PPCT Defensive Tactics Questions
With Verified Answers
\Q\.PPCT Components of Acceptability - ANSWER-✔Tactical, legal, and medical
\Q\.Gross motor skills - ANSWER-✔Minimal fine motor control, very little complexity, and not
affected by stress.
\Q\.Hicks law - ANSWER-✔Reaction time increases approximately 150 milliseconds when the
response option increases from one to two. (An officer's reaction time increases proportionally
when the number of skills in a system increase because more time is required to process)
\Q\.PPCT - ANSWER-✔Pressure point and control tactics
\Q\.Inverted-U Law - ANSWER-✔Relationship between heart rate and performance. Optimal
heart rate between 115 and 145 BPM
\Q\.Theories of control - ANSWER-✔Total control theory and one plus one theory
\Q\.Subject actions on force continuum - ANSWER-✔Inactive Resistance
Passive Resistance
Active Resistance
Active Aggression
, Deadly Force Assault
\Q\.Officer actions on force continuum - ANSWER-✔Officer Presence/Verbal Direction
Physical controls
Compliance Controls
Intermediate Controls
Deadly Force
\Q\.Symptoms of SNS activation - ANSWER-✔Adrenal Activity
Vascular Activity
Perceptual Narrowing
\Q\.Survival Stress Reduction - ANSWER-✔Strong Confidence Factor
Proper Motor Skill Selection
Tactical Breathing
Visualization Techniques
Strong Faith Factor
\Q\.ATP/PC System - ANSWER-✔Small energy bundles that are stored in muscles. System burns
out after 10-15 seconds and 44% decrease in max output.
\Q\.Nerve pressure points - ANSWER-✔Mandibular angle
Hypoglossal
Infra Orbital
Jugular notch
Brachial plexus origin
With Verified Answers
\Q\.PPCT Components of Acceptability - ANSWER-✔Tactical, legal, and medical
\Q\.Gross motor skills - ANSWER-✔Minimal fine motor control, very little complexity, and not
affected by stress.
\Q\.Hicks law - ANSWER-✔Reaction time increases approximately 150 milliseconds when the
response option increases from one to two. (An officer's reaction time increases proportionally
when the number of skills in a system increase because more time is required to process)
\Q\.PPCT - ANSWER-✔Pressure point and control tactics
\Q\.Inverted-U Law - ANSWER-✔Relationship between heart rate and performance. Optimal
heart rate between 115 and 145 BPM
\Q\.Theories of control - ANSWER-✔Total control theory and one plus one theory
\Q\.Subject actions on force continuum - ANSWER-✔Inactive Resistance
Passive Resistance
Active Resistance
Active Aggression
, Deadly Force Assault
\Q\.Officer actions on force continuum - ANSWER-✔Officer Presence/Verbal Direction
Physical controls
Compliance Controls
Intermediate Controls
Deadly Force
\Q\.Symptoms of SNS activation - ANSWER-✔Adrenal Activity
Vascular Activity
Perceptual Narrowing
\Q\.Survival Stress Reduction - ANSWER-✔Strong Confidence Factor
Proper Motor Skill Selection
Tactical Breathing
Visualization Techniques
Strong Faith Factor
\Q\.ATP/PC System - ANSWER-✔Small energy bundles that are stored in muscles. System burns
out after 10-15 seconds and 44% decrease in max output.
\Q\.Nerve pressure points - ANSWER-✔Mandibular angle
Hypoglossal
Infra Orbital
Jugular notch
Brachial plexus origin
