CALIFORNIA PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST
RELEASED
Question 1: How many days can a PI work in California from
another state?
Answer:
60 days: the BSIS Director allows it and the case originated where the PI is
licensed.
Question 2: If delivery of mail to the primary place of business is
unavailable, a private investigator can list a PO Box as the primary
address. True or false
Answer:
True. A PI may use a PO Box if they do not have a business address or any
address other than their home residence.
Question 3:
A. private investigator who tries to get work directly from accident
victims is said to engage in:
Answer:
An unlawful act known as ambulance chasing
Question 4: As a PI can you serve a summons inside of a gated
community? What happens when the gate guard does not allow
you to enter, what should you do?
Answer:
, Serve the gate guard, per California, civil code 415.20.
Question 5: Where would you go if someone has a business in the
city of Fresno or San Diego and you need information on their
fictitious business statement?
Answer:
County Recorder.
Question 6: Private Investigator needs to serve a summons on the
subject. Each time the subject refuses to appear at the door. On the
fourth attempt, the subject's older brother answers. What is the
best thing to do?
Answer:
Give this summons to the older brother for him to give to the subject
Question 7: As a private investigator If you need to serve a
summons in a gated community, can you climb the fence in order
to locate the subjects residence and serve him?
Answer:
Yes
Question 8: When you interview a client pursuant to the attorney
you work for; is this covered under the attorney client privilege?
True or false
Answer:
True -as long as the investigator is acting as an "agent" of the attorney
,Question 9: What law prevents hospitals or other medical providers
from disclosing medical records to private investigators?
Answer:
HIPAA- health insurance, portability and accountability act
Question 10: Could you install a hidden surveillance camera if your
client's father was possibly being neglected in a senior assisted
living home?
Answer:
Yes
Question 11: As a private investigator, you use binoculars to keep
continued observation of a subject who is on a public beach
wearing a swimsuit. This is considered to be an invasion of
privacy.: True or false?
Answer:
False. People who walk around on a public beach have no expectation of
privacy, even if they are wearing almost nothing.
Question 12:
A. public employer can compel it's applicant and employees to submit
to a polygraph exam. True or false
Answer:
False. Only in limited circumstances, employers can ask their employees to
submit to a polygraph; but as a general rule employers cannot compel their
employees.
Question 13: Criminal and civil courts will allow polygraph
evidence to be submitted into evidence of the case, if it involves a
, capital offense
Answer:
False. Civil Courts will allow polygraph evidence; criminal courts do not without
a defendant's consent.
Question 14: Would Hipnosis be admissible in court as a form of
evidence?
Answer:
Yes, when the witness was able to recollect the events, there is documentation
of this recollection, and the witness was hypnotized prior to trial
Question 15: Can someone's arrest record be discovered through a
public records request (such as full name, charges, location of
arrest, date of birth, charges, factual circumstances surrounding
the arrest)?
Answer:
Yes, unless the disclosure would jeopardize the safety of a witness or other
person involved in the investigation, or unless disclosure would procure
dangers of unsuccessful completion of the investigation or related
investigation
Question 16: Are personnel files available under the freedom of
information act?
Answer:
No, neither are: inner agency memos; internal personnel rules & regulations
ALL OFF LIMITS
Question 17: Generally, what is recommended in order to place a
tracker on a vehicle?
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST
RELEASED
Question 1: How many days can a PI work in California from
another state?
Answer:
60 days: the BSIS Director allows it and the case originated where the PI is
licensed.
Question 2: If delivery of mail to the primary place of business is
unavailable, a private investigator can list a PO Box as the primary
address. True or false
Answer:
True. A PI may use a PO Box if they do not have a business address or any
address other than their home residence.
Question 3:
A. private investigator who tries to get work directly from accident
victims is said to engage in:
Answer:
An unlawful act known as ambulance chasing
Question 4: As a PI can you serve a summons inside of a gated
community? What happens when the gate guard does not allow
you to enter, what should you do?
Answer:
, Serve the gate guard, per California, civil code 415.20.
Question 5: Where would you go if someone has a business in the
city of Fresno or San Diego and you need information on their
fictitious business statement?
Answer:
County Recorder.
Question 6: Private Investigator needs to serve a summons on the
subject. Each time the subject refuses to appear at the door. On the
fourth attempt, the subject's older brother answers. What is the
best thing to do?
Answer:
Give this summons to the older brother for him to give to the subject
Question 7: As a private investigator If you need to serve a
summons in a gated community, can you climb the fence in order
to locate the subjects residence and serve him?
Answer:
Yes
Question 8: When you interview a client pursuant to the attorney
you work for; is this covered under the attorney client privilege?
True or false
Answer:
True -as long as the investigator is acting as an "agent" of the attorney
,Question 9: What law prevents hospitals or other medical providers
from disclosing medical records to private investigators?
Answer:
HIPAA- health insurance, portability and accountability act
Question 10: Could you install a hidden surveillance camera if your
client's father was possibly being neglected in a senior assisted
living home?
Answer:
Yes
Question 11: As a private investigator, you use binoculars to keep
continued observation of a subject who is on a public beach
wearing a swimsuit. This is considered to be an invasion of
privacy.: True or false?
Answer:
False. People who walk around on a public beach have no expectation of
privacy, even if they are wearing almost nothing.
Question 12:
A. public employer can compel it's applicant and employees to submit
to a polygraph exam. True or false
Answer:
False. Only in limited circumstances, employers can ask their employees to
submit to a polygraph; but as a general rule employers cannot compel their
employees.
Question 13: Criminal and civil courts will allow polygraph
evidence to be submitted into evidence of the case, if it involves a
, capital offense
Answer:
False. Civil Courts will allow polygraph evidence; criminal courts do not without
a defendant's consent.
Question 14: Would Hipnosis be admissible in court as a form of
evidence?
Answer:
Yes, when the witness was able to recollect the events, there is documentation
of this recollection, and the witness was hypnotized prior to trial
Question 15: Can someone's arrest record be discovered through a
public records request (such as full name, charges, location of
arrest, date of birth, charges, factual circumstances surrounding
the arrest)?
Answer:
Yes, unless the disclosure would jeopardize the safety of a witness or other
person involved in the investigation, or unless disclosure would procure
dangers of unsuccessful completion of the investigation or related
investigation
Question 16: Are personnel files available under the freedom of
information act?
Answer:
No, neither are: inner agency memos; internal personnel rules & regulations
ALL OFF LIMITS
Question 17: Generally, what is recommended in order to place a
tracker on a vehicle?
