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Practise the CCTV operator exam paper with 40 questions in 60 minutes. Data protection, the Surveillance Camera Code, RIPA, evidence handling and camera operation, with every answer explained.
Each attempt picks a new set of questions from a bank of 65, so you can practise as often as you like.
Incidents are graded, and any risk to life needs an immediate response. Routine matters can be monitored or dealt with afterwards. Tell your supervisor and share tasks with the team.
Directed surveillance is covert but not intrusive, carried out for a specific investigation or operation and likely to obtain private information. Overt monitoring and immediate responses are not directed surveillance.
The visitors' log is part of the security and audit trail. It shows who was in the room, when and for what reason, which matters if footage or conduct is later questioned.
An operations manual covers matters such as control room access, emergency procedures, fault reporting, image management, contact numbers and the release of recorded material.
Exporting in the native format keeps the quality and the time and date information intact. Checking that the copy plays before handing it over avoids problems later.
Helping to find missing people is a recognised public safety use of CCTV. Work with the police by searching likely areas, passing on sightings quickly and recording what you did.
Exhibit labels record the reference, a description, when and where it was produced and the signature of each person who handles it, supporting continuity.
Stress shows in behavioural, emotional and physical signs such as mood swings, withdrawal, anxiety and aches. Talk to a supervisor and use the support available.
The question bank has 65 questions across these topics. Every attempt mixes them at random.
The Level 2 Award for CCTV Operators (Public Space Surveillance) in the Private Security Industry has three units. Two are tested with multiple choice papers, and the third, practical operation of CCTV equipment, is assessed in a control room setting. This page tests the CCTV operator unit: the operator's role and responsibilities, the laws and codes that control surveillance, control room procedures and confidentiality, operating fixed and PTZ cameras, tracking people and responding to incidents, and producing images that stand up as evidence.
The other paper, Unit 1, is shared with the door supervisor and security guard courses. You can practise it with the link above.
The legal questions need the most care. Know the difference between directed and intrusive surveillance under RIPA, when an operator can respond to an incident without authorisation, what counts as a subject access request, and how the continuity of evidence is kept from the moment footage is recorded to the day it is shown in court. The practice mode explains each one as you go.
You should also know the screen height a person needs to fill for each purpose: 10% to detect, 25% to observe, 50% to recognise someone you know and 100% to identify a stranger. You will use these figures in the course assessments and on the job.
Two multiple choice papers. The principles of working in the private security industry (72 questions) and the CCTV operator paper (40 questions). There is also a practical assessment in a control room setting and a workbook.
You need 28 out of 40, which is 70%, and you have 60 minutes.
No. Unlike the door supervisor and security guard courses, the CCTV licence does not need a first aid certificate.
Mainly the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 and the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice, the Human Rights Act 1998, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Questions last checked: 17 October 2026. These are practice questions written for BookCourse, not the official exam papers.
Practise with our free mock tests until you pass comfortably, then book your course.