Private Investigator Exam 2025 – Complete
Study Guide & Practice Questions real
exam!!!
What Act regulates the investigative services and the private security industry? - ANSWER ✔----
Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005 (PSISA)
When was the PSISA proclaimed into force? - ANSWER ✔---August 23, 2007
Why was the PSISA proclaimed into force? - ANSWER ✔---- to help professionalize the industry,
increase public safety and ensure practitioners receive proper training and are qualified to provide
private investigator services
What does the PSISA and its regulations govern? - ANSWER ✔---- the way the private security and
investigation industry operates in Ontario
When did the training and testing regulations under the PSISA come into force? - ANSWER ✔----
April 15, 2010.
Who is considered a PI? - ANSWER ✔---- individuals who have a private investigator license and
perform work, for remuneration, that consists primarily of conducting investigations to provide
information on the character, actions, business, occupation, or whereabouts of a person
,Are loss prevention specialists considered to be security guards? - ANSWER ✔---Yes, they are
automatically considered to be security guards and do not require a PI license.
Who consists of the private security sector? - ANSWER ✔---1. Private Investigators
2. Loss prevention specialists
3. Mobile patrol services
What are the two main divisions of the security industry? - ANSWER ✔---- public & private
What are the majority of tasks assigned that require a security guard to do? - ANSWER ✔----
observe, deter, record and report
In order to be eligible for a PI licence, what do all individuals have to do? - ANSWER ✔---- complete
the required training and/or testing
- be 18 years old
- possess a clean criminal record
- be legally entitled to work in Canada
What act regulates private investigators and security guards? - ANSWER ✔---- the Private
Investigator's and Security Guards Act, 1997.
Is the Private Investigator's and Security Guards Act federal or provincial legislation? - ANSWER ✔---
- Provincial legislation
What can private investigators not refer themselves as? - ANSWER ✔---- police officers
- peace officers
- detectives
- law enforcement
- officer
, - security officers
- private detective
What requirements must licensees meet? - ANSWER ✔---- wear a uniform approved by the registrar
- carrie and present their license to anyone making that request
- comply with any terms and conditions of their licenses
- be over 18 years of age
- return their licenses to the registrar when they expire or are terminated, suspended or cancelled
- report to registrar any incident to a member of the public involving the use of force or an unusual
intervention
What is the maximum penalty for an individual licensee and in the case of a corporation if they willingly
commit an offense under the PSISA or The Private Investigators and Security Guard's Act? -
ANSWER ✔---- $25,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than one year or both for an
individual licensee
- $250,000 for a corporation
What must every person do when holding themselves out as a PI? - ANSWER ✔---- carry his or her
license
- on request identify himself or herself as a security guard
- on request produce her license
What rules must a PI be mindful of during their day to day acitivies? - ANSWER ✔---- must carry
their license
- identify themselves and show their license if a member of the public asks them to do so
- must wear a uniform when working
- security guards are prohibited from carrying any symbol of authority other than license in uniform
(metal badge is prohibited)
- cannot hold themselves out as police officers or performing police related duties for this reason
Study Guide & Practice Questions real
exam!!!
What Act regulates the investigative services and the private security industry? - ANSWER ✔----
Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005 (PSISA)
When was the PSISA proclaimed into force? - ANSWER ✔---August 23, 2007
Why was the PSISA proclaimed into force? - ANSWER ✔---- to help professionalize the industry,
increase public safety and ensure practitioners receive proper training and are qualified to provide
private investigator services
What does the PSISA and its regulations govern? - ANSWER ✔---- the way the private security and
investigation industry operates in Ontario
When did the training and testing regulations under the PSISA come into force? - ANSWER ✔----
April 15, 2010.
Who is considered a PI? - ANSWER ✔---- individuals who have a private investigator license and
perform work, for remuneration, that consists primarily of conducting investigations to provide
information on the character, actions, business, occupation, or whereabouts of a person
,Are loss prevention specialists considered to be security guards? - ANSWER ✔---Yes, they are
automatically considered to be security guards and do not require a PI license.
Who consists of the private security sector? - ANSWER ✔---1. Private Investigators
2. Loss prevention specialists
3. Mobile patrol services
What are the two main divisions of the security industry? - ANSWER ✔---- public & private
What are the majority of tasks assigned that require a security guard to do? - ANSWER ✔----
observe, deter, record and report
In order to be eligible for a PI licence, what do all individuals have to do? - ANSWER ✔---- complete
the required training and/or testing
- be 18 years old
- possess a clean criminal record
- be legally entitled to work in Canada
What act regulates private investigators and security guards? - ANSWER ✔---- the Private
Investigator's and Security Guards Act, 1997.
Is the Private Investigator's and Security Guards Act federal or provincial legislation? - ANSWER ✔---
- Provincial legislation
What can private investigators not refer themselves as? - ANSWER ✔---- police officers
- peace officers
- detectives
- law enforcement
- officer
, - security officers
- private detective
What requirements must licensees meet? - ANSWER ✔---- wear a uniform approved by the registrar
- carrie and present their license to anyone making that request
- comply with any terms and conditions of their licenses
- be over 18 years of age
- return their licenses to the registrar when they expire or are terminated, suspended or cancelled
- report to registrar any incident to a member of the public involving the use of force or an unusual
intervention
What is the maximum penalty for an individual licensee and in the case of a corporation if they willingly
commit an offense under the PSISA or The Private Investigators and Security Guard's Act? -
ANSWER ✔---- $25,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than one year or both for an
individual licensee
- $250,000 for a corporation
What must every person do when holding themselves out as a PI? - ANSWER ✔---- carry his or her
license
- on request identify himself or herself as a security guard
- on request produce her license
What rules must a PI be mindful of during their day to day acitivies? - ANSWER ✔---- must carry
their license
- identify themselves and show their license if a member of the public asks them to do so
- must wear a uniform when working
- security guards are prohibited from carrying any symbol of authority other than license in uniform
(metal badge is prohibited)
- cannot hold themselves out as police officers or performing police related duties for this reason
