- What Field Manual covers Physical Security?
. . . FM 3-19.30.
- What Army Regulations covers the Army Physical Security Program?
. . . AR 190-13.
- 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)
- What are the two primary concerns of Physical Security?
. . . 1. Prevention.
2. Protection.
Both serve the interests of people, equipment and property.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / Preface / PDF 7)
- Define the objectives of the Physical Security Education Program.
. . . Get all personnel acquainted with the reasons for security measures and to ensure their cooperation.
- 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)
- What are vulnerabilities?
. . . Gaps in the assets protection.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 2 / PDF 15)
- Commander must ensure that appropriate physical-security measures are taken to minimize the loss of what?
. . . • Personnel.
• Supplies.
• Equipment.
• Material.
Through both human and natural threats.
- What is the interval for placing warning signs for a limited area on or outside the limited area physical barrier?
. . . No more than 100 feet.
- What two major categories can protective barriers be divided into?
. . . 1. Structural.
2. Natural.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 4 / PDF 47)
- 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;
• prevent unauthorized access to equipment, installations, material, and documents;
• safeguard against espionage, sabotage, damage, and theft.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 1 / PDF 9)
- 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 feet from the point of entry.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 4-35 / PDF 54)
- What are the four types of fencing that are authorized for the protection of restricted areas?
. . . 1. Chain link.
2. Barbed wire.
3. Barbed tape.
4. Concertina.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 4 / PDF 48)
- What are the three designations of restricted areas?
. . . 1. Controlled area.
2. Limited area.
3. Exclusion area (Greatest degree of security).
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 7 / PDF 113)
- 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)
- Name some challenges relative to Physical Security.
. . . • Control of populations.
• Information dominance.
• Multinational and interagency connectivity.
• Anti-terrorism.
• Use of physical-security assets as a versatile force multiplier.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 1 / PDF 9)
- An overall site-security system is comprised of what three major sub-elements?
. . . 1. Detection.
2. Delay.
3. Response.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / 6 / PDF 63)
- Locks 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)
- The detection subelement of the overall site-security system includes what?
. . . • Intrusion detection.
• Assessment.
• Entry control.
- 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.
(FM 3-19.30 Jan 2001 / F / PDF 255)
