LOUISIANA PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LICENSING EXAM
Louisiana licensed PI's may request a black and white drivers license photo of a
person from the Office of Motor Vehicles for (3) circumstances when
conducting investigations for (1) an attorney; (2) an insurance company, or
(3)_____________ - ANSWER-a. permission granted from the person
authorizing release of their information to the investigator
Under R.S. 14:73.10, online impersonation states that it shall be unlawful for
any person, with the intent to harm, intimidate, threaten, or defraud, to
intentionally impersonate another actual person, without the consent of that
person, when engaging in certain online activities. However, there are six
exceptions to this law and PI's are not listed as an exempt class under this law. -
ANSWER-a. True
Online impersonation under R.S. 14:73.10 states that it shall be unlawful for
any person, with the intent to harm, intimidate, threaten, or defraud, to
intentionally impersonate another actual or fictional person, without the consent
of that person. - ANSWER-b. False - NOT FOR A FICTIONAL PERSON in
order to engage in any of the following:
(a) open an electronic mail account, any other type of account, or a profile on a
social networking website or other internet website
(b) post or send one or more messages on or through a social networking
website or other Internet website
It shall be unlawful for any person with the intent to harm, intimidate, threaten,
or defraud, to send an electronic mail, instant message, text message, or other
form of electronic communication that references a name, domain address,
phone number, or other item of identifying information belonging to another
actual person without the consent of that person and with the intent to cause the
recipient of the communication to believe that the other person authorized or
transmitted the communication.
,Under La R.S. 14:323, no person shall use a tracking device to determine the
location or movement of another person without the consent of that person. The
following are exempt from the state tracking device law: - ANSWER-b. consent
of the owner of the vehicle
parents tracking their child
State tracking offenders under supervisor
any commercial carrier
In a Louisiana case, the Supreme Court held that absent special circumstances,
defendant in possession of surveillance videotape of personal injury plaintiff is
not entitled to depose plaintiff prior to disclosure. - ANSWER-b. False - is
entitled to depose plaintiff prior to disclosure
Surveillance videotapes obtained by the defendant are not admissible in court as
impeachment evidence against an injured plaintiff. - ANSWER-b. False- they
are admissible in court because they prove to provide substantial evidence
Under the rules and regulations, Chapter 7, Section 707, "an investigator shall
keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter, and must provide
the client with a report of an investigation." - ANSWER-b. False - "and must
promptly comply with reasonable request for information"
The _____ standard provides a rule of evidence regarding the admissibility of
expert witnesses' during US Federal legal proceedings. - ANSWER-a. Daubert
A ____ statement is given under oath, such as an affidavit. - ANSWER-e. sworn
Any person, even a non-party witness, is entitled to their own prior statement,
no matter who took the statement. - ANSWER-a. True
,A witness may not testify to a matter unless evidence is introduced sufficient to
support a finding that the witness has ______ of the matter. - ANSWER-c.
Personal Knowledge
12-6 A lay witness and an expert witness may give testimony which includes
their opinion or an inference based upon the facts of the case. - ANSWER-b.
False- a lay witness is restricted from giving an opinion or marking an inference
that is
1. based on first hand knowledge and
2. is helpful in clarifying the testimony and determining facts.
13-1 Any deposition may be used by any party for the purpose of contradicting
or impeaching the testimony of deponent as a witness. - ANSWER-a. True
13-2 A _____ is a witness's out-of-court testimony that is reduced to writing,
usually by a court reporter for later use in court or for discovery purposes. -
ANSWER-b. deposition
13-3 During a deposition, a deponent is administered an oath or affirmation
before being questioned by the attorney who requested the deposition, and the
deponent cannot be cross-examined during the deposition. - ANSWER-b. False-
a deponent can be cross-examined
13-4 When the deposition is transcribed by the court reporter, the deposition
shall be submitted to the _____ for examination and shall be read to or by him,
unless such examination and reading are waived by the required parties. -
ANSWER-e. Deponent
13-5 Under C.C.P. art. 1445, the witness shall sign the deposition unless the
parties stipulate otherwise. If the deposition is not signed by the witness within
30 days of its submission to the witness, the court reporter shall ____ and state
on the record that fact of the waiver or of the illness or absence of the witness or
refusal of the witness to sign the deposition. - ANSWER-a. sign it
, 5-7 Under La R.S. 14:323, a tracking device is defined as any device that
reveals its location or movement by the transmission of electronic signals. -
ANSWER-a. True
5-8 Under LA stalking law, PI's are exempt while conducting investigations. -
ANSWER-a. True
5-9 Under Louisiana law, perjury is defined as the intentional making of a false
written or oral statement in the specific proceedings set forth in the law while
_______ and the statement must relate to the issue or question in controversy. -
ANSWER-d. under oath or equivalent affirmation
5-10a Unless a criminal or tortious purpose exists, under R.S. 15:1303, a person
can record any conversations transmitted by wire, oral, or electronic means to
which he is party, or __________. - ANSWER-a. when one party participating
has consented.
