Terrorism Awareness and Incident Response — New York Guard Card (Security Guard) Practice Test

This New York Guard Card (Security Guard) Terrorism Awareness and Incident Response practice set has 12 practice questions based on the official exam materials, each with an instant explanation. You need 70% on the real New York Guard Card (Security Guard) knowledge test to pass.

Sample questions

Three questions from the Terrorism Awareness and Incident Response bank with the correct answer and an explanation. The practice quiz above draws 12 questions at random from the same bank.

1. What is a security guard's main role in counter-terrorism awareness?

   • To observe, recognize, and promptly report suspicious activity to the proper authorities — Correct answer
   • To investigate and interrogate suspected terrorists
   • To personally hunt down and capture suspects
   • To ignore unusual activity unless ordered to act

   Explanation: A guard's main counter-terrorism role is to OBSERVE, recognize, and promptly REPORT suspicious activity to police/supervisors. Guards are an important set of eyes and ears; they are not expected to investigate, interrogate, or capture suspects — that is law enforcement's job.

   Handbook: Terrorism Awareness and Incident Response

2. When deciding whether to report someone as 'suspicious,' a security guard should focus on:

   • The person's behavior and actions — not their race, religion, or ethnicity — Correct answer
   • The person's skin color or accent
   • Whether the guard personally dislikes the person
   • The person's clothing brand

   Explanation: Suspicion must be based on BEHAVIOR and actions (e.g., probing security, photographing entrances, leaving an item and walking away), never on race, religion, or ethnicity. Profiling by appearance is both unethical/illegal and ineffective — it misses real threats and targets innocent people. Report what people DO, not who they are.

   Handbook: Terrorism Awareness and Incident Response

3. Which of the following is an example of suspicious activity a guard should report?

   • Someone repeatedly photographing security cameras, entrances, and guard routines with no clear reason — Correct answer
   • A customer asking for directions to a store
   • An employee badging in normally each morning
   • A delivery driver dropping off an expected package

   Explanation: Pre-attack 'surveillance' or probing — repeatedly photographing cameras, entrances, barriers, and guard routines, or testing reactions — is a classic suspicious indicator worth reporting. Ordinary activities (asking directions, normal badge-ins, expected deliveries) are not suspicious. Report unusual interest in security itself.

   Handbook: Terrorism Awareness and Incident Response