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Try your hand at a sampling of the questions used by the Taser Training Academy in Scottsdale, Ariz. , for the TASER® X3 Electronic Control Device User Certification Test.
- 1.In deploying an ECD, the law enforcement officer should
- A.
Use the least number of ECD discharges to accomplish lawful objectives
- B.
Keep pulling the trigger until the subject submits
- C.
Hold the trigger back (continuous ECD discharge) as long as it takes until the person submits to the officer’s commands
- D.
Use the ECD as a torture device to gain the subject’s complete compliance
- 2.
- A.
The current law in the officer’s jurisdiction
- B.
The officer’s department policies on use of force and ECDs
- C.
TASER’s current training program
- D.
TASER’s current ECD warnings, instructions, and information
- E.
All of the above
- 3.When deploying an ECD, sensitive ECD target areas of the body to be avoided when practicable include:
- A.
Head
- B.
Throat
- C.
Chest/breast
- D.
Known pre-existing injury areas
- E.
All of the above
- 4.The preferred target areas for ECD deployment are:
- A.
Lower center mass (below chest) and legs for front shots
- B.
Below the neck area for back shots
- C.
Anywhere on the subject’s body
- D.
A and b
- 5.An ECD application on a subject can cause physiologic or metabolic effects, including, but not limited to, changes in:
- A.
Acidosis
- B.
Heart rate and rhythm
- C.
PH
- D.
Respiration
- E.
Stress hormones or other biochemical neuromodulators (e.g., catecholamines).
- F.
All of the above
- 6.The risk (or probability) of an ECD causing or contributing to a subject’s cardiac arrest is:
- A.
Zero
- B.
Very high
- C.
High
- D.
Higher than the risk of death or serious injury from a firearm
- E.
Very low
- 7.
- A.
Any use of force has a risk of death or serious body harm
- B.
The lower the number of force applications to accomplish lawful objectives the better
- C.
Nothing works 100 percent of the time and contingencies should be considered.
- D.
The use of force must be in compliance with appropriate legal and policy standards and requirements
- E.
All of the above
- 8.Electricity generally follows:
- A.
The path of most resistance
- B.
From top to bottom following gravity
- C.
The path of least resistance between the probes
- D.
Or flows to any metal in contact
- 9.The human nervous system has three main components that work together as a system. Which of the three components is affected by stun systems?
- A.
Central nervous system
- B.
Motor nervous system
- C.
Sensory nervous system
- D.
Century nervous system
- 10.
- A.
Nerve Expressway
- B.
Motor nervous system
- C.
Sensory nervous system
- D.
Brain and Spinal cord (central nervous system)
- 11.When a violent subject is incapacitated by the effects of the TASER ECD and it is reasonably safe to do so, cover officer(s) should attempt to control/cuff the subject under power. Doing so may;
- A.
Reduce the need for additional cycles
- B.
Reduce the likelihood the subject will roll during the cycle
- C.
Reduce the potential of injury to the officer(s) while the subject is incapacitated only during the cycle
- D.
All of the above
- 12.When deploying probes to the front of the body, the TASER ECD should generally be aimed:
- A.
At the face
- B.
So as to split the hemispheres (the beltline)
- C.
At the throat
- D.
At the head
- 13.Targeting the back is usually preferable because:
- A.
The back of the body has larger muscles
- B.
Reduced risk of hitting a sensitive body part
- C.
Surprise factor
- D.
All of the above
- 14.Examples of subjects who are at an elevated risk from an ECD exposure include:
- A.
Running subjects
- B.
Subjects in elevated positions
- C.
Subjects in a flammable environment
- D.
All of the above
- 15.Which of the following is a warning sign that a subject might be at risk for an arrest related death:
- A.
Bizarre or violent behavior
- B.
Disrobing
- C.
Unusual strength and/or endurance
- D.
All of the above
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