills
What theory states that as stress levels increase, performance deteriorates? - Answers Inverted U-
Law
Perceptions come from what senses? - Answers Sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, & sixth sense
Where's the first place perceptions are managed? - Answers Short term sensory store (STSS) receives
information and hold the image
Where are perceptions analysed and evaluated and strategy formed? - Answers Short term memory
(STM)
Where does a response strategy have to come from if there is nothing in the STM? - Answers Long
term memory (LTM)
What are the combat variables? - Answers - Mindset
- Nutrition / hydration
- Fitness
- Belief system
What are the two groups of carbohydrates? - Answers 1. Fast burning
2. Slow burning
What are proteins? - Answers Maintain and build muscle used as energy source
What are fats? - Answers A source of energy, slow entry of carbs into bloodstream, make you feel
fuller
What amount of fluid loss can impair functions and increase fatigue? - Answers 2% of body weight
Bodies three primary energy systems? - Answers - ATP / PC System
- Lactic acid system
- Aerobic system
What energy levels do you have with ATP / PC system? - Answers 100% max output for 10-15
seconds, then decrease up to 45%
Lactic acid system provides what energy level? - Answers 45 seconds of intermediate energy after ATP
system used up
After 90 seconds the ATP system and then the lactic acid system are used up leaving what system? -
Answers Aerobic system where you are at 31% output
What law states if you have more than one option to select from you reaction time increases? -
Answers Hicks Law
What is definition of reaction time? - Answers Time to see, analyze and initiate physical response
What is the definition of movement time? - Answers Initiation of motor skill to end
What is the definition of response time? - Answers Reaction time + movement time
What are the 3 relative positions for an Officer? - Answers 1. Avoid inside position (0)
2. Field interview stance (1)
3. Escort and handcuff position (2 1/2)
What is the reactionary gap principle? - Answers Safe zone minimum that an officer should maintain
with others
, What are the tactical reactionary gap options? - Answers Penetrate and disengage
Penetrate - Answers Close range techniques
Disengage - Answers Use tactics on edge of gap
How do you choose your handcuffs? - Answers Match training, consider the environment, and subject
compliance
Handcuff maintenance includes what? - Answers Cleaning, mechanical failures, unlocking trouble, and
single bar will not rachet
What is the most fundamental and critical aspect of tactical handcuffing? - Answers Proper grip
Handcuffing proper grip - Answers Pistol grip-index, middle, and ring finger in between handcuffs
Behind earlobe between mastoid / mandible? - Answers Mandibular angle pressure point
(pressure in and toward the tip of the nose)
At base of nose? - Answers Infra-orbital nerve pressure point
(45 degree upward pressure to the top of the head)
1 inch forward of r notch of mandible and under jaw? - Answers Hypoglossal Pressure point
(pressure up to top of head)
Side of neck 3 inches up from base? - Answers Brachial plexus origin pressure point
(can be touch pressure in OR stunning / striking)
Above armpit at junction of pectoralis, bicep, deltoid? - Answers Brachial plexus tie-in motor point
(strike meant to stun)
Where the tapezius connects to side of neck? - Answers Suprascapular nerve motor point
(strike toward floor)
2 inches below the elbow joint on top of forearm? - Answers Radial nerve motor point
(strike toward center of arm)
On inside of forearm at base of the wrist, just above heel of hand? - Answers Median nerve motor
point
(strike toward center of wrist)
In middle of inside of thigh, halfway between groin and knee? - Answers Femoral nerve motor point
(strike into the thigh)
On outside of thigh about 6 inches above knee? - Answers Common peroneal nerve motor point
(strike into the thigh)
On top of the calf just below knee? - Answers Tibial nerve motor point
(strike into calf at slight downward angle)
At base of shin, just above instep? - Answers Superficial peroneal nerve motor point
(strike straight inward)
What is included in reporting use of force? - Answers Officers arrival (marked car, uniform, # of
officers),
approach (observations and verbal commands),
subject actions (verbal, body, physical actions),
officer actions (type of control, duration of resistance, de-escalation, restraint), and
transportation procedure (location, length, actions)
Deadly force justifications? - Answers Defense of officer or another in IMMINENT danger or death /
great bodily injury, or fleeing felon who threatened officer with weapon, or fleeing felon who
committed crime with or threat of serious physical harm and the use of deadly force is necessary to
prevent escape
What are the levels or resistance from low to high?
(Subject-based) - Answers 1) Psychological intimidation
2) Verbal non-compliance
3) Passive resistance
4) Defensive resistance
5) Active aggression
6) Deadly force assault
What are examples of psychological intimidation? - Answers Nonverbal cues, blank stare, clenching
fists
What are examples of verbal non-compliance? - Answers Verbally telling you that they wont comply
or threatening statement.
What are examples of passive resistance? - Answers Dead weight, not complying but not fighting
