Private Security Exam 2, 2026 – Security Studies Study and
Review Material
Managers - correct answer ✔✔ Responsible for the smooth and effective operation of the
specific system in which the administrator operates
Ethics - correct answer ✔✔ The general principles a person uses to decide whether an action is
good or bad, and involves the critical and structured examination of how we should behave in a
given situation
Ethical Formalism - correct answer ✔✔ Suggests that god is what conforms to the categorical
imperative, a specifically required conduct
Utilitarianism - correct answer ✔✔ Tells us what is good is that which results in the greatest
utility for the greatest number
Religion - correct answer ✔✔ States that good is that which is in God's will
Natural Law - correct answer ✔✔ Tells us that what is good is what is natural
Ethics of Virtue - correct answer ✔✔ Proposes that what is good is what is that which conforms
to the golden mean (the desirable middle between the extreme of excess and deficiency)
Ethics of Care - correct answer ✔✔ States that what is good is what meets the needs of those
concerned
Egoism - correct answer ✔✔ Based on the notion that what is good is what benefits me
, Administrators - correct answer ✔✔ Oversee the performance of an organization's operations
and guide and direct the activities of employees and other resources toward organizational
goals and objectives
Objectives - correct answer ✔✔ The strategies or steps used to achieve identified goals
Goals - correct answer ✔✔ The general guidelines that explain expected achievements
Security Professional - correct answer ✔✔ One who holds oneself and his or her role in security
in high regard, and who is well qualified to perform the duties expected of someone in his or
her position
Corporate Security - correct answer ✔✔ The subdivision that exists within many organizations
whose goal is to protect both physical and cyber elements of the corporate structure
Contract Security Firms - correct answer ✔✔ Sell their services to the public, including
businesses, homeowners, and banks
Scientific Management Approach - correct answer ✔✔ Analyzes and synthesizes workflows to
improve economic efficiency in the form of productivity
Bureaucratic Approach - correct answer ✔✔ Considers the security organization as a part of
broader society and sees organizations based on the principles of structure, specialization,
predictability and stability, rationality, and democracy
Administrative Theory - correct answer ✔✔ Devoted to find an effective means to design,
manage, and comprehend an organization as a whole
Systems Approach - correct answer ✔✔ Considers individual organizations as systems
composed of sets of interrelated and mutually dependent subsystems
Review Material
Managers - correct answer ✔✔ Responsible for the smooth and effective operation of the
specific system in which the administrator operates
Ethics - correct answer ✔✔ The general principles a person uses to decide whether an action is
good or bad, and involves the critical and structured examination of how we should behave in a
given situation
Ethical Formalism - correct answer ✔✔ Suggests that god is what conforms to the categorical
imperative, a specifically required conduct
Utilitarianism - correct answer ✔✔ Tells us what is good is that which results in the greatest
utility for the greatest number
Religion - correct answer ✔✔ States that good is that which is in God's will
Natural Law - correct answer ✔✔ Tells us that what is good is what is natural
Ethics of Virtue - correct answer ✔✔ Proposes that what is good is what is that which conforms
to the golden mean (the desirable middle between the extreme of excess and deficiency)
Ethics of Care - correct answer ✔✔ States that what is good is what meets the needs of those
concerned
Egoism - correct answer ✔✔ Based on the notion that what is good is what benefits me
, Administrators - correct answer ✔✔ Oversee the performance of an organization's operations
and guide and direct the activities of employees and other resources toward organizational
goals and objectives
Objectives - correct answer ✔✔ The strategies or steps used to achieve identified goals
Goals - correct answer ✔✔ The general guidelines that explain expected achievements
Security Professional - correct answer ✔✔ One who holds oneself and his or her role in security
in high regard, and who is well qualified to perform the duties expected of someone in his or
her position
Corporate Security - correct answer ✔✔ The subdivision that exists within many organizations
whose goal is to protect both physical and cyber elements of the corporate structure
Contract Security Firms - correct answer ✔✔ Sell their services to the public, including
businesses, homeowners, and banks
Scientific Management Approach - correct answer ✔✔ Analyzes and synthesizes workflows to
improve economic efficiency in the form of productivity
Bureaucratic Approach - correct answer ✔✔ Considers the security organization as a part of
broader society and sees organizations based on the principles of structure, specialization,
predictability and stability, rationality, and democracy
Administrative Theory - correct answer ✔✔ Devoted to find an effective means to design,
manage, and comprehend an organization as a whole
Systems Approach - correct answer ✔✔ Considers individual organizations as systems
composed of sets of interrelated and mutually dependent subsystems
