Texas Department of Public Safety Private Security Bureau - Qualified Manager Exam Questions with correct answers

Texas Department of Public Safety Private
Security Bureau - Qualified Manager Exam
Questions with correct answers
Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.004(a) |- |General |Provisions |- |CORRECT |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.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.004(b) |- |General |Provisions |- |CORRECT |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.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.005(a) |- |Department |of |Public |Safety |- |CORRECT
|ANSWER✔✔-(a) |The |board |created |under |Section |1702.021 |is |a |part |of |the |department. |The
|department |shall |administer |this |chapter |through |the |board.

,Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.005(b) |- |Department |of |Public |Safety |- |CORRECT
|ANSWER✔✔-(b) |A |reference |in |this |chapter |or |another |law |to |the |Texas |Commission |on
|Private |Security |means |the |board.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.006 |- |Foreign |Entity |Registration |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Licensure |under |this |chapter |does |not |exempt |a |foreign |entity |from |the |registration
|requirements |of |Chapter |9, |Business |Organizations |Code.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.021(a) |- |Board |Membership |- |CORRECT |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.



Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.021(b) |- |Board |Membership |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-b)
|Appointments |to |the |board |shall |be |made |without |regard |to |the |race, |color, |disability, |sex,


|religion, |age, |or |national |origin |of |the |appointee.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.023 |- |Eligibility |of |Public |Members |- |CORRECT
|ANSWER✔✔-The |board's |public |members |must |be |representatives |of |the |general |public. |A
|person |may |not |be |a |public |member |of |the |board |if |the |person |or |the |person's |spouse:



(1) |is |registered, |commissioned, |certified, |or |licensed |by |a |regulatory |agency |in |the |field |of
|private |investigations |or |private |security;



(2) |is |employed |by |or |participates |in |the |management |of |a |business |entity |or |other
|organization |regulated |by |or |receiving |money |from |the |board;

,(3) |owns |or |controls, |directly |or |indirectly, |more |than |a |10 |percent |interest |in |a |business |entity
|or |other |organization |regulated |by |or |receiving |money |from |the |board; |or



(4) |uses |or |receives |a |substantial |amount |of |tangible |goods, |services, |or |money |from |the
|board |other |than |compensation |or |reimbursement |authorized |by |law |for |board |membership,


|attendance, |or |expenses.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.024(a) |- |Membership |and |Employee |Restrictions |-
|CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(a) |In |this |section, |"Texas |trade |association" |means |a |cooperative |and
|voluntarily |joined |association |of |business |or |professional |competitors |in |this |state |designed |to


|assist |its |members |and |its |industry |or |profession |in |dealing |with |mutual |business |or


|professional |problems |and |in |promoting |their |common |interests.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.024(b) |- |Membership |and |Employee |Restrictions |-
|CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(b) |A |person |may |not |be |a |board |member, |and |may |not |be |a
|department |employee |whose |primary |duties |include |private |security |regulation |and |who |is


|employed |in |a |"bona |fide |executive, |administrative, |or |professional |capacity," |as |that |phrase |is


|used |for |purposes |of |establishing |an |exemption |to |the |overtime |provisions |of |the |federal |Fair


|Labor |Standards |Act |of |1938 |(29



U.S.C. |Section |201 |et |seq.), |and |its |subsequent |amendments, |if:

(1) |the |person |is |an |officer, |employee, |or |paid |consultant |of |a |Texas |trade |association |in |the
|field |of |private |investigation |or |private |security; |or



(2) |the |person's |spouse |is |an |officer, |manager, |or |paid |consultant |of |a |Texas |trade |association
|in |the |field |of |private |investigation |or |private |security.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.024(c) |- |Membership |and |Employee |Restrictions |-
|CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(c) |A |person |may |not |be |a |board |member |or |act |as |general |counsel |to
|the |board |or |agency |if |the |person |is |required |to |register |as |a |lobbyist |under |Chapter |305,


|Government |Code, |because |of |the |person's |activities |for |compensation |on |behalf |of |a


|profession |related |to |the |operation |of |the |agency.

, Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.025(a) |- |Terms; |Vacancies |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(a) |The
|board |members |serve |staggered |six-year |terms, |with |the |terms |of |two |or |three |members


|expiring |on |January |31 |of |each |odd-numbered |year.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.025(b) |- |Terms; |Vacancies |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(b) |If |a
|vacancy |occurs |during |the |term |of |a |board |member, |the |governor |shall |appoint |a |new


|member |to |fill |the |unexpired |term.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.026(a) |Officers |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(a) |The |governor
|shall |designate |one |board |member |as |presiding |officer |to |serve |in |that |capacity |at |the |will |of


|the |governor. |The |governor |shall |designate |the |presiding |officer |without |regard |to |race, |creed,


|color, |disability, |sex, |religion, |age, |or |national |origin.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.026(b) |- |Officers |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(b) |The |board
|shall |elect |from |among |its |members |an |assistant |presiding |officer |and |a |secretary |to |serve


|two- |year |terms |beginning |on |September |1 |of |each |odd- |numbered |year.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.026(c) |- |Officers |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(c) |The |presiding
|officer |of |the |board |or, |in |the |absence |of |the |presiding |officer, |the |assistant |presiding |officer


|shall |preside |at |each |board |meeting |and |perform |the |other |duties |prescribed |by |this |chapter.




Texas |Private |Security |Act |CH. |1702.027(a) |- |Grounds |for |Removal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(a)
|It |is |a |ground |for |removal |from |the |board |that |a |member:



(1) |does |not |have |the |qualifications |required |by |Section |1702.021 |at |the |time |of |taking |office;

(2) |does |not |maintain |the |qualifications |required |by |Section |1702.021 |during |service |on |the
|board;



(3) |is |ineligible |for |membership |under |Section |1702.023 |or |1702.024;

(4) |cannot, |because |of |illness |or |disability, |discharge |the |member's |duties |for |a |substantial
|part |of |the |member's |term; |or