SIA CP Study Guide 2026

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📚 SIA CP Topics to Study (51)

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✍️ Sample SIA CP Questions & Answers

1. Why is it important for close protection team members to maintain physical fitness?

✓ Because the role may require sprinting, sustained physical exertion, carrying the principal, or engaging in physical confrontation

CP operatives may need to sprint, physically shield the principal, carry an injured person, engage in physical confrontation, or work long hours under stress. Physical fitness is essential to perform these duties effectively.

2. Why should a CPO avoid using names on an open (unencrypted) radio channel?

✓ Names could identify the principal or team members to hostile parties monitoring the channel

Using names on an open channel reveals the identity of the principal and team members to anyone monitoring the frequency, potentially enabling a hostile party to identify and target them.

3. What is the purpose of 'actions on' drills in close protection?

✓ Pre-planned and rehearsed responses to specific emergency scenarios, ensuring the team reacts quickly and correctly

'Actions on' are pre-planned, rehearsed responses to specific scenarios (e.g., 'actions on' an ambush, 'actions on' a bomb threat). Rehearsing ensures the team responds instinctively under pressure.

4. When conducting a threat assessment, what does 'intent' refer to?

✓ Whether a potential adversary has the desire and motivation to carry out an attack

Intent refers to whether a potential threat actor has the motivation, desire, and willingness to carry out an attack against the principal. Intent combined with capability determines the level of threat.

5. What is the correct first aid for a suspected fractured femur?

✓ Immobilise with a traction splint if available, keep the casualty warm and warm to prevent shock and call for urgent evacuation

A fractured femur can involve 1–2 litres of internal bleeding; traction splint reduces pain and bleeding, warmth prevents hypothermia and urgent evacuation to surgery is required.

6. What is a 'decoy' movement in a CP protective plan?

✓ A movement by a decoy vehicle or person to draw surveillance or attack away from the principal

A decoy movement uses a vehicle or person mimicking the principal's movement to draw hostile surveillance or attack away, protecting the real principal who travels separately and discreetly.

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