FIREARMS ILEA TEST PAPER UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔#1 Safety on any gun? - ✔✔Your trigger finger.
✔✔Before cleaning a weapon you should? - ✔✔Render it safe.
✔✔When is lethal force justified? - ✔✔When you or someone else is in danger.
✔✔What parts of the body will immediately incapacitate someone? - ✔✔Spinal Chord
and the Brain.
✔✔Never sacrifice accuracy or safety for _____. - ✔✔Speed.
✔✔What are some of the different weapon malfunctions? - ✔✔Double Feed
Squib Load
Failure to Extract
Failure to feed
Stove Pipe
✔✔What do you do before holstering your weapon? - ✔✔Scan the area.
✔✔What is sight alignment? - ✔✔The relationship between the front and rear sights.
✔✔What is sight picture? - ✔✔The relationship between the target, the front and rear
sights, and the firer`s eye.
✔✔The semi-auto weapon will do what 4 things in order? - ✔✔Feed
Fire
Extract
Eject
✔✔What are the three types of cartridge malfunctions? - ✔✔High Primer
Crimped or Damaged Casing
Inverted Primer
✔✔The further you get away from a target, you need___. - ✔✔Better sight alignment
and sight picture.
✔✔What is the most difficult malfunction to clear? - ✔✔The double feed?
✔✔What are three things that will reduce your liability when using your firearm? -
✔✔SOP`s, State and Local Laws, and case law.
, ✔✔What caliber of weapon is guranteed to stop someone? - ✔✔NONE
✔✔The most effective distance of a shotgun is how far? (SLUG) - ✔✔100 yards.
✔✔What is the maximum distance a shotgun should be used? (SLUG) - ✔✔200 yards.
✔✔What is the first consideration you should use when choosing a weapon? -
✔✔Safety.
✔✔When should you point a gun at someone? - ✔✔When you are ready, willing, and
justified to stop a person by using deadly force.
✔✔Shooting requires what? - ✔✔Total Concentration
✔✔Where should an off-duty officer keep their weapon? - ✔✔Holstered on their person.
✔✔At what distance does a gun battle typically occur? - ✔✔3 to 6 Feet.
✔✔How long do most gun battles last? - ✔✔3 Seconds.
✔✔What are firearms made to do? - ✔✔KILL
✔✔When shooting the target should appear - ✔✔Blurry
✔✔Combat shooting is what? - ✔✔Reaction and a conditioned reflex.
✔✔When should you use warning shots? - ✔✔Never!
✔✔When should you shoot at or from moving vehicles? - ✔✔Only in deadly force
situations.
✔✔When is your main purpose when firing a weapon? - ✔✔To stop aggressive
behavior.
✔✔What area of the target should you aim for? - ✔✔Center Mass.
✔✔Where do the majority of shootings take place? - ✔✔In low-light situations.
✔✔What are the parts of a shotgun? - ✔✔Stock
Barrel
Reciever
✔✔What are the parts of a semi-automatic pistol? - ✔✔Slide
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔#1 Safety on any gun? - ✔✔Your trigger finger.
✔✔Before cleaning a weapon you should? - ✔✔Render it safe.
✔✔When is lethal force justified? - ✔✔When you or someone else is in danger.
✔✔What parts of the body will immediately incapacitate someone? - ✔✔Spinal Chord
and the Brain.
✔✔Never sacrifice accuracy or safety for _____. - ✔✔Speed.
✔✔What are some of the different weapon malfunctions? - ✔✔Double Feed
Squib Load
Failure to Extract
Failure to feed
Stove Pipe
✔✔What do you do before holstering your weapon? - ✔✔Scan the area.
✔✔What is sight alignment? - ✔✔The relationship between the front and rear sights.
✔✔What is sight picture? - ✔✔The relationship between the target, the front and rear
sights, and the firer`s eye.
✔✔The semi-auto weapon will do what 4 things in order? - ✔✔Feed
Fire
Extract
Eject
✔✔What are the three types of cartridge malfunctions? - ✔✔High Primer
Crimped or Damaged Casing
Inverted Primer
✔✔The further you get away from a target, you need___. - ✔✔Better sight alignment
and sight picture.
✔✔What is the most difficult malfunction to clear? - ✔✔The double feed?
✔✔What are three things that will reduce your liability when using your firearm? -
✔✔SOP`s, State and Local Laws, and case law.
, ✔✔What caliber of weapon is guranteed to stop someone? - ✔✔NONE
✔✔The most effective distance of a shotgun is how far? (SLUG) - ✔✔100 yards.
✔✔What is the maximum distance a shotgun should be used? (SLUG) - ✔✔200 yards.
✔✔What is the first consideration you should use when choosing a weapon? -
✔✔Safety.
✔✔When should you point a gun at someone? - ✔✔When you are ready, willing, and
justified to stop a person by using deadly force.
✔✔Shooting requires what? - ✔✔Total Concentration
✔✔Where should an off-duty officer keep their weapon? - ✔✔Holstered on their person.
✔✔At what distance does a gun battle typically occur? - ✔✔3 to 6 Feet.
✔✔How long do most gun battles last? - ✔✔3 Seconds.
✔✔What are firearms made to do? - ✔✔KILL
✔✔When shooting the target should appear - ✔✔Blurry
✔✔Combat shooting is what? - ✔✔Reaction and a conditioned reflex.
✔✔When should you use warning shots? - ✔✔Never!
✔✔When should you shoot at or from moving vehicles? - ✔✔Only in deadly force
situations.
✔✔When is your main purpose when firing a weapon? - ✔✔To stop aggressive
behavior.
✔✔What area of the target should you aim for? - ✔✔Center Mass.
✔✔Where do the majority of shootings take place? - ✔✔In low-light situations.
✔✔What are the parts of a shotgun? - ✔✔Stock
Barrel
Reciever
✔✔What are the parts of a semi-automatic pistol? - ✔✔Slide
