IAHSS ADVANCED FINAL PAPER 2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Inherent Susceptibility: Answer: A healthcare setting is a prime
target for crime, because of how the business of healthcare works.
◉ Open access: Answer: Healthcare institutions traditionally
provide an open access environment. This arrangement
accommodates the huge numbers of people who come onto the
property on a daily basis. Once in a healthcare facility, someone can
easily pose as a visitor or contractor and go through many areas
without being questioned.
◉ Presence of Valuable Item: Answer: A healthcare facility is
susceptible to crime due to the wide variety of portable, marketable
items used and stored there. More than 3000 items purchased by
hospitals are usable in the home.
◉ Distracted Patients and Staff: Answer: Criminals know that
patients and family members often are less aware of their
surroundings due to the medical and emotional issues with which
they are dealing. Criminals also see that the fast pace of the
healthcare environment makes workers less aware as well.
,◉ Whose personal safety is affected? Answer: Patients: If patients
are concerned for their personal well being or the safety of their
personal property their recovery may be affected. They may decide
to get healthcare treatment elsewhere. Employees: employees with
personal safety concerns are less productive and less attentive to
patients. Visitors: Visitors concerned for their personal well being
may encourage their loved ones to seek medical care elsewhere.
◉ Reducing the opportunities for Crime- The triangle of crime
Answer: 1. The opportunity to commit crime. 2. The desire or
motivation to commit the crime. 3. The ability to commit crime.
◉ Of the 3 components, desire and ability are for the most part,
beyond the control of the security professional. Answer: Reducing
the opportunity for crime is the key to crime prevention.
◉ Crime prevention Answer: Crime prevention is the anticipation,
recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of some
action to remove or reduce it.
◉ Preventing Crime through physical security planning Answer: To
adequately protect a healthcare environment and prevent crime a
comprehensive security plan must be developed. Its scope must
extend to the following: Protecting personnel, protecting
information, and protecting the physical plant.
, ◉ Layers of protection: Answer: 1. The perimeter barrier. 2. Barriers
at the buildings' exteriors. 3. Interior controls.
◉ Perimeters Answer: The first line of defense is a perimeter
barrier. A perimeter barrier defines the line or outside perimeter of
the site. It can be either structural or natural. An example of
structural perimeter barrier is a chain-link fence. An example of a
natural barrier is a row of trees.
◉ Exteriors Answer: The second line of defense is at the buildings'
exteriors: the top, sides and bottom of each building. Doors,
windows, skylights, and fire escapes provide this defense.
◉ Interiors Answer: The third line of defense is interior controls.
Included are the internal operations of the protected site and the
security personnel who protect the environment. Many items
comprise the interior control system. Lock and key systems, access
control, systems ( card, biometrics, etc.) alarms, cameras, good
policies and procedures, and proper training examples.
◉ New employees Answer: New employee orientation is a vital fist
step to generate employee involvement in support of the security
program. Security's involvement in new employee orientation
begins a relationship between the security department and
employees that must be nurtured and maintained.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Inherent Susceptibility: Answer: A healthcare setting is a prime
target for crime, because of how the business of healthcare works.
◉ Open access: Answer: Healthcare institutions traditionally
provide an open access environment. This arrangement
accommodates the huge numbers of people who come onto the
property on a daily basis. Once in a healthcare facility, someone can
easily pose as a visitor or contractor and go through many areas
without being questioned.
◉ Presence of Valuable Item: Answer: A healthcare facility is
susceptible to crime due to the wide variety of portable, marketable
items used and stored there. More than 3000 items purchased by
hospitals are usable in the home.
◉ Distracted Patients and Staff: Answer: Criminals know that
patients and family members often are less aware of their
surroundings due to the medical and emotional issues with which
they are dealing. Criminals also see that the fast pace of the
healthcare environment makes workers less aware as well.
,◉ Whose personal safety is affected? Answer: Patients: If patients
are concerned for their personal well being or the safety of their
personal property their recovery may be affected. They may decide
to get healthcare treatment elsewhere. Employees: employees with
personal safety concerns are less productive and less attentive to
patients. Visitors: Visitors concerned for their personal well being
may encourage their loved ones to seek medical care elsewhere.
◉ Reducing the opportunities for Crime- The triangle of crime
Answer: 1. The opportunity to commit crime. 2. The desire or
motivation to commit the crime. 3. The ability to commit crime.
◉ Of the 3 components, desire and ability are for the most part,
beyond the control of the security professional. Answer: Reducing
the opportunity for crime is the key to crime prevention.
◉ Crime prevention Answer: Crime prevention is the anticipation,
recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of some
action to remove or reduce it.
◉ Preventing Crime through physical security planning Answer: To
adequately protect a healthcare environment and prevent crime a
comprehensive security plan must be developed. Its scope must
extend to the following: Protecting personnel, protecting
information, and protecting the physical plant.
, ◉ Layers of protection: Answer: 1. The perimeter barrier. 2. Barriers
at the buildings' exteriors. 3. Interior controls.
◉ Perimeters Answer: The first line of defense is a perimeter
barrier. A perimeter barrier defines the line or outside perimeter of
the site. It can be either structural or natural. An example of
structural perimeter barrier is a chain-link fence. An example of a
natural barrier is a row of trees.
◉ Exteriors Answer: The second line of defense is at the buildings'
exteriors: the top, sides and bottom of each building. Doors,
windows, skylights, and fire escapes provide this defense.
◉ Interiors Answer: The third line of defense is interior controls.
Included are the internal operations of the protected site and the
security personnel who protect the environment. Many items
comprise the interior control system. Lock and key systems, access
control, systems ( card, biometrics, etc.) alarms, cameras, good
policies and procedures, and proper training examples.
◉ New employees Answer: New employee orientation is a vital fist
step to generate employee involvement in support of the security
program. Security's involvement in new employee orientation
begins a relationship between the security department and
employees that must be nurtured and maintained.
