Last Updated on March 9, 2025

The Security Guard Test Online covers essential security procedures, emergency responses, and professional responsibilities. Key topics include:

• Security Measures & Patrols: Perimeter protection, access control, handling unauthorized access, and managing alarm systems.
• Emergency Response: Fire safety, bomb threats, hazardous materials, evacuation plans, and crowd control.
• Use of Technology: CCTV, motion sensors, and control panels for surveillance.
• Legal & Ethical Responsibilities: Proper procedures for arrests, inspections, and intellectual property protection.
• Customer Service & Leadership: Professionalism, communication, and leadership in security operations.
• Note-Taking & Reporting: Accurate documentation of incidents and security activities.
• Threat Management: Responding to bomb threats, silent alarms, and other security breaches.

1)……..is an individual’s behavior that makes an assumption about people or cultures as a group.

 (a) Discretion

 (b) stereotype

 (c) Prejudge

 (d) None of the above

2)…….and bias against someone or something because of a person’s beliefs.

  (a) prejudice

 (b) Misconduct

 (c) Discrimination

  (d) Stereotype

3) If you……You can deal with prejudice?

  (a) Fence

 (b) Approved

 (c) ignore

 (d) Work

4) The fence around a piece of property is to is for………Protections.

  (a) Object

 (b) perimeter

  (c) Area

  (d) Building

5)…….. This is a common use for building protection.

 (a) Barrier

 (b) Lock

  (c) Wall

 (d) Parking area

6). In higher security zone we can allow access only by……?

 (a) Personal reorganization

 (b) Visual reorganization

 (c) Identity reorganization

  (d) None of the above

7)…….is to ensure that the right person has access and the wrong one does not.

  (a) Gate pass

  (b) Vehicle

  (c) Access control

  (d) Tail gating

8). The key to handling unauthorized access to be…….but firm?

  (a) Professional

 (b) Accused

 (c) polite

 (d) Strong

9). Some people will follow others a door into a restricted area, this is known as…..?

 (a) Access

  (b) ID entry

  (c) tailgating

 (d) Entry gating

10).Your…..are the most likely and most powerful tool you will use in searching a person or package?

  (a) Awareness

 (b) Notebook

 (c) eyes

 (d) Knowledge

11). Being polite and ask for cooperation during a search are the parts of….?

 (a) Good customer service

 (b) gaining cooperation

 (c) Acquisition collaboration

 (d) Gaining public relation

12 ). For all stores of personal property, you should always give……?

  (a) ID card

  (b) receipt

  (c) Bill

 (d) invoice

13) A security guard walking around the mall on a part of his duty is known as….?

 (a) Petrol

  (b) patrol

 (c) static

  (d) Access control

14). They are……types of patrol?

  (a) 4

  (b) 6

  (c) 2

 (d) five

15). Never carry any kind of weapon unless it has been authorized by you…..?

  (a) Client

 (b) company

 (c) Supervisor

 (d) Post-order

16). There major types of alarm systems are….

 (a) Intrusion alarm

 (b) Fire alarm

  (c) Distress alarm

 (d) all of the above

17). During a patrol security guard has use his…….scene?

  (a) 6

  (a) 3

  (a) 5

  (a) 7

18)……..know whether something is wrong by detecting a change from good condition to bad condition?

  (a) sensor

 (b) CCTV

  (c) Smoke detector

  (d) Alarm

19)…….receives the signals and take the action it is programmed to take?

  (a) Alarm

  (b) Sensor

  (c) control panel

 (d) Control room

20) Some alarm such are bank robbery alarm is not audible. These are called….?

 (a) Vigilant

  (b) silent alarm

  (c) Trouble alarm

  (d) Distress alarm

21). Local, central station and remote are the three-way of alarm…?

 (a) Conducting

 (b) Managing

 (c) Coordinating

 (d) commanding

22). The best………response is by a security prepare for alarm by knowing, what to do in advance and also to know what to do when getting to an alarm location?

  (a) Emergency

 (b) alarm

 (c) Bomb threat

 (d) Evacuation

23)……..are indented to be a place, where the security function can be coordinated?

 (a) Guards room

  (b) control room

 (c) Common room

  (d) Guest room

24). In a large building, the control room function is the……?

 (a) emergency operation center (eoc)

  (b) Operational control room (OCR)

 (c) Building management system (BMS)

 (d) Line of Control (LOC)

25) An….alarm detects a potential attack on something that is being protected.

