Last Updated on October 16, 2025

The security guard test practice consists of 100 multiple-choice questions designed to test your knowledge of laws, ethics, patrol duties, observation skills, fire safety, emergency response, communication, and professionalism.

These questions are carefully prepared to reflect the actual topics and situations that security guards face in their day-to-day responsibilities.

This Security Guard Test Practice Free set is ideal for candidates preparing for security guard licensing exams such as SIRA (Security Industry Regulatory Agency – Dubai), PSBD (Private Security Business Department – Abu Dhabi), and similar examinations in other parts of the world.

It helps both new learners and experienced guards review key areas required for passing their assessments and performing effectively on duty.

The test covers essential areas, including:

• Legal knowledge and rights: Understanding arrests, detentions, and the use of force under the law.
• Ethics and professionalism: Learning the right behavior, attitude, and conduct expected from a professional guard.
• Observation and reporting: Enhancing awareness and accuracy in recording incidents.
• Fire safety and emergency procedures: Knowing the types of fire, alarms, and correct emergency responses.
• Patrol duties and communication: Mastering the use of radios, teamwork, and situational handling skills.

1. When a person is detained

a) Let him go
b) He is physically obtained
c) Not free to leave
Answer: c) Not free to leave

2. Reinforce frames and multiple locks. The heavy-duty locking system is

a) Window safety, 
b) Door protection
Answer: b) Door protection

3. When you receive a bomb threat

a) Be quick
b) Be noisy
c) Be calm
Answer: c) Be calm

4. Used as a centre of operation

a) Centre station
b) Base station
c) Vehicle
Answer: b) Base station

5. Bias against someone or something because of personal belief

a) Prejudice
b) Stereotyping
c) Discrimination
Answer: a) Prejudice

6. When you arrest a person

a) Identify yourself
b) Tell the reason for the arrest
c) Call the police
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above

7. The fence around a building is

a) Perimeter protection
b) Building protection
c) Both
Answer: a) Perimeter protection

8. When you use deadly force

a) Kidnap
b) Robbery
c) Enter the inhabitant area
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above

9. Emphasis of the main point of the report

a) Summary
b) Body
c) Introduction
Answer: a) Summary

10. What kind of property is protected by private security?

a) Client
b) Common
c) Government
d) Company
Answer: a) Client

11. With the skill and attitude to do the job in the best possible way

a) Posture
b) Creative
c) Professional
d) Conduct
Answer: c) Professional

12. 4 Cs are collaboration, co-operation, clarity, and

a) Celerity
b) Creativity
c) Circle
d) Critical
Answer: b) Creativity

13. Aspect of deportment

a) Celerity
b) Creative
c) Posture
d) Position
Answer: c) Posture

14. Security must always balance against

a) Company
b) Supervisor
c) Assistance
d) Customer
Answer: d) Customer

15. Peer pressure and frustration could be a cause of

a) Creativity
b) Celerity
c) Conduct
d) Misconduct
Answer: d) Misconduct

16. An effective way to get the job done means

a) Good work
b) Professional
c) Job
d) Teamwork
Answer: d) Teamwork

17. Don’t say anything in a report that you cannot

a) Justify
b) Write
c) Tell
d) Find
Answer: a) Justify

18. Observation skills are

a) Proactive
b) Involve
c) Encourage
d) Individual
Answer: a) Proactive

19. A narrative report has three parts: introduction, body, and

a) Conclusion
b) Summary
c) Highlights
d) Paragraph
Answer: b) Summary

20. The fence around the building is

a) Problem
b) Position
c) Perimeter
d) Create
Answer: c) Perimeter

21. Speak clearly and

a) Loudly
b) Slowly
c) Softly
d) Wrong
Answer: b) Slowly

22. Person required to attend court

a) Lawyer
b) Advocate
c) Prosecutor
d) Police
Answer: c) Prosecutor

23. Everybody has to use ______ to defend themselves

a) Wrong
b) Right
c) Force
d) Problem
Answer: b) Right

24. A plunger spring by a door is common

a) Search
b) Duties
c) Work
d) Electromechanical system
Answer: d) Electromechanical system

25. Try and solve a present

a) Problem
b) Scene
c) Range
d) Bacteria
Answer: a) Problem

26. Three major types of alarms are

a) Fuel
b) Natural
c) Common
d) Intrusion
Answer: d) Intrusion

27. The goal of security is to prevent problems that

a) Position
b) Problem
c) Case
d) Affect the client
Answer: d) Affect

28. Three alarm monitoring systems are

a) Chemical
b) Natural
c) Institution
d) Remote
Answer: d) Remote

29. Unless there is a serious emergency, you should not search

a) Mixed gender
b) Neutral gender
c) Feminine gender
Answer: a) Mixed gender

30. Private security is a commercial service providing

a) Prevention
b) Focus
c) Protection
d) Safe
Answer: c) Protection

31. Security means secure, safe, and

a) Safe
b) Prevention
c) Free
d) Safety
Answer: c) Free

32. There are three types of radios: portable, base, and

a) Bus radio
b) Taxi radio
c) Car radio
d) Station radio
Answer: d) Station radio

