California Qualified Manager
Exam Preparation/Questions and
Solutions
4 hours - -10.7 Chemical Agents
How many hours of training is required to obtain OC permit?
-To protect consumers from mal business practices - -3.1
What is the purpose of the Department of Consumer Affairs?
-To regulate private patrol operators - -3.2
What is the purpose of the Bureau of Security & Investigative Services?
-To manage day to day operations - -3.3
What is the purpose of the qualified manager?
-The owner of the private security company - -3.3
Who is the private patrol operator?
-Corporation - -4.5
What type of entity does a California-based private security company need
to be?
-When it's impossible to send mail to the physical address or when the
address is the PPO owner's primary residence. - -4.5
When can you use a PO Box as the business mailing address?
-A Branch Office Certificate (BOC) (BPC 7582.21) - -5.3
What do you need when you conduct business anywhere but the office listed
on BSIS records?
-BPC 7582.21 - -5.3 Branch Offices
What is BPC that requires you to obtain a BOC when conducting business
outside the listed address on BSIS records?
, -Commercial Liability Insurance, Workers' Compensation Insurance, and
Business vehicle insurance - -6.0 Insurance Requirements
What are the three insurance requirements for PPOs?
-$1,000,000 commercial liability insurance policy. $500,000 for property
damages and $500,000 for bodily injuries - -6.1 Commercial General Liability
What is the minimum limit of commercial liability insurance for a PPO
offering armed security services?
-When you hire one or more employees. It's recommended to get the
insurance policy now so when you need to hire employees you don't need to
wait on the policy. - -6.2 Workers' Compensation Policy
When do you need a workers' compensation policy?
-LAN (License #, Address, and Business name) - -7.5 Advertising
What are the three pieces of information that must be displayed in every
advertisement?
-Q-TIPS (Quantity of Officers, Time, Identity, Price, Subject) - -8.2 Proposal
What needs to be included in a proposal?
-Date, type of service, # of hours, price of service, total due, payment due
date, late fees, and additional expenses (cones). - -9.0 Invoice
What pieces of information must be in an invoice?
-every year, 8 hours additional training - -10.2 Cont. Training
How often does a security officer need to complete continued training, and
how many hours?
-16 hours of electives (First aid, firearms, baton, de-escalation, diversity) - -
10.2 Cont. Training
How many hours of training must they complete within six months of placing
a security officer on a post?
-guard card, driver's license, and social security card or birth certificate - -
10.3 Hiring Security Officer
Exam Preparation/Questions and
Solutions
4 hours - -10.7 Chemical Agents
How many hours of training is required to obtain OC permit?
-To protect consumers from mal business practices - -3.1
What is the purpose of the Department of Consumer Affairs?
-To regulate private patrol operators - -3.2
What is the purpose of the Bureau of Security & Investigative Services?
-To manage day to day operations - -3.3
What is the purpose of the qualified manager?
-The owner of the private security company - -3.3
Who is the private patrol operator?
-Corporation - -4.5
What type of entity does a California-based private security company need
to be?
-When it's impossible to send mail to the physical address or when the
address is the PPO owner's primary residence. - -4.5
When can you use a PO Box as the business mailing address?
-A Branch Office Certificate (BOC) (BPC 7582.21) - -5.3
What do you need when you conduct business anywhere but the office listed
on BSIS records?
-BPC 7582.21 - -5.3 Branch Offices
What is BPC that requires you to obtain a BOC when conducting business
outside the listed address on BSIS records?
, -Commercial Liability Insurance, Workers' Compensation Insurance, and
Business vehicle insurance - -6.0 Insurance Requirements
What are the three insurance requirements for PPOs?
-$1,000,000 commercial liability insurance policy. $500,000 for property
damages and $500,000 for bodily injuries - -6.1 Commercial General Liability
What is the minimum limit of commercial liability insurance for a PPO
offering armed security services?
-When you hire one or more employees. It's recommended to get the
insurance policy now so when you need to hire employees you don't need to
wait on the policy. - -6.2 Workers' Compensation Policy
When do you need a workers' compensation policy?
-LAN (License #, Address, and Business name) - -7.5 Advertising
What are the three pieces of information that must be displayed in every
advertisement?
-Q-TIPS (Quantity of Officers, Time, Identity, Price, Subject) - -8.2 Proposal
What needs to be included in a proposal?
-Date, type of service, # of hours, price of service, total due, payment due
date, late fees, and additional expenses (cones). - -9.0 Invoice
What pieces of information must be in an invoice?
-every year, 8 hours additional training - -10.2 Cont. Training
How often does a security officer need to complete continued training, and
how many hours?
-16 hours of electives (First aid, firearms, baton, de-escalation, diversity) - -
10.2 Cont. Training
How many hours of training must they complete within six months of placing
a security officer on a post?
-guard card, driver's license, and social security card or birth certificate - -
10.3 Hiring Security Officer
