1. Depending on your jurisdiction, there are up to five elements of self-defense law:

1. Avoidance - Escape if you can
2. Innocence - Don't start or provoke the fight
3. Imminence - The attack has started or is about to begin immediately (AOJ-P analysis)
4. Proportionality - Equal force (you cannot use deadly force against a non-deadly threat)
5. Reasonableness - You made good decisions under the circumstances

If a prosecutor can disprove any of the five elements, your self-defense justification collapses.

True False

2. A .44 caliber round is generally considered the minimum for a self-defense round.

True False

3. Properly documenting your training (formal and informal) is important so that you can prove in court that you had specific knowledge at the time of the shooting.

True False

4. Select all the general body responses one may experience when in a deadly encounter.

Void bladder / bowel
Tunnel vision
Auditory exclusion
Time dilation
Adrenaline rush
Loss of fine motor skills
May experience non of the above

5. Reciprocity is what you have when states do not honor each others permit to carry a firearm.

True False

6. After a self-defense shooting, remaining calm and in control will be important because it will set the tone for how others perceive you and how law enforcement officers interact with you.

True False

7. Reasonable force can best be described as the level of force proportionate to the level of unlawful force about to be utilized against the victim.

True False

8. There are five possible responses to a life-threatening encounter:

1. Freeze - The victim of the attack may be so overwhelmed or surprised by being threatened, the victim may become incapable of any action;
2. Submit - Simply giving into the attacker;
3. Posture - Combat without combat. Words, sounds, gestures and body language are weapons used to dominate, intimidate and subdue another. Depending on circumstances, the attacker and the victim, one may try to out-bluster the other until one backs down or flees.;
4. Flight - Retreat or running away from the situation;
5. Fight - The use of reasonable force to prevent an attacker from harming you

True False

9. Defensive accuracy is typically defined as being able to consistently fire a predetermined number of rounds of ammunition into a target the size of a paper plate from a distance of 61 feet.

True False

10. If you are being questioned by law enforcement, you are probably a suspect in a crime or the officer is attempting to discern as to whether or not a crime has been committed.

True False

11. If you are attacked by someone with superior fighting skills, disparity of force can exist. The challenge is you must know your attacker possesses these skills at the time of the attack.

True False

12. Using the Kimber 1911 as an example, this gun is carried safely in a cocked and locked fashion.

True False

13. With single action firearms, the trigger mechanism performs only one function, to release the hammer or striker.

True False

14. Minnesota does not have a statute related to "Negligent Storage of Firearms"

True False

15. Patches, cleaning rod, soft cloth, cleaning rod attachments, small brush, bore cleaner, bore brush and gun oil are not examples of the items used to clean a firearm.

True False