A computerized braking system that automatically slows and stops the vehicle when the driver applies a hard, steady pressure to the brake pedal.
What is ABS (anti-lock braking system)?
100
The relinquishing of a right or interest with the
intention of never again claiming it.
What is abandonment?
100
A position behind cover.
What is barricade position?
100
The capacity a subject has to carry out his or her intent.
What is ability?
100
The measure of electrical current or power (DFSG).
What is amp (ampere)?
200
Sharpness of vision
What is acuity?
200
Airway, breathing, and circulation; assessment
begins with ______.
What is ABCs?
200
The measurement used to identify different cartridge
(projectile) sizes.
What is caliber?
200
A subject’s use of physically evasive movements
directed toward the officer; examples include bracing,
tensing, pushing, or pulling to prevent the officer from
establishing control over the subject.
What is active resistance?
200
The predetermined amount of time (usually five seconds)
that a stun device will discharge automatically
when activated (DFSG).
What is cycle (cycling)?
300
The center point of any curve.
What is apex?
300
An open wound where organs protrude from the
abdominal cavity.
What is abdominal evisceration?
300
Case, rim, crimp (shotgun only), headstamp, shot (shotgun), wadding (shotgun), primer, powder, bullet, and round.
What is cartridge Parts and Types?
300
A subject’s attacking movements toward an officer
that may cause injury but are not likely to cause
death or great bodily harm to the officer or others.
What is aggressive resistance?
300
A hand-held stun gun which propels electrified
darts/probes (DFSG).
What is DFSG (dart-firing stun gun)?
400
A characteristic of a turn in which the length of the
radius does not change.
What is constant radius?
400
an open wound caused by scraping, shearing away,
or rubbing the outermost skin layer.
What is abrasion?
400
An object or group of objects that creates a visual barrier between an officer and a threat but may not stop a projectile.
What is concealment?
400
A survival stress reaction in which hearing is diminished.
What is auditory exclusion?
400
A form of psychosis which can result from drug
use, typically causing hallucinations and/or delusions (DFSG).
What is drug-induced psychosis?
500
Turning the vehicle’s front tires in the desired
direction to regain traction.
What is counter steering?
500
Documents a patient’s request to withhold specific
medical care.
What is advanced directive?
500
Anything that creates a bullet-resistant barrier between an officer and a threat.
What is cover?
500
A position in which the head is over the hips, and
the hips are over and between the feet; necessary
for performing defensive tactics.
What is balance?
500
External electric impulses that interfere with the
electric impulses used by the human nerve system
to communicate with the skeletal muscles, causing
physical incapacitation (DFSG).