STATE OF TEXAS SECURITY EVALUATION EXAMS
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The person that is responsible for the daily operations for a security company is the:
A. Owner
B. Manager
C. Supervisor
D. Licensing department - ✔✔B. Manager
✔✔If a police officer asks you to leave your post, you may refuse. - ✔✔False
✔✔A security officer may arrest a person for a traffic violation on his post: - ✔✔False
✔✔When using a fire extinguisher to put out a fire, you should sweep at the _______ of
the fire?
A. Top
B. Middle
C. Base - ✔✔C. Base
✔✔A security officer is required to make an arrest if he sees a crime committed on his
post? - ✔✔False
✔✔What are the two basic types of arrests?
A. Actual and Primary
B. Primary and Constructive
C. Actual and Constructive
D. Primary and Secondary - ✔✔C. Actual and Constructive
✔✔An officer is justified in using force in order to arrest a resisting suspect. - ✔✔True
✔✔A person breaks into a car shop after it is closed and steals a set of mufflers. The
offense he committed is:
A. Arson
B. Burglary
C. Theft
D. Assault - ✔✔B. Burglary
✔✔In order to legally arrest a suspect for a felony, the crime must be committed in the
presence or view of the officer - ✔✔True
✔✔A security officer's responsibilities are to protect the specific people and property of
his client. - ✔✔True
, ✔✔It is not necessary for a security officer to have his state issued card on his person
while he is on duty. - ✔✔False
✔✔In order for an arrest to be legal, the intent of the security officer must be that the
suspect be presented to a magistrate in order to answer for an alleged crime. - ✔✔True
✔✔In a security officer sees a crime committed on a property he is not assigned to, he
should...
A. Investigate the activity
B. Confront the suspect
C. Call the police - ✔✔C. Call the police
✔✔A person is yelling obscene remarks to an employee at a retail store. The security
officer asks him to leave and he refuses. The suspect can be arrested for...
A. Arson
B. Aggravated assault
C. Theft
D. Disturbing the peace and trespassing - ✔✔D. Disturbing the peace and trespassing
✔✔An employee forgot his company badge and is trying to get into his place of work.
He has committed a...
A. Felony
B. Misdemeanor
C. Breach of company policy - ✔✔C. Breach of company policy
✔✔There are two types of crimes, felonies and misdemeanors. A misdemeanor is the
crime that carries the most punishment. - ✔✔False
✔✔The two basic types of written reports.
A. Narrative and Coded
B. Coded and Constructive
C. Pre-printed and Constructive
D. Narrative and Pre-Printed - ✔✔D. Narrative and Pre-Printed
✔✔Handwritten field notes can be demanded as evidence in a court case. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which type of fire extinguisher should be used to put out an electrical fire?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D - ✔✔C. C
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔The person that is responsible for the daily operations for a security company is the:
A. Owner
B. Manager
C. Supervisor
D. Licensing department - ✔✔B. Manager
✔✔If a police officer asks you to leave your post, you may refuse. - ✔✔False
✔✔A security officer may arrest a person for a traffic violation on his post: - ✔✔False
✔✔When using a fire extinguisher to put out a fire, you should sweep at the _______ of
the fire?
A. Top
B. Middle
C. Base - ✔✔C. Base
✔✔A security officer is required to make an arrest if he sees a crime committed on his
post? - ✔✔False
✔✔What are the two basic types of arrests?
A. Actual and Primary
B. Primary and Constructive
C. Actual and Constructive
D. Primary and Secondary - ✔✔C. Actual and Constructive
✔✔An officer is justified in using force in order to arrest a resisting suspect. - ✔✔True
✔✔A person breaks into a car shop after it is closed and steals a set of mufflers. The
offense he committed is:
A. Arson
B. Burglary
C. Theft
D. Assault - ✔✔B. Burglary
✔✔In order to legally arrest a suspect for a felony, the crime must be committed in the
presence or view of the officer - ✔✔True
✔✔A security officer's responsibilities are to protect the specific people and property of
his client. - ✔✔True
, ✔✔It is not necessary for a security officer to have his state issued card on his person
while he is on duty. - ✔✔False
✔✔In order for an arrest to be legal, the intent of the security officer must be that the
suspect be presented to a magistrate in order to answer for an alleged crime. - ✔✔True
✔✔In a security officer sees a crime committed on a property he is not assigned to, he
should...
A. Investigate the activity
B. Confront the suspect
C. Call the police - ✔✔C. Call the police
✔✔A person is yelling obscene remarks to an employee at a retail store. The security
officer asks him to leave and he refuses. The suspect can be arrested for...
A. Arson
B. Aggravated assault
C. Theft
D. Disturbing the peace and trespassing - ✔✔D. Disturbing the peace and trespassing
✔✔An employee forgot his company badge and is trying to get into his place of work.
He has committed a...
A. Felony
B. Misdemeanor
C. Breach of company policy - ✔✔C. Breach of company policy
✔✔There are two types of crimes, felonies and misdemeanors. A misdemeanor is the
crime that carries the most punishment. - ✔✔False
✔✔The two basic types of written reports.
A. Narrative and Coded
B. Coded and Constructive
C. Pre-printed and Constructive
D. Narrative and Pre-Printed - ✔✔D. Narrative and Pre-Printed
✔✔Handwritten field notes can be demanded as evidence in a court case. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which type of fire extinguisher should be used to put out an electrical fire?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D - ✔✔C. C
