PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LICENSE
TEST STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED
A+
Which does NOT appear on an agency employee’s ID card?
✔✔ Answer: The expiration date of the ID card (3 years from issuance)
If a person is found guilty of commercial bribery under $500,000, the penalty is:
✔✔ Answer: Class A misdemeanor and a fine not to exceed $5,000
Who is charged with selecting the Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court?
✔✔ Answer: The Illinois Supreme Court Justices
Which of the following could result in disciplinary action against a licensed agency
employee?
✔✔ Answer: The armed employee traveled over an hour from their home to their
place of employment
All of the following describe firearm training EXCEPT:
✔✔ Answer: The training consists of 40 hours specific to firearms and is taught by
an IDFPR certified instructor
Which of the following best describes basic training requirements for registered
employees of a Private Security contractor Agency who perform guarding
functions? -ANSWER ✔✔The training must be done in a classroom, include
information about terrorism, and completed within 30 days of date of hire
, An individual states on her application to sit for the Private Security Contractor
licensure examination that she has worked as a supervisor for a licensed Private
Security Contractor Agency 1250 hours per year for each of the last three years.
Her application is: -ANSWER ✔✔Not approved because she does not meet the
requirements of a full time supervisory experience for the licensed Private Security
Contractor Agency
Which of the following accurately describes a consequence of failing to notify the
IDFPR of a change of address? -ANSWER ✔✔The licensee may be disciplined by
the IDFPR for practicing with an expired license
What best describes the crime that occurs when a private person receives money or
something of value in exchange for promising to not aid in a criminal prosecution?
-ANSWER ✔✔Compounding a crime
A person who has been violated by unlawful eavesdropping is entitled to all of the
following, except: -ANSWER ✔✔At least $1,000 per day for each day of the
offense
What section of the Illinois Constitution protects against the interception of
communications by eavesdropping devices and the invasion of privacy? -
ANSWER ✔✔The Bill of Rights, Section 6
Listening to an incoming phone call on a consumer hotline of a drug manufacturer
would be: -ANSWER ✔✔An exemption to the eavesdropping statute
Stocks and bonds cannot be used as bail for all the following, except: -ANSWER
✔✔Unlawful use of a weapon, where release would not pose a threat to any
person's safety
TEST STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED
A+
Which does NOT appear on an agency employee’s ID card?
✔✔ Answer: The expiration date of the ID card (3 years from issuance)
If a person is found guilty of commercial bribery under $500,000, the penalty is:
✔✔ Answer: Class A misdemeanor and a fine not to exceed $5,000
Who is charged with selecting the Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court?
✔✔ Answer: The Illinois Supreme Court Justices
Which of the following could result in disciplinary action against a licensed agency
employee?
✔✔ Answer: The armed employee traveled over an hour from their home to their
place of employment
All of the following describe firearm training EXCEPT:
✔✔ Answer: The training consists of 40 hours specific to firearms and is taught by
an IDFPR certified instructor
Which of the following best describes basic training requirements for registered
employees of a Private Security contractor Agency who perform guarding
functions? -ANSWER ✔✔The training must be done in a classroom, include
information about terrorism, and completed within 30 days of date of hire
, An individual states on her application to sit for the Private Security Contractor
licensure examination that she has worked as a supervisor for a licensed Private
Security Contractor Agency 1250 hours per year for each of the last three years.
Her application is: -ANSWER ✔✔Not approved because she does not meet the
requirements of a full time supervisory experience for the licensed Private Security
Contractor Agency
Which of the following accurately describes a consequence of failing to notify the
IDFPR of a change of address? -ANSWER ✔✔The licensee may be disciplined by
the IDFPR for practicing with an expired license
What best describes the crime that occurs when a private person receives money or
something of value in exchange for promising to not aid in a criminal prosecution?
-ANSWER ✔✔Compounding a crime
A person who has been violated by unlawful eavesdropping is entitled to all of the
following, except: -ANSWER ✔✔At least $1,000 per day for each day of the
offense
What section of the Illinois Constitution protects against the interception of
communications by eavesdropping devices and the invasion of privacy? -
ANSWER ✔✔The Bill of Rights, Section 6
Listening to an incoming phone call on a consumer hotline of a drug manufacturer
would be: -ANSWER ✔✔An exemption to the eavesdropping statute
Stocks and bonds cannot be used as bail for all the following, except: -ANSWER
✔✔Unlawful use of a weapon, where release would not pose a threat to any
person's safety
