TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY PRIVATE SECURITY BUREAU - QUALIFIED MANAGER EXAM Q/A

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF 2024
PUBLIC SAFETY PRIVATE
SECURITY BUREAU -
QUALIFIED MANAGER
EXAM
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION



QUESTION 1



Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.004(a) - General Provisions - ANSWERS-(a)
The board, in addition to performing duties required by other law or exercising
powers granted by other law:

(1) licenses investigations companies and security services contractors;

(2) issues commissions to certain security officers;

(3) issues endorsements to certain security officers engaged in the personal
protection of individuals;

(4) registers and endorses:

(A) certain individuals connected with a license holder; and

(B) certain individuals employed in a field connected to private investigation or
private security; and

(5) regulates license holders, security officers, registrants, and endorsement holders
under this chapter.




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, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF 2024
PUBLIC SAFETY PRIVATE
SECURITY BUREAU -
QUALIFIED MANAGER
EXAM



QUESTION 2



Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.004(b) - General Provisions - ANSWERS-(b)
The board shall adopt rules necessary to comply with Chapter 53. In its rules under
this section, the board shall list the specific offenses for each category of regulated
persons for which a conviction would constitute grounds for the board to take
action under Section 53.021.



QUESTION 3



Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.005(a) - Department of Public Safety -
ANSWERS-(a) The board created under Section 1702.021 is a part of the
department. The department shall administer this chapter through the board.



QUESTION 4



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, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF 2024
PUBLIC SAFETY PRIVATE
SECURITY BUREAU -
QUALIFIED MANAGER
EXAM
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.005(b) - Department of Public Safety -
ANSWERS-(b) A reference in this chapter or another law to the Texas
Commission on Private Security means the board.




QUESTION 5



Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.006 - Foreign Entity Registration -
ANSWERS-Licensure under this chapter does not exempt a foreign entity from the
registration requirements of Chapter 9, Business Organizations Code.



QUESTION 6



Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.021(a) - Board Membership - ANSWERS-(a)
The Texas Private Security Board consists of seven members appointed by the
governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows:

(1) three public members, each of whom is a citizen of the United States;

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, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF 2024
PUBLIC SAFETY PRIVATE
SECURITY BUREAU -
QUALIFIED MANAGER
EXAM
(2) one member who is licensed under this chapter as a private investigator;

(3) one member who is licensed under this chapter as an alarm systems company;

(4) one member who is licensed under this chapter as the owner or operator of a
guard company; and

(5) one member who is licensed under this chapter as a locksmith.



QUESTION 7



Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.021(b) - Board Membership - ANSWERS-b)
Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color,
disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.

QUESTION 8



Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.023 - Eligibility of Public Members -
ANSWERS-The board's public members must be representatives of the general
public. A person may not be a public member of the board if the person or the
person's spouse:

(1) is registered, commissioned, certified, or licensed by a regulatory agency in the
field of private investigations or private security;

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