[10 Test Answers] FEMA IS-912: Retail Security Awareness, Understanding the Hidden Hazards

Here are the FEMA test answers to IS-912: Retail Security Awareness, Understanding the Hidden Hazards.

Overview: FEMA IS-912 course was published on 10/31/2013 to make persons involved in commercial retail operations aware of the actions they can take to identify and report suspicious purchases or thefts of products that actors could use in terrorist or other criminal activities.

To achieve this goal, the FEMA IS-912 provides an overview of prevention steps aimed at identifying and monitoring high-risk inventory products and reporting suspicious activities to law enforcement agencies.

Primary audience: FEMA IS-912 course is designed for retail managers, loss prevention specialists, risk management specialists, product managers, sales associates, and others involved in retail operations.

FEMA IS-912 test answers

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Question 1. Complete the Statement: Typically, homemade explosives are produced from products that are:
A. Available from a limited number of retailers who specialize in construction materials.
B. Legally accessible in retail establishments across the country.✅
C. Controlled to prevent purchase without providing identification.
D. Purchased by individuals holding special permits.

Question 2. Select the TRUE statement from below:
A. There are few incidents using homemade explosives in the United States involving small explosive devices such as pipe bombs.✅
B. Homemade explosives are of little threat in the United States, due to increased regulation of bomb-making ingredients.
C. Homemade explosives are used in more terrorist attacks than conventional explosives.
D. Conventional explosives are much more powerful and destructive than homemade explosives.

Question 3. All of the following are steps you can take to identify and report suspicious purchases of high-risk products, EXCEPT FOR:
A. Confronting the purchaser.✅
B. Understanding the threat.
C. Knowing your products.
D. Reporting.

Question 4. Which of the following would be considered suspicious purchasing behavior?
A. A customer who reads all the labels for similar items before determining which product to purchase.
B. A customer who purchases a high-risk product for the first time.
C. A customer who refuses similar products that are more effective or less expensive for no apparent reason.✅
D. A customer with a commercial account who makes repeated purchases over several years of a high-risk product.

Question 5. All of the following should be included in employee training programs to identify and report suspicious purchases EXCEPT FOR:
A. Training on reporting procedures, including relevant telephone numbers.
B. Training on what information to report, including relevant forms.
C. Follow-up training in surveillance and questioning techniques.✅
D. Follow-up training to include identification of high-risk products in the inventory.

Question 6. Select the TRUE statement from below:
A. High-risk products that are produced today have been chemically neutralized to prevent their use in homemade explosives.
B. Commercial explosives are a necessary ingredient in homemade explosives.
C. Bomb-making ingredients can be found in some common health and beauty products, lawn care products, and household cleaners.✅
D. The sales of high-risk products have been banned in the United States.

Question 7. Complete the Statement: A single suspicious purchasing behavior should alert you to be vigilant and report:
A. When combined with other suspicious purchasing or personal behaviors.✅
B. Immediately after you have detected the suspicious purchasing behavior.
C. Only when payment for the purchase has been made using cash.
D. Using the reporting forms for your establishment.

Question 8. When should you report your observations about suspicious purchases and behavior relative to high-risk products?
A. The next time the customer enters the premises.
B. As soon as you observe any single suspicious behavior or purchase.
C. Before the sale has been completed and while the customer still is on the premises.
D. As identified in procedures established by your supervisor or law enforcement partners.✅

Question 9. Select the TRUE statement from below:
A. Controlling the purchase of high-risk products is as simple as requiring permits for their purchase.
B. Most high-risk products contain explicit warning labels to help retailers identify those items to monitor.
C. Reporting sales of all high-risk products is mandatory in most jurisdictions throughout the country.
D. Understanding typical purchasing trends can help you identify suspicious purchases of high-risk products.✅

Question 10. All the following will help you to identify suspicious sales of high-risk products in your inventory, EXCEPT FOR:
A. Becoming familiar with the traditional uses and sales patterns for high-risk products.
B. Taking part in relevant training programs within your establishment.✅
C. Participating in partnership activities with law enforcement in your community.
D. Identifying purchasers who have numerous questions about specific high-risk products.

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