Private Security Exam Score Calculator

Enter your correct answers in part 1 and the weapons part of the private security basic-training exam and, if armed, your shooting score: the score and pass/fail are worked out both by the layout of EGM’s latest published booklet (123rd session) and by the regulation as amended on 4.7.2025.

Last updated: 28 Oct 2026

Armed exam score74.00Pass

Part 1 (general): 72/100 correct72.00
Part 2 (weapons knowledge): 18/25 correct36.00
Shooting (out of 50, 5 rounds)40.00
Weapons and practical score (written + shooting)76.00

Private Security Regulation and EGM: İçişleri Bakanlığı / Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü 28 Oct 2026

How it is calculated

Those who finish private security basic training sit a written exam prepared by the Interior Ministry’s central exam board and, if they will work armed, a shooting test (Regulation under Law 5188, arts. 36–38). EGM’s Private Security Supervision Department holds the exams six times a year. On scoring, two official texts diverge. Arts. 37 and 39 of the regulation, as amended in the Official Gazette of 4/7/2025, cut the basic-training written exam to a 80-question general part and a 20-question weapons part; both parts and shooting are each marked out of 100, the exam score weighs them 50–25–25%, and an armed candidate needs at least 60 in each; unarmed candidates answer part 1 only and need 60 (paragraph added on 17/7/2025). Yet EGM’s latest published booklet (the 123rd, 24.10.2026) still has a 100-question part 1 and a 25-question weapons section, and no booklet in the new layout has been published yet; EGM’s exam FAQ still quotes the former art. 39: weapons 50 and shooting 50 points, the success score being the mean of the two scores. EGM has not stated in writing which scoring applies, so the tool offers both, defaulting to the latest booklet’s layout. For a failed candidate’s attempts, the art. 39(4) in force is used. The basic-training certificate is valid for 5 years (art. 41).

Formula

123rd-session booklet layout: part 1 = correct × 100 ÷ 100; weapons score = weapons correct × 50 ÷ 25 + shooting; success score = (part 1 + weapons score) ÷ 2 · Regulation: exam score = part 1 × 50% + part 2 × 25% + shooting × 25%

Wrong answers cost nothing. Shooting is the practical test fired with 5 rounds; it is out of 50 in the booklet layout and out of 100 in the regulation.

Unarmed candidates answer part 1 only; 60 or more in part 1 passes (the same in both rule sets).
In the layout of EGM’s 123rd-session booklet (booklet and EGM FAQ): part 1 has 100 questions worth 100 points; weapons knowledge 25 questions worth 50; shooting 50. An armed candidate’s success score is the mean of part 1 and the weapons score; the mean must be at least 60 and each of the two at least 50.
In the regulation as amended on 4/7/2025: part 1 has 80 and weapons knowledge 20 questions; both parts and shooting are each marked out of 100, and an armed candidate needs at least 60 in each of the three. No booklet in this layout has been published yet. In both layouts, splitting a part’s points equally across its questions is our reading; the texts give no points per question.

Example

Armed candidate, booklet layout: 72 correct in part 1 → 72 points; 18 correct in the weapons part → 18 × 2 = 36, shooting 40 → weapons score 76. Success score (72 + 76) ÷ 2 = 74, a pass. Under the regulation, 64 + 16 correct and 80 in shooting: 80 × 50% + 80 × 25% + 80 × 25% = 80.

Frequently asked questions

What is the pass mark?

Unarmed: at least 60 in part 1. Armed, booklet layout: a mean of at least 60 with at least 50 in part 1 and in the weapons score; under the regulation’s new text, at least 60 in each of the two parts and shooting.

Do wrong answers cancel correct ones?

No. Neither the regulation nor EGM provides any deduction for wrong answers; the score comes from the correct answers alone.

How is the shooting score given?

Shooting is fired from a distance the Ministry sets, with 5 rounds (art. 38). The published texts do not say how many points each hit earns, so the tool asks you for the shooting score.

How many attempts do I get if I fail?

Under art. 39(4) of the regulation in force you may sit five more consecutive exams within a year without repeating the course; after six failures in all the course must be taken again. The “first four exams” in EGM’s FAQ comes from the former text of art. 39 (“three more exams … four in all”), replaced on 4/7/2025, and no longer applies.

I passed unarmed; can I sit again for armed?

According to EGM’s FAQ, a candidate who sat as armed but passed only as unarmed may sit again as long as attempts remain.