5-10b In Brown v Brown, 877 So.2d 1228 (La Ct. App. 2004) the Court of
Appeal of Louisiana for the Second Circuit held that a wife's secretly-recorded
telephone conversations with her husband on her own telephone were illegally
intercepted since the calls were recorded by a party of the conversation. -
ANSWER-b. False - calls were not illegally intercepted
5-11 Under the Louisiana peeping Tom law (La. R.S. 14:284), there is a specific
exemption of the text of the PT law for licensed PI's. - ANSWER-b. False - no
exemption for PI's
5-12 Under the Louisiana criminal trespassing law (14:63), no person shall enter
or remain on any property of another without express, legal or implied
authorization except for licensed PI's in the course and scope of an
investigation. - ANSWER-b. False - no exemption for PI's
Louisiana licensed PI's may request a black and white drivers license photo of a
person from the Office of Motor Vehicles for (3) circumstances when
conducting investigations for (1) an attorney; (2) an insurance company, or
(3)_____________ - ANSWER-a. permission granted from the person
authorizing release of their information to the investigator
Under R.S. 14:73.10, online impersonation states that it shall be unlawful for
any person, with the intent to harm, intimidate, threaten, or defraud, to
intentionally impersonate another actual person, without the consent of that
person, when engaging in certain online activities. However, there are six
exceptions to this law and PI's are not listed as an exempt class under this law. -
ANSWER-a. True
Online impersonation under R.S. 14:73.10 states that it shall be unlawful for
any person, with the intent to harm, intimidate, threaten, or defraud, to
intentionally impersonate another actual or fictional person, without the consent
of that person. - ANSWER-b. False - NOT FOR A FICTIONAL PERSON in
order to engage in any of the following:
(a) open an electronic mail account, any other type of account, or a profile on a
social networking website or other internet website
(b) post or send one or more messages on or through a social networking
website or other Internet website
It shall be unlawful for any person with the intent to harm, intimidate, threaten,
or defraud, to send an electronic mail, instant message, text message, or other
form of electronic communication that references a name, domain address,
phone number, or other item of identifying information belonging to another
actual person without the consent of that person and with the intent to cause the
recipient of the communication to believe that the other person authorized or
transmitted the communication.
,Under La R.S. 14:323, no person shall use a tracking device to determine the
location or movement of another person without the consent of that person. The
following are exempt from the state tracking device law: - ANSWER-b. consent
of the owner of the vehicle
parents tracking their child
State tracking offenders under supervisor
any commercial carrier
In a Louisiana case, the Supreme Court held that absent special circumstances,
defendant in possession of surveillance videotape of personal injury plaintiff is
not entitled to depose plaintiff prior to disclosure. - ANSWER-b. False - is
entitled to depose plaintiff prior to disclosure
Surveillance videotapes obtained by the defendant are not admissible in court as
impeachment evidence against an injured plaintiff. - ANSWER-b. False- they
are admissible in court because they prove to provide substantial evidence
Under the rules and regulations, Chapter 7, Section 707, "an investigator shall
keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter, and must provide
the client with a report of an investigation." - ANSWER-b. False - "and must
promptly comply with reasonable request for information"
The _____ standard provides a rule of evidence regarding the admissibility of
expert witnesses' during US Federal legal proceedings. - ANSWER-a. Daubert
A ____ statement is given under oath, such as an affidavit. - ANSWER-e. sworn
Any person, even a non-party witness, is entitled to their own prior statement,
no matter who took the statement. - ANSWER-a. True
,A witness may not testify to a matter unless evidence is introduced sufficient to
support a finding that the witness has ______ of the matter. - ANSWER-c.
Personal Knowledge
12-6 A lay witness and an expert witness may give testimony which includes
their opinion or an inference based upon the facts of the case. - ANSWER-b.
False- a lay witness is restricted from giving an opinion or marking an inference
that is
1. based on first hand knowledge and
2. is helpful in clarifying the testimony and determining facts.
13-1 Any deposition may be used by any party for the purpose of contradicting
or impeaching the testimony of deponent as a witness. - ANSWER-a. True
13-2 A _____ is a witness's out-of-court testimony that is reduced to writing,
usually by a court reporter for later use in court or for discovery purposes. -
ANSWER-b. deposition
13-3 During a deposition, a deponent is administered an oath or affirmation
before being questioned by the attorney who requested the deposition, and the
deponent cannot be cross-examined during the deposition. - ANSWER-b. False-
a deponent can be cross-examined
13-4 When the deposition is transcribed by the court reporter, the deposition
shall be submitted to the _____ for examination and shall be read to or by him,
unless such examination and reading are waived by the required parties. -
ANSWER-e. Deponent
13-5 Under C.C.P. art. 1445, the witness shall sign the deposition unless the
parties stipulate otherwise. If the deposition is not signed by the witness within
30 days of its submission to the witness, the court reporter shall ____ and state
on the record that fact of the waiver or of the illness or absence of the witness or
refusal of the witness to sign the deposition. - ANSWER-a. sign it
, 5-7 Under La R.S. 14:323, a tracking device is defined as any device that
reveals its location or movement by the transmission of electronic signals. -
ANSWER-a. True
5-8 Under LA stalking law, PI's are exempt while conducting investigations. -
ANSWER-a. True
5-9 Under Louisiana law, perjury is defined as the intentional making of a false
written or oral statement in the specific proceedings set forth in the law while
_______ and the statement must relate to the issue or question in controversy. -
ANSWER-d. under oath or equivalent affirmation
5-10a Unless a criminal or tortious purpose exists, under R.S. 15:1303, a person
can record any conversations transmitted by wire, oral, or electronic means to
which he is party, or __________. - ANSWER-a. when one party participating
has consented.
5-10b In Brown v Brown, 877 So.2d 1228 (La Ct. App. 2004) the Court of
Appeal of Louisiana for the Second Circuit held that a wife's secretly-recorded
telephone conversations with her husband on her own telephone were illegally
intercepted since the calls were recorded by a party of the conversation. -
ANSWER-b. False - calls were not illegally intercepted
5-11 Under the Louisiana peeping Tom law (La. R.S. 14:284), there is a specific
exemption of the text of the PT law for licensed PI's. - ANSWER-b. False - no
exemption for PI's
5-12 Under the Louisiana criminal trespassing law (14:63), no person shall enter
or remain on any property of another without express, legal or implied
authorization except for licensed PI's in the course and scope of an
investigation. - ANSWER-b. False - no exemption for PI's