33. The primary court under federal law is

a) Court of first instruction
b) Court of first instance
c) Court of first institute
Answer: b) Court of first instance

34. When testifying in court, you should

a) Act professionally
b) Act professionally
c) Act justifies
Answer: b) Act professionally

35. The basic function of law is divided into

a) Two categories
b) Three categories
c) Both
Answer: a) Two categories

36. Private security protects people, property, and

a) Data storage
b) Life
c) Health
d) Soil
Answer: a) Data storage

37. Approving the Security Company establishing standards is

a) Responsibility of the police
b) Responsibility of security regulation
c) Responsibility of labor
Answer: b) Responsibility of security regulation

38. As a security guard, when you make a report, it should follow

a) Five W’s and one H
b) Four W’s and one H
c) 4W and 1H
Answer: a) Five W’s and one H

39. There is no crime if the act is within the right of

a) Police
b) Arms
c) Legal defense
d) Court
Answer: c) Legal defense

40. Part of a security guard’s duty is

a) To access an event
b) To assist with an event
c) To customs an event
Answer: a) To access an event

41. Failing to do something required by law

a) Is an act
b) Is a conduct
c) Is an omission
Answer: c) Is an omission

42. The accident scene could become

a) Good
b) Better
c) Crime scene
Answer: c) Crime scene

43. Most important tool in dealing with difficult people

a) Your large
b) Your behavior
c) Your attitude
Answer: c) Your attitude

44. A program or information obtained by a company is

a) Personal property
b) Client property
c) Intellectual property
Answer: c) Intellectual property

45. Important consideration in report writing

a) Observation
b) Crime
c) Culture
d) Reports
Answer: d) Reports

46. Private security supports the police in ensuring

a) A safe and stable society
b) A safe and stable crime
c) A safe and stable city
Answer: a) A safe and stable society

47. Most important aspect of building evacuation

a) Construction with panic
b) Conflict with panic
c) Conducting without panic
Answer: c) Conducting without panic

48. Not always suitable for high-security areas

a) Personal relation
b) Personal recognition
c) Personal conflict
Answer: b) Personal recognition

49. Searches should only be done if the arrested person has

a) Weapon
b) Notebook
c) Prohibited items
d) Providing items
Answer: a) Weapon

50. If an item not permitted is found during the search

a) Tell the person they are under arrest
b) Tell the person angrily
c) Tell the person politely that this is not authorized
d) Tell the person wrongly
Answer: c) Tell the person politely that this is not authorized

51. If you have nothing to do in a fire

a) Call the police
b) Call civil defense
c) Call supervisor
Answer: b) Call civil defense

52. Security guards can practice good fire prevention by

a) Being observed and aware
b) Being observed and aware of two sites
c) Being observed and aware of surroundings
d) Being observed and seeing one site
Answer: c) Being observed and aware of surroundings

53. The most important thing to deal with an emergency is

a) Plan for the finish
b) Plan for it to happen
c) Plan to go
Answer: b) Plan for it to happen

54. Type of emergency

a) Danger to health
b) Danger of murder
c) Danger to life
d) Danger to accident
Answer: c) Danger to life

55. Grid concentric circles, bottom to top

a) Are common methods of bomb threat search
b) Are common methods of crime
c) Are common methods of duties
d) Are common methods of patrol
Answer: a) Are common methods of bomb threat search

56. Drawing an incident scene is

a) Documentary scene
b) Real scene
c) Visible scene
d) Withdraw scene
Answer: a) Documentary scene

57. The two basic requirements of personal access are determining

a) Identify and determine
b) Taken and observed
c) Observed and reported
Answer: a) Identify and determine

58. A primary client is

a) Security supervisor
b) Security customer
c) Security assistance
Answer: b) Security customer

59. You will be successful if you provide

a) Good service to the company
b) Good service to people
c) Good service to the client
Answer: c) Good service to the client

60. Site orders are used to give guidance to security guards

a) About the requirements of a site
b) About requirements at a job
c) About the requirements at an accident
d) About requirements at a middle
Answer: a) About the requirements of a site

61. Corrections should always be made in a notebook in

a) The wrong way
b) The proper way
c) The easy way
Answer: b) The proper way

62. Ethics is knowing the difference between good and bad, right and wrong, and recognizing moral

a) Work and behavior
b) Duties and obligations
c) Attitude and culture
Answer: b) Duties and obligations

63. Causes of misconduct include peer pressure, opportunity,

a) Rationalization and frustration, 
b) Relation and cooperation
Answer: a) Rationalization and frustration

64. The key to awareness is

a) Work
b) Knowledge
c) Duties
d) Education
Answer: b) Knowledge

65. When using the radio, speak

a) Clearly and roughly
b) Clearly and slowly
c) Clearly and loudly
d) Clearly and shortly
Answer: b) Clearly and slowly

66. You call the police only when there is

a) An important
b) Emergency
c) An idea
d) Normal condition
Answer: b) Emergency

67. An arrest is detention according to and under the

a) Authority of the court
b) Authority of law
c) Authority of crime
Answer: b) Authority of law

