SIA CCTV Operator Practice Questions — All Questions

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.