Texas Private Security Board Qualified
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2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS
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1. Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.004(a) - General Provisions -
ANSWER ✔ (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.
2. Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.004(b) - General Provisions -
ANSWER ✔ (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.
3. Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.005(a) - Department of Public Safety -
ANSWER ✔ (a) The board created under Section 1702.021 is a part of the
department. The department shall administer this chapter through the board.
,4. Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.005(b) - Department of Public Safety -
ANSWER ✔ (b) A reference in this chapter or another law to the Texas
Commission on Private Security means the board.
5. Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.006 - Foreign Entity Registration -
ANSWER ✔ Licensure under this chapter does not exempt a foreign entity
from the registration requirements of Chapter 9, Business Organizations
Code.
6. Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.021(a) - Board Membership -
ANSWER ✔ (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;
(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.
7. Texas Administrative Code CH. 35.93(a) - Personal Protection Officer
Standards - ANSWER ✔ (a) Personal protection officers must comply with
all standards and requirements applicable to commissioned security officers,
as provided in this chapter and the Act.
8. Texas Administrative Code CH. 35.93(b) - Personal Protection Officer
Standards - ANSWER ✔ (b) In addition, a personal protection officer shall
not:
(1)Perform personal protection officer duties for any person(s) other than the
person(s) employer indicated in the department records;
(2) Fail to timely surrender the personal protection officer pocket card upon
written notice served by the department or his employer;
(3)While in the course and scope of employment as a personal protection
officer, provide or engage in any other service regulated by the Act or this
chapter other than providing personal protection from bodily harm to one (1) or
more individuals;
,(4) Fail to conceal a firearm if providing the services as a commissioned
personal protection officer in plain clothes;
(5) Fail to carry on his or her person, the pocket card issued while performing
the officer's duties as a personal protection officer; or
(6) Fail to present the pocket card for security officer commission and personal
protection endorsement upon request made by a peace officer or representative
of the department.
9. Texas Administrative Code CH. 35.101(a) - Private Business Letter of
Authority - ANSWER ✔ (a) The security department of a private business,
as defined in the Act, must obtain a letter of authority to employ a
commissioned security officer or personal protection officer.
10.Texas Administrative Code CH. 35.101(b) - Private Business Letter of
Authority - ANSWER ✔ (b)To employ in a noncommissioned capacity an
individual meeting the conditions of §1702.323(d) of the Act, a security
department of a private business must obtain a letter of authority and register
the individual with the department.
11.Texas Administrative Code CH. 35.101(c) - Private Business Letter of
Authority - ANSWER ✔ (c) A security department of a private business
shall not provide guard company services to a third party.
12.Registration as an owner, officer, partner or shareholder of a license holder
expires (________).
A. 1 year from the date of issue.
B. 2 years from the date of issue.
C. 3 years from the date of issue.
D. None of the above - ANSWER ✔ B. 2 years from the
date of issue.
13.Before beginning employment as a Commissioned Security Officer, the
applicant must be approved by the commission based on the results of
criminal history check.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ANSWER ✔ A. TRUE
Licensees, registrants or commissioned security officers shall surrender
immediately on
, demand or not later than the 3rd day after termination of employment, any
uniform,
badge or other item of equipment owned by the employer or provided by the
employer
issued to the licensee, registrant or commissioned security officer by an
employer.
C. True
D. False - ANSWER ✔ B. False
14.The board shall not accept a complaint against a licensee or an employee if
the complaint
is filed more than One year after the alleged violation date, except in matters
that relate
to conviction for a Class B offense or greater or a material misstatement in an
application.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ANSWER ✔ B. FALSE
15.Each commissioned security officer shall, at a minimum, display on the
outermost
garment the name of the company under whom the commissioned security
officer is
employed, the word" Security" and identification which contains the First name
of the
security officer
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ANSWER ✔ B. FALSE
16.What is the Private Security Act?
A. Administration Rules.
B. Chapter 1702
C. Chapter 981
D. None of the above - ANSWER ✔ B. Chapter 1702
17.Records that are required to be maintained under chapter 1702 will be kept
where?
A. at a physical address within this state that was provided
to the board.
