Private Investigator Exam 2025/2026
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What are the 6 tasks that categorize a business or a professional as
"private investigator" in Missouri?
(Hint: Acronym PRICIE) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. PROPERTY - Locating or
recovering lost or stolen property.
2. RESPONSIBILITY - Investigating the cause of responsibility for libel,
losses, damage, or injury.
3. IDENTITY - Obtaining information related to any person's identity, habits,
conduct, business, occupation, honesty, integrity, credibility, knowledge,
trustworthiness, efficiency, loyalty, activity, movement, whereabouts,
affiliations, associations, transactions, acts, reputation, character, etc.
,4. CRIMES - Investigating crimes or wrongs done against any government
entity within the US.
5. INFORMATION - Selling personal identification information to the public.
6. EVIDENCE - Securing evidence for a court or investigating body.
In which year was the Board of Private Investigator and Private Fire
Investigator Examiners created and PI licensure required in Missouri? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔2007
Which 16 occupations that have functional overlap with private
investigation are NOT deemed to be engaging in the "private investigation"
business, as defined in the statutes of Missouri? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Any
person working for an employer and only investigating for affairs related to
that employer.
2. Officers or employees of any government entity, while performing their
official duties.
3. Anyone working under and within a contract with a government entity.
4. Attorneys, paralegals, or employees of a law firm.
5. Certified public accountants (CPA)
6. Collection agencies
,7. Insurers
8. Banks
9. Insurance adjusters
10. Private fire investigators who only investigate the origin, nature, cause,
or losses relevant to a fire
11. Real estate brokers, sellers, or appraisers
12. Criminal history and background history checking organizations
13. Expert witnesses
14. Anyone employed by or contracted with a governmental entity, who
does not hold themselves out to the public as a "private investigator"
15. Legal process servers
16. Consumer reporting agencies
What are 9 things that can cause a PI license to be denied? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔1. Having committed any act that would incur disciplinary action, were
that applicant already a licensee.
2. Having been convicted of or plead guilty to a felony in the last two years.
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, 3. Having been convicted of or plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense
involving moral turpitude in the last two years.
4. Having lied in an employment application, evidence record, or while
under oath in the last two years.
5. Having abused alcohol or drugs in the last two years.
6. Having used, possessed, or trafficked in any illegal substance in the last
two years.
7. Having been denied a PI license, or having had a PI license revoked, in
any state.
8. Having performed any private investigative work while unlicensed.
9. Having knowingly made any false statement in the application for PI
licensure.
How many different private investigative agencies can you work for at a
given time? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Only one agency at a time.
Can a licensed private investigator work for any private investigator
agency? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔No. Only for the agency whose ID number
appears on that investigator's application.
Exam Questions and Verified Answers |
Already Graded A+
What are the 6 tasks that categorize a business or a professional as
"private investigator" in Missouri?
(Hint: Acronym PRICIE) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. PROPERTY - Locating or
recovering lost or stolen property.
2. RESPONSIBILITY - Investigating the cause of responsibility for libel,
losses, damage, or injury.
3. IDENTITY - Obtaining information related to any person's identity, habits,
conduct, business, occupation, honesty, integrity, credibility, knowledge,
trustworthiness, efficiency, loyalty, activity, movement, whereabouts,
affiliations, associations, transactions, acts, reputation, character, etc.
,4. CRIMES - Investigating crimes or wrongs done against any government
entity within the US.
5. INFORMATION - Selling personal identification information to the public.
6. EVIDENCE - Securing evidence for a court or investigating body.
In which year was the Board of Private Investigator and Private Fire
Investigator Examiners created and PI licensure required in Missouri? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔2007
Which 16 occupations that have functional overlap with private
investigation are NOT deemed to be engaging in the "private investigation"
business, as defined in the statutes of Missouri? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Any
person working for an employer and only investigating for affairs related to
that employer.
2. Officers or employees of any government entity, while performing their
official duties.
3. Anyone working under and within a contract with a government entity.
4. Attorneys, paralegals, or employees of a law firm.
5. Certified public accountants (CPA)
6. Collection agencies
,7. Insurers
8. Banks
9. Insurance adjusters
10. Private fire investigators who only investigate the origin, nature, cause,
or losses relevant to a fire
11. Real estate brokers, sellers, or appraisers
12. Criminal history and background history checking organizations
13. Expert witnesses
14. Anyone employed by or contracted with a governmental entity, who
does not hold themselves out to the public as a "private investigator"
15. Legal process servers
16. Consumer reporting agencies
What are 9 things that can cause a PI license to be denied? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔1. Having committed any act that would incur disciplinary action, were
that applicant already a licensee.
2. Having been convicted of or plead guilty to a felony in the last two years.
3
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, 3. Having been convicted of or plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense
involving moral turpitude in the last two years.
4. Having lied in an employment application, evidence record, or while
under oath in the last two years.
5. Having abused alcohol or drugs in the last two years.
6. Having used, possessed, or trafficked in any illegal substance in the last
two years.
7. Having been denied a PI license, or having had a PI license revoked, in
any state.
8. Having performed any private investigative work while unlicensed.
9. Having knowingly made any false statement in the application for PI
licensure.
How many different private investigative agencies can you work for at a
given time? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Only one agency at a time.
Can a licensed private investigator work for any private investigator
agency? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔No. Only for the agency whose ID number
appears on that investigator's application.
