CPS Protective Detail Operations and Motorcades 3

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of a 'dry run' conducted before a principal's movement?

Accepted Answer

To drive and time all planned routes to identify hazards and chokepoints

Answer

A dry run involves driving all planned and alternate routes to verify timing, identify chokepoints, construction, and potential threat locations before the principal travels.

Question 2

When using the 'L-shaped' evacuation from a vehicle under fire, what does the 'L' represent?

Accepted Answer

The movement path that avoids the direct line of fire

Answer

The 'L-shape' describes the evacuation path that moves the principal laterally out of the direct line of fire before moving to safety.

Question 3

What does 'positive contact' mean in motorcade radio communications?

Accepted Answer

Visual or radio confirmation that the principal is secure and accounted for

Answer

Positive contact is a radio confirmation that the principal has been visually confirmed secure and is accounted for within the protective detail.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the role of a 'counterassault team' (CAT) in a protective detail?

Accepted Answer

Engage threats aggressively to allow the principal's package to escape

Answer

The CAT's mission is to aggressively engage and suppress any attacking force, buying time for the protective detail to evacuate the principal to safety.

Question 5

During protective detail operations at a hotel, where should the principal's room ideally be located?

Accepted Answer

On a low floor, away from street level, not at the end of a corridor

Answer

Rooms on low floors avoid elevator dependency while being above ground-level intrusion risk; mid-corridor placement avoids corner room vulnerability and reduces exposure.

CPS - Certified Protection Specialist Practice Test

CPS - Certified Protection Specialist Practice Test

CPS Protective Detail Operations and Motorcades 3