  (a) Fire

 (b) intrusion

  (c) Evacuation

 (d) Trouble

26)………..means change from a normal to a trouble condition.

  (a) a change in condition

 (b) Change in the weather

 (c) Change in a hazard

 (d) Change in the company

27). Medical Alarm in a hospital is an example of of……alarm.

 (a) Fire alarm

 (b) Trouble alarm

 (c) Distress alarm

 (d) panic alarm

28)……is used in areas which surveillance does want to be noticed?

  (a) PTZ cameras

 (b) CCTV

  (c) CCTV dvr

 (d) Fixed cameras

29)……is the guarding of a computer, hardware-software from theft or use for illegal purpose

 (a) information security

 (b) Computer security

 (c) Software security

 (d) Physical security

30) Using software to HACK into company databases and steal information is called……?

  (a) Illegal information security

 (b) illegal use of software

 (c) illegal use of hardware

 (d) Illegal use of a monitor.

31). Accident scene may turn out to be a…….scene?

 (a) Accident

 (b) Fire

 (c) crime

 (d) Murder

32) One of the common emergency situations faced by a security guard is…..

  (a) Earthquake

  (b) Windstorm

 (c) Flood

 (d) fire

 (d) MVA(motor vehicle accident)

(33). The fire required…….elements?

  (a) 4

  (a) 3

  (a) 5

  (a) 6

34). Piece of equipment that set off a fire alarm is called……..devices?

  (a) Alarm

 (b) alarm initiating

  (c) Panic initiating

 (d) Alarm monitoring

35). Fire alarm signal in the same building are ….alarm that means there can be one sound a fire alarm and a different sound if a real fire discovered?

 (a) Staged

  (b) stage

 (c) Strapped

 (d) Tagged

36)……bars allow a fire door to remain unlocked from the inside but locked from outside

 (a) Liquor

 (b) Iron

 (c) panic

 (d) Evacuation

37). A…..alarm is considered an alarm in which something caused the alarm to function as it should and the causes are able to be determined

 (a) False

 (b) genuine

 (c) Determine

 (d) Fire

38). If you can turn off a gas valve, you remove the …and put off the fire?

  (a) Oxygen

 (b) fuel

 (c) Heat

 (d) Combustion

39). The security guard should know the standpipe system which is for the …..to connect water to continue the function of sprinkler system

  (a) Civil defense

 (b) Police

 (c) Ambulance

 (d) security guard

40). The best preparation for dealing with hazardous material is to know you….?

  (a) Post-order

 (b) Telephone number

 (c) worksite

 (d) Security manager

41). Transportation hazardous material is known as….?

 (a) Transportation of dangerous things

 (b) transportation of dangerous goods

 (c) Transportation of dangerous woods

42). Most bomb threats are false and are made as a way of promoting…..?

 (a) Business

 (b) Market

 (c) fear

 (d) Fever

 (e) None of the above

43)…..are more correctly called explosive devices.

 (a) RdXS

  (b) bombs

 (c) Detonates

  (d) Steel bowls

 d) soda

44). When receiving a threat it important to remember to act calmly and get as much…..as possible?

 (a) information

 (b) Introduction

 (c) Conformation

 (d) Location

45). While receiving bombs threat calls don’t use radio, mobile because some device detonates on receiving……signals?

 (a) waves

 (b) Infrared

 (c) X ray

 (d) radio

46). Grid, concentric circle bottom to top are the methods of…..search?

 (a) Bag

 (b) bombs

 (c) Package

 (d) Body

47). Use your ……to help determine if the car or truck outside belongs to there?

  (a) Safety awareness

 (b) security awareness

 (c) Post awareness

 (d) Location

48). One of the fundamental roles of the security guard is to……an emergency?

  (a) Call police

 (b) Call client

 (c) assist

 (c) Avoid

49)……..an important factor in dealing with an emergency effectively.

  (a) Customer service

 (b) Report writing

 (c) Notebook

 (d) leadership

 (d) Attitude

50). In an emergency situation people act differently a security guard need to understand how the people….?

 (a) Evacuate

 (b) Escape

 (c) Deal

 (d) react

51). The most important aspect of building evacuation is having a plan for safe evacuation and conducting it without…..?

 (a) Sound

 (b) panic

 (c) Alarm

 (d) casualty

52)……areas are a pre-determine location for evacuate to meet?

