IAHSS (FULL STUDY GUIDE) EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
Which of the following is NOT one of the classifications of healthcare organizations in Chapter
one?
A. Propriety or for-profit.
B. Not-for-profit.
C. Government-supported.
D. Individual healthcare. - ANS D. Individual healthcare.
Which of the following is NOT a risk issue for healthcare?
A. Drugs are used and stored in the facility.
B. Mostly female staff.
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,C. High percentage of technical and professional staff.
D. Publicly accessible and many doors must remain open. - ANS C. High percentage of
technical and professional staff.
Which of the following is usually at the top of the organizational chart?
A. Board of Directors.
B. Department leaders.
C. Assistant administrators.
D. Vice presidents. - ANS A. Board of Directors
Which of the following statements best describes employees?
A. Medical staff contracted by the facility.
B. All staff directly employed by the facility.
C. Volunteers who donate their time.
D. Contracted persons. - ANS B. All staff directly employed by the facility.
Security uses senior management's endorsement to build what kind of program?
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,A. Strong and effective.
B. A program that works in a small part of the facility.
C. Generally effective.
D. Strong and simple. - ANS A. Strong and effective.
How should friendships and inter-personal relationships between security officers and staff
members from other departments be treated?
A. Discouraged.
B. Encouraged.
C. Encouraged but monitored.
D. Encouraged, but security staff educated about ethics and avoiding favoritism. - ANS D.
Encouraged, but security staff educated about ethics and avoiding favoritism.
Which of the following allows a department to assess its cost-effectiveness within an
organization?
A. Crime analysis.
B. Risk assessments.
C. Bench-marking.
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, D. Evaluation surveys. - ANS C. Bench-marking.
What should the most primary overriding concern of any security department be?
A. Its image.
B. The safety and well-being of anyone in the facility.
C. The goals and mission of the entity employing the security services.
D. Cost-effectiveness. - ANS B. The safety and well-being of anyone in the facility.
Which of the following are skills a security professional should have and use at all times?
A. Good observation skills.
B. good communication skills.
C. Tolerance.
D. All of the above. - ANS D. All of the above.
Why are vendors potentially a high security risk to a healthcare facility?
A. Vendors often have access to sensitive areas yet staff of the healthcare organization may
know very little about vendor's background.
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2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
Which of the following is NOT one of the classifications of healthcare organizations in Chapter
one?
A. Propriety or for-profit.
B. Not-for-profit.
C. Government-supported.
D. Individual healthcare. - ANS D. Individual healthcare.
Which of the following is NOT a risk issue for healthcare?
A. Drugs are used and stored in the facility.
B. Mostly female staff.
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,C. High percentage of technical and professional staff.
D. Publicly accessible and many doors must remain open. - ANS C. High percentage of
technical and professional staff.
Which of the following is usually at the top of the organizational chart?
A. Board of Directors.
B. Department leaders.
C. Assistant administrators.
D. Vice presidents. - ANS A. Board of Directors
Which of the following statements best describes employees?
A. Medical staff contracted by the facility.
B. All staff directly employed by the facility.
C. Volunteers who donate their time.
D. Contracted persons. - ANS B. All staff directly employed by the facility.
Security uses senior management's endorsement to build what kind of program?
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,A. Strong and effective.
B. A program that works in a small part of the facility.
C. Generally effective.
D. Strong and simple. - ANS A. Strong and effective.
How should friendships and inter-personal relationships between security officers and staff
members from other departments be treated?
A. Discouraged.
B. Encouraged.
C. Encouraged but monitored.
D. Encouraged, but security staff educated about ethics and avoiding favoritism. - ANS D.
Encouraged, but security staff educated about ethics and avoiding favoritism.
Which of the following allows a department to assess its cost-effectiveness within an
organization?
A. Crime analysis.
B. Risk assessments.
C. Bench-marking.
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, D. Evaluation surveys. - ANS C. Bench-marking.
What should the most primary overriding concern of any security department be?
A. Its image.
B. The safety and well-being of anyone in the facility.
C. The goals and mission of the entity employing the security services.
D. Cost-effectiveness. - ANS B. The safety and well-being of anyone in the facility.
Which of the following are skills a security professional should have and use at all times?
A. Good observation skills.
B. good communication skills.
C. Tolerance.
D. All of the above. - ANS D. All of the above.
Why are vendors potentially a high security risk to a healthcare facility?
A. Vendors often have access to sensitive areas yet staff of the healthcare organization may
know very little about vendor's background.
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