Alberta Security Guard (ABST) Mock Exam 3

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1. What is one useful feature of foot patrol in a suitable location?

   1. Freedom to stop watching for approaching vehicles.
   2. Permission to leave communication equipment at the desk.
   3. Closer observation of details and contact with site users.
   4. A guarantee that every hidden hazard will be detected.

2. What does an alarm activation establish by itself?

   1. A monitored condition needs assessment and the applicable response.
   2. The guard may ignore every other building hazard.
   3. The cause is the same as the previous false activation.
   4. An identified person has committed a criminal offence.

3. A learner passes the provincial final exam but has not received a worker licence. What does the exam result establish?

   1. Training success, not automatic issuance of a worker licence.
   2. Permission to start all security work without further steps.
   3. Automatic authorization to operate a security business.
   4. Permission to lend the training certificate to a colleague.

4. Why are numbered pages and an orderly sequence useful in a work notebook?

   1. They remove the need to identify the notebook’s owner.
   2. They allow the guard to remove pages without explanation.
   3. They make the guard’s personal opinions become evidence of guilt.
   4. They help preserve an identifiable chronological record.

5. A reporter asks a guard for confidential details of an incident. What is the appropriate response?

   1. Release witness contact information to show cooperation.
   2. Refer the request to the authorized spokesperson.
   3. Give an unverified account to end the questions quickly.
   4. Guess the cause and ask the reporter to print it.

6. A visitor is explaining a problem. Which response shows active listening?

   1. Let the visitor finish, then check the main concern.
   2. Promise the requested outcome before hearing the situation.
   3. Prepare a rebuttal without following the visitor’s words.
   4. Interrupt each sentence to show that the guard is in charge.

7. A shopper carries an item toward a checkout. Which conclusion is justified by possession alone?

   1. Every unpaid item creates an immediate arrest duty.
   2. The guard may treat payment at the till as irrelevant.
   3. Possession alone does not establish all elements of theft.
   4. The shopper has necessarily formed an intent to steal.

8. A colleague offers a guard their licence card because the guard forgot theirs. What should the guard do?

   1. Use it until the colleague’s next scheduled shift.
   2. Decline to use a licence issued to someone else.
   3. Use it if both workers have the same employer.
   4. Use it after covering the colleague’s photograph.

9. Who may receive the worker’s prompt refusal report under Alberta’s guidance?

   1. Only a public social-media audience.
   2. The employer, supervisor or another designated person.
   3. Only a colleague who has no reporting role.
   4. Only an unrelated customer who happens to be nearby.

10. Which hazard report is most useful for follow-up?

    1. Only the guard’s preferred outcome without the observed condition.
    2. A copied report from another site with its original location left unchanged.
    3. Only a general statement that the shift felt unsafe.
    4. A specific location, observed condition, immediate controls and notification details.

11. Before a voluntary witness interview, what should the guard do?

    1. Ask permission and explain the information-gathering purpose.
    2. Promise a particular court result in exchange for cooperation.
    3. Announce that every witness must answer the guard’s questions.
    4. Begin by accusing the witness of causing the incident.

12. Which alarm-system component detects a change in the monitored condition?

    1. The emergency contact list.
    2. The visitor sign-in sheet.
    3. The incident notebook.
    4. The sensor.

13. A guard arrives at an unfamiliar site before a first shift. What should be reviewed before beginning the assignment?

    1. Only information supplied by the first visitor who arrives.
    2. Old shift instructions without checking for any updates.
    3. Only the route used at the guard’s previous workplace.
    4. Current post orders, contacts and expected site activity.

14. A person does not understand a site abbreviation used by the guard. What is the best adjustment?

    1. Explain the instruction in clear everyday language.
    2. Add several more technical terms to make the message formal.
    3. Repeat the unexplained abbreviation more loudly each time.
    4. Assume the person is deliberately refusing to cooperate.

15. Which notebook practice best protects the usefulness of the record?

    1. Use erasable entries so later changes leave no trace.
    2. Use legible permanent entries in the work notebook.
    3. Mix incident notes with private shopping and appointment lists.
    4. Remove pages whenever the handwriting is less attractive.

16. The guard’s words are polite, but their posture and gestures appear threatening. What is the communication problem?

    1. Body language has no effect when polite words are used.
    2. Threatening gestures automatically make directions clearer.
    3. The non-verbal message conflicts with the spoken message.
    4. The listener must ignore everything except the guard’s words.

17. A guard with a valid standard individual licence changes to another licensed employer. Which statement is correct?

    1. The former employer owns the guard’s individual licence.
    2. The licence can remain portable between employers.
    3. The licence automatically becomes a training licence.
    4. The licence must be lent to the replacement guard.

