SIA CCTV Operator Practice Questions — All Questions

When following an incident with a camera, the operator should:

• a.Lose the subject quickly
• b.Keep the subject in view and maintain clear, usable footage✓
• c.Zoom randomly
• d.Turn the monitor off

Maintain the subject in view with clear footage that could serve as evidence.

Good-quality evidential footage requires:

• a.Correct focus, framing, and functioning equipment✓
• b.Blurry images
• c.No time/date
• d.Random angles

Clear focus, framing, and accurate time/date support evidential value.

If a camera fault is noticed, the operator should:

• a.Ignore it
• b.Hide it
• c.Report and log the fault so it can be fixed✓
• d.Break another camera

Faults should be reported and logged to maintain the system.

Accurate time and date settings on cameras are important because they:

• a.Look nice
• b.Are optional
• c.Do not matter
• d.Support the reliability of footage as evidence✓

Correct time/date underpins the evidential reliability of footage.