B. At the primary office.
Manager EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|| 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.004(a) - General Provisions -
ANSWER ✔ (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.
2. Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.004(b) - General Provisions -
ANSWER ✔ (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.
3. Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.005(a) - Department of Public Safety -
ANSWER ✔ (a) The board created under Section 1702.021 is a part of the
department. The department shall administer this chapter through the board.
,4. Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.005(b) - Department of Public Safety -
ANSWER ✔ (b) A reference in this chapter or another law to the Texas
Commission on Private Security means the board.
5. Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.006 - Foreign Entity Registration -
ANSWER ✔ Licensure under this chapter does not exempt a foreign entity
from the registration requirements of Chapter 9, Business Organizations
Code.
6. Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.021(a) - Board Membership -
ANSWER ✔ (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;
(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.
7. Texas Administrative Code CH. 35.93(a) - Personal Protection Officer
Standards - ANSWER ✔ (a) Personal protection officers must comply with
all standards and requirements applicable to commissioned security officers,
as provided in this chapter and the Act.
8. Texas Administrative Code CH. 35.93(b) - Personal Protection Officer
Standards - ANSWER ✔ (b) In addition, a personal protection officer shall
not:
(1)Perform personal protection officer duties for any person(s) other than the
person(s) employer indicated in the department records;
(2) Fail to timely surrender the personal protection officer pocket card upon
written notice served by the department or his employer;
(3)While in the course and scope of employment as a personal protection
officer, provide or engage in any other service regulated by the Act or this
chapter other than providing personal protection from bodily harm to one (1) or
more individuals;
,(4) Fail to conceal a firearm if providing the services as a commissioned
personal protection officer in plain clothes;
(5) Fail to carry on his or her person, the pocket card issued while performing
the officer's duties as a personal protection officer; or
(6) Fail to present the pocket card for security officer commission and personal
protection endorsement upon request made by a peace officer or representative
of the department.
9. Texas Administrative Code CH. 35.101(a) - Private Business Letter of
Authority - ANSWER ✔ (a) The security department of a private business,
as defined in the Act, must obtain a letter of authority to employ a
commissioned security officer or personal protection officer.
10.Texas Administrative Code CH. 35.101(b) - Private Business Letter of
Authority - ANSWER ✔ (b)To employ in a noncommissioned capacity an
individual meeting the conditions of §1702.323(d) of the Act, a security
department of a private business must obtain a letter of authority and register
the individual with the department.
11.Texas Administrative Code CH. 35.101(c) - Private Business Letter of
Authority - ANSWER ✔ (c) A security department of a private business
shall not provide guard company services to a third party.
12.Registration as an owner, officer, partner or shareholder of a license holder
expires (________).
A. 1 year from the date of issue.
B. 2 years from the date of issue.
C. 3 years from the date of issue.
D. None of the above - ANSWER ✔ B. 2 years from the
date of issue.
13.Before beginning employment as a Commissioned Security Officer, the
applicant must be approved by the commission based on the results of
criminal history check.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ANSWER ✔ A. TRUE
Licensees, registrants or commissioned security officers shall surrender
immediately on
, demand or not later than the 3rd day after termination of employment, any
uniform,
badge or other item of equipment owned by the employer or provided by the
employer
issued to the licensee, registrant or commissioned security officer by an
employer.
C. True
D. False - ANSWER ✔ B. False
14.The board shall not accept a complaint against a licensee or an employee if
the complaint
is filed more than One year after the alleged violation date, except in matters
that relate
to conviction for a Class B offense or greater or a material misstatement in an
application.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ANSWER ✔ B. FALSE
15.Each commissioned security officer shall, at a minimum, display on the
outermost
garment the name of the company under whom the commissioned security
officer is
employed, the word" Security" and identification which contains the First name
of the
security officer
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ANSWER ✔ B. FALSE
16.What is the Private Security Act?
A. Administration Rules.
B. Chapter 1702
C. Chapter 981
D. None of the above - ANSWER ✔ B. Chapter 1702
17.Records that are required to be maintained under chapter 1702 will be kept
where?
A. at a physical address within this state that was provided
to the board.
B. At the primary office.
