ASIS ASIS Certifications ASIS-CPP Questions & Answers

• Question 241:

  As security manager of the ZYX Corporation, you have been instructed to devise company plans to protect vital records in the event of a disaster. You immediately realize the serious nature of such plans and begin to make appropriate plans. Approximately what percentage of the company's records would normally constitute a company's vital records to be safeguarded during an emergency?

  A. 2 percent

  B. 5 percent

  C. 8 percent

  D. 10 percent

  E. 20 percent

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 242:

  The continuity of business and industrial leadership and direction are essential parts of all industrial emergency plans. The following specific measures should be included in the development of a plan for continuity of leadership except:

  A. Ensuring a functioning board of directors

  B. Establishing lines of succession for key officers and operating personnel

  C. Establishing an alternate company headquarters

  D. Providing for a special stockholder meeting immediately after attack to provide for methods of operation

  E. Ensuring record preservation

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 243:

  In reviewing the emergency plans of the ZYX Corporation, the legal counsel of the firm notes that under nuclear disaster conditions there is a definite possibility that a quorum of the board of directors cannot be readily assembled, which will not allow action in accordance with law. Which of the following methods generally would not be acceptable to remedy this legal problem?

  A. Reduce the quorum number if allowed by state law.

  B. Fill board vacancies if allowed by state law.

  C. Establish an emergency management committee, if allowed by state law.

  D. Appoint alternate directors, if allowed by state law.

  E. Utilize a chain of command and execute proper power of attorney papers for the top three officials so the most senior could execute legal affairs if the board is not functioning.

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 244:

  Provisions for the establishment of emergency lines of executive succession should be included in a company's emergency plans. Which of the following cannot be relied on as being valid in making decisions in this regard?

  A. The board of directors sets general policy.

  B. The board of directors is the entity legally responsible for corporate activity.

  C. The board of directors usually meets at stated times such as monthly or perhaps even only quarterly.

  D. Responsibility for day-to-day operations is vested in the officers.

  E. Generally speaking, state statutes usually vest specified functions in particular officers and usually set out in detail the duties of officers.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 245:

  At 1500 hours, you, as well as other employees of the ZYX firm, hear a 3-to-5-minute wavering sound on sirens. There has been no previous notification of an impending test of the siren system. If you have adequately done your job as security manager, the employees should recognize that the following action should be taken.

  A. Ignore it as there has been no confirmation that it is for real.

  B. Because this signal means an actual enemy attack against the United States has been detected, protective action should be taken immediately.

  C. Because this is merely an alert signal, proceed with normal activities until you are advised to take other action.

  D. Do nothing until the Federal Emergency Management Agency verifies the status of an emergency.

  E. Ignore it because most situations such as this have proven to be equipmentmal functions.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 246:

  In emergency planning, nothing is more important than making sure that employees of your plant are thoroughly familiar with the National Attack Warning Signal. Which of the following is the correct signal?

  A. A la-minute wavering sound on siren

  B. A 3-to-5-minute steady sound on siren

  C. A series of one-minute steady sounds on sirens

  D. A 3-to-5-minute wavering sound on sirens or a series of short blasts on whistles, horns, or other devices as necessary

  E. A ringing of all church bells for 5 minutes

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 247:

  The federal effort in preparing for a nuclear attack includes providing state and local governments with necessary advice and assistance. All of the following are valid observations regarding federal assistance except:

  A. The federal government has conducted a nationwide survey to identify fallout shelter space as part of the national shelter program.

  B. That, as a result of the national fallout shelter survey, it was determined that very few existing buildings contain usable shelter space.

  C. That nationwide radiological monitoring capability consists of several thousand federal, state, and local monitoring stations.

  D. That the National Warning System (NAWAS) has warning points strategically located throughout the continental United States.

  E. That the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) is composed of nongovernmental radio and television stations.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 248:

  One of the greatest hazards that would result from a nuclear attack is radioactive fallout.

  A security manager should be well informed concerning the full potential of damage associated with this

  type of disaster. Which of the following is an incorrect statement?

  A. Gamma radiation most concerns civil preparedness planners as it cannot be detected by any of the human senses.

  B. Gamma radiation is measured in units call roentgens.

  C. In an all-out nuclear attack against U.S. military, industrial, and population centers, it is estimated that severe to moderate damage from the blasts and heat effects would occur in about 50 percent of the nation's area.

  D. Gamma radiation can be detected only with special instruments.

  E. It is estimated that millions of Americans could survive the radiation effects of a large- scale nuclear attack by seeking protection in fallout shelters.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 249:

  All security managers must have a disaster plan to deal with nuclear attack and must be well informed regarding the disaster propensities of such an explosion. The effects of nuclear weapons differ from those of conventional weapons in all of the following ways except:

  A. An experimental device exploded in the Aleutian Islands in November 1971 had an estimated yield of more than 5 megatons (MT), which means it released more energy than the explosion of 50 million tons of TNT.

  B. A fairly large amount of the energy in a nuclear explosion is referred to as "thermal radiation."

  C. "Thermal radiation" is capable of causing skin burns and of starting fires at considerable distances.

  D. A nuclear detonation also produces an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) sometimes called "radio flash."

  E. If a nuclear explosion occurs at or near the ground, great quantities of radioactive earth and other materials are drawn upward to high altitudes. When the radioactive particles fall back to earth, the phenomenon is known as "fallout."

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 250:

  The widespread and increasing industrial and commercial use and transportation of radioactive materials has increased the possibility, of radiological hazards resulting from accidents involving these materials. Which of the following is not a valid observation?

  A. If plant and local emergency services are not adequate to cope with the situation, federal assistance can be requested.

  B. Accidents may occur in facilities where radioactive material (are used or processed.

  C. In accordance with an interagency radiological assistance plan, the radiological emergency response capabilities of federal agencies can be used to protect public health and safety.

  D. Special emergency response capabilities have been established by the Environmental Protection Agency for coping with accidents involving nuclear weapons.

  E. When a radiological incident occurs in a plant, some degree of immediate response by state and local public safety personnel usually will be required.

  Correct Answer: D