CA Bail Exam questions with correct answers
1. What may a bail agent do?
a) Solicit an arrestee's attorney
b) Charge an arrestee for attorney fees
c) Refer an arrestee to an attorney
d) Have an attorneyput an assignment on collateral - ANSWER -D
2. A bail solicitor may transact under more than one employer when:
a) The business is a partnership.
b) Individual licensees with a registered appointment with the department of
insurance for each
c) When the solicitor is a member of the partnership
d) All of the above - ANSWER -A
3. When an arrestee is requesting bail to be reduced, who will handle the request?
a) Court Clerk
b) Appeals Court
c) Local Magistrate
d) All of the above - ANSWER -C
4. The reason for the bail system is:
a) To insure the appearance of the arrestee to appear on the court appointed date.
b) To insure the arrestee accepts the judgments of the court.
c) To insure the arrestee takes responsibility for the dates and judgments of the
court.
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -C
5. An arrestee charged with a felony can be released on:
a) Before held to ANSWER.
b) After seeing a Magistrate, before conviction on held to ANSWER.
c) Before a bench warrant but after arrest.
d) All of the above. - ANSWER -D
, 6. Definition of a bond is:
a) Any form used by a surety.
b) Any form used by a bondsman.
c) Any form used by an attorney.
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -A
7. Who is notified by mail in the case of a forfeiture?
a) The Surety Company.
b) The Surety Company and the bonding company.
c) The arrestee.
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -B
8. If three people are conducting a partnership and one dies, what must the
remaining partners do?
a) They can continue if their partnership agreement allows for a continuation
b) Must notify the Insurance Commissioner.
c) Must be relicensed.
d) All of the above. - ANSWER -B
9. An officer in the jail may accept one of the following to release a person
charged with a felony:
a) Cash bail.
b) Surety bond.
c) An authorization from the presiding judge that the arrestee is bailable.
d) A and B - ANSWER -D
10. Who decides on the OR release?
a) Courts.
b) Sheriff's Department.
c) Court Clerk.
d) All of the above. - ANSWER -A
11. How long must a licensed bail agent keep their records?
a) 3 years.
b) 5 years from the last transaction.
,c) Until the Department of Insurance comes to inspect.
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -B
12. Who regulates the bail industry?
a) Penal Code.
b) Insurance Commissioner
c) Courts.
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -B
18. A bail solicitor may transact under:
a) His employers own or approved fictitious name.
b) His employers and his own approved fictitious business name.
c) His own or approved fictitious name.
d) None of above. - ANSWER -A
19. Who makes the bail schedule for felonies?
a) Sheriff's Department
b) Superior, Municipal and Justice Court Judges.
c) A committing Magistrate
d) All of the above. - ANSWER -B
20. Bail license renewal for licenses issued after January 1, 2011 will be due:
a) Two years after the last calendar day of the month in which the initial license
was issued.
b) One year after the last calendar day of the month in which the initial license was
issued.
c) Four years after the last calendar day of the month in which the initial license
was issued.
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -A
21. On behalf of any surety insurer while there is in effect an unrevoked notice of
appointment of such insurer, a bail agent's license by its terms permits the licensee
to: (indicate the incorrect ANSWER)
a) Solicit undertakings of bail
b) Negotiate undertakings of bail
, c) Issue undertakings of bail
d) Effect undertakings of bail - ANSWER -C
22. Who can be a surety?
a) Any licensed bondsman.
b) Property and Casualty insurance company.
c) Any natural person.
d) All of the above. - ANSWER -C
23. If a bond is not forfeited and the person or persons are done with all of their
court appearances, how long does the superior court need to keep the exonerated
bond?
a) One year
b) Three years
c) Five years
d) Ten years - ANSWER -B
24. What documents do you give the Indemnitor?
a) Copies of any document they sign.
b) Receipt for money you receive.
c) A and B
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -C
25. The court may destroy most case records after;
a) Six months
b) One year
c) Three years
d) Ten years - ANSWER -D
26. The commissioner of the Department of Insurance has the ability to arbitrarily
change what laws?
