Florida Basic Recruit Training Program
High Liability EXAM (2025) QUESTIONS
AND (elaborated) WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Defensive tactics - Correct Answers ✅is a system of
controlled defensive and offensive body movements used by
criminal justice officers to respond to a subject's aggression
or resistance
cardiovascular conditioning - Correct Answers ✅is any
exercise that elevates the heart rate to a range of 60 to 85%
of the maximum rate
examples: walking, jogging, running, jumping rope, bicycling,
swimming, and step aerobics
Chapter 776, F.S. - Correct Answers ✅Governs all use of
force by criminal justice officers.
Chapter 944, F.S. - Correct Answers ✅Specifically
addresses the use of force by state correctional and
correctional probation officers.
objective reasonableness - Correct Answers ✅to describe
the process for evaluating the appropriateness of an officer's
response to a subject's resistance
compliance - Correct Answers ✅is the verbal and / or
physical yielding to an officer's Authority without apparent
threat of resistance or violence
,Florida Basic Recruit Training Program
High Liability EXAM (2025) QUESTIONS
AND (elaborated) WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
escalation - Correct Answers ✅is increasing the use of
force or resistance
de-escalation - Correct Answers ✅is decreasing the use of
force or resistance
disengagement - Correct Answers ✅is discontinuing a
command or physical use of force, for example, by breaking
away from a subject
Force guidelines - Correct Answers ✅provide a framework
for making decisions involving the reasonable use of force by
criminal justice officers
passive resistance - Correct Answers ✅is a subject-verb oh
and / or physical refusal to comply with an officer's lawful
Direction causing the officer to use physical techniques to
establish control
• the subject refuses to move at the officers direction
• the subject refuses to leave the vehicle when arrested
during a traffic stop
• the subject refuses to take his hands out of his pockets or
from behind his back
, Florida Basic Recruit Training Program
High Liability EXAM (2025) QUESTIONS
AND (elaborated) WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
active resistance - Correct Answers ✅is a subject use of
physically evasive movements directed toward the officer
such as bracing, tensing, or pulling to prevent the officer from
establishing control over the subject
• the subject physically anchors himself to a person or object
to prevent himself from being removed
• the subject braces or pulls away from the officer when the
officer grips the subjects arm
• the subject attempts to run when the officer touches or
attempts to grab the subjects arm or shoulder
aggressive resistance - Correct Answers ✅is a subject
attacking movement toward an officer that may cause injury
but are not likely to cause death or great bodily harm to the
officer or others
• the subject balls up his fist and approaches the officer
• the subject pushes the officer back as the officer tries to
take the subject into custody
• the subject grabs any part of the officers body
deadly force resistance - Correct Answers ✅is a subject
hostel, attacking movements with or without a weapon that
create a reasonable preception by the officer that the subject
High Liability EXAM (2025) QUESTIONS
AND (elaborated) WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Defensive tactics - Correct Answers ✅is a system of
controlled defensive and offensive body movements used by
criminal justice officers to respond to a subject's aggression
or resistance
cardiovascular conditioning - Correct Answers ✅is any
exercise that elevates the heart rate to a range of 60 to 85%
of the maximum rate
examples: walking, jogging, running, jumping rope, bicycling,
swimming, and step aerobics
Chapter 776, F.S. - Correct Answers ✅Governs all use of
force by criminal justice officers.
Chapter 944, F.S. - Correct Answers ✅Specifically
addresses the use of force by state correctional and
correctional probation officers.
objective reasonableness - Correct Answers ✅to describe
the process for evaluating the appropriateness of an officer's
response to a subject's resistance
compliance - Correct Answers ✅is the verbal and / or
physical yielding to an officer's Authority without apparent
threat of resistance or violence
,Florida Basic Recruit Training Program
High Liability EXAM (2025) QUESTIONS
AND (elaborated) WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
escalation - Correct Answers ✅is increasing the use of
force or resistance
de-escalation - Correct Answers ✅is decreasing the use of
force or resistance
disengagement - Correct Answers ✅is discontinuing a
command or physical use of force, for example, by breaking
away from a subject
Force guidelines - Correct Answers ✅provide a framework
for making decisions involving the reasonable use of force by
criminal justice officers
passive resistance - Correct Answers ✅is a subject-verb oh
and / or physical refusal to comply with an officer's lawful
Direction causing the officer to use physical techniques to
establish control
• the subject refuses to move at the officers direction
• the subject refuses to leave the vehicle when arrested
during a traffic stop
• the subject refuses to take his hands out of his pockets or
from behind his back
, Florida Basic Recruit Training Program
High Liability EXAM (2025) QUESTIONS
AND (elaborated) WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
active resistance - Correct Answers ✅is a subject use of
physically evasive movements directed toward the officer
such as bracing, tensing, or pulling to prevent the officer from
establishing control over the subject
• the subject physically anchors himself to a person or object
to prevent himself from being removed
• the subject braces or pulls away from the officer when the
officer grips the subjects arm
• the subject attempts to run when the officer touches or
attempts to grab the subjects arm or shoulder
aggressive resistance - Correct Answers ✅is a subject
attacking movement toward an officer that may cause injury
but are not likely to cause death or great bodily harm to the
officer or others
• the subject balls up his fist and approaches the officer
• the subject pushes the officer back as the officer tries to
take the subject into custody
• the subject grabs any part of the officers body
deadly force resistance - Correct Answers ✅is a subject
hostel, attacking movements with or without a weapon that
create a reasonable preception by the officer that the subject
