Exam pattern and syllabus of RBI ASSISTANT MANAGER ( Protocol and Security ) in Grade A Exam 2018

RBI has released a notification for managers and officers for various posts such as:

 (i) Manager (Technical - Civil) in Grade 'B', 

(ii) Assistant Manager (Rajbhasha) in Grade 'A',

(iii) Assistant Manager (Protocol and Security) in Grade 'A' ,

 (iv) Legal Officer in Grade ‘B’ and

 (v) Assistant Librarian in Grade ‘A’

Out of these the post of Assistant Manager (Protocol and Security) in Grade A carries a special place as it has a very elaborate syllabus and is opted by a few. The reason is that it is deals with lot of responsible job in the bank such as:

(i) Watch and Ward arrangements as to internal security for guarding treasure vaults, passages, entry and exit points, surveillance through CCTV, monitoring, recording etc. in the Bank's Office Buildings 

(ii) Protocol duties

(iii) Maintenance/Security of Bank's properties and

(iv) Control over the staff deployed for the purpose.

It is better to understand the exam pattern and syllabus before you want to apply for the same so that you can decide your mode of exam preparation accordingly. You can also benefit Bank Coaching Chandigarh through a reputable Coaching Institute.

Exam Pattern of  ASSISTANT MANAGER (PROTOCOL AND SECURITY) IN GR ‘A’

The exam process of this post is online written exam followed by an interview. Candidates who will qualify written online test as per the cut-off decided by the Examining body and the posts lying vacant will be called for an interview. The exam pattern of written exam is as follows:

S. No.	Name of the test	Number of questions	Maximum marks	Duration
1.	Test of Reasoning	50	50	Separately timed for 2 hours
2.	Test of English Language	50	25
3.	Test of General Awareness with Special reference to Banking Industry	50	50
4.	Test of Professional Knowledge	50	75
TOTAL		200	200

Syllabus for the online written examination:

1. Security - Basic Practices and Principles

(a) Definitions, Concepts, Inter-relations (Inclusive of but not exhaustive)

i. Security & Safety

ii. Physical Security, Information Security, IT Security, Broad Overlapping Areas

iii. Incident, Emergency, Crisis, Disaster

iv. Asset (& Liability), Risk, Threat, Vulnerability

v. Asset Protection, Loss Prevention

vi. Gaps & Countermeasure

vii. Loss/Risk Event, Criticality (Impact) and Probability (Frequency), Occurrence Possibility, Loss Potential

viii. Other security related terms and concepts

(b) Basic Security Management Principles & Approach

i. Defensive

ii. Covert & Unobtrusive

iii. Overt and Loud

iv. Reactive

v. Pro-active

vi. Best Practices

(c) Reputed Industrial & Physical Security Institutions, Bodies, Organisations & Associations

i. India

ii. International

2. Security Management: Components & Concepts

a. Assessment and Planning

b. Security Survey & Audit

c. Resource Planning and Management

d. Man Management - Manpower Planning, Deployment, Utilization

e. Perimeter Protection / fortification

f. Asset hardening / protection

g. Access Control

h. Surveillance & Monitoring- Methods and approaches

i. Alarms and Response Mechanism - SOPs, Drills, Rehearsals & tests

j. Layered Defence, Multi-Level Protection

k. 5/6-D (Approach) Principle

l. Illumination and Security Lighting

m. Security Hardware (Gadgets and Tangible Aids)

n. Security Software (SOPs, Procedures, Practices etc.)

o. Training

p. Integration - man & machine, gadget & gadget

q. Maintenance and upkeep of systems and gadgets

r. Risk Management

s. Budgeting, ROI, Allocation of Resources, Output

t. MIS - Reports, Returns, Records for information, analyses, planning, change etc.

u. Supervision, Command & Control - Checks, controls and tools

3. Risk Assessment: Components & Concepts

(a) Asset Profiling

(b) Threat Analysis

(c) Vulnerability Assessment

(d) Possible I Potential Loss Event Profiling

(e) Criticality and Probability - for profiled potential/possible Loss Events

(f) Risk Matrix and priority I classification

(g) Gap Determination

(h) Gap Closure - Countermeasure

For more details regarding the syllabus you can visit the official notification posted at the RBI website. 

Hope this information will help you to start your exam preparation for the post of ASSISTANT MANAGER (PROTOCOL AND SECURITY) IN GR ‘A’ notified in RBI 2018 notification.