California Private Security Services Act Questions With
Complete Solutions
.Are PPO required to provide a copy of the powers of arrest
guidebook to each employee of theirs who is working as security
officer? Correct Answers YES
334. Who can fine a PPO for I-9 non-compliance? Correct
Answers Homeland Security / Immigration
385. When can a PPO make an 'incidental investigation'?
Correct Answers (7582.1.b) if incidental to the theft, loss,
embezzlement, misappropriation, or concealment of property,
which the PPO has been hired or engaged to protect or watch
A current-registered Proprietary Security Officer wants to work
a few days a week for a PPO Company. What must he/she do
first? Correct Answers Must get a regular guard card-cannot
work for a PPO until then
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 the FQ card be issued? Correct Answers
May be approved, but if denied it may be successfully appealed
A guard works for you one very long day, 14 hours, then quits.
If he/she has agreed to 'minimum wage' what is he/she paid for
worked hours #13 through #14? Correct Answers $16 per hour
,A guard works for you one very long day, 14 hours, then quits.
If he/she has agreed to 'minimum wage', what is he/she paid for
worked hours #9 through #12? Correct Answers $12 per hour
A guard works for you one very long day, 14 hours, then quits.
If he/she has agreed to 'minimum wage'. what is he/she paid for
worked hours #1 thought #8? Correct Answers $10 per hour
A large retail store uses its own employees as security officers.
Those employees need to be registered with BSIS as 'Proprietary
Private Security Officers' But even less know is that as of
1/1/2011, the employer needs registration from BSIS as a
'Proprietary Security Employer'. What is the cost to the
employer to apply for this registration? Correct Answers $75
A person who wears a baton or exposed firearm without a
shoulder patch on both arms can be assessed a fine by the
director of $_________. Correct Answers $250
A PPO is standing outside the door of a grocery store he/she has
been hired to protect a car drives by and one its passengers fires
a gun at PPO the bullet nearly hitting the PPO what should the
PPO do? Correct Answers Take cover call 911
A PPO license expires in 2 years. Does a PPO take any written
test as part of renewing the license when it is expiring? Correct
Answers No, you just pay a renewal fee every 2 years, no new
testing
,A PPO's application for PPO license is considered to be
'abandoned' if not complete within how long after it was initially
filed? Correct Answers One Year
A registration fee for guard may not exceed what dollar amount?
Correct Answers $50
A renewal registration fee for a guard may not exceed what
dollar amount? Correct Answers $35
A violation of badge or shoulder patch rules by a PPO or PPO
employees might cause what fine to be assessed? Correct
Answers $250
After a violation has been committed, what is the security
officer's primary function? Correct Answers Observe and
Report
After being approved following the applying for or the renewing
of a guard card, can a security officer work with a temporary
registration that he/she can obtain from the BSIS website?
Correct Answers Yes, BSIS allows you to print from their
website your approval
An applicant for a PPO license must be at least how old?
Correct Answers 18
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 guards required to wear a badge? Correct Answers YES if
in uniform, no if in plain-clothes
Are PPO's required to wear a badge? Correct Answers Yes if in
uniform, no if in plain-clothes
Are public laws and company policies the same thing? Correct
Answers NO
Are there any legal restrictions on a PPO or his/her security
officers wearing a 'bulletproof' vest' (bodily armor? Correct
Answers No. Unless: CA Penal Code Section 12370(a)
prohibits those individuals who have been convicted a 'violent
crime' (as the term is defined in Penal Code Section 667.5) from
owning a bullet proof vest. Otherwise, there is no prohibition
against ownership And if worn while commiting a crime, you
can receive an enhanced penalty
Are there monetary fines if form I-9 is not completed per law?
Correct Answers YES
At least __days prior to coming the expiration of a security
officer registration, the security officer should renew his/her
registration? Correct Answers 60
Complete Solutions
.Are PPO required to provide a copy of the powers of arrest
guidebook to each employee of theirs who is working as security
officer? Correct Answers YES
334. Who can fine a PPO for I-9 non-compliance? Correct
Answers Homeland Security / Immigration
385. When can a PPO make an 'incidental investigation'?
Correct Answers (7582.1.b) if incidental to the theft, loss,
embezzlement, misappropriation, or concealment of property,
which the PPO has been hired or engaged to protect or watch
A current-registered Proprietary Security Officer wants to work
a few days a week for a PPO Company. What must he/she do
first? Correct Answers Must get a regular guard card-cannot
work for a PPO until then
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 the FQ card be issued? Correct Answers
May be approved, but if denied it may be successfully appealed
A guard works for you one very long day, 14 hours, then quits.
If he/she has agreed to 'minimum wage' what is he/she paid for
worked hours #13 through #14? Correct Answers $16 per hour
,A guard works for you one very long day, 14 hours, then quits.
If he/she has agreed to 'minimum wage', what is he/she paid for
worked hours #9 through #12? Correct Answers $12 per hour
A guard works for you one very long day, 14 hours, then quits.
If he/she has agreed to 'minimum wage'. what is he/she paid for
worked hours #1 thought #8? Correct Answers $10 per hour
A large retail store uses its own employees as security officers.
Those employees need to be registered with BSIS as 'Proprietary
Private Security Officers' But even less know is that as of
1/1/2011, the employer needs registration from BSIS as a
'Proprietary Security Employer'. What is the cost to the
employer to apply for this registration? Correct Answers $75
A person who wears a baton or exposed firearm without a
shoulder patch on both arms can be assessed a fine by the
director of $_________. Correct Answers $250
A PPO is standing outside the door of a grocery store he/she has
been hired to protect a car drives by and one its passengers fires
a gun at PPO the bullet nearly hitting the PPO what should the
PPO do? Correct Answers Take cover call 911
A PPO license expires in 2 years. Does a PPO take any written
test as part of renewing the license when it is expiring? Correct
Answers No, you just pay a renewal fee every 2 years, no new
testing
,A PPO's application for PPO license is considered to be
'abandoned' if not complete within how long after it was initially
filed? Correct Answers One Year
A registration fee for guard may not exceed what dollar amount?
Correct Answers $50
A renewal registration fee for a guard may not exceed what
dollar amount? Correct Answers $35
A violation of badge or shoulder patch rules by a PPO or PPO
employees might cause what fine to be assessed? Correct
Answers $250
After a violation has been committed, what is the security
officer's primary function? Correct Answers Observe and
Report
After being approved following the applying for or the renewing
of a guard card, can a security officer work with a temporary
registration that he/she can obtain from the BSIS website?
Correct Answers Yes, BSIS allows you to print from their
website your approval
An applicant for a PPO license must be at least how old?
Correct Answers 18
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 guards required to wear a badge? Correct Answers YES if
in uniform, no if in plain-clothes
Are PPO's required to wear a badge? Correct Answers Yes if in
uniform, no if in plain-clothes
Are public laws and company policies the same thing? Correct
Answers NO
Are there any legal restrictions on a PPO or his/her security
officers wearing a 'bulletproof' vest' (bodily armor? Correct
Answers No. Unless: CA Penal Code Section 12370(a)
prohibits those individuals who have been convicted a 'violent
crime' (as the term is defined in Penal Code Section 667.5) from
owning a bullet proof vest. Otherwise, there is no prohibition
against ownership And if worn while commiting a crime, you
can receive an enhanced penalty
Are there monetary fines if form I-9 is not completed per law?
Correct Answers YES
At least __days prior to coming the expiration of a security
officer registration, the security officer should renew his/her
registration? Correct Answers 60
