ASIS-CPP Online Practice Questions and Answers

As a general rule the number of consecutive years of employment or nonemployment to be verified preceding the date of investigation is:

A. 5 years

B. 7 years

C. 3 years

D. 2 years

E. 10 years

The term "eavesdropping" refers to:

A. Wiretapping

B. Bugging

C. Trash cover

D. Both A and C

E. All of the above

The public statute passed to protect personal information in possession of federal agencies is:

A. The Espionage Statute

B. The Unauthorized Disclosure Act

C. The Omnibus Crime Control Act

D. The Privacy Act of 1974

E. None of the above

An ADP system that operates in a manner in which at least some of the users with access to the system have neither a security clearance nor a need-to-know status for all classified information that is in the system, but in a manner that the cognizant security officer or a higher authority has determined that the necessary degree of security has been achieved and maintained, is known as:

A. Limited Security Mode

B. Classified Security Mode

C. Controlled Security Mode

D. Restricted Security Mode

E. Dedicated Security Mode

All of the following are controlled substances grouped as stimulants except:

A. Cocaine

B. Methyphenidate

C. Mescaline

D. Amphetamines

E. Phenmetrazine

An employer may reject an applicant on the basis of:

A. Incomplete data on the personal history search

B. Unexplained gaps in employment history

C. Unsatisfactory interview

D. An arrest for a crime against property

E. A conviction for a crime against property

In order for an insurance policy to cover a burglary, there must be:

A. Evidence of forcible entry B. A police report

C. A police investigation

D. Photos of the stolen property

E. All of the above

Complete and effective disaster planning should certainly include plans to deal with sabotage, as no plant is immune to sabotage. Which of the following is generally considered to be incorrect?

A. Types of targets for sabotage as a rule cannot be predicted with any degree of accuracy.

B. The saboteur will generally look for a target that is critical. vulnerable, and accessible.

C. In general, saboteurs are enemy agents, disgruntled employee who commit sabotage for revenge, or individuals who are mentally unbalanced.

D. The prevention of sabotage may be accomplished by reducing target accessibility.

E. The methods of sabotage are varied and include psychological sabotage to cause slowdowns or work stoppage.

When a law enforcement agent induces the commission of an offense, the process is called:

A. Accessory before the fact

B. Misprision of a felony

C. Entrapment

D. Stare decisis

E. Corpus delecti

A 1990 National Institute of Justice study indicated that what percentage of computer crimes are not prosecuted?

A. 10 percent

B. 25 percent

C. 70 percent

D. 90 percent