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Free SIA Practice Tests
Free SIA practice tests for every paper on the Door Supervisor, Security Guard and CCTV courses, the refresher exams for licence renewal, and the first aid day. Timed like the real exams, with the reason behind every answer. No account, no email address.
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SIA security mock tests
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Door Supervisor Practice Test
Fifty questions in 75 minutes on licensing law, searching, drugs, weapons, crime scenes and queue control, with the reason behind every answer.
50-question mock test
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Security Guard Practice Test
Sixty questions in 90 minutes on patrolling, access control, searching, alarm systems, radio procedure and incident reports, each with its answer explained.
60-question mock test
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CCTV Practice Test
Forty questions in 60 minutes on data protection, the Surveillance Camera Code, RIPA, control room procedure, camera equipment and evidence handling.
40-question mock test
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SIA Unit 1 Practice Test
Seventy two questions in 110 minutes on the private security industry, the law, health and safety, fire, emergencies, communication, terror threats and safeguarding, the paper every SIA licence shares.
72-question mock test
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Conflict Management Practice Test
Twenty questions in 30 minutes on why conflict starts, warning signs, positioning, de-escalation, communication and what to do after an incident.
20-question mock test
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Physical Intervention Practice Test
Thirty questions in 45 minutes on the law on use of force, the risks of restraint, positional asphyxia, team working, medical emergencies and reporting, with an 80 per cent pass mark.
30-question mock test
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Door Supervisor Refresher Practice Test
Both papers of the two day Door Supervisor refresher course: 35 questions on searching, vulnerable people, terror threats and spiking, and 30 on physical intervention.
2 papers
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Security Guard Refresher Practice Test
Twenty eight questions in 45 minutes on searching, diverse needs, terror threat awareness, vulnerable people and safeguarding, the one paper on the one day Security Guard refresher.
28-question mock test
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SIA Practice Questions and Answers
Sample questions from every SIA paper printed with their answers and explanations, to read through before you try the timed tests.
Questions, answers and PDF
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First aid mock tests
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Emergency First Aid at Work Practice Test
Twenty questions in 30 minutes on the role of the first aider, the primary survey, CPR and the defibrillator, the recovery position, choking, bleeding, shock, seizures and minor injuries.
20-question mock test
Exam facts
SIA exam papers at a glance
Questions, time and pass mark for every SIA paper our mock tests follow, including the refreshers.
| Paper | Questions | Time | To pass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principles of Working as a Door Supervisor in the Private Security Industry | 50 | 75 min | 35 right (70%) |
| Principles of Working as a Security Officer in the Private Security Industry | 60 | 90 min | 42 right (70%) |
| Principles and Practices of Working as a CCTV Operator in the Private Security Industry | 40 | 60 min | 28 right (70%) |
| Principles of Working in the Private Security Industry | 72 | 110 min | 50 right (70%) |
| Application of Conflict Management in the Private Security Industry | 20 | 30 min | 14 right (70%) |
| Application of Physical Intervention Skills in the Private Security Industry | 30 | 45 min | 24 right (80%) |
| Principles of Working as a Door Supervisor in the Private Security Industry (Refresher) | 35 | 55 min | 25 right (71%) |
| Application of Physical Intervention Skills in the Private Security Industry (Refresher) | 30 | 45 min | 24 right (80%) |
| Principles of Working as a Security Officer in the Private Security Industry (Refresher) | 28 | 45 min | 20 right (71%) |
SIA mock test questions to try now
1. Which class of fire involves cooking oils and fats?
- A. Class F (correct answer)
- B. Class A
- C. Class B
- D. Class D
Class F covers cooking oils and fats. Class B is flammable liquids and Class D is flammable metals.
