SIA CCTV Operator Practice Questions — All Questions
18 questions
A CCTV operator should carry out surveillance:
- a.Professionally, impartially, and lawfully✓
- b.Only on people they dislike
- c.Randomly with no purpose
- d.Based on personal prejudice
Operators must act professionally, impartially, and within the law.
Targeting an individual for surveillance based only on their race or appearance is:
- a.Required
- b.Discriminatory and unacceptable✓
- c.Good practice
- d.Efficient
Surveillance must not be based on prejudice; it must be justified and non-discriminatory.
A key personal quality for a CCTV operator is:
- a.Ignoring detail
- b.Concentration and attention to detail✓
- c.Avoiding records
- d.Sleeping on shift
Sustained concentration and attention to detail are essential.
CCTV operators primarily help to:
- a.Entertain the public
- b.Replace all police
- c.Deter, detect, and respond to incidents and support safety✓
- d.Sell products
CCTV supports crime deterrence/detection and public safety.
Under data-protection principles, CCTV footage of individuals should be:
- a.Kept forever
- b.Shared freely with anyone
- c.Handled lawfully, kept secure, and only for as long as necessary✓
- d.Posted online
Personal data must be processed lawfully, kept secure, and retained only as needed.
CCTV surveillance of public spaces should be:
- a.Unlimited and for any reason
- b.Used for personal curiosity
- c.Proportionate and for a legitimate purpose✓
- d.Hidden with no signage where required
Surveillance must be proportionate, justified, and for a legitimate purpose.
'Directed surveillance' of a specific person generally requires:
- a.Personal preference
- b.No thought at all
- c.Proper authorization and a lawful purpose✓
- d.Nothing
Targeted surveillance needs appropriate authorization and a lawful basis.
Requests from the public to access footage of themselves should be:
- a.Ignored
- b.Always refused
- c.Handled through the correct data-protection procedure✓
- d.Given instantly to anyone
Access requests are handled via proper data-protection procedures.
When following an incident with a camera, the operator should:
- a.Keep the subject in view and maintain clear, usable footage✓
- b.Turn the monitor off
- c.Lose the subject quickly
- d.Zoom randomly
Maintain the subject in view with clear footage that could serve as evidence.
Good-quality evidential footage requires:
- a.Random angles
- b.Blurry images
- c.Correct focus, framing, and functioning equipment✓
- d.No time/date
Clear focus, framing, and accurate time/date support evidential value.
If a camera fault is noticed, the operator should:
- a.Report and log the fault so it can be fixed✓
- b.Ignore it
- c.Break another camera
- d.Hide it
Faults should be reported and logged to maintain the system.
Accurate time and date settings on cameras are important because they:
- a.Are optional
- b.Do not matter
- c.Look nice
- d.Support the reliability of footage as evidence✓
Correct time/date underpins the evidential reliability of footage.
When an incident occurs, the operator should keep:
- a.An accurate, timed log of what was observed✓
- b.Only personal opinions
- c.A blank page
- d.No records
An accurate, timed incident log records observations for evidence.
Footage that may be used as evidence should be:
- a.Deleted
- b.Edited freely
- c.Shared on social media
- d.Preserved securely and handled to maintain its integrity✓
Evidential footage must be preserved securely with a clear handling trail.
An incident log should record:
- a.Nothing useful
- b.Facts: what, where, when, and who was involved✓
- c.Only the weather
- d.Guesses only
Logs record objective facts — what happened, where, when, and who.
When reporting an incident to colleagues or police, the operator should be:
- a.Clear, accurate, and factual✓
- b.Emotional and biased
- c.Vague
- d.Silent
Communication must be clear, accurate, and factual.
Radio communication should be:
- a.Ignored
- b.Concise, clear, and professional✓
- c.Long and rambling
- d.Full of slang
Radio use should be concise, clear, and professional.
Handover at the end of a shift should include:
- a.Turning everything off
- b.A joke only
- c.Briefing the next operator on ongoing incidents and issues✓
- d.Nothing
A proper handover briefs the incoming operator on ongoing matters.