Texas Department of Public Safety Private Security
Bureau - Qualified Manager Exam 2025
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.103(c) - Classification and
Limitation of Licenses -Answer:-(c) A license is not assignable
unless the assignment is approved in advance by the board.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.103(d) - Classification and
Limitation of Licenses -Answer:-(d) The board shall prescribe by
rule the procedure under which a license may be terminated.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.103(e) - Classification and
Limitation of Licenses -Answer:-(e) The board by rule may establish
other license
classifications for activities expressly regulated by this chapter and
may establish qualifications and practice requirements consistent
with this chapter for those license classifications.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.104(a) - Investigations
Company -Answer:-(a) A person acts as an investigations company
for the purposes of this chapter if the person:
,(1) engages in the business of obtaining or furnishing, or accepts
employment to obtain or furnish, information related to:
(A) crime or wrongs done or threatened against a person, state, or
the United States;
(B) the identity, habits, business, occupation, knowledge, efficiency,
loyalty, movement, location, affiliations, associations, transactions,
acts, reputation, or character of a person;
(C) the location, disposition, or recovery of lost or stolen property;
or
(D) the cause or responsibility for a fire, libel, loss, accident, damage,
or injury to a person or to property;
(2) engages in the business of securing, or accepts employment to
secure, evidence for use before a court, board, officer, or
investigating committee;
(3) engages in the business of securing, or accepts employment to
secure, the electronic tracking of the location of an individual or
motor vehicle other than for criminal justice purposes by or on
behalf of a governmental entity; or
(4) engages in the business of protecting, or accepts employment to
protect, an individual from bodily harm through the use of a
personal protection officer.
,Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.104(b) - Investigations
Company -Answer:-(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), obtaining
or furnishing information includes information obtained or
furnished through the review and analysis of, and the investigation
into the content of, computer-based data not available to the public.
The repair or maintenance of a computer does not constitute an
investigation for purposes of this section and does not require
licensing under this chapter if:
(1) the review or analysis of computer-based data is performed only
to diagnose a computer or software problem;
(2) there is no intent to obtain or furnish information described by
Subsection (a)(1); and
(3) the discovery of any information described by
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Subsection (a)(1) is inadvertent.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.1045 - Private Security
Consulting Company -Answer:-A person acts as a private security
consulting company for purposes of this chapter if the person:
, (1) consults, advises, trains, or specifies or recommends products,
services, methods, or procedures in the security or loss prevention
industry;
(2) provides a service described by Subdivision (1) on an
independent basis and without being affiliated with a particular
service or product; and
(3) meets the experience requirements established by the board.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.105(a) Alarm Systems
Comapany -Answer:-(a) A person acts as an alarm systems company
for the purposes of this chapter if the person sells, installs, services,
monitors, or responds to an alarm system or detection device.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.105(b) - Alarm Systems
Company -Answer:-(b) An alarm systems company may sell, install,
maintain, or service, or offer to sell, install, maintain, or service, an
electronic access control device or a mechanical security device that
is capable of activation through a wireless signal. An alarm systems
company may not rekey an electronic access control device or
mechanical security device that can be activated by a key. This
Bureau - Qualified Manager Exam 2025
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.103(c) - Classification and
Limitation of Licenses -Answer:-(c) A license is not assignable
unless the assignment is approved in advance by the board.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.103(d) - Classification and
Limitation of Licenses -Answer:-(d) The board shall prescribe by
rule the procedure under which a license may be terminated.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.103(e) - Classification and
Limitation of Licenses -Answer:-(e) The board by rule may establish
other license
classifications for activities expressly regulated by this chapter and
may establish qualifications and practice requirements consistent
with this chapter for those license classifications.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.104(a) - Investigations
Company -Answer:-(a) A person acts as an investigations company
for the purposes of this chapter if the person:
,(1) engages in the business of obtaining or furnishing, or accepts
employment to obtain or furnish, information related to:
(A) crime or wrongs done or threatened against a person, state, or
the United States;
(B) the identity, habits, business, occupation, knowledge, efficiency,
loyalty, movement, location, affiliations, associations, transactions,
acts, reputation, or character of a person;
(C) the location, disposition, or recovery of lost or stolen property;
or
(D) the cause or responsibility for a fire, libel, loss, accident, damage,
or injury to a person or to property;
(2) engages in the business of securing, or accepts employment to
secure, evidence for use before a court, board, officer, or
investigating committee;
(3) engages in the business of securing, or accepts employment to
secure, the electronic tracking of the location of an individual or
motor vehicle other than for criminal justice purposes by or on
behalf of a governmental entity; or
(4) engages in the business of protecting, or accepts employment to
protect, an individual from bodily harm through the use of a
personal protection officer.
,Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.104(b) - Investigations
Company -Answer:-(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), obtaining
or furnishing information includes information obtained or
furnished through the review and analysis of, and the investigation
into the content of, computer-based data not available to the public.
The repair or maintenance of a computer does not constitute an
investigation for purposes of this section and does not require
licensing under this chapter if:
(1) the review or analysis of computer-based data is performed only
to diagnose a computer or software problem;
(2) there is no intent to obtain or furnish information described by
Subsection (a)(1); and
(3) the discovery of any information described by
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Subsection (a)(1) is inadvertent.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.1045 - Private Security
Consulting Company -Answer:-A person acts as a private security
consulting company for purposes of this chapter if the person:
, (1) consults, advises, trains, or specifies or recommends products,
services, methods, or procedures in the security or loss prevention
industry;
(2) provides a service described by Subdivision (1) on an
independent basis and without being affiliated with a particular
service or product; and
(3) meets the experience requirements established by the board.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.105(a) Alarm Systems
Comapany -Answer:-(a) A person acts as an alarm systems company
for the purposes of this chapter if the person sells, installs, services,
monitors, or responds to an alarm system or detection device.
Texas Private Security Act CH. 1702.105(b) - Alarm Systems
Company -Answer:-(b) An alarm systems company may sell, install,
maintain, or service, or offer to sell, install, maintain, or service, an
electronic access control device or a mechanical security device that
is capable of activation through a wireless signal. An alarm systems
company may not rekey an electronic access control device or
mechanical security device that can be activated by a key. This
