California Qualified Manager Exam
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10.7 Chemical Agents
How many hours of training is required to obtain OC permit? -
Correct Answers ✅4 hours
3.1
What is the purpose of the Department of Consumer Affairs? -
Correct Answers ✅To protect consumers from mal business
practices
3.2
What is the purpose of the Bureau of Security & Investigative
Services? - Correct Answers ✅To regulate private patrol
operators
3.3
What is the purpose of the qualified manager? - Correct
Answers ✅To manage day to day operations
3.3
,California Qualified Manager Exam
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Who is the private patrol operator? - Correct Answers
✅The owner of the private security company
4.5
What type of entity does a California-based private security
company need to be? - Correct Answers ✅Corporation
4.5
When can you use a PO Box as the business mailing address?
- Correct Answers ✅When it's impossible to send mail to
the physical address or when the address is the PPO owner's
primary residence.
5.3
What do you need when you conduct business anywhere but
the office listed on BSIS records? - Correct Answers ✅A
Branch Office Certificate (BOC) (BPC 7582.21)
5.3 Branch Offices
,California Qualified Manager Exam
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What is BPC that requires you to obtain a BOC when
conducting business outside the listed address on BSIS
records? - Correct Answers ✅BPC 7582.21
6.0 Insurance Requirements
What are the three insurance requirements for PPOs? -
Correct Answers ✅Commercial Liability Insurance,
Workers' Compensation Insurance, and Business vehicle
insurance
6.1 Commercial General Liability
What is the minimum limit of commercial liability insurance
for a PPO offering armed security services? - Correct
Answers ✅$1,000,000 commercial liability insurance policy.
$500,000 for property damages and $500,000 for bodily
injuries
6.2 Workers' Compensation Policy
When do you need a workers' compensation policy? - Correct
Answers ✅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.
, California Qualified Manager Exam
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7.5 Advertising
What are the three pieces of information that must be
displayed in every advertisement? - Correct Answers ✅LAN
(License #, Address, and Business name)
8.2 Proposal
What needs to be included in a proposal? - Correct Answers
✅Q-TIPS (Quantity of Officers, Time, Identity, Price, Subject)
9.0 Invoice
What pieces of information must be in an invoice? - Correct
Answers ✅Date, type of service, # of hours, price of
service, total due, payment due date, late fees, and
additional expenses (cones).
10.2 Cont. Training
How often does a security officer need to complete continued
training, and how many hours? - Correct Answers ✅every
year, 8 hours additional training
Preparation Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
10.7 Chemical Agents
How many hours of training is required to obtain OC permit? -
Correct Answers ✅4 hours
3.1
What is the purpose of the Department of Consumer Affairs? -
Correct Answers ✅To protect consumers from mal business
practices
3.2
What is the purpose of the Bureau of Security & Investigative
Services? - Correct Answers ✅To regulate private patrol
operators
3.3
What is the purpose of the qualified manager? - Correct
Answers ✅To manage day to day operations
3.3
,California Qualified Manager Exam
Preparation Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
Who is the private patrol operator? - Correct Answers
✅The owner of the private security company
4.5
What type of entity does a California-based private security
company need to be? - Correct Answers ✅Corporation
4.5
When can you use a PO Box as the business mailing address?
- Correct Answers ✅When it's impossible to send mail to
the physical address or when the address is the PPO owner's
primary residence.
5.3
What do you need when you conduct business anywhere but
the office listed on BSIS records? - Correct Answers ✅A
Branch Office Certificate (BOC) (BPC 7582.21)
5.3 Branch Offices
,California Qualified Manager Exam
Preparation Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
What is BPC that requires you to obtain a BOC when
conducting business outside the listed address on BSIS
records? - Correct Answers ✅BPC 7582.21
6.0 Insurance Requirements
What are the three insurance requirements for PPOs? -
Correct Answers ✅Commercial Liability Insurance,
Workers' Compensation Insurance, and Business vehicle
insurance
6.1 Commercial General Liability
What is the minimum limit of commercial liability insurance
for a PPO offering armed security services? - Correct
Answers ✅$1,000,000 commercial liability insurance policy.
$500,000 for property damages and $500,000 for bodily
injuries
6.2 Workers' Compensation Policy
When do you need a workers' compensation policy? - Correct
Answers ✅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.
, California Qualified Manager Exam
Preparation Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
7.5 Advertising
What are the three pieces of information that must be
displayed in every advertisement? - Correct Answers ✅LAN
(License #, Address, and Business name)
8.2 Proposal
What needs to be included in a proposal? - Correct Answers
✅Q-TIPS (Quantity of Officers, Time, Identity, Price, Subject)
9.0 Invoice
What pieces of information must be in an invoice? - Correct
Answers ✅Date, type of service, # of hours, price of
service, total due, payment due date, late fees, and
additional expenses (cones).
10.2 Cont. Training
How often does a security officer need to complete continued
training, and how many hours? - Correct Answers ✅every
year, 8 hours additional training
