Under what condition may an agency use a range of less than 50 yards for proficiency testing?

• A. If the minimum passing percentage is raised to 90
• B. If the range is under repair
• C. If the officer passes the first attempt
• D. Never, ranges must be at least 50 yards

Answer: (A)

The principle here is that proficiency standards can be adjusted to balance difficulty and practicality. Allowing a range shorter than 50 yards is permitted only if the agency raises the minimum passing percentage to 90. The logic is that a shorter range makes shooting easier, so increasing the required pass rate compensates for that by maintaining a high overall standard. The other options don’t establish an official policy for adjusting range length: range repairs are a temporary condition, passing on the first attempt doesn’t address the range distance policy, and the rule isn’t framed as “never”—it provides this specific conditional allowance.