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SIA CCTV Operator Test

Practice for the CCTV operator qualification, with explanations in six languages. The bank holds 320 questions, and every one of them carries the published document it was written from.

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Questions
320
Parts
1
Subjects
6
One trainer
£4.99

What is in the bank

The parts below are the published syllabus for this qualification. The count next to each subject is how many questions the bank holds for it right now.

01Principles and Practices of Working as a CCTV Operator320 questions
  • Roles and Responsibilities of the Control Room Team53
  • Legislation53
  • CCTV Operational Procedures54
  • Equipment54
  • Communications and Dealing with Incidents53
  • Health and Safety in the CCTV Control Room53

The test this prepares you for

These are the numbers of the real test, taken from the document named underneath and not from a training provider summary of it.

PaperQuestionsMinutesPass mark
Part 1: Principles and Practices of Working as a CCTV Operator406028 of 40

Source: Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award for CCTV Operators (Public Space Surveillance), Issue 1, April 2021, page 82 Checked 2026-09-13. Open the source

The awarding body sets the format and can change it. We check ours against the source above before each release.

One question from the bank

This is the first question of the bank, printed exactly as it is inside it, with its answer and its source. Our questions are written from the published documents. They are not the questions of the real test, which are not published.

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According to the ICO's guidance on automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), what is required of the cameras and of any algorithms used to determine a match?

  • AThe cameras and any algorithms used must be approved by the manufacturer before they can lawfully be used on a public road, whatever their accuracy
  • BBoth the cameras and any algorithms used to determine a match must be of sufficient quality to prevent misidentification of a vehicle registration markCorrect answer
  • CThe cameras must be of sufficient quality, but the algorithms used to determine a match may be supplied by any third party without further checks
  • DThe cameras and any algorithms used must be capable of reading a plate at any distance and in any lighting conditions, however poor the conditions are in practice

Why that is the answer

The ICO's guidance says that the cameras and any algorithms used to determine a match must be of sufficient quality to prevent a vehicle registration mark from being misidentified.

Source

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/cctv-and-video-surveillance/guidance-on-video-surveillance-including-cctv/additional-considerations-for-technologies-other-than-cctv/automatic-number-plate-recognition-anpr/