PRIVATE PATROL OPERATOR STUDYS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔When is an inspection conducted? - ✔✔Inspections are often conducted at the end
of the workday by looking into employees cars, lunch pails, purses, or tote bags to make
sure unauthorized items are not being taken off the premises.
✔✔Is an inspection always conducted with the employees cooperation? - ✔✔YES
✔✔What should a security guard to you if the employee does not cooperate during an
inspection - ✔✔The guard should note:
Company policy
Date, time, and location
Name
Physical description
Badge ID number
License number of any vehicles involved
Then make a full report, and writing to your employer
✔✔If a guard is inspecting the bags of persons entering a location, what might that
guard be looking for as they go in? - ✔✔Depending on the type of business or building:
Guns, weapons or explosives
Cameras
,Food/drink/alcohol items
Small pets
Merchandise to be returned
Skateboards
Prohibited items
✔✔Class a fire extinguisher - ✔✔Wood, cloth, and paper
✔✔Class B fire extinguisher - ✔✔Flammable liquids
✔✔Class C fire extinguisher - ✔✔Electrical
✔✔Can you fire and employee for getting hurt on a job site? - ✔✔NO
It's illegal for an employer to punish a fire an employee for having a job injury, or for
filing a Worker's Compensation claim.
✔✔Is a PPO's branch office managed by the qualified manager? - ✔✔NO
The qualified manager manages the first PPO office.
The qualified manager can not be at two offices at the same time.
The branch office is managed by a manager.
✔✔When is a branch office registration required for a PPO? - ✔✔If the PPO intends to
conduct business from ANY location other than the PPOs principal (first) business listed
on the PPO license
✔✔What is a branch office? - ✔✔any location other than the primary one listed for you
in BSI S records that you advertise or conduct business from. A registration is needed
for each one. Note: there is no mileage requirements; if it is only a block away, you still
need a branch office license.
✔✔7582.21(a) B&P - ✔✔Shall not advertise or conduct business from any location
other than that shown on the records of the bureau as his or her principal place of
business unless he or she has received a branch office certificate
✔✔7582.21(b) - ✔✔First violation is a $500 fine
$1000 fine for each violation there after
,✔✔When must a sole-proprietor PPO have a Workers' Compensation insurance policy?
- ✔✔When that PPO has at least one employee, even if for one minute. Without it, the
PPO is an illegally uninsured employer.
✔✔I am a sole-proprietor. Am I required to get Workers' Compensation coverage for
myself? - ✔✔NO
✔✔If my only employee is part-time, must I have Workers' Compensation insurance
coverage for him? - ✔✔YES, California law requires employers to have Workers'
Compensation insurance if they have even one employee.
✔✔If family members such as my adult children do some work for me, must I have
Worker's Compensation insurance coverage for them? - ✔✔YES
✔✔Am I required to have workers compensation insurance coverage for my spouse if
my spouse does some work for me? - ✔✔No, but only if you were married before
starting the business.
✔✔What type of crime is failing to have required Worker's Compensation insurance
coverage? - ✔✔Misdemeanor;
$10,000 fine and up to a year in jail.
✔✔If I employ my family members in my business, am I required to have Worker's
Compensation insurance coverage for them? - ✔✔Spouse: NO,if you were married
BEFORE the business was started.
Children: YES.
Corporation: if family members are "NAMED OFFICERS" with stock ownership, they
can be exempt from the workers compensation requirement.
✔✔What happens if I am uninsured and an employee is injured? - ✔✔3700.5 of the
California labor code states it is a misdemeanor punishable by either a fine after
$10,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year or both additionally the
state issues penalties up to $100,000 against illegally uninsured or employers.
If an employee gets hurt or sick because of work and you're not insured you responsible
for paying all bills related to the injury or illness. If you are illegally uninsured and an
employee gets sick or hurt because of work that employee can file a civil action against
you in addition to filing a Worker's Compensation claim.
, ✔✔Can I be fined for not caring Worker's Compensation insurance? - ✔✔Yes, you can
be fined and more
A stop order will be issued
This order prohibits the use of employee labor until coverage is obtained
The division of labor standards enforcement will also assess a penalty of $1000 per
employee on the payroll at the time the stop order is issued and served up to $100,000
labor code section 3722(a)
If an injured worker files a Worker's Compensation claim that goes before the Worker's
Compensation appeals Board and a judge finds the employer had not secured
insurance as required by law, when the dispute is resolved the uninsured employers
may be assessed a penalty of $10,000 per employee on the day PAYROLL at the time
of injury if the workers case was found to be compensate symbol for $2000 per
employee on the payroll at the time of entry at the workers case was not compensated
for up to a maximum of $1000 labor code section 3722(b)
Finally as noted in answer to a previous question failure to secure Worker's
Compensation insurance is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county
jail for up to one year or by fine up to $10,000 or buy both that imprisonment and find
labor code section 3700.5
✔✔When must you provide your injured employee with a Worker's Compensation claim
form? - ✔✔Within one working day of knowledge of the injury or illness
✔✔Should I have a W-4 in an employee's personnel file? - ✔✔YES
✔✔If I see an incident occur what shall I do? - ✔✔If you see an accident out in the
parking lot of the business you are protecting, YOU MUST WRITE A SHORT POLICE
REPORT, or you should call the police or fire department if help is needed, but never go
out to the accident yourself.
✔✔If my BSIS application is not complete within one year does the BSIS abandon the
application? - ✔✔YES
✔✔Can an ex-employee sue me for up to 3 years? - ✔✔YES
✔✔Should I call 911 after an earthquake? - ✔✔No, if at a job location you have an
earthquake, make sure your surroundings are safe, then follow post orders. Don't call
911 about an earthquake unless someone is hurt or trapped.
