BSIS Firearm Written Exam 55
questions and answers verified A+
1. A firearm permit is issued for: -✓✓B. Two years from the date of issuance
2. Each person possessing a valid firearms permit shall pass the firing range
requalification: -✓✓C. Twice at least four months apart during each year of the
permit.
3. In a potential shooting situation, a guard may have to decide: -✓✓C. Whether to
clearly make his/her presence known to the suspect.
4. Firing a warning shot: -✓✓C. Is never appropriate under any circumstances.
5. A convicted felon: -✓✓B. May never carry or possess a firearm under any
circumstance.
6. While on duty, you initiate the arrest of an unarmed shoplifting suspect. The
suspect becomes agitated, states he is leaving and begins to walk away before the
police arrive. You take out your weapon and point it at him: -✓✓B. You are not
justified and subject to criminal prosecution as a result.
8. A security guard who shoots a fleeing shoplifting suspect may: -✓✓D. All of the
above
9. Which factor below might cause the cylinder on a revolver not to close? -✓✓D.
Any of the above.
10. Which of the following circumstances may justify use of a firearm: -✓✓D. The
suspect physically attacks you with a knife.
11. If you possess a firearm permit, you must notify the Bureau of a change of
address: -✓✓B. Within thirty (30) days of the change of address.
12. If your firearm fails to discharge during range training, you should: -✓✓D.
Keep the muzzle pointed down range and raise your free hand.
, 13. A guard may point a firearm at a suspect: -✓✓B. Only if they're is an imminent
threat of danger to the guard or to another person.
14. Providing accurate and truthful personal information on an application for a
firearms permit or guard registration is the sole responsibility of the: -✓✓B.
Applicant
15. When a shooter has a proper sight picture : -✓✓A. The front sight is sharp and
the target is blurred.
16. A person with a valid Bureau firearms permit may carry a firearm: (Assume the
person is NOT an active duty peace officer and does NOT possess a concealed
weapons permit). -✓✓C. Only while on duty, exposed and in uniform, or while
traveling directly to or from work or the firing range.
17. The discharge of a firearm does not have to be reported to the Bureau only if: -
✓✓A. It happened on the firing range.
7. The best rule to follow when drawing a firearm is: -✓✓D. Draw the weapon
only if there is eminent danger to your life or of another.
18. A guard who carries a firearm on duty before receiving a Bureau firearms
permit: -✓✓A. Is subject to arrest, prosecution, conviction and prison sentence.
19. If, due to an imminent threat to life, the use of deadly force is justified, you
must consider: -✓✓A. Your line of fire.
20. You are an armed guard on duty in a bank located next to a grocery store. You
observe a man running away from the store with what looks like merchandise
under his arm. The guard on duty at the store has drawn his gun and is chasing the
fleeing man. Suddenly, the guard stops and looks as if he is preparing to shoot the
man running. You should: -✓✓D. Stay on your post in the bank and ask someone
to call the police.
7. The BEST rule to follow when drawing a firearm is: -✓✓D. Draw the weapon
only if there is eminent danger to your life or the life of another.
questions and answers verified A+
1. A firearm permit is issued for: -✓✓B. Two years from the date of issuance
2. Each person possessing a valid firearms permit shall pass the firing range
requalification: -✓✓C. Twice at least four months apart during each year of the
permit.
3. In a potential shooting situation, a guard may have to decide: -✓✓C. Whether to
clearly make his/her presence known to the suspect.
4. Firing a warning shot: -✓✓C. Is never appropriate under any circumstances.
5. A convicted felon: -✓✓B. May never carry or possess a firearm under any
circumstance.
6. While on duty, you initiate the arrest of an unarmed shoplifting suspect. The
suspect becomes agitated, states he is leaving and begins to walk away before the
police arrive. You take out your weapon and point it at him: -✓✓B. You are not
justified and subject to criminal prosecution as a result.
8. A security guard who shoots a fleeing shoplifting suspect may: -✓✓D. All of the
above
9. Which factor below might cause the cylinder on a revolver not to close? -✓✓D.
Any of the above.
10. Which of the following circumstances may justify use of a firearm: -✓✓D. The
suspect physically attacks you with a knife.
11. If you possess a firearm permit, you must notify the Bureau of a change of
address: -✓✓B. Within thirty (30) days of the change of address.
12. If your firearm fails to discharge during range training, you should: -✓✓D.
Keep the muzzle pointed down range and raise your free hand.
, 13. A guard may point a firearm at a suspect: -✓✓B. Only if they're is an imminent
threat of danger to the guard or to another person.
14. Providing accurate and truthful personal information on an application for a
firearms permit or guard registration is the sole responsibility of the: -✓✓B.
Applicant
15. When a shooter has a proper sight picture : -✓✓A. The front sight is sharp and
the target is blurred.
16. A person with a valid Bureau firearms permit may carry a firearm: (Assume the
person is NOT an active duty peace officer and does NOT possess a concealed
weapons permit). -✓✓C. Only while on duty, exposed and in uniform, or while
traveling directly to or from work or the firing range.
17. The discharge of a firearm does not have to be reported to the Bureau only if: -
✓✓A. It happened on the firing range.
7. The best rule to follow when drawing a firearm is: -✓✓D. Draw the weapon
only if there is eminent danger to your life or of another.
18. A guard who carries a firearm on duty before receiving a Bureau firearms
permit: -✓✓A. Is subject to arrest, prosecution, conviction and prison sentence.
19. If, due to an imminent threat to life, the use of deadly force is justified, you
must consider: -✓✓A. Your line of fire.
20. You are an armed guard on duty in a bank located next to a grocery store. You
observe a man running away from the store with what looks like merchandise
under his arm. The guard on duty at the store has drawn his gun and is chasing the
fleeing man. Suddenly, the guard stops and looks as if he is preparing to shoot the
man running. You should: -✓✓D. Stay on your post in the bank and ask someone
to call the police.
7. The BEST rule to follow when drawing a firearm is: -✓✓D. Draw the weapon
only if there is eminent danger to your life or the life of another.
