CALIFORNIA QUALIFIED MANAGER LATEST 2026 EXAN
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔LAN (License #, Address, and Business name) - ✔✔7.5 Advertising
What are the three pieces of information that must be displayed in every advertisement?
✔✔Q-TIPS (Quantity of Officers, Time, Identity, Price, Subject) - ✔✔8.2 Proposal
What needs to be included in a proposal?
✔✔Date, type of service, # of hours, price of service, total due, payment due date, late
fees, and additional expenses (cones). - ✔✔9.0 Invoice
What pieces of information must be in an invoice?
✔✔every year, 8 hours additional training - ✔✔10.2 Cont. Training
How often does a security officer need to complete continued training, and how many
hours?
✔✔16 hours of electives (First aid, firearms, baton, de-escalation, diversity) - ✔✔10.2
Cont. Training
How many hours of training must they complete within six months of placing a security
officer on a post?
✔✔guard card, driver's license, and social security card or birth certificate - ✔✔10.3
Hiring Security Officer
When hiring a new security officer, what documents do you need?
✔✔Every two years (BPC 7583.2) - ✔✔10.3 Hiring Security Officer
How often does a security officer need to renew their guard card?
✔✔18 years old, pay state for application, 40 hour course, pass exam, fingerprints -
✔✔10.1 Process of Becoming A Security Officer
Whats the process of becoming a security officer?
✔✔The left breast area of their uniform - ✔✔10.4 Uniform
Where must a security officer wear their badge?
, ✔✔PPO name, "Private Security", Employee # - ✔✔10.4 Uniform
What three pieces of information must be displayed on every badge?
✔✔PPO name, and "Private Security" - ✔✔10.4 Uniform
What pieces of information must be displayed on every shoulder patch?
✔✔8 hours - ✔✔10.8 Baton
How many hours of training is required to obtain a baton permit?
✔✔16 hours - ✔✔10.10 Firearm
How many hours of training are required to obtain an exposed firearms permit?
✔✔24 hours - ✔✔10.10.5 Reportable Events
When a security officer discharges a firearm, within how many days must they report
the incident to the PPO?
✔✔7 days - ✔✔10.10.5 Reportable Events
When a security officer discharges a firearm, within how many days must the PPO
report the incident to BSIS?
✔✔7 days - ✔✔10.10.5 Reportable Events
When a security officer discharges a firearm, within how many days must the PPO
submit a report to the local PD?
✔✔Insurance companies will not insure, ofc needs medical marijuana card, facilitating
the manufacturing, selling, dispensing, and distribution, and federal crime for any
controlled substance user to possess gun - ✔✔10.10.7 Marijuana Dispensaries
What are the challenges with contracting services to marijuana dispensaries?
✔✔BPC 7574 is newer legislation allowing businesses to continue to operate an in-
house security force. BPC 7574 requires a person or business that has one or more
employees who provide security services for the employer and only the employer to
register as a PSSE (Proprietary Private Security Employer). - ✔✔11.1 Proprietary
Security Services Act
What is the Proprietary Security Services Act?
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔LAN (License #, Address, and Business name) - ✔✔7.5 Advertising
What are the three pieces of information that must be displayed in every advertisement?
✔✔Q-TIPS (Quantity of Officers, Time, Identity, Price, Subject) - ✔✔8.2 Proposal
What needs to be included in a proposal?
✔✔Date, type of service, # of hours, price of service, total due, payment due date, late
fees, and additional expenses (cones). - ✔✔9.0 Invoice
What pieces of information must be in an invoice?
✔✔every year, 8 hours additional training - ✔✔10.2 Cont. Training
How often does a security officer need to complete continued training, and how many
hours?
✔✔16 hours of electives (First aid, firearms, baton, de-escalation, diversity) - ✔✔10.2
Cont. Training
How many hours of training must they complete within six months of placing a security
officer on a post?
✔✔guard card, driver's license, and social security card or birth certificate - ✔✔10.3
Hiring Security Officer
When hiring a new security officer, what documents do you need?
✔✔Every two years (BPC 7583.2) - ✔✔10.3 Hiring Security Officer
How often does a security officer need to renew their guard card?
✔✔18 years old, pay state for application, 40 hour course, pass exam, fingerprints -
✔✔10.1 Process of Becoming A Security Officer
Whats the process of becoming a security officer?
✔✔The left breast area of their uniform - ✔✔10.4 Uniform
Where must a security officer wear their badge?
, ✔✔PPO name, "Private Security", Employee # - ✔✔10.4 Uniform
What three pieces of information must be displayed on every badge?
✔✔PPO name, and "Private Security" - ✔✔10.4 Uniform
What pieces of information must be displayed on every shoulder patch?
✔✔8 hours - ✔✔10.8 Baton
How many hours of training is required to obtain a baton permit?
✔✔16 hours - ✔✔10.10 Firearm
How many hours of training are required to obtain an exposed firearms permit?
✔✔24 hours - ✔✔10.10.5 Reportable Events
When a security officer discharges a firearm, within how many days must they report
the incident to the PPO?
✔✔7 days - ✔✔10.10.5 Reportable Events
When a security officer discharges a firearm, within how many days must the PPO
report the incident to BSIS?
✔✔7 days - ✔✔10.10.5 Reportable Events
When a security officer discharges a firearm, within how many days must the PPO
submit a report to the local PD?
✔✔Insurance companies will not insure, ofc needs medical marijuana card, facilitating
the manufacturing, selling, dispensing, and distribution, and federal crime for any
controlled substance user to possess gun - ✔✔10.10.7 Marijuana Dispensaries
What are the challenges with contracting services to marijuana dispensaries?
✔✔BPC 7574 is newer legislation allowing businesses to continue to operate an in-
house security force. BPC 7574 requires a person or business that has one or more
employees who provide security services for the employer and only the employer to
register as a PSSE (Proprietary Private Security Employer). - ✔✔11.1 Proprietary
Security Services Act
What is the Proprietary Security Services Act?