18. Police take over an incident scene. What should the guard document about the handover?

    1. A guarantee that no further investigation will be needed.
    2. Only that someone in a uniform appeared at some point.
    3. When and to whom control and information were transferred.
    4. The guard’s guess about the final court outcome.

19. A person becomes threatening during a contact. What should guide the guard’s response?

    1. Move closer solely to demonstrate confidence.
    2. Maintain safety, obtain assistance and follow the violence-response plan.
    3. Continue the contact alone because requesting help looks weak.
    4. Treat the threat as a personal challenge to be won.

20. People are becoming compressed near an entrance and tempers are rising. What should the guard prioritize?

    1. Ignoring the crowd until someone makes a formal complaint.
    2. Safe movement, clear communication and timely assistance.
    3. Making unsupported promises that entry will be immediate.
    4. Winning an argument with the loudest person in the group.

21. A guard says, “You need to collect your parcel, but you do not know which desk handles it.” What is the purpose of this paraphrase?

    1. Check the message without endorsing every allegation.
    2. Prove that the visitor’s original account was dishonest.
    3. Guarantee that the parcel must be released immediately.
    4. Replace the visitor’s account with the guard’s preferred story.

22. How should arrangements for people needing evacuation assistance be addressed?

    1. Assume every person can use the same route without assistance.
    2. Learn the site’s planned arrangements before an emergency.
    3. Wait for the person to become stranded before seeking advice.
    4. Plan to improvise lifting techniques during the alarm.

23. A former employer says an incident seems finished and a guard can discard the original notebook. What is the prudent response?

    1. Give the notebook to a friend who is interested in the incident.
    2. Destroy it whenever a manager says the report is no longer useful.
    3. Check applicable retention and legal-hold requirements first.
    4. Remove the difficult entries and retain only favourable pages.

24. What temporary alternative work may be assigned during the refusal process?

    1. Only work chosen by an unrelated visitor.
    2. The same unchecked exposure under a different task name.
    3. Safe work the worker is reasonably capable of doing.
    4. Any task, even if it requires competence the worker lacks.

25. A familiar employee arrives with an unfamiliar companion. What should the guard do?

    1. Assume every staff member can authorize every visitor.
    2. Follow the site’s procedure for companions and visitors.
    3. Give the companion the employee’s access credential to use.
    4. Grant access because the employee’s own identity is known.

26. A person starts making threats and striking a barrier. What should the guard prioritize?

    1. Continuing the argument until the person concedes defeat.
    2. Safety, continued observation and immediate assistance.
    3. Turning away from the situation to show indifference.
    4. Moving alone with the person into an isolated room.

27. An alarmed area appears unsafe to enter alone. What should the guard prioritize?

    1. Taking a close-up photograph before assessing personal safety.
    2. A safe position, communication and appropriate assistance.
    3. Entering immediately so the alarm can be called verified.
    4. Completing a solo search before reporting the location.

28. What is the key observation required by section 494(1)(a)?

    1. Finding a person who will not provide a phone number.
    2. Receiving an unverified rumour about an earlier event.
    3. Finding a person committing an indictable offence.
    4. Learning that someone has previously been convicted.

29. After an undue-hazard refusal, when may the employer resume the task or assign another worker?

    1. Whenever the original worker has left the site.
    2. Immediately, if the replacement has not heard the complaint.
    3. Only after deleting the refusal from the shift report.
    4. After inspection and the hazard is remedied or determined not to exist.

30. What is the control system’s role in the basic alarm process?

    1. Prove that a reset has removed the underlying hazard.
    2. Determine every person’s legal responsibility for the incident.
    3. Guarantee that responders have already reached the site.
    4. Process received information and initiate the configured response.

31. A witness statement does not support the guard’s first theory. What should the guard do?

    1. Ask the witness to adopt the manager’s explanation.
    2. Preserve the account accurately despite the disagreement.
    3. Rewrite the statement to match the preferred theory.
    4. Discard the statement solely because it is inconvenient.

32. Two guards work together on a new assignment. What should they agree before separating into their assigned areas?

    1. That silence always means the other guard is safe.
    2. That neither needs to report a change of location.
    3. Roles, contact arrangements and how to request assistance.
    4. That only one person needs to know the site procedure.

33. A threatening message is received. What information-handling action is appropriate?

    1. Rewrite the threat to make it sound more credible.
    2. Preserve the actual message and relay it promptly through the emergency plan.
    3. Post the message publicly before notifying responders.
    4. Delete the message after telling a colleague a summary.

34. On land covered by the Petty Trespass Act, what does section 2(1)(b) prohibit?

    1. Failing to leave immediately after a direction from an authorized person.
    2. Leaving before the owner completes a customer survey.
    3. Every request for directions made from a public road.
    4. Any visit to a building regardless of the owner’s permission.

