PRIVATE PATROL OPERATOR REVIEW SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What are the counter-terrorism techniques known as the 4 D's that a security officer
can do? - ✔✔Deter, delay, deny, and detect
✔✔After being approved following the applying for or the renewing of a guard card, can
a security officer work with a temporary registration that he can obtain from the BSIS
website? - ✔✔Yes, BSIS allows you to print from their website your approval
✔✔If a person is convicted of operating a PPO business without a license, for how long
after that conviction date shall the licensing bureau not issue that person a PPO
license? - ✔✔One year
✔✔If a person is considering doing damage to another persons property by using
gasoline and matches what type of crime is likely to become? - ✔✔Arson
✔✔What is the name of the lengthy federal form that job applicants must fill out and
include supporting documents, to prove that they can legally work in the United States?
- ✔✔I-9 form
✔✔Is there a mileage requirement involved in the need for a branch office - ✔✔No. It
can be next door or 400 miles away, that doesn't matter: you need a branch office to
operate anywhere besides your primary location
✔✔Who regulates the carrying of teargas by security officers? - ✔✔BSIS
✔✔On a written report, what are the 6 points that should be included? - ✔✔Who, what,
where, when, how, witnesses
✔✔For how long must a PPO keep records of the firearms used by the employees of
the PPO? - ✔✔2 years
,✔✔Can you security officer to be 17 1/2 years old if he is a high school graduate? -
✔✔No
✔✔What is the BSIS fine for wearing a badge that is not clearly visible? - ✔✔$250
✔✔How long must a PPO retain the I-9 form for current employees? - ✔✔Must retain
the I-9 form the entire time a person is an employee
✔✔How long must PPO retain the I-9 form for former employees? - ✔✔For former
employees, you must retain the I-9 form until the latter of 3 years after the employee is
hired or 1 year after the employees employment ended
✔✔If you haven't passed the PPO exam within 1 year of being approved to take the
test, does BSIS consider your application to be abandoned? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Any written proposal or a contract, should the PPO include hours of coverage, cost
per hour, insurance information, location, duties, and any overtime cost and special
details? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Can you have one employee without needed Worker's Compensation insurance? -
✔✔No
✔✔Should a PPO store an employees I-9 form in the employee's personnel file? -
✔✔No
✔✔Can an out of state guard company do a one day job in California? - ✔✔No
✔✔Should PPO be concerned with profit when writing a proposal and or a contract? -
✔✔Yes
✔✔If a security officers guard card says that it expires on July 31 of this year, can the
security officer work legally using this card on July 31 of this year? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔If a security officers guard card says that it expires on July 31 of this year, Can that
security officer work legally using this card on August 1 of this year? - ✔✔No
✔✔If a security officer slips and falls while working on a clients property, and he gets
hurt, whose insurance is likely responsible? - ✔✔The PPOs Worker's Compensation
insurance, and possibly the clients insurance too
✔✔True or false: an example of robbery is when a family comes home and finds that
their new television is gone. - ✔✔False
, ✔✔Is an armed PPO or a PPO with an armed employee required to have insurance
totaling $500,000 or is it totaling $1 million? - ✔✔Totaling $1 million
✔✔In the PPO's files, must there be records that include the models and serial numbers
of the firearms carried by the PPOs employees? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔If a PPO's client asked the on-site security officer to fuel and wash the clients car,
what should the security officer do? - ✔✔If acceptable to all parties involved, cooperate
✔✔What type of companies are required to have emergency action plans? - ✔✔Per
OSHA at 818-901-5754, these include construction sites, certain chemical companies,
refineries, and possibly others
✔✔What size of these companies can have oral not written emergency action plan? -
✔✔10 employees or less Title 8, 3220, California code of regulations
✔✔What size of these companies must have written emergency action plans - ✔✔More
than 10 employees title eight, 3220, California code of regulations
✔✔If a security officer Arrest the person for shoplifting, and when it goes through the
court system that person is found to be not guilty of shoplifting or any other crime that
day, could the security officer had made a mistake? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔If a car enters a gated community without the permission of the security officer, how
should this be handled? - ✔✔Follow job site instructions. Typically, for this, is to
document any refusal to stop and report it to the PPO or his client.
✔✔What security officer situations need to be reported to BSIS? - ✔✔Discharge of
firearm, loss of firearm, death, physical altercation, use of deadly weapon
✔✔What is the first thing a security officer should do if an earthquake occurs while he is
at a job site? - ✔✔Follow guidelines to save lives
✔✔If a security officer works too many hours, can it cause health and/or safety issues?
