BSIS FIREARM WRITTEN EXAM| FIREARMS
WRITTEN EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
1. If you possess a firearm permit, you must notify the Bureau of a
change of address: --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Within thirty (30)
days of the change of address.
2. If your firearm fails to discharge during range training, you should:
--CORRECT ANSWER--D. Keep the muzzle pointed down range
and raise your free hand.
3. A guard may point a firearm at a suspect: --CORRECT ANSWER-
-B. Only if they're is an imminent threat of danger to the guard or to
another person.
4. Providing accurate and truthful personal information on an
application for a firearms permit or guard registration is the sole
responsibility of the: --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Applicant
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,5. When a shooter has a proper sight picture : --CORRECT
ANSWER--A. The front sight is sharp and the target is blurred.
6. 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). --CORRECT ANSWER--
C. Only while on duty, exposed and in uniform, or while traveling
directly to or from work or the firing range.
17. A firearm permit is issued for: --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Two
years from the date of issuance
18. Each person possessing a valid firearms permit shall pass the
firing range requalification: --CORRECT ANSWER--C. Twice at
least four months apart during each year of the permit.
19. In a potential shooting situation, a guard may have to decide: --
CORRECT ANSWER--C. Whether to clearly make his/her presence
known to the suspect.
20. Firing a warning shot: --CORRECT ANSWER--C. Is never
appropriate under any circumstances.
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,21. A convicted felon: --CORRECT ANSWER--B. May never carry
or possess a firearm under any circumstance.
22. 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: --CORRECT ANSWER--B. You are not justified and
subject to criminal prosecution as a result.
24. A security guard who shoots a fleeing shoplifting suspect may: --
CORRECT ANSWER--D. All of the above
25. Which factor below might cause the cylinder on a revolver not to
close? --CORRECT ANSWER--D. Any of the above.
26. The discharge of a firearm does not have to be reported to the
Bureau only if: --CORRECT ANSWER--A. It happened on the firing
range.
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, 27. The best rule to follow when drawing a firearm is: --CORRECT
ANSWER--D. Draw the weapon only if there is eminent danger to
your life or of another.
28. A guard who carries a firearm on duty before receiving a Bureau
firearms permit: --CORRECT ANSWER--A. Is subject to arrest,
prosecution, conviction and prison sentence.
29. If, due to an imminent threat to life, the use of deadly force is
justified, you must consider: --CORRECT ANSWER--A. Your line of
fire.
30. 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: --CORRECT ANSWER--D. Stay on your post in the
bank and ask someone to call the police.
31. The BEST rule to follow when drawing a firearm is: --CORRECT
ANSWER--D. Draw the weapon only if there is eminent danger to
your life or the life of another.
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WRITTEN EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
1. If you possess a firearm permit, you must notify the Bureau of a
change of address: --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Within thirty (30)
days of the change of address.
2. If your firearm fails to discharge during range training, you should:
--CORRECT ANSWER--D. Keep the muzzle pointed down range
and raise your free hand.
3. A guard may point a firearm at a suspect: --CORRECT ANSWER-
-B. Only if they're is an imminent threat of danger to the guard or to
another person.
4. Providing accurate and truthful personal information on an
application for a firearms permit or guard registration is the sole
responsibility of the: --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Applicant
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,5. When a shooter has a proper sight picture : --CORRECT
ANSWER--A. The front sight is sharp and the target is blurred.
6. 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). --CORRECT ANSWER--
C. Only while on duty, exposed and in uniform, or while traveling
directly to or from work or the firing range.
17. A firearm permit is issued for: --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Two
years from the date of issuance
18. Each person possessing a valid firearms permit shall pass the
firing range requalification: --CORRECT ANSWER--C. Twice at
least four months apart during each year of the permit.
19. In a potential shooting situation, a guard may have to decide: --
CORRECT ANSWER--C. Whether to clearly make his/her presence
known to the suspect.
20. Firing a warning shot: --CORRECT ANSWER--C. Is never
appropriate under any circumstances.
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,21. A convicted felon: --CORRECT ANSWER--B. May never carry
or possess a firearm under any circumstance.
22. 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: --CORRECT ANSWER--B. You are not justified and
subject to criminal prosecution as a result.
24. A security guard who shoots a fleeing shoplifting suspect may: --
CORRECT ANSWER--D. All of the above
25. Which factor below might cause the cylinder on a revolver not to
close? --CORRECT ANSWER--D. Any of the above.
26. The discharge of a firearm does not have to be reported to the
Bureau only if: --CORRECT ANSWER--A. It happened on the firing
range.
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, 27. The best rule to follow when drawing a firearm is: --CORRECT
ANSWER--D. Draw the weapon only if there is eminent danger to
your life or of another.
28. A guard who carries a firearm on duty before receiving a Bureau
firearms permit: --CORRECT ANSWER--A. Is subject to arrest,
prosecution, conviction and prison sentence.
29. If, due to an imminent threat to life, the use of deadly force is
justified, you must consider: --CORRECT ANSWER--A. Your line of
fire.
30. 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: --CORRECT ANSWER--D. Stay on your post in the
bank and ask someone to call the police.
31. The BEST rule to follow when drawing a firearm is: --CORRECT
ANSWER--D. Draw the weapon only if there is eminent danger to
your life or the life of another.
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