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PRIVATE PATROL OPERATOR TEST
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
Question 1: Who, at BSIS, 'shall administer and enforce the
rules'?
CORRECT ANSWER : The Director of Consumer Affairs
Question 2: What is an "FQ Card'?
CORRECT ANSWER : Firearms Qualification Card; exposed
weapon carry
Question 3: If a person without a PPO license offers security or
protection services to the public, What type of crime has been committed?
CORRECT ANSWER : A misdemeanor violation of the B&P
Code
Question 4: What is the dollar fine for a misdemeanor violation
of offering PPO services without a PPO license?
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CORRECT ANSWER : $10,000
Question 5: When, If ever, may a person licensed only as a PPO
make an investigation?
CORRECT ANSWER : If incidental to the theft, loss,
embezzlement, misappropriation, concealment of any property which he or she has been hired or engaged to watch to protect
Question 6: What agencies other than BSIS are involved in
regulating armored car companies?
CORRECT ANSWER : California Highway Patrol and Public
Utilities
Question 7: What do the initials 'B.S.I.S.' stand for?
CORRECT ANSWER : Bureau of Security and Investigative
Services
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Question 8: Carrying a gun concealed under a shirt is usually
what type of a crime?
CORRECT ANSWER : Misdemeanor
Question 9: Carrying a set of 'brass knuckles' in your pocket is
usually what type of crime?
CORRECT ANSWER : Felony
Question 10: How much imprisonment might come from a
misdemeanor conviction?
CORRECT ANSWER: Up to a year imprisonment
Question 11: How much imprisonment might come from a
felony conviction?
CORRECT ANSWER : One year or more imprisonment
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Question 12: If a person knowingly hires an unlicensed person
to provide PPO services, What punishment might that person receive?
CORRECT ANSWER : For this misdemeanor, a fine of $5000
and/or imprisonment of up to one year
Question 13: If a person is convicted of providing PPO services
without a license, he/she can not be issued a PPO license for what time period following the conviction?
CORRECT ANSWER : One year
Question 14: If a person is convicted a second time of proving
PPO services without a license, he/she can not be issued a PPO license for what time period following this second conviction?
CORRECT ANSWER : Five years
Question 15: An applicant for a PPO license must be at least
how old?