Testing for Guards in Ontario Security guard Preparation Guide

WARNING: This Post involves me promoting something that I am selling. I apologize for that. But several Forum contributors asked me to let them know when this became available, and - being old - I've forgotten who asked.

Emond Montgomery Publications now have available the Security Guard Exam Preparation Guide that I wrote for them. It is specifically designed as a test prep manual - it lists all of the learning outcomes found in the Ontario guard training curriculum (as well as those found in the CGSB standard and the provincial guard training standards used in BC, SK, and MB) and briefly covers the kind of basic info you need to know to face a multiple choice question based on each of those outcomes.

It also includes nearly 90 sample questions that are written right into the sections of the book, and another 90 sample questions that are organized into a full-length 90-question "medicine ball" practice test at the back of the book. I call it a medicine ball practice test because it has 90 questions (v. 60 on the Ontario test), it employs questions with 5 possible answer choices (v. 4 options on the questions on the Ontario test), and we recommend that readers challenge themselves to write it in 90 minutes, which means allotting yourself 60 seconds per question (v. 75 seconds per question on the Ontario test). The idea is that if you can meet the challenge of doing well on our practice test, you should be able to take a lot of confidence with you when you go in to write the less daunting provincial test at a Drive Test Centre.

The book also contains an Appendix which provides practical tips on how to "tactically" approach a multiple choice test in ways that enhance the odds of doing well even if you end up having to "guess" some answers. There is no penalty for wrong answers, so test writers should always answer every question regardless, but guessing never has to be as random as a simple one-in-four chance of getting it right.

You can order the book directly from EMP online by going to their website.

Emond Montgomery Publications - Canada's Leading Academic Publisher - Security Guard Exam Preparation Guide

The price is $56.50, which is a lot of money. But it's still $3.50 less than having to pay Drive Test to write the test a second time if you fail it the first.

I apologize again to both site administrators and site users if this kind of commercial promotion offends. It's not my intention to hurt the integrity of the Forum. And hey, my book may turn out to be crap! I'll leave it up to others to comment on whether or not they find it useful.