35. A general training licensee is asked to drive the patrol vehicle while on duty. What restriction applies?

    1. Driving is allowed whenever the trainee has a driver’s licence.
    2. Driving is allowed if the client rides in the passenger seat.
    3. A general training licensee may not drive a vehicle on duty.
    4. Driving is allowed if the vehicle stays on private property.

36. A report records that maintenance was notified of a hazard. Which detail most improves the follow-up record?

    1. Only the writer’s view that maintenance is usually slow.
    2. An invented repair completion time to close the issue.
    3. Who was contacted, when, and what information was given.
    4. A general claim that someone probably already knew about it.

37. A supervisor issues revised post orders for a special event. What should the incoming guard do?

    1. Let visitors decide which instructions should apply.
    2. Review the revision and clarify unclear responsibilities.
    3. Assume the revision applies only to the outgoing shift.
    4. Use the older routine because it is more familiar.

38. A building relies on signs to give trespass notice. Which placement is specified in section 2(2)(b)(i)?

    1. Visible signs at each entrance normally used to enter.
    2. A notice kept only in the client’s off-site filing cabinet.
    3. A sign visible only after a person has reached the roof.
    4. One hidden sign in a staff room behind the reception desk.

39. Someone asks where to submit a statutory written complaint about an individual security licensee. Which is the initial channel?

    1. Only the guard personally, with no employer involvement.
    2. Any unrelated training provider in the province.
    3. A public social-media group chosen by the complainant.
    4. The individual licensee’s employer under the SSIA process.

40. A shift begins Monday evening and an event occurs after midnight. What should the event entry use?

    1. No date because the shift already has a start entry.
    2. The actual Tuesday date and the correct event time.
    3. The date when the report is approved instead of the event date.
    4. Monday’s date for every event until the shift ends.

41. A worker reasonably believes a task presents an undue hazard. What does the provincial guidance say to do?

    1. Remain silent so the employer can infer the reason later.
    2. Complete the task first, then report only if an injury occurs.
    3. Ask an untrained colleague to take the same exposure immediately.
    4. Do not do the work; report the refusal and reasons promptly.

42. An emergency requires several agencies. What should the guard’s role remain based on?

    1. Personal preference about which agency should control the scene.
    2. An assumption that the security licence overrides every responder.
    3. A wish to continue giving orders after responsibility has transferred.
    4. The site plan, actual conditions and authorized responder directions.

43. A friend asks a guard to send an incident photograph for a social-media post. Which response is appropriate?

    1. Decline unauthorized sharing of confidential work material.
    2. Send it because the photograph was taken during work.
    3. Send it after removing only the guard’s own name.
    4. Post it first so the friend can copy the public version.

44. A scheduled safety contact is missed. What should the responsible person follow?

    1. An assumption that silence means the patrol went well.
    2. A rule that only the absent guard may initiate assistance.
    3. The agreed missed-contact and assistance procedure.
    4. A decision to wait until the following week’s meeting.

45. Why should a guard learn what doors and equipment normally look like at the beginning of a posting?

    1. To assume every later condition will be unchanged.
    2. To replace all further checks with the initial inspection.
    3. To avoid documenting any routine maintenance issue.
    4. To recognize later changes that may need attention.

46. What qualification does section 8 of the Trespass to Premises Act contain?

    1. A rule that every mistaken statement defeats the Act.
    2. An exemption for anyone who dislikes the owner’s rules.
    3. A fair and reasonable belief in a right to do the act complained of.
    4. An exemption whenever the person claims to know a staff member.

47. What does the Petty Trespass Act presume about an apparent pathway to a building’s door?

    1. Access for lawful purposes is presumed not to be trespass.
    2. It cancels all later lawful directions to leave the property.
    3. It permits entry by false pretences whenever a path exists.
    4. It gives unrestricted entry into every locked room inside.

48. A worker completed equipment training, but their licence does not authorize the weapon offered by the client. What is correct?

    1. The course certificate permits any weapon during a paid shift.
    2. The client’s written permission replaces all licence conditions.
    3. Training and client preference do not replace licence authorization.
    4. The worker may carry it until the next licence renewal.

49. An argument continues despite calm explanations, and the guard cannot resolve it safely alone. What is the appropriate next step?

    1. Request assistance and maintain a safe professional position.
    2. Move into a secluded place to avoid being seen by witnesses.
    3. Threaten an unlawful consequence to force an immediate agreement.
    4. Keep arguing until the other person accepts personal blame.

50. A threat has ended and the person has withdrawn. What should inform any further response?

    1. An assumption that earlier resistance justifies any later force.
    2. The client’s wish to make an example of the person.
    3. The present circumstances and continuing legal justification.
    4. The strongest response that was considered earlier.