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔When is an inspection conducted? - ✔✔Inspections are often conducted at the end
of the workday by looking into employees cars, lunch pails, purses, or tote bags to make
sure unauthorized items are not being taken off the premises.
✔✔Is an inspection always conducted with the employees cooperation? - ✔✔YES
✔✔What should a security guard to you if the employee does not cooperate during an
inspection - ✔✔The guard should note:
Company policy
Date, time, and location
Name
Physical description
Badge ID number
License number of any vehicles involved
Then make a full report, and writing to your employer
✔✔If a guard is inspecting the bags of persons entering a location, what might that
guard be looking for as they go in? - ✔✔Depending on the type of business or building:
Guns, weapons or explosives
Cameras
,Food/drink/alcohol items
Small pets
Merchandise to be returned
Skateboards
Prohibited items
✔✔Class a fire extinguisher - ✔✔Wood, cloth, and paper
✔✔Class B fire extinguisher - ✔✔Flammable liquids
✔✔Class C fire extinguisher - ✔✔Electrical
✔✔Can you fire and employee for getting hurt on a job site? - ✔✔NO
It's illegal for an employer to punish a fire an employee for having a job injury, or for
filing a Worker's Compensation claim.
✔✔Is a PPO's branch office managed by the qualified manager? - ✔✔NO
The qualified manager manages the first PPO office.
The qualified manager can not be at two offices at the same time.
The branch office is managed by a manager.
✔✔When is a branch office registration required for a PPO? - ✔✔If the PPO intends to
conduct business from ANY location other than the PPOs principal (first) business listed
on the PPO license
✔✔What is a branch office? - ✔✔any location other than the primary one listed for you
in BSI S records that you advertise or conduct business from. A registration is needed
for each one. Note: there is no mileage requirements; if it is only a block away, you still
need a branch office license.
✔✔7582.21(a) B&P - ✔✔Shall not advertise or conduct business from any location
other than that shown on the records of the bureau as his or her principal place of
business unless he or she has received a branch office certificate
✔✔7582.21(b) - ✔✔First violation is a $500 fine
$1000 fine for each violation there after
,✔✔When must a sole-proprietor PPO have a Workers' Compensation insurance policy?
- ✔✔When that PPO has at least one employee, even if for one minute. Without it, the
PPO is an illegally uninsured employer.
✔✔I am a sole-proprietor. Am I required to get Workers' Compensation coverage for
myself? - ✔✔NO
✔✔If my only employee is part-time, must I have Workers' Compensation insurance
coverage for him? - ✔✔YES, California law requires employers to have Workers'
Compensation insurance if they have even one employee.
✔✔If family members such as my adult children do some work for me, must I have
Worker's Compensation insurance coverage for them? - ✔✔YES
✔✔Am I required to have workers compensation insurance coverage for my spouse if
my spouse does some work for me? - ✔✔No, but only if you were married before
starting the business.
✔✔What type of crime is failing to have required Worker's Compensation insurance
coverage? - ✔✔Misdemeanor;
$10,000 fine and up to a year in jail.
✔✔If I employ my family members in my business, am I required to have Worker's
Compensation insurance coverage for them? - ✔✔Spouse: NO,if you were married
BEFORE the business was started.
Children: YES.
Corporation: if family members are "NAMED OFFICERS" with stock ownership, they
can be exempt from the workers compensation requirement.
✔✔What happens if I am uninsured and an employee is injured? - ✔✔3700.5 of the
California labor code states it is a misdemeanor punishable by either a fine after
$10,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year or both additionally the
state issues penalties up to $100,000 against illegally uninsured or employers.
If an employee gets hurt or sick because of work and you're not insured you responsible
for paying all bills related to the injury or illness. If you are illegally uninsured and an
employee gets sick or hurt because of work that employee can file a civil action against
you in addition to filing a Worker's Compensation claim.
, ✔✔Can I be fined for not caring Worker's Compensation insurance? - ✔✔Yes, you can
be fined and more
A stop order will be issued
This order prohibits the use of employee labor until coverage is obtained
The division of labor standards enforcement will also assess a penalty of $1000 per
employee on the payroll at the time the stop order is issued and served up to $100,000
labor code section 3722(a)
If an injured worker files a Worker's Compensation claim that goes before the Worker's
Compensation appeals Board and a judge finds the employer had not secured
insurance as required by law, when the dispute is resolved the uninsured employers
may be assessed a penalty of $10,000 per employee on the day PAYROLL at the time
of injury if the workers case was found to be compensate symbol for $2000 per
employee on the payroll at the time of entry at the workers case was not compensated
for up to a maximum of $1000 labor code section 3722(b)
Finally as noted in answer to a previous question failure to secure Worker's
Compensation insurance is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county
jail for up to one year or by fine up to $10,000 or buy both that imprisonment and find
labor code section 3700.5
✔✔When must you provide your injured employee with a Worker's Compensation claim
form? - ✔✔Within one working day of knowledge of the injury or illness
✔✔Should I have a W-4 in an employee's personnel file? - ✔✔YES
✔✔If I see an incident occur what shall I do? - ✔✔If you see an accident out in the
parking lot of the business you are protecting, YOU MUST WRITE A SHORT POLICE
REPORT, or you should call the police or fire department if help is needed, but never go
out to the accident yourself.
✔✔If my BSIS application is not complete within one year does the BSIS abandon the
application? - ✔✔YES
✔✔Can an ex-employee sue me for up to 3 years? - ✔✔YES
✔✔Should I call 911 after an earthquake? - ✔✔No, if at a job location you have an
earthquake, make sure your surroundings are safe, then follow post orders. Don't call
911 about an earthquake unless someone is hurt or trapped.
