IAHSS BASIC TRAINING FOR HEALTHCARE
SECURITY OFFICERS EXAM 2024| WITH 200+
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS| GRADED A+
Which of the following is NOT one of the classifications of healthcare
organizations?
A. Proprietary or for-profit
B. Not for-profit
C. Government-supported
D. Individual healthcare - CORRECT ANS ✔✔✔D. INDIVIDUAL
HEALTHCARE is NOT one of the classifications of healthcare organizations.
Which of the following is NOT a risk issue for healthcare?
A. Drugs are used and stored in the facility
B. Mostly female staff
C. High percentage of technical and professional staff
D. Publicly accessible and many doors must remain open - CORRECT ANS
✔✔✔C. HIGH PERCENTAGE OF TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL
STAFF is NOT a risk
issue for healthcare.
Which of the following is usually at the top of the organizational chart?
A. Board of directors
B. Department leaders
C. Assistant Administrators
D. Vice Presidents - CORRECT ANS ✔✔✔A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS is
usually at the top of the organizational chart.
Which of the following statements best describes employees?
A. Medical staff contracted by the facility
,B. All staff directly employed by the facility
C. Volunteers who donate their time
D. Contracted persons - CORRECT ANS ✔✔✔B. ALL STAFF EMPLOYED
DIRECTLY BY
THE FACILITY best describes employees.
Security uses senior management's endorsement to build what kind of a program?
A. Strong and effective
B. A program that works in a small part of the facility
C. Generally effective
D. Strong and simple - CORRECT ANS ✔✔✔A. Security uses senior
management's endorsement to build a STRONG AND EFFECTIVE
program.
How should friendships and inter-personal relationships between security officers
and staff members from other departments be treated?
A. Discouraged
B. Encouraged
C. Encouraged, but monitored
D. Encouraged, but security staff educated about ethics and avoiding favoritism -
CORRECT ANS ✔✔✔D. Friendships and inter-personal relationships between
security officers and staff members from other departments should be
ENCOURAGED, BUT SECURITY STAFF EDUCATED ABOUT ETHICS
AND AVOIDING FAVORITISM.
Which of the following allows a department to assess its cost-effectiveness within
an organization?
A. Crime analysis
B. Risk assessment
C. Benchmarking
D. Evaluation surveys - CORRECT ANS ✔✔✔C. BENCHMARKING allows a
department to assess its cost-effectiveness within an organization.
,What must the primary overriding concern of any security department be?
A. Its image
B. The safety and well-being of anyone in the facility.
C. The goals and mission of the entity employing the security services
D. Cost-effectiveness - CORRECT ANS ✔✔✔B. The safety and well-being of
anyone in the facility must the primary overriding concern of any security
department .
Which of the following are skills a security professional should have and use at
all times?
A. Good observation skills
B. Good communications skills
C. Tolerance
D. All of the Above - CORRECT ANS ✔✔✔D. ALL OF THE ABOVE: A
security professional should have and use GOOD OBSERVATION
SKILLS, GOOD COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS AND TOLERANCE at
all times.
Why are vendors potentially a high security risk to a healthcare facility?
A. Vendors often have access to sensitive areas yet staff of the
healthcare organization may know very little about vendors'
backgrounds
B. Vendors typically drive large vehicles that can conceal large amounts of
stolen property or contraband.
C. Competing vendors may clash at a facility
D. Vendors may be bringing in high-demand products that could be targeted for
, theft. - CORRECT ANS ✔✔✔A. Vendors are potentially a high security risk to
a healthcare facility because VENDORS OFTEN HAVE ACCESS TO
SENSITIVE AREAS YET STAFF OF THE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION
MAY KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT VENDORS' BACKGROUNDS.
In the patient- and family-centered care philosophy, who determines which
individuals are part of the patient's family?
A. Patient's parents or legal guardians
B. Nursing staff
C. Attending physician
D. The patient, provided he or she is developmentally mature and competent to
do so. - CORRECT ANS ✔✔✔D. In the patient- and family-centered care
philosophy, THE PATIENT, determines which individuals are part of the
patient's family, PROVIDED HE OR SHE IS DEVELOPMENTALLY
MATURE AND COMPETENT TO DO SO.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an external customer?
A. Patients
B. Vendors
C. Employees
D. Regulatory agencies - CORRECT ANS ✔✔✔C. EMPLOYEES is not an
example of an external customer.
Which of the following does NOT help the security uniform communicate an
appropriate message to the public?
A. Clean uniform
B. Wearing the uniform shirt outside of the trousers
C. Well-cared for uniform
D. Shined footwear - CORRECT ANS ✔✔✔B. WEARING THE UNIFORM
SHIRT
OUTSIDE OF THE TROUSERS does NOT help the security uniform
communicate an appropriate message to the public.
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