GUARD CARD 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
RATED A+
✔✔29. Losses that occur during the merchandise production-distribution-sales process
is known as: - ✔✔Shrinkage
✔✔16. What is the mission of retail security. - ✔✔a. Generally the process of reducing
theft and shrinkage
✔✔19. What police procedure is followed when a suspect is taken into custody? -
✔✔any of the above depending on the offense
✔✔7. If a security guard/proprietary private security officer uses too much force to make
an arrest, he/she may be sued and/or have criminal charges filed against them. -
✔✔true
✔✔12. You are working as a security guard/proprietary private security officer at a
factory. The owner thinks that some employees are stealing tools. The owner asks you
to search their cars on the parking lot. Are you legally allowed to search their cars? -
✔✔no
✔✔23. As a security guard/proprietary private security officer, you are meeting a
primary responsibility when you - ✔✔do all of the above
✔✔22. Focusing on people that are believed to present the greatest risk based on traits
and behavior characteristics is efficient and accurate. What are some of those
behaviors: - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔When you are not sure whether to detain or arrest, you should: - ✔✔a. Observe and
report and not detain or arrest.
✔✔39. What are the six steps that a loss prevention officer should always follow to
establish a solid case built on Probable Cause - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔Can security personnel be held liable for failure to intercede? - ✔✔False
✔✔18. What are the methods of operation of a "Flash Mob" - ✔✔d. When a group of
people coordinate arrival of a crowd to overwhelm a retail outlet to steal merchandise.
✔✔17. Are you, or any private person, legally required to arrest a suspect once you
have seen them commit a crime? - ✔✔No
, ✔✔35. Your wrongful acts as a security guard/proprietary private security officer may
result in a liability lawsuit to include which of the following parties? - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔15. Employed as a loss prevention officer you observe a female shoplifter place an
item of merchandise in a booster girdle and begin walking toward the store exit. what is
a booster girdle: - ✔✔. A thick fabric home made waist girdle with pockets to place the
stolen merchandise
✔✔A Homemade device shaped like a cardboard box and rigged with a false bottom
that when placed over and onto an item it opens up and captures the item inside is
known as a false bottom box - ✔✔True
✔✔37. A group of organized retail crime offenders has been involved in over 50 large
jewelry thefts and is currently being investigated by the FBI. What is their M.O. of entry.
- ✔✔a. Cutting the gate chains
✔✔42. The general public judges a security guard/proprietary private security officer by:
- ✔✔all of the above
✔✔The written report to the Bureau after a physical altercation must include the
following: - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔31. When searching a suspect, you may search for the following: - ✔✔a. Weapons
only, when you have reasonable grounds to believe the suspect has a weapon
✔✔2. What is the security guard/proprietary private security officer's role AFTER a
violation has been committed? - ✔✔observe and report
✔✔27. A man in a bar is making obscene remarks and trying to start fights. The security
guard/proprietary private security officer on duty asks the man to leave, but he refuses.
The offense he may have committed is: - ✔✔disturbing the peace and trespassing
✔✔26. You witness a woman setting fire to a building. The offense she may have
committed is: - ✔✔Arson
✔✔20. If you make a legal citizen's arrest, are the police required by law to arrest the
suspect? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔28. The act of stealing merchandise from a commercial public display area BY a
person poising as a customer is known as: - ✔✔Shop lifter
✔✔You are patrolling a company parking lot and see two people trespassing near a car
on the lot. You should first: - ✔✔politely ask them what they're doing
RATED A+
✔✔29. Losses that occur during the merchandise production-distribution-sales process
is known as: - ✔✔Shrinkage
✔✔16. What is the mission of retail security. - ✔✔a. Generally the process of reducing
theft and shrinkage
✔✔19. What police procedure is followed when a suspect is taken into custody? -
✔✔any of the above depending on the offense
✔✔7. If a security guard/proprietary private security officer uses too much force to make
an arrest, he/she may be sued and/or have criminal charges filed against them. -
✔✔true
✔✔12. You are working as a security guard/proprietary private security officer at a
factory. The owner thinks that some employees are stealing tools. The owner asks you
to search their cars on the parking lot. Are you legally allowed to search their cars? -
✔✔no
✔✔23. As a security guard/proprietary private security officer, you are meeting a
primary responsibility when you - ✔✔do all of the above
✔✔22. Focusing on people that are believed to present the greatest risk based on traits
and behavior characteristics is efficient and accurate. What are some of those
behaviors: - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔When you are not sure whether to detain or arrest, you should: - ✔✔a. Observe and
report and not detain or arrest.
✔✔39. What are the six steps that a loss prevention officer should always follow to
establish a solid case built on Probable Cause - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔Can security personnel be held liable for failure to intercede? - ✔✔False
✔✔18. What are the methods of operation of a "Flash Mob" - ✔✔d. When a group of
people coordinate arrival of a crowd to overwhelm a retail outlet to steal merchandise.
✔✔17. Are you, or any private person, legally required to arrest a suspect once you
have seen them commit a crime? - ✔✔No
, ✔✔35. Your wrongful acts as a security guard/proprietary private security officer may
result in a liability lawsuit to include which of the following parties? - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔15. Employed as a loss prevention officer you observe a female shoplifter place an
item of merchandise in a booster girdle and begin walking toward the store exit. what is
a booster girdle: - ✔✔. A thick fabric home made waist girdle with pockets to place the
stolen merchandise
✔✔A Homemade device shaped like a cardboard box and rigged with a false bottom
that when placed over and onto an item it opens up and captures the item inside is
known as a false bottom box - ✔✔True
✔✔37. A group of organized retail crime offenders has been involved in over 50 large
jewelry thefts and is currently being investigated by the FBI. What is their M.O. of entry.
- ✔✔a. Cutting the gate chains
✔✔42. The general public judges a security guard/proprietary private security officer by:
- ✔✔all of the above
✔✔The written report to the Bureau after a physical altercation must include the
following: - ✔✔all of the above
✔✔31. When searching a suspect, you may search for the following: - ✔✔a. Weapons
only, when you have reasonable grounds to believe the suspect has a weapon
✔✔2. What is the security guard/proprietary private security officer's role AFTER a
violation has been committed? - ✔✔observe and report
✔✔27. A man in a bar is making obscene remarks and trying to start fights. The security
guard/proprietary private security officer on duty asks the man to leave, but he refuses.
The offense he may have committed is: - ✔✔disturbing the peace and trespassing
✔✔26. You witness a woman setting fire to a building. The offense she may have
committed is: - ✔✔Arson
✔✔20. If you make a legal citizen's arrest, are the police required by law to arrest the
suspect? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔28. The act of stealing merchandise from a commercial public display area BY a
person poising as a customer is known as: - ✔✔Shop lifter
✔✔You are patrolling a company parking lot and see two people trespassing near a car
on the lot. You should first: - ✔✔politely ask them what they're doing
