IAHSS ADVANCED TRAINING FOR
HEALTHCARE SECURITY PERSONNEL
CERTIFICATION EXAM PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ELITE STUDY GUIDE
◉ Homeless individuals who take shelter in your facility may
commit what crimes? Answer: Assault, theft and homocide
◉ Individuals with Munchausen syndrome may do what? Answer:
Refuse medical treatment
◉ What should be done about known gang members who require
medical treatment in your facility? Answer: They should be
admitted under an assumed name.
◉ Infant abductions can be prevented by doing what? Answer:
Educating staff and parents.
,◉ Who should take charge in dealing with combative patients?
Answer: Experienced medical staff members.
◉ Which is the most commonly used identification system in
security plans to prevent infant abduction? Answer: Four-bracelet
system.
◉ Stalking can be defined as what? Answer: Unwanted e-mails,
photographing and obsessive phone calls.
◉ Your effectiveness in dealing with behavior problems depends on
what? Answer: Your verbal communications skills.
◉ There are how many routes of infections transmission? Answer:
Three: airborne, contact and droplet.
◉ Who requires that security officers be able to demonstrate age-
specific competence when interacting with children and the elderly?
Answer: The Joint Commision
◉ The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has
published which of the following? Answer: A booklet to assist in
developing an abduction prevention and response plan.
, ◉ How can security and medical staff ease tension in an emergency
department waiting room? Answer: Form a system of constant
communication.
◉ Which of the following is not an outward sign of gang activity?
Answer: A group comprised of the same ethnic origin.
◉ A healthcare security or police officer should do what during a
labor dispute? Answer: Remain objective.
◉ A healthcare security department should do this with any
photographic or video evidence from a civil disturbance. Answer:
Turn it over to the organization's legal department.
◉ Which of the following is a challenge encountered by healthcare
security when dealing with a VIP? Answer: Increased access control,
patient privacy and the news media.
◉ What is the term used to describe individuals who pose as
licensed healthcare providers? Answer: Medical imposters.
◉ The Joint Commission is a __________________ accrediting authority
recognized by government agencies, insurance companies, and
healthcare providers. Answer: Voluntary
HEALTHCARE SECURITY PERSONNEL
CERTIFICATION EXAM PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ELITE STUDY GUIDE
◉ Homeless individuals who take shelter in your facility may
commit what crimes? Answer: Assault, theft and homocide
◉ Individuals with Munchausen syndrome may do what? Answer:
Refuse medical treatment
◉ What should be done about known gang members who require
medical treatment in your facility? Answer: They should be
admitted under an assumed name.
◉ Infant abductions can be prevented by doing what? Answer:
Educating staff and parents.
,◉ Who should take charge in dealing with combative patients?
Answer: Experienced medical staff members.
◉ Which is the most commonly used identification system in
security plans to prevent infant abduction? Answer: Four-bracelet
system.
◉ Stalking can be defined as what? Answer: Unwanted e-mails,
photographing and obsessive phone calls.
◉ Your effectiveness in dealing with behavior problems depends on
what? Answer: Your verbal communications skills.
◉ There are how many routes of infections transmission? Answer:
Three: airborne, contact and droplet.
◉ Who requires that security officers be able to demonstrate age-
specific competence when interacting with children and the elderly?
Answer: The Joint Commision
◉ The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has
published which of the following? Answer: A booklet to assist in
developing an abduction prevention and response plan.
, ◉ How can security and medical staff ease tension in an emergency
department waiting room? Answer: Form a system of constant
communication.
◉ Which of the following is not an outward sign of gang activity?
Answer: A group comprised of the same ethnic origin.
◉ A healthcare security or police officer should do what during a
labor dispute? Answer: Remain objective.
◉ A healthcare security department should do this with any
photographic or video evidence from a civil disturbance. Answer:
Turn it over to the organization's legal department.
◉ Which of the following is a challenge encountered by healthcare
security when dealing with a VIP? Answer: Increased access control,
patient privacy and the news media.
◉ What is the term used to describe individuals who pose as
licensed healthcare providers? Answer: Medical imposters.
◉ The Joint Commission is a __________________ accrediting authority
recognized by government agencies, insurance companies, and
healthcare providers. Answer: Voluntary
