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Security Guard Training Class Questions and
Answers
What two thing must exist for a crime to take place? Ans: Desire
and opportunity
What are the two most important considerations as a security
guard? Ans: Manage personal safety, and observe legal
obligations of a security guard.
What are the legal obligations of a security guard? Ans: Observe,
Deter, Report
What is a security guard's greatest enemy? Ans: Complacency
What are the three functions of a security guard? Ans:
Informational, Personal, and Physical security
Define Law. Ans: Rules and regulations that govern society
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What two types of law concern a security guard? Ans: Criminal
and Civil law
Who is the victim in a criminal law violation? Ans: Society
Who is the victim in a civil law violation? Ans: Individual
What are the three steps to the system of criminal justice? Ans:
Arrest, trial, corrections
What are the 5 steps involved in the processing of a criminal
offender? Ans: Arrest, indictment, trial, sentencing, release
What are two types of categories of crime? Ans: misdemeanor,
and felony
How can we quickly determine where a crime may be categorized?
Ans: Felony if the action being committed will result in a prison
sentence of a year, or more.
How do you know if crime against property is a felony? Ans:
damages greater than $300
When can a person perform the act of a "citizens arrest?" Ans:
When a felony is witnessed, but the person making the arrest
MUST be the direct witness of the crime.
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Security Guard Training Class Questions and
Answers
What two thing must exist for a crime to take place? Ans: Desire
and opportunity
What are the two most important considerations as a security
guard? Ans: Manage personal safety, and observe legal
obligations of a security guard.
What are the legal obligations of a security guard? Ans: Observe,
Deter, Report
What is a security guard's greatest enemy? Ans: Complacency
What are the three functions of a security guard? Ans:
Informational, Personal, and Physical security
Define Law. Ans: Rules and regulations that govern society
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What two types of law concern a security guard? Ans: Criminal
and Civil law
Who is the victim in a criminal law violation? Ans: Society
Who is the victim in a civil law violation? Ans: Individual
What are the three steps to the system of criminal justice? Ans:
Arrest, trial, corrections
What are the 5 steps involved in the processing of a criminal
offender? Ans: Arrest, indictment, trial, sentencing, release
What are two types of categories of crime? Ans: misdemeanor,
and felony
How can we quickly determine where a crime may be categorized?
Ans: Felony if the action being committed will result in a prison
sentence of a year, or more.
How do you know if crime against property is a felony? Ans:
damages greater than $300
When can a person perform the act of a "citizens arrest?" Ans:
When a felony is witnessed, but the person making the arrest
MUST be the direct witness of the crime.
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