a) Penal
b) Insurance
c) Administrative
d) None of the above - ANSWER -D
1. What may a bail agent do?
a) Solicit an arrestee's attorney
b) Charge an arrestee for attorney fees
c) Refer an arrestee to an attorney
d) Have an attorneyput an assignment on collateral - ANSWER -D
2. A bail solicitor may transact under more than one employer when:
a) The business is a partnership.
b) Individual licensees with a registered appointment with the department of
insurance for each
c) When the solicitor is a member of the partnership
d) All of the above - ANSWER -A
3. When an arrestee is requesting bail to be reduced, who will handle the request?
a) Court Clerk
b) Appeals Court
c) Local Magistrate
d) All of the above - ANSWER -C
4. The reason for the bail system is:
a) To insure the appearance of the arrestee to appear on the court appointed date.
b) To insure the arrestee accepts the judgments of the court.
c) To insure the arrestee takes responsibility for the dates and judgments of the
court.
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -C
5. An arrestee charged with a felony can be released on:
a) Before held to ANSWER.
b) After seeing a Magistrate, before conviction on held to ANSWER.
c) Before a bench warrant but after arrest.
d) All of the above. - ANSWER -D
, 6. Definition of a bond is:
a) Any form used by a surety.
b) Any form used by a bondsman.
c) Any form used by an attorney.
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -A
7. Who is notified by mail in the case of a forfeiture?
a) The Surety Company.
b) The Surety Company and the bonding company.
c) The arrestee.
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -B
8. If three people are conducting a partnership and one dies, what must the
remaining partners do?
a) They can continue if their partnership agreement allows for a continuation
b) Must notify the Insurance Commissioner.
c) Must be relicensed.
d) All of the above. - ANSWER -B
9. An officer in the jail may accept one of the following to release a person
charged with a felony:
a) Cash bail.
b) Surety bond.
c) An authorization from the presiding judge that the arrestee is bailable.
d) A and B - ANSWER -D
10. Who decides on the OR release?
a) Courts.
b) Sheriff's Department.
c) Court Clerk.
d) All of the above. - ANSWER -A
11. How long must a licensed bail agent keep their records?
a) 3 years.
b) 5 years from the last transaction.
,c) Until the Department of Insurance comes to inspect.
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -B
12. Who regulates the bail industry?
a) Penal Code.
b) Insurance Commissioner
c) Courts.
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -B
18. A bail solicitor may transact under:
a) His employers own or approved fictitious name.
b) His employers and his own approved fictitious business name.
c) His own or approved fictitious name.
d) None of above. - ANSWER -A
19. Who makes the bail schedule for felonies?
a) Sheriff's Department
b) Superior, Municipal and Justice Court Judges.
c) A committing Magistrate
d) All of the above. - ANSWER -B
20. Bail license renewal for licenses issued after January 1, 2011 will be due:
a) Two years after the last calendar day of the month in which the initial license
was issued.
b) One year after the last calendar day of the month in which the initial license was
issued.
c) Four years after the last calendar day of the month in which the initial license
was issued.
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -A
21. On behalf of any surety insurer while there is in effect an unrevoked notice of
appointment of such insurer, a bail agent's license by its terms permits the licensee
to: (indicate the incorrect ANSWER)
a) Solicit undertakings of bail
b) Negotiate undertakings of bail
, c) Issue undertakings of bail
d) Effect undertakings of bail - ANSWER -C
22. Who can be a surety?
a) Any licensed bondsman.
b) Property and Casualty insurance company.
c) Any natural person.
d) All of the above. - ANSWER -C
23. If a bond is not forfeited and the person or persons are done with all of their
court appearances, how long does the superior court need to keep the exonerated
bond?
a) One year
b) Three years
c) Five years
d) Ten years - ANSWER -B
24. What documents do you give the Indemnitor?
a) Copies of any document they sign.
b) Receipt for money you receive.
c) A and B
d) None of the above. - ANSWER -C
25. The court may destroy most case records after;
a) Six months
b) One year
c) Three years
d) Ten years - ANSWER -D
26. The commissioner of the Department of Insurance has the ability to arbitrarily
change what laws?
a) Penal
b) Insurance
c) Administrative
d) None of the above - ANSWER -D