2. Which measure helps reduce the risk of a vehicle being used as a weapon against a crowd?
- A. Barriers or bollards that keep vehicles away from crowded areas (correct answer)
- B. Asking drivers to show their licence at the door
- C. Closing the venue cloakroom during busy periods
- D. Banning backpacks from the car park
Hostile vehicle mitigation uses physical barriers and traffic management to stop vehicles reaching places where people gather.
3. A visitor asks a Security Guard in a shopping centre where the toilets are. The guard does not know. What is the best response?
- A. Say that it is not part of the guard's job
- B. Find out from a colleague or a site map and tell the visitor (correct answer)
- C. Guess a direction to save time
- D. Tell the visitor to ask in one of the shops
Security staff are often the first point of contact. Helping with simple questions is part of good customer care and shows the site in a positive light.
4. Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, what is the employer's main duty?
- A. To guarantee that no employee is ever injured at work
- B. To provide private medical insurance for all staff
- C. To pay for every employee's travel to and from work
- D. To ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of employees (correct answer)
The Act requires employers to protect the health, safety and welfare of their workers and others affected by their work, so far as is reasonably practicable.
5. What is the purpose of a risk assessment?
- A. To work out who was to blame after an accident
- B. To calculate the insurance premium for the site
- C. To identify hazards and decide how to control the risk they pose (correct answer)
- D. To count the number of staff on duty each day
A risk assessment identifies what could cause harm, who might be harmed and what measures will reduce the risk to an acceptable level.
6. Who is responsible for making a report under RIDDOR?
- A. The injured person's next of kin
- B. The nearest SIA licensed operative
- C. The local council's licensing officer
- D. The employer or the person in control of the premises (correct answer)
The duty to report falls on the responsible person, usually the employer or whoever is in control of the premises where the event happened.
How the practice tests work
Each SIA paper is a multiple choice exam with four options per question, and the SIA fixes the number of questions, the time allowed and the pass mark for every unit. Our practice tests use the same numbers, so the full test feels like the real one.
Each test comes three ways:
- Full practice test: the whole paper with the real question count and time limit, marked at the end.
- Quick round: ten questions and no clock, for a spare ten minutes.
- Practice mode: the answer and the reason after every question.
Every attempt draws a fresh set of questions from a larger bank and shuffles the options, so repeating a test keeps testing you rather than your memory of the order.
Which tests do I need?
- New Door Supervisor licence: Unit 1, the door supervisor paper, conflict management and physical intervention.
- New Security Guard licence: Unit 1, the security guard paper and conflict management.
- New CCTV licence: Unit 1 and the CCTV paper.
- Renewing a Door Supervisor licence: the two door supervisor refresher papers.
- Renewing a Security Guard licence: the security guard refresher paper.
- The first aid day: the emergency first aid test, which every SIA course and refresher includes.
Physical searching, the physical intervention techniques and the CCTV camera practical are assessed by your trainer on the course, so they are not in the written tests.
Before the course
Two more things the centre checks on day one: your free ACT counter terrorism certificates, and the ID and documents listed in the joining instructions.
Questions about the mock tests
Are these the real SIA exam questions?
No. The real papers are confidential to the awarding bodies. Every question on this site was written by London SIA Course from the SIA's published learning outcomes, so it covers the same knowledge in the same multiple choice format.
How many papers will I sit?
Door Supervisor candidates sit four, Security Guard candidates three and CCTV candidates two. Licence renewal has its own shorter papers: two on the Door Supervisor refresher and one on the Security Guard refresher. The table above lists each paper with its question count and time limit.
Do I have to register?
No. There is nothing to sign up to and nothing to pay. Open a test, answer the questions and see your score with every answer explained. Come back as often as you like.
What is the best way to use them?
Practice mode first, to learn why each answer is right. Then the full timed test. When you pass the full test two or three times running with marks to spare, you are ready for the real paper on your course.
Where do I take the real exams?
On your course, at the training centre, on the last day of each unit. Our SIA courses run at centres across London and in Manchester and Liverpool, and you book with a deposit and pay the rest at the centre.