Ontario security guard test practice
Practice for the Security guard and private investigator testing set by the Ministry of the Solicitor General (Ontario); tests administered by Serco Canada Inc.
Built from the Training syllabus for security guards, with the handbook page behind every answer.
Ontario Security guard and private investigator testing practice, for the Security guard licence under the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005
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- Fill in the blank. Type the missing word. Exact match, capitals ignored.
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- Short answer. Answer in your own words, then compare with the source.
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- chapters
- 12
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Ontario Security guard and private investigator testing practice, for the Security guard licence under the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005
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Ontario Security guard and private investigator testing practice, for the Security guard licence under the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005. 60 questions. Pass mark not published. Handbook published by the Ministry of the Solicitor General.
264 questions · 12 chapters · Built from the official handbook · Sources checked October 2026.
Chapters
What the handbook covers
The questions follow the chapters of the Training syllabus for security guards, published by the Ministry of the Solicitor General.
Handbook edition: Updated July 06, 2026.
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Try the free questions
The first 20 questions, free, no account. Each answer shows the handbook page it comes from.
A worker has refused work under the Act. What must the worker do first?
About the test
About the real test
- Fee
- $39.55 per test ($35.00 plus 13% HST); the ServiceOntario licensing fee is separate
- Where you take it
- Online, or at select DriveTest centres across Ontario
- Time allowed
- 75 minutes
- Languages
- English and French
- What to bring
- Not published
- Minimum age
- 18
- Parent or guardian consent
- Not published
- Vision test
- Not published
- If you do not pass
- No waiting period between test appointments; each retake is a new paid booking and a rewrite of the whole test
- Booking
- Booking and payment options
- Official practice test
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Where you take it: Online, or at select DriveTest centres across Ontario.
Questions
Common Questions
Is this the Ontario Security guard and private investigator testing?
See the notice at the end of this page.
How is the real test laid out?
The question count is shown above, under the test name. The exam mode here runs at the real test's length.
Where do the questions come from?
From the Training syllabus for security guards, published by the Ministry of the Solicitor General. Every question links to the page it was written from. Each question shows the date we last checked its source.
What do I get if I buy?
The Ontario Security guard and private investigator testing practice, for the Security guard licence under the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005: the whole question bank in five modes, and full exam papers at the real test's length, for $9.99, one payment.
What if I fail the real test?
See the notice at the end of this page.
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Not for the first 20 questions. After you buy, you sign in with your email address and there is no password. We keep your email address, your province and which questions you got right or wrong, so you can pick up where you left off. Nothing else. You can delete it any time.
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Each question shows the date we last checked its source.
Quebec is not covered.
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The ministry's syllabus is a list of topics, not a handbook. Our questions are written from the Acts, regulations and ministry study guide the syllabus points at, each linked to the section it comes from. Topics the syllabus leaves to the training course (first aid technique, sensitivity training, employer procedures) are not covered here.