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Physical Security
Posted: Thursday, March 5, 2009
1.
What Field Manual covers Physical Security?
FM 3-19.30
2.
What Army Regulations covers the Army Physical Security Program?
AR 190-13
3.
Security lighting allows security personnel to maintain visual-assessment capability during darkness. When security-lighting provisions are impractical, what are needed?
- Additional security posts
- Patrols
- MWD patrols
- NVDs
- Other security means as necessary.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 5 / PDF 57)
4.
What are the two primary concerns of Physical Security?
Prevention and Protection. Both serve the interests of people, equipment and property.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / Preface / PDF 7)
5.
Define the objectives of the Physical Security Education Program.
Get all personnel acquainted with the reasons for security measures and to ensure their cooperation.
6.
Describe standard Barbed wire.
Twisted, double-strand, 13.5-gauge wire, with four-point barbs spaced equal distances apart.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 4 / PDF 49)
7.
What are vulnerabilities?
Gaps in the assets protection
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 2 / PDF 15)
8.
Commander must ensure that appropriate physical-security measures are taken to minimize the loss of what?
- Personnel
- Supplies
- Equipment
- and material through both human and natural threats.
9.
What is the interval for placing warning signs for a limited area on or outside the limited area physical barrier?
No more than 100 ft
10.
What two major categories can protective barriers be divided into?
- Structural
- Natural.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 4 / PDF 47)
11.
What is the purpose of the Army Physical Security Program?
Physical security is defined as that part of security concerned with physical measures designed to safeguard personnel; to prevent unauthorized access to equipment, installations, material, and documents; and to safeguard against espionage, sabotage, damage, and theft.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 1 / PDF 9)
12.
How far from the point of entry of an installation should the signs located that indicate the conditions of entry onto that installation?
No less than 50 ft from the point of entry
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 4-35 / PDF 54)
13.
What are the four types of fencing that are authorized for the protection of restricted areas?
- Chain link
- Barbed wire
- Barbed tape
- Concertina
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 4 / PDF 48)
14.
What are the three designations of restricted areas?
- Controlled area
- Limited area
- Exclusion area (Greatest degree of security)
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 7 / PDF 113)
15.
Protective barriers are designed to define what?
The physical limits of an installation, activity, or area.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 4 / PDF 47)
16.
Name some challenges relative to Physical Security.
Control of populations, information dominance, multinational and interagency connectivity, anti-terrorism, and the use of physical-security assets as a versatile force multiplier.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 1 / PDF 9)
17.
An overall site-security system is comprised of what three major sub-elements?
- Detection
- Delay
- Response
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 6 / PDF 63)
18.
_____ are the most acceptable and widely used security devices for protecting facilities, classified materials, and property.
Locks (All containers, rooms, and facilities must be locked when not in actual use.)
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 8 / PDF 127)
19.
The detection subelement of the overall site-security system includes what?
- Intrusion detection
- Assessment
- Entry control.
20.
What does a detailed physical plan include?
The plan should include at least special and general guard orders, access and
material control, protective barriers/lighting systems, locks, and IDSs.
material control, protective barriers/lighting systems, locks, and IDSs.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / F / PDF 255)
