PRIVATE PATROL OPERATOR FINAL EXAMINATION PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. If highly contagious bio-waste is found in the parking lot of
the client's property and the security officer on duty did
nothing to address the problem, in the case of a visitor
becoming infected as a result of the officer's negligence, who
will likely be held liable?: The security oflcer, the client and the security oflcer's
employer
2. Private security vehicles with amber lights must have which
of the follow-ing?: The words "Private Security" or Security Patrol" on the sides and
rear of the vehicle and the PPO license number
3. what type of commercial general lability insurance policy must
PPOs have?: A policy with minimum limits of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for any
one loss or occurrence due to bodily injury, including death, or property damage, or both
4. If you help falsify the photo (or fingerprints) of an employee
or applicant,
you can be held liable for a/an .: Felony
5. Which agency has primary authority over the use of amber
lights in private security vehicles?: The California Highway Patrol
6. If you close your branch office, how many days do you have to
notify BSIS?: 10 days
7. In addition to BSIS, what agency has authority to regulate
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,your uniforms, badge, or patch?: The local law enforcement agency having
jurisdiction over where your business is conducted.
8. A PPO application (and even private security guard
registration) is consid-ered abandoned after .: 365 days
9. A security officer files a BSIS Unlicensed and Unregistered
Activity lead form alleging his employer hired a family member
to patrol a contracted property. The problem is that the family
member does not have a guard card. The employer learned of
the complaint, and, as a result, assigns the complaining
security officer to mop the floors of the client's property
instead of patrolling it. which of the following is correct?: The PPO is
liable for civil damages under the labor code's whistleblowing statutes and the
oflcer has three years to file a claim
10. What does California law say about asking an applicant
about her criminal history?: You cannot ask about a conviction until after you
otter her the job.
11. If you close a branch office, how many days do you have to
notify BSIS of the closure?: 10 days
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, 12. Who is responsible for paying workers' compensation
insurance for your employees?: The private patrol operator
13. A security officers you hired is off-duty and is watching a
movie with his daughter. The officer had just gotten off work
before this and placed a jacket over his uniform to cover his
patches and badge. at the theater, the officer sees a
perpetrator grab another movie-goer and stab him several
times. the officer takes off his jacket and exposes his
uniform. The suspect sees the officer's uniform and flees the
scene. The suspect is captured by police. You, as the officer's
supervision, should: Reprimand the oflcer for his conduct
14. What are the rules regarding the use of an unmarked
security patrol vehi-
cle?: If you can avoid it, you should not use an unmarked security patrol vehicle.
15. You receive a contract to provide security services to a
school district at a ate of 15 hours per week. What course must
your officer complete?: No (additional) courses are needed.
16. Under what circumstance would you need a Workers'
Compensation Poli-cy?: When you have an employee at the front desk who only
answers phones
17. Every (following the year they are licensed), a
security officer must complete of continuing education.:
1 year; 8hours
18. If you wanted to find information regarding the Business &
Professions code that prohibits persons from contracting
security services without a Pri-vate Patrol operator license,
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1. If highly contagious bio-waste is found in the parking lot of
the client's property and the security officer on duty did
nothing to address the problem, in the case of a visitor
becoming infected as a result of the officer's negligence, who
will likely be held liable?: The security oflcer, the client and the security oflcer's
employer
2. Private security vehicles with amber lights must have which
of the follow-ing?: The words "Private Security" or Security Patrol" on the sides and
rear of the vehicle and the PPO license number
3. what type of commercial general lability insurance policy must
PPOs have?: A policy with minimum limits of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for any
one loss or occurrence due to bodily injury, including death, or property damage, or both
4. If you help falsify the photo (or fingerprints) of an employee
or applicant,
you can be held liable for a/an .: Felony
5. Which agency has primary authority over the use of amber
lights in private security vehicles?: The California Highway Patrol
6. If you close your branch office, how many days do you have to
notify BSIS?: 10 days
7. In addition to BSIS, what agency has authority to regulate
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,your uniforms, badge, or patch?: The local law enforcement agency having
jurisdiction over where your business is conducted.
8. A PPO application (and even private security guard
registration) is consid-ered abandoned after .: 365 days
9. A security officer files a BSIS Unlicensed and Unregistered
Activity lead form alleging his employer hired a family member
to patrol a contracted property. The problem is that the family
member does not have a guard card. The employer learned of
the complaint, and, as a result, assigns the complaining
security officer to mop the floors of the client's property
instead of patrolling it. which of the following is correct?: The PPO is
liable for civil damages under the labor code's whistleblowing statutes and the
oflcer has three years to file a claim
10. What does California law say about asking an applicant
about her criminal history?: You cannot ask about a conviction until after you
otter her the job.
11. If you close a branch office, how many days do you have to
notify BSIS of the closure?: 10 days
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, 12. Who is responsible for paying workers' compensation
insurance for your employees?: The private patrol operator
13. A security officers you hired is off-duty and is watching a
movie with his daughter. The officer had just gotten off work
before this and placed a jacket over his uniform to cover his
patches and badge. at the theater, the officer sees a
perpetrator grab another movie-goer and stab him several
times. the officer takes off his jacket and exposes his
uniform. The suspect sees the officer's uniform and flees the
scene. The suspect is captured by police. You, as the officer's
supervision, should: Reprimand the oflcer for his conduct
14. What are the rules regarding the use of an unmarked
security patrol vehi-
cle?: If you can avoid it, you should not use an unmarked security patrol vehicle.
15. You receive a contract to provide security services to a
school district at a ate of 15 hours per week. What course must
your officer complete?: No (additional) courses are needed.
16. Under what circumstance would you need a Workers'
Compensation Poli-cy?: When you have an employee at the front desk who only
answers phones
17. Every (following the year they are licensed), a
security officer must complete of continuing education.:
1 year; 8hours
18. If you wanted to find information regarding the Business &
Professions code that prohibits persons from contracting
security services without a Pri-vate Patrol operator license,
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