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The CLSO exam has 60 questions and runs 2 hours.
These 10 free CLSO questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Certified Lodging Security Officer blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
Housekeeping has finished cleaning a vacant room at a full-service hotel. During a security check, the officer discovers that its door will close but will not latch. The room still appears available for assignment, and arrivals are waiting. Which departmental handoff closes the operational gap?
Correct answer: C - Have front office withhold the room from assignment while engineering repairs and verifies the latch.
At the front desk, a visitor requests a key to an occupied room, saying, 'My wife checked in earlier.' His photo ID confirms his identity, and he knows the room number, but the registration lists only his wife. The hotel's key policy requires verified identity and recorded authorization for the room. Which response provides legitimate assistance without bypassing that policy?
Correct answer: B - Have front desk privately obtain and record the registered guest's authorization before issuing a key.
A ballroom's posted occupant limit is 180 people, including staff and performers. Inside are 154 attendees, 10 servers, four musicians, and two security officers. Eighteen of the 154 attendees are also overnight hotel guests. Fourteen additional attendees are waiting outside; nobody is leaving. How should the officer manage this admission group?
Correct answer: A - Admit 10, leaving four waiting until space becomes available.
After repeated lighting failures on a resort footpath have been repaired, security reviews its patrol arrangements. Every electronic checkpoint was scanned, yet guests reported the faults before officers did. The scanners are at the path's two ends and record attendance, not conditions between them. What should the supervisor require to verify inspection of the route itself?
Correct answer: A - Add a recorded physical check of the footpath's lighting and walking surface to each required round.
An officer reaches the east elevator lobby at 21:10 and sees liquid on the floor. A guest says, 'I slipped here at about 21:04.' The officer did not witness the fall and does not know when the liquid appeared. Select the report entry that preserves those limits.
Correct answer: B - At 21:10 I observed liquid in the east elevator lobby. The guest reported slipping there at about 21:04.
At an entrance to a hotel's restricted service corridor, a courier initially agrees to a voluntary bag inspection. Before the inspection begins, the courier withdraws consent and says the delivery will be returned instead. The posted rule makes screening a condition of entry; it does not require a visitor to enter. There is no independent lawful basis for detention. What remains within the officer's authority?
Correct answer: D - Refuse entry to the restricted corridor and allow the courier to leave without the inspection.
A camera records someone entering a locked linen room at 22:18. Its clock was verified to be six minutes fast throughout the incident. The correctly synchronized access log records use of a credential assigned to an employee at 22:12. The video does not identify the person's face, and the system records credentials rather than individual users. Which conclusion belongs in the investigation summary?
Correct answer: D - The corrected video time is 22:12; the records are consistent, but the entrant's identity remains unconfirmed.
During a hotel's adult CPR drill, the feedback device records 112 compressions per minute, a depth of 3.6 cm, full chest recoil, and correct hand placement. The manikin represents an average-sized adult. Which coaching instruction addresses the deficient measurement without changing a satisfactory one?
Correct answer: A - Keep the current rate and increase compression depth to about 5.5 cm.
A hotel business-center safety review considers paper burning inside a shredder before its electrical supply has been disconnected. Which pair of fire-class ratings must an extinguisher cover to address both the burning paper and the energized equipment?
Correct answer: C - Classes A and C
An officer receives a live telephone threat claiming that a bomb has been placed near a hotel ballroom. From a separate phone, a colleague is already notifying police and activating the hotel's emergency response. The caller is still speaking. How should the officer use this opportunity?
Correct answer: C - Keep the caller talking, noting exact words and asking about the claimed location and detonation time.
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