1. What are the primary principals regarding scent escaping the interior of a vehicle and being accessible, as an odor,
for the canine's scent ability? Hint. This is a three part answer.
2. Explain what importance a training
regimen has upon not just the K9 team but the entire vicarious unit, agency, or associates? Hint. Vicarious here means everyone
else around you who is effected and liable by your work.
3. A handler approaches you and asks if you would like to
do cash seizure training using cash. You say no and explain why. But the handler laughs, along with five others in his group,
and says...explain to me, in detail, why we shouldn't do that? Hint. Explain it in basics. Then, explain all you know
about residual scent.
4. Explain the process that a dogs drive follows from the time it leaves the car until the feed
of the reward from the handler. Walk the process all the way through a drug search?
5. If you are called to conduct
a search warrant drug scan, what steps do you take to prepare for the search -- from the questions during the phone call to
the conclusion of the search?
6. What steps does a trainer need to use when her dog is only scenting one level of a
car / room. What are all of the appropriate levels?
7.What two major entities causes scent to be on the outside of
a car door?
8. What are the specific requirements a narcotic team must meet in order to be certified through ASCT?
9.
How can a handler troubleshoot a situation where a K9 has suddenly started to jump onto the side and front of every car searched
and is causing paint damage even on clean vehicles?
10. What does it mean for a narcotic team to be civic-minded?
11.
Explain how a handler can cover all areas of narcotic training and usage with civic-mindedness?
12. How do you treat
a major injury to your K9?
13. Explain everything you know about false indications.
14. Explain the process
of using tags for narcotic development. What are the steps, risks, and benefits.
15. How many narcotics are you to
be certified on? Name the narcs. Can your K9 alert and indicate on narcotics in which she has not been trained? If so - how?
If not - why?
16. What are the seven pieces of narcotic training equipment commonly used for training?
17. When
is it okay to have your dog off leash? Explain the reasons for and against off leash freedom with certified police K9's?
18. How is a narcotic dog selected?
19. What forms of paperwork should you use to show the court your training
/ production / and safety - civic mindedness?
