Security Guard Exam A+ Pass
Private Investigators conduct investigations in order to provide what type of information?
1) The character or actions of a person
2) The business of occupation of a person.
3) The whereabouts of persons or property
4) All of the above - Answer ✔✔- 4) All of the above
A security guard performing concierge duties may require which of the following
additional, knowledge, skills, and abilities?
1) Knowledge of the Residential Tenancies Act
2) Knowledge of the Trespass to Property Act
3) Completion of a local parking by-law enforcement program.
4) All of the above - Answer ✔✔- 4) All of the above
Which of the following is permitted by the PSISA as a part of a security guard uniform?
1) Rank chevrons
2) Black collared uniform shirts
3) Black uniform pants with a reflective safety stripe down the side
4) Jacket without the word "Security" permanently affixed to it. - Answer ✔✔- 3) Black
uniform pants with a reflective safety stripe down the side
Under the legislation governing security services in Ontario, in-house security are not
required to be licensed.
1) True
2) False - Answer ✔✔- 2) False
Which one of the following is not a physical sign of substance abuse?
1) Slowed or staggered walk and poor physical coordination.
, 2) Nausea, vomiting or excessive sweating.
3) Paranoia.
4) Tremors or shakes of hands, feet or head - Answer ✔✔- 3) Paranoia.
Which of the following statements are true regarding WHMIS training?
1) Only generic WHMIS education is required for all work places.
2) Every employee requires a WHMIS certification.
3) The employer has the legal obligation to ensure that his/her workers have received
both generic WHMIS education as well as the necessary site-specific training.
4) All of the above. - Answer ✔✔- 3) The employer has the legal obligation to ensure
that his/her workers have received both generic WHMIS education as well as the
necessary site-specific training.
A security guard is authorized under the Private Security & Investigative Services Act to
perform parking enforcement on public property. - Answer ✔✔- 2) False
Who was responsible for guiding a bill through Parliament entitled, "An Act for Improving
the police in and Near the Metropolis" - Which has since been considered the precursor
to modern day policing and security? - Answer ✔✔- Sir Robert Peel
What are the three forms of evidence? - Answer ✔✔- Real, testimony and documentary.
An individual may be licenced as a security guard in Ontario as long as he/she has a
clean criminal record, be 18 years of age or older and be legally able to work in Canada
even if he/she has not successfully completed the 40 hour security guard course.
True/False - Answer ✔✔- False
Which of the following would be the best definition of the term "Find Committing"?
1) Seeing the person actually committing the offence (example: watching a person hit
another over the head with a bottle).
2) Seeing the person immediately after an offence with clear evidence that they had just
committed the offence (example: a person walking out of a bar with a bloody bottle
immediately after a fight).
3) Seeing the person immediately before an offence with clear evidence that they were
the ones who did commit the act. (example: watching a person grab a bottle and run
into a bar).
Private Investigators conduct investigations in order to provide what type of information?
1) The character or actions of a person
2) The business of occupation of a person.
3) The whereabouts of persons or property
4) All of the above - Answer ✔✔- 4) All of the above
A security guard performing concierge duties may require which of the following
additional, knowledge, skills, and abilities?
1) Knowledge of the Residential Tenancies Act
2) Knowledge of the Trespass to Property Act
3) Completion of a local parking by-law enforcement program.
4) All of the above - Answer ✔✔- 4) All of the above
Which of the following is permitted by the PSISA as a part of a security guard uniform?
1) Rank chevrons
2) Black collared uniform shirts
3) Black uniform pants with a reflective safety stripe down the side
4) Jacket without the word "Security" permanently affixed to it. - Answer ✔✔- 3) Black
uniform pants with a reflective safety stripe down the side
Under the legislation governing security services in Ontario, in-house security are not
required to be licensed.
1) True
2) False - Answer ✔✔- 2) False
Which one of the following is not a physical sign of substance abuse?
1) Slowed or staggered walk and poor physical coordination.
, 2) Nausea, vomiting or excessive sweating.
3) Paranoia.
4) Tremors or shakes of hands, feet or head - Answer ✔✔- 3) Paranoia.
Which of the following statements are true regarding WHMIS training?
1) Only generic WHMIS education is required for all work places.
2) Every employee requires a WHMIS certification.
3) The employer has the legal obligation to ensure that his/her workers have received
both generic WHMIS education as well as the necessary site-specific training.
4) All of the above. - Answer ✔✔- 3) The employer has the legal obligation to ensure
that his/her workers have received both generic WHMIS education as well as the
necessary site-specific training.
A security guard is authorized under the Private Security & Investigative Services Act to
perform parking enforcement on public property. - Answer ✔✔- 2) False
Who was responsible for guiding a bill through Parliament entitled, "An Act for Improving
the police in and Near the Metropolis" - Which has since been considered the precursor
to modern day policing and security? - Answer ✔✔- Sir Robert Peel
What are the three forms of evidence? - Answer ✔✔- Real, testimony and documentary.
An individual may be licenced as a security guard in Ontario as long as he/she has a
clean criminal record, be 18 years of age or older and be legally able to work in Canada
even if he/she has not successfully completed the 40 hour security guard course.
True/False - Answer ✔✔- False
Which of the following would be the best definition of the term "Find Committing"?
1) Seeing the person actually committing the offence (example: watching a person hit
another over the head with a bottle).
2) Seeing the person immediately after an offence with clear evidence that they had just
committed the offence (example: a person walking out of a bar with a bloody bottle
immediately after a fight).
3) Seeing the person immediately before an offence with clear evidence that they were
the ones who did commit the act. (example: watching a person grab a bottle and run
into a bar).
