CCTV Operator Test Practice

SIA CCTV operator practice: 320 questions across the six written sessions, 48 of them free, plus a 40-question mock paper. Works offline.

The owl watches rather than guesses, which is most of the job.

NOT THE SIA AND NOT AN AWARDING ORGANISATION

This app is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the Security Industry Authority, Pearson, any training centre or any government body. It does not provide or book the course, the exam or the licence. Study practice: passing here is not passing there.

WHAT IT DOES NOT REPLACE

The qualification has two multiple-choice exams. The first, Principles of Working in the Private Security Industry, is 72 questions in 110 minutes and is shared with every other front-line SIA licence; this bank does not cover it yet. The second is the one here: 40 questions in 60 minutes, 28 to pass. Sitting either needs the course, the practical assessments, and an application to the SIA with the fee and a criminal record check. Nothing in this app counts towards any of that.

WHERE THE INFORMATION COMES FROM

Every fact is checked against an official public source, named in the app on the question that uses it. All of them:

SIA Public Space Surveillance (CCTV) Knowledge and Skills Specification: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6061f2e8d3bf7f5ce74c29f3/sia-cctv-specification-2021.pdf
Surveillance Camera Code of Practice: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-to-surveillance-camera-code
ICO, guidance on CCTV and video surveillance: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/cctv-and-video-surveillance/guidance-on-video-surveillance-including-cctv/what-does-this-guidance-address/
HSE, display screen equipment guidance: https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/dse/
GOV.UK, for how you apply and what it costs: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-sia-licence

WHAT IS IN IT

320 questions across the six sessions the specification assesses by multiple choice: roles and responsibilities, legislation, operational procedures, equipment, incidents, and health and safety. The seventh, surveillance techniques, is a written workbook rather than multiple choice, so it is not covered.

Eight from the start of each session, 48 in all, are free and stay the same after every update; the rest unlocks with one payment, not a subscription.

Each question carries a short explanation, and the source it was checked against.

WHAT IT DOES

Spaced repetition: each question comes back the day you are about to forget it, using FSRS, the memory model Anki uses. What you keep missing comes back sooner.

A mock paper in the real shape: 40 questions in 60 minutes, and you need 28 of them right (70%), the format used in the Pearson BTEC Level 2 CCTV Operator test. Afterwards every question comes back with the answer and the explanation.

A readiness estimate for how you would do if you sat it now, or for your exam date if you set one, because memory fades.

HOW IT HANDLES YOUR DATA

No account, no analytics, no crash reporting, no ads. The questions are inside the app: nothing is fetched or sent while you study, and your progress stays in its private folder on this phone. The app holds the internet permission: Google Play's billing library needs it when you buy. Nothing else uses it.

WHAT IT COSTS

Free to download, no time limit. The mock paper, the explanations and the sources are open to everybody. What you pay for is the size of the bank and nothing else.

Change phone, and "Restore purchase" brings it back through the same Google account you paid with.

ABOUT THE QUESTIONS

Real exam questions are confidential and the handbooks are somebody else's copyright. These are written from scratch against the specification and the law it is set on.

Nobody who has sat the exam has checked these; they are checked against the specification and the law directly.

Written in English, with explanations in Arabic, Italian, Nepali, Portuguese and Urdu. If yours is missing, say so in a review.