Test Flash Cards 5

Question 1

What is the purpose of a security survey?

Answer 1

Determine and document the current security posture
Identify deficiencies and excesses in existing security measures
Compare the current posture with a determination of the appropriate level of security or protection needed
Recommend improvements in the overall situation

Question 2

What are five criteria of good physical security survey reports?

Answer 2

1. Accuracy
2. Clarity
3. Conciseness
4. Timeliness
5. Slant or pitch

Question 3

What are two foundational principles of physical security design?

Answer 3

1. Four D’s
2. Layered security or defense-in-depth

Question 4

What are the Four D’s?

Answer 4

1. Deter
2. Detect
3. Delay
4. Deny

Question 5

What is a defense-in-depth approach?

Answer 5

An adversary must avoid or defeat a number of protective devices or features in sequence

Question 6

What is CPTED?

Answer 6

CPTED, or crime prevention through environmental design, is the design or redesign of a venue to reduce crime opportunity and fear of crime through natural, mechanical, and procedural means.

Question 7

What is the purpose of the design concept?

Answer 7

The design concept incorporates the basis of design; documents the findings; conclusions, and recommendations from any initial surveys, and is the first opportunity to document the project’s design

Question 8

What is included in the typical construction documents (CD) phase package?

Answer 8

CD drawings
Specifications
Bill of quantities
Refined system budgets
Contract terms and conditions

Question 9

What are three types of cost estimates?

Answer 9

1. Budgetary estimates
2. Preliminary design estimates
3. Final design estimates

Question 10

What are three forms of security systems procurement?

Answer 10

1. Sole source
2. Request for proposal (RFP)
3. Invitation to bid (IFB)

Question 11

What are four constraints of all security projects?

Answer 11

1. Scope
2. Schedule
3. Budget
4. Quality

Question 12

What are the three major security purposes of lighting?

Answer 12

1. To create a psychological deterrent
2. To enable detection
3. To enhance the capabilities of video surveillance systems

Question 13

What are the four components of lighting systems?

Answer 13

1. Lamp
2. Luminaire
3. Mounting hardware
4. Electric power

Question 14

What is intrusion detection?

Answer 14

The process of detecting a person or vehicle attempting to gain unauthorized entry into an area

Question 15

What are the basic building blocks of an intrusion detection system?

Answer 15

Sensors!!

Question 16

When conducting a security survey, which of the following should be a focus of the assessment?
1. Assets
2. Vulnerabilities
3. Threats
4. Consequences

Answer 16

2. Vulnerabilities

Question 17

This process requires consideration of the threat type, tactics, mode of operations, capabilities, threat level, and likelihood of occurrence. Threats come from malevolent humans, not accidental (safety-related) events. This process is BEST defined as which of the following?
1. Loss Event Profiles
2. Adversarial Sequence Diagrams
3. Design Basis Threat
4. Threat Risk Assessment

Answer 17

3. Design Basis Threat

Question 18

In the design of a new high-rise structure and considering the life-safety aspects of the building, which of the following should rank as a first priority?
1. CPTED principles in the building design
2. Controlled access and surveillance for legitimate users
3. Fire detection, confinement, extinguishment, evacuation, and escape
4. Adversary deterrence, detection, denial, delay, and defense

Answer 18

3. Fire detection, confinement, extinguishment, evacuation, and escape

Question 19

The property owners in a 20-unit townhouse complex implemented signage and designed the landscaping to deter unwanted activity and trespassing. They also designed the area to provide better sight-lines of the children’s playground from the inside of the residences. They intend to establish a sense of ownership, responsibility, and accountability with property owners, to increase vigilance in identifying trespassers. Which of the following CPTED terms BEST meets this community’s intent?
1. Target Attractiveness
2. Natural Territorial Reinforcement
3. Random Activity Theory
4. Neighborhood Watch

Answer 19

2. Natural Territorial Reinforcement

Question 20

When designing a new multi-level parking garage, to increase visibility, both interior-to-exterior and exterior-to-interior to facilitate witness potential, and make the likely adversary fear exposure, is described in CPTED as which of the following?
1. Natural surveillance
2. Natural access control
3. Natural territorial reinforcement
4. Compartmentalizing

Answer 20

1. Natural surveillance

Question 21

CPTED is the design or redesign of a venue to reduce crime opportunity and fear of crime through natural, mechanical, and procedural means. CPTED is a crime prevention theory grounded in environmental criminology. CPTED primarily focuses on which of the following PPS principles?
1. Deterrence
2. Detection
3. Delay
4. Response

