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LOUISIANA PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LICENSING EXAM
2025/2026 ACCURATE CURRENTLY TESTING EXAM
WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH A STUDY GUIDE EXPERT VERIFIED FOR
GURANTEED PASS LATEST UPDATE.
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1 Under the Private Investigator Law, the Louisiana State Board of Privat
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e Investigator Examiners (LSBPIE) is authorized to issue the following typ
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es of license(s): ......answer.....b. Apprentice, Individual, Agency, Journey
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man
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2 Any licensee who wishes to apply for an extension of time to complete
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investigative educational instruction requirements must submit_______
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_ of the LSBPIE 30 days prior to the license renewal date. ......answer.....
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d. a signed written request setting forth the reasons for the extension re
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quest to the executive director.
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1-3 As part of a "pre-
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text," a licensed private investigator who is working for defense counsel
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may contact and interview opposing parties [plaintiffs] who are represe
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nted by an attorney in a pending litigation without consent from the plai
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ntiff's attorney. ......answer.....b. False
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4 What license types listed below must meet the minimum requirement
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s by statute, complete the 40 hour training course and pass the exam pri
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or to licensing? ......answer.....b. Individual and Agency
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5 According to the Louisiana Private Investigator law, only this type of lic
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ense holder may conduct work directly for the general public. ......answ
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er.....a. Agency G
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6 An investigator shall, prior to advertising a certification designation, fu
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rnish the Louisiana State Board of Private Investigators with a copy of th
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eir ______ and ____________. ......answer.....c. certificate [and] certific
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ation number G
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7 If applicant is applying for an agency license, the applicant shall meet t
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he following requirements: ......answer.....e. Both a and b
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a. Minimum qualifications of licensing, complete the 40 hour course and
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G pass exam. G
b. Must have three years of investigative experience within the last ten y
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ears either working as a private investigator or in an investigative capaci
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ty, and satisfies all other requirements for licensing.
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8 A private investigator must renew his license every _____ and complet
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e _____ hours of continuing education every two years. ......answer.....b
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. every year; 8 hours
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When advertising years of experience in the private investigative industr
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y, the ad must indicate if it is a total number of years for one certain inve
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stigator or a combined total of all investigators. ......answer.....a. True
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10 Each agency employing the services of a journeyman shall supervise t
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he activities of the Journeyman in the same manner as an apprentice or i
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ndividual license holder and _____. ......answer.....d. maintain and provi
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de upon request of the journeyman or board, the total number of hours
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worked each year. G G
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11 The board may refuse to issue or may suspend, revoke or impose a pr
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obationary period on any license issued by LSBPIE for good cause shown
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which shall include the following? ......answer.....e. Both a and b
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a. Conviction of a felony or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contender to
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a felony charge under the laws of the United States or of any state.
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b. Deceit or perjury in obtaining any certificate or license under the P. I.
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Law.
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12 The Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners is compo
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LOUISIANA PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LICENSING EXAM
2025/2026 ACCURATE CURRENTLY TESTING EXAM
WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH A STUDY GUIDE EXPERT VERIFIED FOR
GURANTEED PASS LATEST UPDATE.
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1 Under the Private Investigator Law, the Louisiana State Board of Privat
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e Investigator Examiners (LSBPIE) is authorized to issue the following typ
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es of license(s): ......answer.....b. Apprentice, Individual, Agency, Journey
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man
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2 Any licensee who wishes to apply for an extension of time to complete
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investigative educational instruction requirements must submit_______
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_ of the LSBPIE 30 days prior to the license renewal date. ......answer.....
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d. a signed written request setting forth the reasons for the extension re
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quest to the executive director.
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1-3 As part of a "pre-
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text," a licensed private investigator who is working for defense counsel
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may contact and interview opposing parties [plaintiffs] who are represe
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nted by an attorney in a pending litigation without consent from the plai
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ntiff's attorney. ......answer.....b. False
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4 What license types listed below must meet the minimum requirement
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s by statute, complete the 40 hour training course and pass the exam pri
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or to licensing? ......answer.....b. Individual and Agency
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5 According to the Louisiana Private Investigator law, only this type of lic
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ense holder may conduct work directly for the general public. ......answ
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er.....a. Agency G
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6 An investigator shall, prior to advertising a certification designation, fu
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rnish the Louisiana State Board of Private Investigators with a copy of th
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eir ______ and ____________. ......answer.....c. certificate [and] certific
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ation number G
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7 If applicant is applying for an agency license, the applicant shall meet t
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he following requirements: ......answer.....e. Both a and b
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a. Minimum qualifications of licensing, complete the 40 hour course and
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G pass exam. G
b. Must have three years of investigative experience within the last ten y
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ears either working as a private investigator or in an investigative capaci
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ty, and satisfies all other requirements for licensing.
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8 A private investigator must renew his license every _____ and complet
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e _____ hours of continuing education every two years. ......answer.....b
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. every year; 8 hours
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When advertising years of experience in the private investigative industr
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y, the ad must indicate if it is a total number of years for one certain inve
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stigator or a combined total of all investigators. ......answer.....a. True
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10 Each agency employing the services of a journeyman shall supervise t
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he activities of the Journeyman in the same manner as an apprentice or i
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ndividual license holder and _____. ......answer.....d. maintain and provi
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de upon request of the journeyman or board, the total number of hours
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worked each year. G G
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11 The board may refuse to issue or may suspend, revoke or impose a pr
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obationary period on any license issued by LSBPIE for good cause shown
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which shall include the following? ......answer.....e. Both a and b
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a. Conviction of a felony or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contender to
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a felony charge under the laws of the United States or of any state.
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b. Deceit or perjury in obtaining any certificate or license under the P. I.
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Law.
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12 The Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners is compo
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