ALARMS
ALARMS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the Alarm Monitor responsible for? - correct
answer Monitoring and maintaining the Vindicator alarm
system and all VICADS cameras, monitor all alarmed
facilities and cameras to include PL3 restricted areas
protected with IDS until properly relieved.
What does the VICADS and Vindicator alarm systems
support? - correct answer All PL3 and PL4 resources
What does the VICADS and Vindicator system provide? -
correct answer It provides IDS capabilities, real-time and
recordable camera monitoring, and in some instances
IVA, also contains duress points for many of these
resources and other key facilities
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What does VICADS stand for? - correct answer Video
image control and display system. system?
What is the installations alarm system? - correct answer
Vindicator Command and Control (VCC)
How many Vindicator Command and Control (VCC) are
there on base, and where are they located? - correct
answer BDOC, Fire Department (alternate BDOC), 28 Oss
SCIF, and 89th ATKS SCIF
Where is the primary Vindicator Command and Control
System located? - correct answer BDOC (Base Defense
Operation Center)
In the event BDOC relocates what must the Alarm
Monitor conduct? - correct answer Conduct a system
test to ensure connectivity and that the system is
monitoring all alarm points
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What two areas does BDOC only have annunciation
capabilities and the alarm monitor cannot reset these
alarms? - correct answer 89th ATKS SCIF and 28 OSS SCIF
Who is the only personnel authorized to use any form of
computer disk or tape in the VCC, NVR, or VICADS
Personnel Viewer (PV) systems? - correct answer System
administrators (ESS office and maintenance personnel)
Who is authorized to add or delete alarmed facilities or
manipulate the VCC/ VICADS database in any way? -
correct answer System administrators (ESS office and
maintenance personnel)
What does the Summary List Window provide? - correct
answer A concise view of the entire system by organizing
all the information into two parts
What are the two parts of the Summary List Window? -
correct answer A left pane that contains a list of all the
lists, and the right pane that displays the contents of the
list selected in the left pane.
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What key is used to acknowledge alarms? - correct
answer Key acknowledges and also silences the alarm
What is required prior to resetting an alarm? - correct
answer Tagging the alarm
When would you tag an alarm? - correct answer It is
determined after a proper response and an assessment is
conducted by an on-scene patrolman, the owner/user, or
by utilizing the available IVA cameras.
What does the VICADS provide during alarms? - correct
answer Immediate visual assessment (IVA)
What are the 8 options available when tagging an alarm?
- correct answer Actual alarm, False alarm, Nuisance
alarm, Human Error, Maintenance, Weather, Testing, User
Open
ALARMS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the Alarm Monitor responsible for? - correct
answer Monitoring and maintaining the Vindicator alarm
system and all VICADS cameras, monitor all alarmed
facilities and cameras to include PL3 restricted areas
protected with IDS until properly relieved.
What does the VICADS and Vindicator alarm systems
support? - correct answer All PL3 and PL4 resources
What does the VICADS and Vindicator system provide? -
correct answer It provides IDS capabilities, real-time and
recordable camera monitoring, and in some instances
IVA, also contains duress points for many of these
resources and other key facilities
,ALARMS
What does VICADS stand for? - correct answer Video
image control and display system. system?
What is the installations alarm system? - correct answer
Vindicator Command and Control (VCC)
How many Vindicator Command and Control (VCC) are
there on base, and where are they located? - correct
answer BDOC, Fire Department (alternate BDOC), 28 Oss
SCIF, and 89th ATKS SCIF
Where is the primary Vindicator Command and Control
System located? - correct answer BDOC (Base Defense
Operation Center)
In the event BDOC relocates what must the Alarm
Monitor conduct? - correct answer Conduct a system
test to ensure connectivity and that the system is
monitoring all alarm points
,ALARMS
What two areas does BDOC only have annunciation
capabilities and the alarm monitor cannot reset these
alarms? - correct answer 89th ATKS SCIF and 28 OSS SCIF
Who is the only personnel authorized to use any form of
computer disk or tape in the VCC, NVR, or VICADS
Personnel Viewer (PV) systems? - correct answer System
administrators (ESS office and maintenance personnel)
Who is authorized to add or delete alarmed facilities or
manipulate the VCC/ VICADS database in any way? -
correct answer System administrators (ESS office and
maintenance personnel)
What does the Summary List Window provide? - correct
answer A concise view of the entire system by organizing
all the information into two parts
What are the two parts of the Summary List Window? -
correct answer A left pane that contains a list of all the
lists, and the right pane that displays the contents of the
list selected in the left pane.
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What key is used to acknowledge alarms? - correct
answer Key acknowledges and also silences the alarm
What is required prior to resetting an alarm? - correct
answer Tagging the alarm
When would you tag an alarm? - correct answer It is
determined after a proper response and an assessment is
conducted by an on-scene patrolman, the owner/user, or
by utilizing the available IVA cameras.
What does the VICADS provide during alarms? - correct
answer Immediate visual assessment (IVA)
What are the 8 options available when tagging an alarm?
- correct answer Actual alarm, False alarm, Nuisance
alarm, Human Error, Maintenance, Weather, Testing, User
Open