Answer 21

1. Deterrence

Question 22

Which of the following lighting systems have the BEST color rendition for night lighting?
1. Mercury vapor
2. Metal halide
3. Low pressure sodium
4. High pressure sodium

Answer 22

2. Metal halide

Question 23

A security practitioner is designing a PPS for a hospital parking garage and is considering security lighting to enhance the CCV surveillance and monitoring. What is the BEST type of lighting to apply?
1. Metal Halide
2. Mercury vapor
3. LED
4. High Pressure Sodium

Answer 23

3. LED

Question 24

This detector absorbs invisible light energy comparing actual energy to established background energy. What type of detector is this?
1. Passive infrared
2. Active infrared
3. Actie microwave
4. Passive microwave

Answer 24

1. Passive infrared

Question 25

This detector can use buried cable or transmitting and receiving signals relying on consistent reception of transmitted or reflected energy. When energy levels change due to a reflection or deflection, an alarm is transmitted. This is called ______ detection. 1. Capacitance 2. Microwave 3. Infrared 4. Vibration

Answer 25

2. Microwave

Question 26

Which of the following statements BEST describes a CCV camera's "field of view"? 1. The location or area intended to be observed 2. The area visible through the camera lens 3. The view from the camera that is recorded 4. The function of a CCV camera which best controls color rendition

Answer 26

2. The area visible through the camera lens

Question 27

Which of the following BEST fits this description of this video surveillance component: "This determines the clarity and size of the field of view." 1. The camera 2. The monitor 3. The recording equipment 4. The lens

Answer 27

4. The lens

Question 28

Which of the following statements is TRUE? 1. Resolution relates to the length of time a recorded video is stored 2. Compression (codec) relates to picture clarity and the ability to distinguish key features 3. When selecting a video surveillance system, it is important to use a systems approach 4. When selecting a video surveillance system, it is important to use a components approach

Answer 28

3. When selecting a video surveillance system, it is important to use a systems approach

Question 29

What characteristics drive the design of alarm communication systems? Select all that apply. 1. Ease of system use by personnel 2. Quantity of alarm data 3. High reliability needed for the system 4. Speed at which data must be delivered

Answer 29

2. Quantity of alarm data 3. High reliability needed for the system 4. Speed at which data must be delivered

Question 30

Project integration management is:

Answer 30

Project plan development Project plan execution Integrated change control

Question 31

Project quality management is:

Answer 31

Quality planning Quality assurance Quality control

Question 32

Project human resource management is:

Answer 32

Organizational planning Staff acquisition Team development

Question 33

Project communications management is:

Answer 33

Communications planning Information distribution Performance reporting Administrative closure

Question 34

Project risk management is:

Answer 34

Risk management planning Risk identification Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis Risk response planning Risk monitoring and control

Question 35

Project procurement management is:

Answer 35

Procurement and solicitation planning Solicitation Source selection Contract administration Contract closeout

Question 36

What are the typical project constraints? Select all that apply. 1. Scope 2. schedule 3. Budget 4. Quality 5. Staffing

Answer 36

1. Scope 2. schedule 3. Budget 4. Quality

Question 37

Which of the following are outcomes of the planning phase? Select all that apply 1. A set of security requirements or objectives 2. A risk assessment and risk mitigation plans 3. Procurement lists and purchase orders 4. The business case for the new or upgraded security systems.

Answer 37

1. A set of security requirements or objectives 2. A risk assessment and risk mitigation plans 4. The business case for the new or upgraded security systems

Question 38

These diagrams show complete security subsystems, including all the devices and how they are connected in a building or campus. They are called: 1. Details diagrams 2. Plan drawings 3. Elevation drawings 4. Riser diagrams

Answer 38

4. Riser diagrams

Question 39

When in the procurement stage, an invitation to bid (IFB) will list specific equipment and software and request prices from the contractors to supply the specific items and install them. this is BEST described as: 1. Design estimation 2. Design specification 3. Design planning 4. Design evaluation

Answer 39

2. Design specification

Question 40

"This process corrects faults and returns the system to operation after a hardware or software component fails." Which of the following terms BEST meets this description? 1. Remedial maintenance 2. Preventive maintenance 3. Emergency maintenance 4. Commissioned maintenance

Answer 40

1. Remedial maintenance

Question 41

Which of the following are justifications for equipment replacement? Select all that apply. 1. Cost savings because new equipment is on sale 2. New features to improve security 3. New technology to reduce manpower 4. Equipment software is obsolete

Answer 41

2. New features to improve security 3. New technology to reduce manpower 4. Equipment software is obsolete