IAHSS BASIC OFFICER UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which organization requires the hospital to train forensic staff?
a. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
b. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
c. The Joint Commission (TJC)
d. National Fire and Protection Association (NFPA) - ✔✔The Joint Commission (TJC)
✔✔Which of the following is a physical environment consideration, as defined by the
Joint Commission?
a. Staffing competency
b. Medical records
c. Life safety
d. Patient privacy - ✔✔c. Life safety
✔✔Security officers face sanctions under criminal law if they violate the constitutional or
civil rights of a party or engage in criminal acts. The sanctions are in which two areas?
a. Constitutional and Civil Rights
b. Judicial and Constitutional Rights
c. Civil and Judicial Rights
d. Civil and Personal Rights - ✔✔a. Constitutional and Civil Rights
✔✔Which answer best describes security's role in a workplace violence program?
a. Security is the sole department responsible for the workplace violence program
b. Security has virtually no role in the workplace violence program
c. Workplace violence programs are a partnership between security and many other
healthcare disciplines
d. State and federal governments dictate the role of security in workplace violence
programs - ✔✔c. Workplace violence programs are a partnership between security and
many other healthcare disciplines
✔✔A protection order is designed to do what?
a. Provide a legal mechanism to enforce no contact between victim and assailant
b. Begin the process of reconciliation between victim and assailant
c. Protect the physical well being of the victim
d. Both A and C - ✔✔d. Both A and C
✔✔Which of the following best describe de-escalation techniques:
a. Do not provide limits
b. Do not spend time listening to the individual
c. Use listening skills and respond in a way that shows empathy
d. Both A and B - ✔✔c. Use listening skills and respond in a way that shows empathy
, ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a valid assumption when developing a plan for
response to a civil disturbance?
a. Availability of adequate staffing may be affected
b. Planning and coordination will be an ongoing activity
c. Outside services such as transportation and deliveries will not be affected
d. Needed response by police and fire may be delayed - ✔✔c. Outside services such as
transportation and deliveries will not be affected
✔✔Who should handle any demonstrator action on public sidewalks or streets?
a. Administration
b. Security
c. Facility personnel
d. Local law enforcement - ✔✔d. Local law enforcement
✔✔During a disturbance, which of these is a critical action to be taken by the facility?
a. Control access and validate all entering the building as necessary
b. Lock all doors so no one can leave or enter
c. Allow free access to building as if business as usual
d. Validate those entering the building only - ✔✔a. Control access and validate all
entering the building as necessary
✔✔Which of these is an example of an internal event that could affect your medical
center?
a. Loss of electricity
b. Major vehicle accident
c. Severe weather
d. Wild land fires - ✔✔a. Loss of electricity
✔✔Which of these is NOT a community planning partner regarding the healthcare
organization's emergency program?
a. Health department
b. Sheriff's office
c. Local fire department
d. Local TV station - ✔✔d. Local TV station
✔✔Which of these does The Joint Commission deem a critical area of the emergency
management plan?
a. Communication
b. Food
c. Mortuary
d. Decontamination - ✔✔a. Communication
✔✔Which of these are required in exercising the organization's emergency
management plan?
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which organization requires the hospital to train forensic staff?
a. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
b. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
c. The Joint Commission (TJC)
d. National Fire and Protection Association (NFPA) - ✔✔The Joint Commission (TJC)
✔✔Which of the following is a physical environment consideration, as defined by the
Joint Commission?
a. Staffing competency
b. Medical records
c. Life safety
d. Patient privacy - ✔✔c. Life safety
✔✔Security officers face sanctions under criminal law if they violate the constitutional or
civil rights of a party or engage in criminal acts. The sanctions are in which two areas?
a. Constitutional and Civil Rights
b. Judicial and Constitutional Rights
c. Civil and Judicial Rights
d. Civil and Personal Rights - ✔✔a. Constitutional and Civil Rights
✔✔Which answer best describes security's role in a workplace violence program?
a. Security is the sole department responsible for the workplace violence program
b. Security has virtually no role in the workplace violence program
c. Workplace violence programs are a partnership between security and many other
healthcare disciplines
d. State and federal governments dictate the role of security in workplace violence
programs - ✔✔c. Workplace violence programs are a partnership between security and
many other healthcare disciplines
✔✔A protection order is designed to do what?
a. Provide a legal mechanism to enforce no contact between victim and assailant
b. Begin the process of reconciliation between victim and assailant
c. Protect the physical well being of the victim
d. Both A and C - ✔✔d. Both A and C
✔✔Which of the following best describe de-escalation techniques:
a. Do not provide limits
b. Do not spend time listening to the individual
c. Use listening skills and respond in a way that shows empathy
d. Both A and B - ✔✔c. Use listening skills and respond in a way that shows empathy
, ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a valid assumption when developing a plan for
response to a civil disturbance?
a. Availability of adequate staffing may be affected
b. Planning and coordination will be an ongoing activity
c. Outside services such as transportation and deliveries will not be affected
d. Needed response by police and fire may be delayed - ✔✔c. Outside services such as
transportation and deliveries will not be affected
✔✔Who should handle any demonstrator action on public sidewalks or streets?
a. Administration
b. Security
c. Facility personnel
d. Local law enforcement - ✔✔d. Local law enforcement
✔✔During a disturbance, which of these is a critical action to be taken by the facility?
a. Control access and validate all entering the building as necessary
b. Lock all doors so no one can leave or enter
c. Allow free access to building as if business as usual
d. Validate those entering the building only - ✔✔a. Control access and validate all
entering the building as necessary
✔✔Which of these is an example of an internal event that could affect your medical
center?
a. Loss of electricity
b. Major vehicle accident
c. Severe weather
d. Wild land fires - ✔✔a. Loss of electricity
✔✔Which of these is NOT a community planning partner regarding the healthcare
organization's emergency program?
a. Health department
b. Sheriff's office
c. Local fire department
d. Local TV station - ✔✔d. Local TV station
✔✔Which of these does The Joint Commission deem a critical area of the emergency
management plan?
a. Communication
b. Food
c. Mortuary
d. Decontamination - ✔✔a. Communication
✔✔Which of these are required in exercising the organization's emergency
management plan?
