FIREARMS ILEA EVALUATION EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What are three things an officer should abide by to reduce liability? - ✔✔Proper
training, Following department policies and procedures, Exercising good judgment
✔✔What is State Law? - ✔✔Must abide by statute, Restricted by case law
✔✔What is Case Law? - ✔✔Court decisions that became law, Can set training
guidelines
✔✔What is Department Policy? - ✔✔Policy set by individual agencies, First and
foremost duty to the public is to preserve life, Usually updated to comply with State Law,
Usually more restrictive than Case Law, Should incorporate both Statute and Case Law
✔✔What does the Court always consider? - ✔✔Deadly Force
✔✔When is firearm use authorized for use? - ✔✔Deadly Force, Training, Dispatching
critically injured animals
✔✔When should you shoot at or from moving vehicles? - ✔✔Only in deadly force
situations
✔✔Who are you defending? - ✔✔Yourself, Citizens
✔✔Justification for using deadly force - ✔✔Ability, Opportunity, Immediate Jeopardy
✔✔Reasonableness - ✔✔Reasonable Force - necessary and appropriate to the
circumstances
✔✔Compensatory Damages - ✔✔Compensates the VICTIM
✔✔Punitive Damages - ✔✔Personal, against individual, Designed to PUNISH
✔✔Safety - ✔✔
✔✔When in doubt about using your firearm - ✔✔DON'T SHOOT
✔✔Main purpose when firing a weapon - ✔✔To stop aggressive behavior
✔✔Safety on ANY firearm - ✔✔Trigger Finger
✔✔What must the shooter do prior to holstering - ✔✔Scan for additional threats
, ✔✔Cardinal Rule of Firearms - ✔✔Treat every firearm as if it is loaded
✔✔When handing a firearm to someone - ✔✔Make sure its unloaded, Muzzle is pointed
in a safe direction, Slide is locked back to the rear, Mag is removed
✔✔Range Safety - ✔✔Range instructor has primary responsibility for safety
✔✔When to UNLOAD a firearm - ✔✔Before CLEANING, Before HANDING TO
SOMEONE, Before DRY FIRING
✔✔Semi-Automatic - ✔✔
✔✔Components - ✔✔Frame/Receiver, Slide, Barrel, Recoil Spring/Guide, Magazine
✔✔Stances - ✔✔Weaver, Isoseles
✔✔What caliber weapon is guaranteed to stop someone - ✔✔None
✔✔Which is safer, Single Action or Double Action - ✔✔Double Action
✔✔When should double action be used - ✔✔Searching an area, Walking/running,
Barricaded situations
✔✔Minimum penetration of a bullet to be effective - ✔✔10 inches
✔✔Lead - ✔✔Lead has no useful purpose in the body and is considered a poison
✔✔What type of skill does moving your fingers take - ✔✔FINE motor skills
✔✔What type of skill does moving your shoulder take - ✔✔GROSS motor skills
✔✔Mixture of both Fine AND Gross motor skills - ✔✔Complex motor skills
✔✔Most gun battles last - ✔✔Three (3) seconds
✔✔Distance most gun battles occur - ✔✔3-6 FEET
✔✔When should warning shots be used - ✔✔Never
✔✔Shooting requires - ✔✔
✔✔Total concentration - ✔✔Complete focus and attention
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What are three things an officer should abide by to reduce liability? - ✔✔Proper
training, Following department policies and procedures, Exercising good judgment
✔✔What is State Law? - ✔✔Must abide by statute, Restricted by case law
✔✔What is Case Law? - ✔✔Court decisions that became law, Can set training
guidelines
✔✔What is Department Policy? - ✔✔Policy set by individual agencies, First and
foremost duty to the public is to preserve life, Usually updated to comply with State Law,
Usually more restrictive than Case Law, Should incorporate both Statute and Case Law
✔✔What does the Court always consider? - ✔✔Deadly Force
✔✔When is firearm use authorized for use? - ✔✔Deadly Force, Training, Dispatching
critically injured animals
✔✔When should you shoot at or from moving vehicles? - ✔✔Only in deadly force
situations
✔✔Who are you defending? - ✔✔Yourself, Citizens
✔✔Justification for using deadly force - ✔✔Ability, Opportunity, Immediate Jeopardy
✔✔Reasonableness - ✔✔Reasonable Force - necessary and appropriate to the
circumstances
✔✔Compensatory Damages - ✔✔Compensates the VICTIM
✔✔Punitive Damages - ✔✔Personal, against individual, Designed to PUNISH
✔✔Safety - ✔✔
✔✔When in doubt about using your firearm - ✔✔DON'T SHOOT
✔✔Main purpose when firing a weapon - ✔✔To stop aggressive behavior
✔✔Safety on ANY firearm - ✔✔Trigger Finger
✔✔What must the shooter do prior to holstering - ✔✔Scan for additional threats
, ✔✔Cardinal Rule of Firearms - ✔✔Treat every firearm as if it is loaded
✔✔When handing a firearm to someone - ✔✔Make sure its unloaded, Muzzle is pointed
in a safe direction, Slide is locked back to the rear, Mag is removed
✔✔Range Safety - ✔✔Range instructor has primary responsibility for safety
✔✔When to UNLOAD a firearm - ✔✔Before CLEANING, Before HANDING TO
SOMEONE, Before DRY FIRING
✔✔Semi-Automatic - ✔✔
✔✔Components - ✔✔Frame/Receiver, Slide, Barrel, Recoil Spring/Guide, Magazine
✔✔Stances - ✔✔Weaver, Isoseles
✔✔What caliber weapon is guaranteed to stop someone - ✔✔None
✔✔Which is safer, Single Action or Double Action - ✔✔Double Action
✔✔When should double action be used - ✔✔Searching an area, Walking/running,
Barricaded situations
✔✔Minimum penetration of a bullet to be effective - ✔✔10 inches
✔✔Lead - ✔✔Lead has no useful purpose in the body and is considered a poison
✔✔What type of skill does moving your fingers take - ✔✔FINE motor skills
✔✔What type of skill does moving your shoulder take - ✔✔GROSS motor skills
✔✔Mixture of both Fine AND Gross motor skills - ✔✔Complex motor skills
✔✔Most gun battles last - ✔✔Three (3) seconds
✔✔Distance most gun battles occur - ✔✔3-6 FEET
✔✔When should warning shots be used - ✔✔Never
✔✔Shooting requires - ✔✔
✔✔Total concentration - ✔✔Complete focus and attention
