ASIS Associate Protection Professional (APP) ASIS-APP Exam Questions Released

1. What are indirect costs to security?

2. What members should comprise a vulnerability assessment team?

3. What is the goal of a vulnerability assessment?

4. What are the three primary functions of a physical protection system (PPS)?

5. What are the two key measurements for the effectiveness of the detection function of a physical protection system? (PPS)

6. How is the response function of a physical protection system (PPS) measured

7. What is the vulnerability assessments team’s primary job as it pertains to a physical protection system (PPS)?

8. What are the two basic analytical approaches to a risk assessment?

9. A well-engineered physical protection system (PPS) exhibits which three characteristics?

10. What are the three contributors to cost of replacement?

11. What is the formula for lost income cost?

12. What is the cost of loss formula?

13. What are the elements of a systems approach to developing a physical protection system (PPS)?

14. What three questions does a risk assessment attempt to answer?

15. What four questions does risk management attempt to answer?

16. What is the design C basis threat?

17. What are the three general measures to valuing assets?

18. What is the difference between asset protection and security?

19. Assets protection is increasingly based on what principle?

20. What are the five avenues of addressing risk?

21. What are the five Ds of security?

22. What four major areas does assets protection cover in the telecommunications sector?

23. What are the five forces shaping assets protection globally?

24. According to Davidov and Malone, what is the centrepiece of the new global economy?

25. What are the three managerial dimensions of assets protection?

26. What are the two general types of insurance?

27. What are the three classifications of loss in Insurance policies?

28. What are the five basic coverages of crime insurance policy?

29. For insurance against business interruption, what are the two types of valuation methods?

30. In Pastor’s public/private, substitute/supplement model of policing, which cell represents the rarest scenario?

31. What three factors are driving the growth of private policing?

32. What are the three standard financial reports?

33. What does an income statement show?

34. What is the underlying equation of the balance sheet?

35. What does a balance sheet show?

36. What does a cash flow statement show?

37. What three elements are depicted in a cash flow statement?

38. What two ratios show how an organisation has done in making money during a reporting period?

39. What are the three ways to measure profit margins?

40. Which two ratios demonstrate how well a firm has done in making money for a reporting period?

41. Which two earnings C related ratios are commonly examined in financial analysis?

42. What is the current ratio?

43. What is the quick ratio?

44. What is the debt to equity ratio?

45. What are the three main limitations of financial statement analysis?

46. What is a primary benefit of zero-based budgeting?

47. What is generally the most practical approach to budget development?

48. What is an effective way of setting the value of line items in a budget?

49. Why might lower-level managers more readily accept a bottom-up budget?

50. When should a supervisor visit a security post?

51. What two values describe sensor effectiveness?

52. When is containment a good strategy?

53. What is ‘minimum resolvable temperature’?

54. What three factors should determine selection of a CCTV camera?

55. Field welds and brazing on factory boxes, enclosures, and conduits should be coated with what?

56. What are the four main types of CCTV cameras?

57. What are general orders?

58. What should be the primary basis for camera selection?

59. What are the three primary functions of security lighting?

60. What is colour rendition?

61. What are the thee most critical threats in high-rise structures?

62. What is the ‘necessary human being’ concept?

63. What are post orders based on?

64. What is the biggest vulnerability of a loop system?

65. On what should the decision of whether to arm an officer be based?

66. Why should colour be used sparingly in graphical alarm displays?

67. What are the three ways of verifying personnel entry?

68. What system reduces the possibility that a facility badge can be counterfeited, lost, or stolen?

69. What is the most important consideration when a security person deals with a disturbed person?

70. According to Fennelly, what are the three key tools in crime prevention programs?

71. What is good practice to make sure a guest wears a badge while on the premises?

72. What are the first steps in upgrading a facility’s resistance to penetration?

73. What are the three most common methods of training protection dogs?

74. What are the main functions of a physical protection system (PPS)?

75. What are the three levels of assessment for violent risk among known subjects?

76. According to Oatman, what are the six principles that should guide thinking about executive protection?

77. Who should be involved in developing a standard?

78. What organisation is the world’s largest developer of international standards?

79. What are the five pillars of ISO standards?

80. What organisation is the administrator and coordinator of the US private sector voluntary standardization system?