- ✔✔Yes
✔✔What might be included in a job site evacuation plan? - ✔✔Exit, exit routes, fire
extinguishers, alternate escape routes, external meeting points, first aid equipment,
utility shut off's
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What are the counter-terrorism techniques known as the 4 D's that a security officer
can do? - ✔✔Deter, delay, deny, and detect
✔✔After being approved following the applying for or the renewing of a guard card, can
a security officer work with a temporary registration that he can obtain from the BSIS
website? - ✔✔Yes, BSIS allows you to print from their website your approval
✔✔If a person is convicted of operating a PPO business without a license, for how long
after that conviction date shall the licensing bureau not issue that person a PPO
license? - ✔✔One year
✔✔If a person is considering doing damage to another persons property by using
gasoline and matches what type of crime is likely to become? - ✔✔Arson
✔✔What is the name of the lengthy federal form that job applicants must fill out and
include supporting documents, to prove that they can legally work in the United States?
- ✔✔I-9 form
✔✔Is there a mileage requirement involved in the need for a branch office - ✔✔No. It
can be next door or 400 miles away, that doesn't matter: you need a branch office to
operate anywhere besides your primary location
✔✔Who regulates the carrying of teargas by security officers? - ✔✔BSIS
✔✔On a written report, what are the 6 points that should be included? - ✔✔Who, what,
where, when, how, witnesses
✔✔For how long must a PPO keep records of the firearms used by the employees of
the PPO? - ✔✔2 years
,✔✔Can you security officer to be 17 1/2 years old if he is a high school graduate? -
✔✔No
✔✔What is the BSIS fine for wearing a badge that is not clearly visible? - ✔✔$250
✔✔How long must a PPO retain the I-9 form for current employees? - ✔✔Must retain
the I-9 form the entire time a person is an employee
✔✔How long must PPO retain the I-9 form for former employees? - ✔✔For former
employees, you must retain the I-9 form until the latter of 3 years after the employee is
hired or 1 year after the employees employment ended
✔✔If you haven't passed the PPO exam within 1 year of being approved to take the
test, does BSIS consider your application to be abandoned? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Any written proposal or a contract, should the PPO include hours of coverage, cost
per hour, insurance information, location, duties, and any overtime cost and special
details? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Can you have one employee without needed Worker's Compensation insurance? -
✔✔No
✔✔Should a PPO store an employees I-9 form in the employee's personnel file? -
✔✔No
✔✔Can an out of state guard company do a one day job in California? - ✔✔No
✔✔Should PPO be concerned with profit when writing a proposal and or a contract? -
✔✔Yes
✔✔If a security officers guard card says that it expires on July 31 of this year, can the
security officer work legally using this card on July 31 of this year? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔If a security officers guard card says that it expires on July 31 of this year, Can that
security officer work legally using this card on August 1 of this year? - ✔✔No
✔✔If a security officer slips and falls while working on a clients property, and he gets
hurt, whose insurance is likely responsible? - ✔✔The PPOs Worker's Compensation
insurance, and possibly the clients insurance too
✔✔True or false: an example of robbery is when a family comes home and finds that
their new television is gone. - ✔✔False
, ✔✔Is an armed PPO or a PPO with an armed employee required to have insurance
totaling $500,000 or is it totaling $1 million? - ✔✔Totaling $1 million
✔✔In the PPO's files, must there be records that include the models and serial numbers
of the firearms carried by the PPOs employees? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔If a PPO's client asked the on-site security officer to fuel and wash the clients car,
what should the security officer do? - ✔✔If acceptable to all parties involved, cooperate
✔✔What type of companies are required to have emergency action plans? - ✔✔Per
OSHA at 818-901-5754, these include construction sites, certain chemical companies,
refineries, and possibly others
✔✔What size of these companies can have oral not written emergency action plan? -
✔✔10 employees or less Title 8, 3220, California code of regulations
✔✔What size of these companies must have written emergency action plans - ✔✔More
than 10 employees title eight, 3220, California code of regulations
✔✔If a security officer Arrest the person for shoplifting, and when it goes through the
court system that person is found to be not guilty of shoplifting or any other crime that
day, could the security officer had made a mistake? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔If a car enters a gated community without the permission of the security officer, how
should this be handled? - ✔✔Follow job site instructions. Typically, for this, is to
document any refusal to stop and report it to the PPO or his client.
✔✔What security officer situations need to be reported to BSIS? - ✔✔Discharge of
firearm, loss of firearm, death, physical altercation, use of deadly weapon
✔✔What is the first thing a security officer should do if an earthquake occurs while he is
at a job site? - ✔✔Follow guidelines to save lives
✔✔If a security officer works too many hours, can it cause health and/or safety issues?
- ✔✔Yes
✔✔What might be included in a job site evacuation plan? - ✔✔Exit, exit routes, fire
extinguishers, alternate escape routes, external meeting points, first aid equipment,
utility shut off's
