Security Guard Training Class Exam
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What two thing must exist for a crime to take place? - CORRECT ANSWER Desire
and opportunity
What are the two most important considerations as a security guard? - CORRECT
ANSWER Manage personal safety, and observe legal obligations of a security guard.
What are the legal obligations of a security guard? - CORRECT ANSWER Observe,
Deter, Report
What is a security guard's greatest enemy? - CORRECT ANSWER Complacency
What are the three functions of a security guard? - CORRECT
ANSWER Informational, Personal, and Physical security
Define Law. - CORRECT ANSWER Rules and regulations that govern society
What two types of law concern a security guard? - CORRECT ANSWER Criminal and
Civil law
Who is the victim in a criminal law violation? - CORRECT ANSWER Society
Who is the victim in a civil law violation? - CORRECT ANSWER Individual
What are the three steps to the system of criminal justice? - CORRECT
ANSWER Arrest, trial, corrections
, What are the 5 steps involved in the processing of a criminal offender? - CORRECT
ANSWER Arrest, indictment, trial, sentencing, release
What are two types of categories of crime? - CORRECT ANSWER misdemeanor, and
felony
How can we quickly determine where a crime may be categorized? - CORRECT
ANSWER 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER damages greater than $300
When can a person perform the act of a "citizens arrest?" - CORRECT
ANSWER When a felony is witnessed, but the person making the arrest MUST be the
direct witness of the crime.
What are the two types of detention a security guard is allowed to use? - CORRECT
ANSWER voluntary and involuntary
How long is a voluntary detention legally allowed to last? - CORRECT ANSWER 20
minutes
When can a security guard detain somebody involuntarily? - CORRECT
ANSWER When the security is the direct witness of a felony.
What two types of force may a security guard use? - CORRECT ANSWER Reasonable
and justifiable
When is deadly force authorized? - CORRECT ANSWER Only when life is in
imminent threat of being destroyed, or greatly harmed by an aggressor.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What two thing must exist for a crime to take place? - CORRECT ANSWER Desire
and opportunity
What are the two most important considerations as a security guard? - CORRECT
ANSWER Manage personal safety, and observe legal obligations of a security guard.
What are the legal obligations of a security guard? - CORRECT ANSWER Observe,
Deter, Report
What is a security guard's greatest enemy? - CORRECT ANSWER Complacency
What are the three functions of a security guard? - CORRECT
ANSWER Informational, Personal, and Physical security
Define Law. - CORRECT ANSWER Rules and regulations that govern society
What two types of law concern a security guard? - CORRECT ANSWER Criminal and
Civil law
Who is the victim in a criminal law violation? - CORRECT ANSWER Society
Who is the victim in a civil law violation? - CORRECT ANSWER Individual
What are the three steps to the system of criminal justice? - CORRECT
ANSWER Arrest, trial, corrections
, What are the 5 steps involved in the processing of a criminal offender? - CORRECT
ANSWER Arrest, indictment, trial, sentencing, release
What are two types of categories of crime? - CORRECT ANSWER misdemeanor, and
felony
How can we quickly determine where a crime may be categorized? - CORRECT
ANSWER 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER damages greater than $300
When can a person perform the act of a "citizens arrest?" - CORRECT
ANSWER When a felony is witnessed, but the person making the arrest MUST be the
direct witness of the crime.
What are the two types of detention a security guard is allowed to use? - CORRECT
ANSWER voluntary and involuntary
How long is a voluntary detention legally allowed to last? - CORRECT ANSWER 20
minutes
When can a security guard detain somebody involuntarily? - CORRECT
ANSWER When the security is the direct witness of a felony.
What two types of force may a security guard use? - CORRECT ANSWER Reasonable
and justifiable
When is deadly force authorized? - CORRECT ANSWER Only when life is in
imminent threat of being destroyed, or greatly harmed by an aggressor.