 (a) assembly

 (b) Meeting

 (c) Parking

 (d) First aid

53)…….is the orderly management of a large group of people?

 (a) Vehicle control

 (b) crowd control

 (c) Curd control

 (d) People control

54). Program and information owned by a person or a company are called….?

 (a) Internal property

 (b) intellectual-property

 (c) Individividual property

 (d) Company policy

55). Writing notes will be…..

 (a) After office hours

 (b) After school

 (c) When you remember

  (d) As soon as possible

56). Part of the role of the security guard that is…..the event and determine whether regular or needs to be measured.

 (a) Property and individual

 (b) Personal equipment and data

 (c) Individuals, property, and information

57). Special security protects….

 (a) Property and individual

 (b) Personal equipment and data

 (c) Individuals, property and information

58). When inspecting guard workplaces and offices of the security companies to ensure the application of standards…

 (a) Supervisor

 (b) Press

 (c) Inspector

 (d) police

59). With the exception of an emergency situation you should not undertake a….

 (a) Inspection of the car

 (b) Physical inspection

 (c) Inspection of sexes

60). If you arrest the person you have to tell him…

 (a) He is detained

 (b) Tell him why

 (c) Inform the police

 (d) All the foregoing

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1. What is an individual’s behavior that makes an assumption about people or cultures as a group?
2. What refers to bias against someone or something due to personal beliefs?
3. How can you deal with prejudice?
4. What is the purpose of a fence around a piece of property?
5. What is a common method for building protection?
6. In higher security zones, how can access be allowed?
7. What ensures that the right person has access while unauthorized persons are denied?
8. What is the key to handling unauthorized access while remaining firm?
9. When people follow others through a door into a restricted area, what is this known as?
10. What is the most likely and most powerful tool you will use in searching a person or package?
11. Being polite and asking for cooperation during a search is a part of what?
12. What should always be given for the storage of personal property?
13. What is it called when a security guard walks around a mall as part of their duty?
14. How many types of patrol exist?
15. Who must authorize a security guard to carry any weapon?
16. What are the three major types of alarm systems?
17. During a patrol, how many senses does a security guard use?
18. What device detects a change from a good condition to a bad condition?
19. What receives signals and takes the programmed action?
20. What is a bank robbery alarm that is not audible called?
21. What are the three ways an alarm can be managed?
22. What is the best way for a security officer to prepare for responding to an alarm?
23. What is the place where security functions are coordinated?
24. What is the control room function in a large building?
25. What type of alarm detects a potential attack on something being protected?
26. What term describes a change from normal to a trouble condition?
27. What type of alarm is a medical alarm in a hospital?
28. What type of camera is used in surveillance areas where it should not be noticed?
29. What is the process of protecting computer hardware and software from theft or illegal use?
30. What is the act of hacking into a company’s database and stealing information called?
31. What type of scene can an accident scene turn into?
32. What is one of the most common emergencies faced by a security guard?
33. How many elements are required for a fire to exist?
34. What device sets off a fire alarm?
35. What type of alarm system allows different sounds for different emergency alerts?
36. What type of bars allow a fire door to remain unlocked from the inside but locked from the outside?
37. What is an alarm that functions properly and has a known cause called?
38. What element must be removed to put out a fire when turning off a gas valve?
39. What system in a building helps firefighters connect water to the sprinkler system?
40. What is the best way to prepare for handling hazardous materials?
41. What is the transportation of hazardous materials called?
42. Why are most bomb threats false?
43. What are explosive devices more correctly called?
44. What is the most important thing to remember when receiving a bomb threat?
45. Why should radios and mobile phones not be used when receiving a bomb threat?
46. What are the standard search methods for locating a bomb?
47. How can security personnel determine if an unattended car or truck belongs at a location?
48. What is one of the fundamental roles of a security guard during an emergency?
49. What is an important factor in dealing with an emergency effectively?
50. Why must security guards understand how people react during emergencies?
51. What is the most important aspect of building evacuation?
52. What is the term for predetermined locations where evacuated individuals meet?
53. What is the term for managing a large group of people in an orderly manner?
54. What term describes programs and information owned by an individual or company?
55. When should notes be written?
56. What does a security guard evaluate to determine if an event is regular or requires intervention?
57. What does special security protect?
58. Who is responsible for inspecting security workplaces to ensure standards are met?
59. What type of search should not be conducted unless it is an emergency?
60. What must a security guard tell a person upon making an arrest?