68. Protection of property and the client’s

a) House
b) Building
c) Assets
d) All of the above
Answer: c) Assets

69. Prejudice is prejudging someone or something because of a

a) External belief
b) Positional belief
c) Internal belief
Answer: c) Internal belief

70. When dealing with a crowd, be friendly but firm and call for assistance if a

a) The problem arises
b) Position arises
c) Critical point
Answer: a) The Problem arises

71. In an evacuation, be prepared to help the disabled, the elderly,

a) Infinite and children
b) Infants and children
c) Doing duties
Answer: b) Infants and children

72. People have different reactions in

a) An accident
b) Emergency
c) An incident
d) An occurrence
Answer: b) Emergency

73. Notebooks should be completed in

a) The different way every time
b) The same way every time
c) None of them
Answer: b) The same way every time

74. Not all observations need to be shared, only those that impact

a) Client and customer
b) Your company
c) Your client or supervisor
Answer: a) Client and customer

75. Evidence is used to determine facts, recreate events, and identify people or things related to

a) An accident
b) An incident
c) Crime
d) None of them
Answer: b) An incident

76. When testifying in court, guards should always follow the

a) Instruction of the client
b) Instruction of the judge
c) Instruction of the company
Answer: b) Instruction of the judge

77. Witness statements should be

a) Write
b) Take a report
c) Should be written
d) Recorded
Answer: d) Recorded

78. Security guards must justify using force and ensure that the force was

a) Important
b) A lot
c) Suitable
d) Excessive
Answer: c) Suitable

79. There are A-B-C-E fire extinguisher types, each used for a

a) Common
b) Basic
c) General
d) Specific
Answer: d) Specific

80. The most important tool in dealing with difficult people is

a) Metal detection
b) Your attitude
c) Your decision
d) All of the above
Answer: b) Your attitude

81. The most important aspect when making a building evacuation

a) Call the supervisor
b) Use security awareness
c) Conducting it without panic
Answer: c) Conducting it without panic

82. _______ alarms should be treated as genuine

a) Some
b) Most
c) All
d) All of the above
Answer: c) All

83. Individual behavior that makes assumptions about people or culture as a group

a) Stereotyping
b) Prejudice
c) Partiality
d) All of the above
Answer: a) Stereotyping

84. Legitimate defense conditions are

a) Four
b) Five
c) Two
d) All of the above
Answer: a) Four

85. Colour of CO₂ extinguisher

a) Red
b) Blue
c) Black
d) None of the above
Answer: c) Black

86. If a customer shouts at you, you will

a) Shout at him
b) Try to calm
c) Call the police
d) Inform supervisor
Answer: b) Try to calm

87. Using safety signs is for

a) To lead people
b) To control people
c) To warn people
Answer: c) To warn people

88. A security guard on patrol hears an unusual sound and investigates. This patrol is known as

a) Random
b) Proactive
c) Reactive
d) All of the above
Answer: c) Reactive

89. If someone points a knife at your face while on duty, what will you do?

a) Kill the person
b) Run away
c) Call police
d) Legitimate defense
Answer: d) Legitimate defense

90. Properly equipped security guards must have

a) Notebook
b) Gun
c) Walkie-talkie
d) Except ‘b’
Answer: d) Except ‘b’

91. Before carrying out access control or search, you should know

a) Your security company’s regulation
b) Your client’s wishes
c) All of the above
Answer: a) Your security company’s regulation

92. Being professional, a guard should

a) Use high tone and sarcasm
b) Always exercise discretion
c) Never ignore verbal abuse
d) All of the above
Answer: b) Always exercise discretion

93. Elements of crime are

a) Mature, sane, not under duress
b) Legal, moral, material
c) Illegal, immoral, material
Answer: b) Legal, moral, material

94. How many kinds of man-made hazards are there?

a) 10
b) 12
c) 8
d) 5
Answer: d) 5

95. Upon receiving a bomb threat, what should a security guard turn off?

a) Radio
b) Mobile phone
c) Send a messenger to inform
d) a & b only
Answer: d) a & b only

96. Arresting or detaining is defined as

a) Deprivation of the right to choose
b) Deprivation of freedom, either temporarily or permanently
c) Deprivation of freedom to live freely
d) Deprivation of liberty
Answer: b) Deprivation of freedom, either temporarily or permanently

97. Two types of language are

a) Positive and negative
b) Passive and loud
c) Passive and aggressive
Answer: c) Passive and aggressive

98. Security duties can be divided into

a) Static and patrol
b) Static and by foot
c) Public and private
Answer: a) Static and patrol

99. Public security duties are

a) Prevent crime
b) Detect crime
c) Apprehend offenders
d) Enforce laws where appropriate
e) All of the above
Answer: e) All of the above

100. Private security duty can be divided as

a) Static and patrol
b) Public and private
c) In-house and contract
Answer: c) In-house and contract

By practicing these security guard test questions, you can improve your confidence and knowledge before taking the official examination.

It also strengthens your ability to handle real-world situations with calmness, awareness, and discipline — the true qualities of a professional security officer.

Whether you are preparing for SIRA, PSBD, or any international security qualification, this Security Guard Test Practice Free resource is your complete guide to success in the security field.