Private Patrol Operator Test Questions With Complete
Solutions
A currently registered guard would like to apply for an FQ card,
so he/she can carry a firearm on duty per the PPO's need.
However; he/she was he was convicted 10 years ago of a
misdemeanor. Will FQ card be issued? Correct Answers May
be approved, but if denied it may be successfully appealed
A PPO's for PPO license is considered to be 'abandoned' if not
completed within how long after it was initially filed? Correct
Answers One year
A registration fee for a guard may not exceed what dollar
amount? Correct Answers $55
A renewal registration fee for a guard may not exceed what
dollar amount? Correct Answers $40
A violation of badge or shoulder patch rules by a PPO or PPO
employees might cause what fine to be assessed? Correct
Answers $250
An applicant for a PPO license must be at least how old?
Correct Answers 18 years of age
An FQ card expires when, if not renewed? Correct Answers 2
years from the date of issuance
Applying for a branch office license on the application for a
PPO's branch office location should the PPO list the person who
,is to be 'in charge' of that new branch office location the same
qualified manager licensed by BSIS who is in charge of the
primary business location? Correct Answers No
Are guard required to wear a badge? Correct Answers Yes if in
uniform, no if in plain-clothes
Can a city or county regulate the uniforms of uniformed
employees of a PPO, to make them clearly distinguishable from
local regular law enforcement officers? Correct Answers Yes
Can a currently-registered proprietary security officer
immediately go to work as an employee of a PPO Correct
Answers No
Can a guard be sued for making an arrest, by the arrestee?
Correct Answers Yes
Can a guard search a person in order to find evidence to make an
arrest? Correct Answers No
Can a guard search for drugs? Correct Answers No
Can a guard search for merchandise? Correct Answers No
Can a guard touch an employee's purse, lunch box, bag, or car
during an inspection, or touch their contents? Correct Answers
No
Can a guard use rubber bullets in his/her firearm? Correct
Answers Yes
, Can a guard's employer (the PPO) be sued for an arrest made by
the guard? Correct Answers Yes
Can a hearing be had if a registration is suspended? Correct
Answers Yes
Can a local (city or county) law enforcement agency put
restrictions on the uniform a PPO or his/her guards wear?
Correct Answers Yes
Can a PPO demand that his/her guard employee make an arrest?
Correct Answers No
Can a PPO or a guard wear a metal badge on his/her belt instead
of on the uniforms chest? Correct Answers No
Can a PPO pay his/her employees as 'independent contractors'
with IRS form 1099? Correct Answers No, unless the
employee is also a PPO and services are contracted between
PPOs
Can a PPO require a polygraph exam of a guard if a theft or a
loss occurs? Correct Answers No a polygraph can not be
required, but it can be requested
Can a PPO's marked patrol vehicle that has the company name
visible on three sides of the of the vehicle have a siren? Correct
Answers No
Solutions
A currently registered guard would like to apply for an FQ card,
so he/she can carry a firearm on duty per the PPO's need.
However; he/she was he was convicted 10 years ago of a
misdemeanor. Will FQ card be issued? Correct Answers May
be approved, but if denied it may be successfully appealed
A PPO's for PPO license is considered to be 'abandoned' if not
completed within how long after it was initially filed? Correct
Answers One year
A registration fee for a guard may not exceed what dollar
amount? Correct Answers $55
A renewal registration fee for a guard may not exceed what
dollar amount? Correct Answers $40
A violation of badge or shoulder patch rules by a PPO or PPO
employees might cause what fine to be assessed? Correct
Answers $250
An applicant for a PPO license must be at least how old?
Correct Answers 18 years of age
An FQ card expires when, if not renewed? Correct Answers 2
years from the date of issuance
Applying for a branch office license on the application for a
PPO's branch office location should the PPO list the person who
,is to be 'in charge' of that new branch office location the same
qualified manager licensed by BSIS who is in charge of the
primary business location? Correct Answers No
Are guard required to wear a badge? Correct Answers Yes if in
uniform, no if in plain-clothes
Can a city or county regulate the uniforms of uniformed
employees of a PPO, to make them clearly distinguishable from
local regular law enforcement officers? Correct Answers Yes
Can a currently-registered proprietary security officer
immediately go to work as an employee of a PPO Correct
Answers No
Can a guard be sued for making an arrest, by the arrestee?
Correct Answers Yes
Can a guard search a person in order to find evidence to make an
arrest? Correct Answers No
Can a guard search for drugs? Correct Answers No
Can a guard search for merchandise? Correct Answers No
Can a guard touch an employee's purse, lunch box, bag, or car
during an inspection, or touch their contents? Correct Answers
No
Can a guard use rubber bullets in his/her firearm? Correct
Answers Yes
, Can a guard's employer (the PPO) be sued for an arrest made by
the guard? Correct Answers Yes
Can a hearing be had if a registration is suspended? Correct
Answers Yes
Can a local (city or county) law enforcement agency put
restrictions on the uniform a PPO or his/her guards wear?
Correct Answers Yes
Can a PPO demand that his/her guard employee make an arrest?
Correct Answers No
Can a PPO or a guard wear a metal badge on his/her belt instead
of on the uniforms chest? Correct Answers No
Can a PPO pay his/her employees as 'independent contractors'
with IRS form 1099? Correct Answers No, unless the
employee is also a PPO and services are contracted between
PPOs
Can a PPO require a polygraph exam of a guard if a theft or a
loss occurs? Correct Answers No a polygraph can not be
required, but it can be requested
Can a PPO's marked patrol vehicle that has the company name
visible on three sides of the of the vehicle have a siren? Correct
Answers No
