SIA Door Supervisor Mock Test Practice Test
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- 1. Roles & Responsibilities
What is the primary role of a door supervisor?
- a.To help keep people and property safe and maintain a secure, orderly environment
- b.To act with the full powers of a police officer
- c.To sell drinks to customers
- d.To decide court sentences for offenders
Answer: a
Explanation: A door supervisor's core role is protecting people and property, controlling entry and exit, and keeping the environment safe and orderly. They are private citizens, not police officers, and have no special legal powers beyond those of any member of the public.
- 2. Roles & Responsibilities
A customer asks why they are being refused entry. The most professional response is to:
- a.Ignore them completely
- b.Shout at them to move on
- c.Explain the reason calmly and politely where it is safe to do so, without discriminating
- d.Refuse based on their race or religion
Answer: c
Explanation: Refusals must be handled calmly, politely and lawfully. Giving a clear, non-discriminatory reason reduces conflict. Refusing entry on grounds such as race, religion, sex or disability is unlawful discrimination.
- 3. The Law
In law, a common assault can occur when a person:
- a.Causes another to fear immediate unlawful violence, even without physical contact
- b.Only when there is serious injury
- c.Only if a weapon is used
- d.Only in a private home
Answer: a
Explanation: Assault is causing someone to fear immediate unlawful force; battery is the actual unlawful application of force. Contact is not required for an assault, which is why threatening gestures can be unlawful.
- 4. Conflict Management
What is usually the most effective first approach to managing conflict?
- a.Physical restraint
- b.Calm communication and de-escalation, using active listening and non-threatening body language
- c.Shouting louder than the other person
- d.Threatening the person with the police
Answer: b
Explanation: De-escalation through calm, respectful communication resolves most conflict without force. Active listening, an open posture and a controlled tone help reduce a person's anger. Physical intervention is only ever a last resort.
- 5. Conflict Management
Keeping a safe distance (a reaction gap) from a potentially aggressive person mainly helps to:
- a.Look intimidating
- b.Block the exit
- c.Start a fight
- d.Give you time and space to react safely and shows you are not being threatening
Answer: d
Explanation: Maintaining a reaction gap gives you time to assess and respond if the person becomes aggressive, and a non-threatening distance is less likely to provoke them. It is a core personal-safety principle.
- 6. Physical Intervention Theory
Why is restraining a person face-down or putting pressure on their neck, chest or back especially dangerous?
- a.It creases their clothing
- b.It can cause positional asphyxia, where the person cannot breathe properly, which can be fatal
- c.It is only a problem if they complain
- d.It has no real risk
Answer: b
Explanation: Positional asphyxia occurs when a person's position stops them breathing normally, and it can quickly cause death. Restraint theory teaches you to avoid face-down holds and pressure on the neck, chest and back, and to watch breathing constantly.
- 7. Searching & Drugs Awareness
A venue operates a search policy as a condition of entry. If a customer refuses to be searched, you can normally:
- a.Force them to be searched
- b.Search them secretly
- c.Detain them until they agree
- d.Refuse them entry, because a search generally requires their consent and refusal can be grounds to refuse entry
Answer: d
Explanation: As a private citizen a door supervisor cannot search someone without their consent. Where searching is a clearly displayed condition of entry, a customer who refuses can lawfully be refused entry rather than searched by force.
- 8. Searching & Drugs Awareness
If you find what you believe to be illegal drugs during a search, the correct action is to:
- a.Keep them
- b.Follow the venue's drugs policy: preserve the item, record the find, and hand it to the police
- c.Give them back to the customer
- d.Accuse everyone nearby
Answer: b
Explanation: Suspected drugs should be handled according to the venue's policy, which normally means securing the item, logging the find and handing it to the police. You should not keep, return or dispose of it yourself.
- 9. Emergencies & First Aid
During a fire or emergency evacuation at the venue, a door supervisor's key role is to:
- a.Finish serving customers
- b.Lock all the doors
- c.Collect the takings first
- d.Help direct people calmly to the nearest safe exit and assembly point, using their knowledge of the layout
Answer: d
Explanation: Door staff should know the venue's exits, evacuation procedures and assembly points, and help move people out calmly and safely. Preserving life is the priority, so exits must be kept clear and usable.
- 10. Counter-Terrorism (ACT)
In counter-terrorism awareness for security staff (ACT), the recommended response to a weapons or firearms attack is:
- a.Freeze, film and share
- b.Run, Hide, Tell: move away to a safe place, hide if you cannot escape, then tell the police
- c.Approach the attacker to negotiate
- d.Sound the fire alarm and gather everyone in one room
Answer: b
Explanation: The nationally recognised guidance for a weapons attack is Run, Hide, Tell. Get yourself and others away if you can, hide and stay quiet if you cannot, and call 999 with information when it is safe. ACT stands for Action Counters Terrorism.