Loss prevention

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for loss prevention selection in the police, justice, corrections, border, and security sector with 5 skill areas: situational judgment, attention and concentration, numerical reasoning, verbal reasoning and critical thinking. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Attention and concentration — Sustained focus, selective attention, and accuracy under time pressure.
• Numerical reasoning — Arithmetic, fractions, percentages, ratios, rates, estimation, word problems, and number relationships.
• Verbal reasoning — Drawing conclusions from written information without relying on outside assumptions.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. What is shrink in retail loss prevention?

   • A. Staff scheduling software
   • B. Inventory loss from theft, error, or fraud
   • C. A marketing campaign
   • D. A store layout tool

2. You observe concealment but policy requires continuous observation. What is best?

   • A. Maintain observation and follow apprehension procedure
   • B. Detain immediately without observation
   • C. Ignore it
   • D. Announce accusations on the floor

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

Read the study outline for this suite’s skills, timings, and recommended lessons on one printable page, or download its standalone HTML file. The printable page can also be saved as a PDF from your browser.