PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LICENSE TEST
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED!!!
Question 1: Which of the following pieces of information is explicitly not
required to appear on a licensed agency employee's official identification card?
A) The employee's legal name and recent photograph
B) The corporate name and license number of the employing agency
C) An expiration date set exactly 3 years from the date the card was issued
✔✔
D) The signature of the agency's primary licensee
Question 2: If an individual is criminally convicted of commercial bribery
involving an economic value or amount under $500,000, what is the maximum
statutory penalty?
A) A Class 4 felony and a fine up to $10,000
B) A Class A misdemeanor and a financial penalty not to exceed $5,000 ✔✔
C) A Class B misdemeanor and mandatory community service
D) Administrative probation and complete business license revocation
Question 3: Which body or entity is legally responsible for selecting and
appointing the Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court?
A) The Governor of the State of Illinois
B) The members of the Illinois General Assembly
C) The peer Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court themselves ✔✔
, D) A non-partisan committee of the Illinois State Bar Association
Question 4: Which of the following operational scenarios could directly result in
formal disciplinary action against an employee working for a licensed agency?
A) The employee worked a continuous shift lasting longer than eight hours
B) An armed employee commuted for more than one hour from their
primary residence to their assigned job site ✔✔
C) The employee wore a uniform that displayed the agency's patch on the
left sleeve
D) The employee utilized a personal cellular phone to report an incident to
agency dispatch
Question 5: All of the following options accurately describe mandatory firearm
training regulations for security personnel, except:
A) The curriculum requires hitting a minimum qualifying score on a firing
range
B) The training consists of 40 distinct hours of instruction solely dedicated
to firearms and is taught by an IDFPR-certified instructor ✔✔
C) The course covers the legal ethical use of deadly force
D) Students must demonstrate safe weapon handling and maintenance
proficiency
Question 6: Which of the following summaries best outlines the mandatory basic
training criteria for registered employees of a Private Security Contractor Agency
tasked with guarding duties?
A) The training can be completed entirely online from home within 90 days
of employment
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED!!!
Question 1: Which of the following pieces of information is explicitly not
required to appear on a licensed agency employee's official identification card?
A) The employee's legal name and recent photograph
B) The corporate name and license number of the employing agency
C) An expiration date set exactly 3 years from the date the card was issued
✔✔
D) The signature of the agency's primary licensee
Question 2: If an individual is criminally convicted of commercial bribery
involving an economic value or amount under $500,000, what is the maximum
statutory penalty?
A) A Class 4 felony and a fine up to $10,000
B) A Class A misdemeanor and a financial penalty not to exceed $5,000 ✔✔
C) A Class B misdemeanor and mandatory community service
D) Administrative probation and complete business license revocation
Question 3: Which body or entity is legally responsible for selecting and
appointing the Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court?
A) The Governor of the State of Illinois
B) The members of the Illinois General Assembly
C) The peer Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court themselves ✔✔
, D) A non-partisan committee of the Illinois State Bar Association
Question 4: Which of the following operational scenarios could directly result in
formal disciplinary action against an employee working for a licensed agency?
A) The employee worked a continuous shift lasting longer than eight hours
B) An armed employee commuted for more than one hour from their
primary residence to their assigned job site ✔✔
C) The employee wore a uniform that displayed the agency's patch on the
left sleeve
D) The employee utilized a personal cellular phone to report an incident to
agency dispatch
Question 5: All of the following options accurately describe mandatory firearm
training regulations for security personnel, except:
A) The curriculum requires hitting a minimum qualifying score on a firing
range
B) The training consists of 40 distinct hours of instruction solely dedicated
to firearms and is taught by an IDFPR-certified instructor ✔✔
C) The course covers the legal ethical use of deadly force
D) Students must demonstrate safe weapon handling and maintenance
proficiency
Question 6: Which of the following summaries best outlines the mandatory basic
training criteria for registered employees of a Private Security Contractor Agency
tasked with guarding duties?
A) The training can be completed entirely online from home within 90 days
of employment
