IAHSS ADVANCED 2027 EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Fail-secure lock: - ✔✔Does NOT require power to lock - remains locked when power
is lost.
✔✔Fail-safe lock: - ✔✔REQUIRES power to lock - remains unlocked during power
outage.
✔✔Electronic locking devices: - ✔✔Operate in conjunction with the electronic access
control system. Requires power to operate, locks for doors can be remotely controlled.
✔✔Electrified locksets: - ✔✔The retracting of the latching device in the door from the
secure side requires the removal of power to unlock the door.
✔✔Electric strike: - ✔✔Device is located in the door frame and used with a standard
mechanical lockset. Lockset remains locked until the strike in the door frame releases
the lock.
✔✔Elecrtomagnetic locks: - ✔✔They are fail-safe locks, require power to always remain
locked. NFPA 101 must be met.
✔✔Delayed egress locks: - ✔✔Door unlocks after 15/30 second delay. Used in areas
where NFPA 101 does not ordinarily permit locking door.
✔✔Three types of credentials: - ✔✔Something you have (card)
Something you know (password)
Something you are (fingerprint/eye scan)
Sometimes #4 - someone you know
✔✔Control panels: - ✔✔The communication devices between the field device and the
computer that regulate and monitors the system.
, ✔✔What is RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)? - ✔✔A data storage
virtualization technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit
for the purposes of data redundancy and performance improvement.
✔✔An IP camera's resolution is measured in CIF (common intermediate format) with a
resolution of _____ pixels.
a. 352 x 240
b. 352 x 350
c. 400 x 240
d. 400 x 204 - ✔✔a. 352 x 240
✔✔A megapixel camera increases the resolution to between _____ and _____ times
CIF or higher:
a. 8 x 16
b. 16 x 32
c. 32 x 64
d. 64 x 120 - ✔✔b. 16 x 32
✔✔What are most frequently used to form an integrated security system?
a. Access control, Duress alarm, CCTV
b. Cameras, alarms, locksets
c. Alarms, locksets, CCTV
d. Access control, alarm, CCTV - ✔✔d. Access control, alarm, CCTV
✔✔What make up secondary sub-systems of security?
(4) - ✔✔Fire/emergency alarms; elevator control; patient protection systems; HVAC
✔✔What imposes significant requirements so that doors unlock appropriately in an
integrated security system with electronic access control?
a. ASIS 101
b. IAHSS 101
c. NFPA 101
d. OSHA 101 - ✔✔c. NFPA 101
✔✔Whis of the following is an example of an external incident?
a. Infant abduction
b. Bomb threat
c. Major incident with incoming casualties
d. Armed robbery - ✔✔c. Major incident with incoming casualties
✔✔When does the initial response to a critical incident begin?
a. When the security officer arrives at the scene
b. When the incident is reported
c. When law enforcement arrives at the scene
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Fail-secure lock: - ✔✔Does NOT require power to lock - remains locked when power
is lost.
✔✔Fail-safe lock: - ✔✔REQUIRES power to lock - remains unlocked during power
outage.
✔✔Electronic locking devices: - ✔✔Operate in conjunction with the electronic access
control system. Requires power to operate, locks for doors can be remotely controlled.
✔✔Electrified locksets: - ✔✔The retracting of the latching device in the door from the
secure side requires the removal of power to unlock the door.
✔✔Electric strike: - ✔✔Device is located in the door frame and used with a standard
mechanical lockset. Lockset remains locked until the strike in the door frame releases
the lock.
✔✔Elecrtomagnetic locks: - ✔✔They are fail-safe locks, require power to always remain
locked. NFPA 101 must be met.
✔✔Delayed egress locks: - ✔✔Door unlocks after 15/30 second delay. Used in areas
where NFPA 101 does not ordinarily permit locking door.
✔✔Three types of credentials: - ✔✔Something you have (card)
Something you know (password)
Something you are (fingerprint/eye scan)
Sometimes #4 - someone you know
✔✔Control panels: - ✔✔The communication devices between the field device and the
computer that regulate and monitors the system.
, ✔✔What is RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)? - ✔✔A data storage
virtualization technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit
for the purposes of data redundancy and performance improvement.
✔✔An IP camera's resolution is measured in CIF (common intermediate format) with a
resolution of _____ pixels.
a. 352 x 240
b. 352 x 350
c. 400 x 240
d. 400 x 204 - ✔✔a. 352 x 240
✔✔A megapixel camera increases the resolution to between _____ and _____ times
CIF or higher:
a. 8 x 16
b. 16 x 32
c. 32 x 64
d. 64 x 120 - ✔✔b. 16 x 32
✔✔What are most frequently used to form an integrated security system?
a. Access control, Duress alarm, CCTV
b. Cameras, alarms, locksets
c. Alarms, locksets, CCTV
d. Access control, alarm, CCTV - ✔✔d. Access control, alarm, CCTV
✔✔What make up secondary sub-systems of security?
(4) - ✔✔Fire/emergency alarms; elevator control; patient protection systems; HVAC
✔✔What imposes significant requirements so that doors unlock appropriately in an
integrated security system with electronic access control?
a. ASIS 101
b. IAHSS 101
c. NFPA 101
d. OSHA 101 - ✔✔c. NFPA 101
✔✔Whis of the following is an example of an external incident?
a. Infant abduction
b. Bomb threat
c. Major incident with incoming casualties
d. Armed robbery - ✔✔c. Major incident with incoming casualties
✔✔When does the initial response to a critical incident begin?
a. When the security officer arrives at the scene
b. When the incident is reported
c. When law enforcement arrives at the scene
