TEXAS PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS LICENSE
If you hold any registration or License will your license be suspended if you are arrested
for convicted of a DWI? - Answers - True
How long is a licensed company required to keep records on a employee? - Answers -
two years from the date of employment
Why does the Private Security Board regulate the security services industry? - Answers
- Regulation protects the public from shady operators in the security industry (
Public Information - 1702.085 Confidentially of Records
Is the Name, Phone number, Address & Drivers License number of an applicant or a
License Holder considered public information? - Answers - No, it's confidential
information under Government code chapter 552
Rule - 35.43 - Class A -
If a person was dishonorably discharged from the United States Armed Services based
on a criminal charge equivalent to a class A misdemeanor they can NOT be licensed by
the Private Security Board for how long? - Answers - 10 years
35.74
If your license or registration is revoked by the Private Security Board can you reapply
for a new license? - Answers - Yes, but only after 5 years has passed.
Once a Owner or Qualified manager for a company follows the proper procedures to
terminate a License or Branch Office License they can come back later and have that
license reinstated. - Answers - False
Can someone that holds a seller certificate install an alarm system? - Answers - No,
they can only sell equipment
Which of the following is true about displaying a license number on company vehicles -
Answers - Any vehicle with the company name on it must display the license number.
The range instruction on handgun proficiency must include an actual demonstration by
the applicant of the applicant's ability to safely and proficiently use a handgun. The
applicant must demonstrate, at a minimum, the degree of proficiency that is required to
effectively operate a 9-millimeter or .38-caliber handgun. - Answers - .38
A license holder's business shall be operated under the direction and control of ____
manager. - Answers - one
The Texas Private Security Board consists of seven members appointed by the
governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: ... (2) one member who
is licensed under this chapter as a ___________; 1702.021
, 1 The Texas Private Security Board consists of seven members appointed by the
governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: ... (3) one member who
is licensed under this chapter as an _______________; and 1702.021
1 The Texas Private Security Board consists of seven members appointed by the
governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: ... (4) one member who
is licensed under this chapter as the ______________ - Answers - Private Investigator
Alarm Systems Company
owner or operator of a guard company
All such applicants (Guard Company Manager) must have at least ____ years of
accumulated employment experience in the field in which the applicant's prospective
employer is licensed, and must have at least ____ year of experience in a managerial or
supervisory position. - Answers - 3, 1
The company license number must be displayed on any vehicle on which the company
name is displayed, and must be in letters and numbers at least ___ inch high and
permanently affixed or magnetically attached to each side of the vehicle in a color
contrasting with the background color. - Answers - 1
Qualified managers may take ___ hour course devoted to changes in laws and rules
applicable to the security industry as a substitute for the ethics requirement - Answers -
1
During the first 12 months of initial registration each person employed as an alarm
system installer or alarm systems sales person must complete (___) hours of classroom
instruction, as described in Chapter 1702, Texas Occupation Code, with (__) hours
covering the National Electrical Code (NEC) as it applies to low voltage. Any person
employed as an alarm systems installer or alarm systems sales peson must obtain (__)
hours of continuing education credits in alarm related field, with )__) hour covering the
National Electrical Code (NEC) as it applies to low voltage, during each subsequent
twenty-four(24) month period preceding the expiration date of registration in order to
renew the registration. - Answers - 16, 2
8, 1
a letter of approval from the board shall be issued to each approved instructor and shall
be valid for a period of ___ year(s). The instructor's approval may be renewed for a
period of one year upon application to the board and payment of the renewal fee -
Answers - 1
A letter of approval (Alarm Installer or Alarm Systems Sales Person) or license
certificate shall be valid for ___ year(s) and may be renewed by submitting an
application for renewal ___ days prior to the expiration date. - Answers - 1, 30
Approval by the board of alarm training program directors and qualified alarm training
instructors shall be valid for ___ year(s). - Answers - 1
If you hold any registration or License will your license be suspended if you are arrested
for convicted of a DWI? - Answers - True
How long is a licensed company required to keep records on a employee? - Answers -
two years from the date of employment
Why does the Private Security Board regulate the security services industry? - Answers
- Regulation protects the public from shady operators in the security industry (
Public Information - 1702.085 Confidentially of Records
Is the Name, Phone number, Address & Drivers License number of an applicant or a
License Holder considered public information? - Answers - No, it's confidential
information under Government code chapter 552
Rule - 35.43 - Class A -
If a person was dishonorably discharged from the United States Armed Services based
on a criminal charge equivalent to a class A misdemeanor they can NOT be licensed by
the Private Security Board for how long? - Answers - 10 years
35.74
If your license or registration is revoked by the Private Security Board can you reapply
for a new license? - Answers - Yes, but only after 5 years has passed.
Once a Owner or Qualified manager for a company follows the proper procedures to
terminate a License or Branch Office License they can come back later and have that
license reinstated. - Answers - False
Can someone that holds a seller certificate install an alarm system? - Answers - No,
they can only sell equipment
Which of the following is true about displaying a license number on company vehicles -
Answers - Any vehicle with the company name on it must display the license number.
The range instruction on handgun proficiency must include an actual demonstration by
the applicant of the applicant's ability to safely and proficiently use a handgun. The
applicant must demonstrate, at a minimum, the degree of proficiency that is required to
effectively operate a 9-millimeter or .38-caliber handgun. - Answers - .38
A license holder's business shall be operated under the direction and control of ____
manager. - Answers - one
The Texas Private Security Board consists of seven members appointed by the
governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: ... (2) one member who
is licensed under this chapter as a ___________; 1702.021
, 1 The Texas Private Security Board consists of seven members appointed by the
governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: ... (3) one member who
is licensed under this chapter as an _______________; and 1702.021
1 The Texas Private Security Board consists of seven members appointed by the
governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: ... (4) one member who
is licensed under this chapter as the ______________ - Answers - Private Investigator
Alarm Systems Company
owner or operator of a guard company
All such applicants (Guard Company Manager) must have at least ____ years of
accumulated employment experience in the field in which the applicant's prospective
employer is licensed, and must have at least ____ year of experience in a managerial or
supervisory position. - Answers - 3, 1
The company license number must be displayed on any vehicle on which the company
name is displayed, and must be in letters and numbers at least ___ inch high and
permanently affixed or magnetically attached to each side of the vehicle in a color
contrasting with the background color. - Answers - 1
Qualified managers may take ___ hour course devoted to changes in laws and rules
applicable to the security industry as a substitute for the ethics requirement - Answers -
1
During the first 12 months of initial registration each person employed as an alarm
system installer or alarm systems sales person must complete (___) hours of classroom
instruction, as described in Chapter 1702, Texas Occupation Code, with (__) hours
covering the National Electrical Code (NEC) as it applies to low voltage. Any person
employed as an alarm systems installer or alarm systems sales peson must obtain (__)
hours of continuing education credits in alarm related field, with )__) hour covering the
National Electrical Code (NEC) as it applies to low voltage, during each subsequent
twenty-four(24) month period preceding the expiration date of registration in order to
renew the registration. - Answers - 16, 2
8, 1
a letter of approval from the board shall be issued to each approved instructor and shall
be valid for a period of ___ year(s). The instructor's approval may be renewed for a
period of one year upon application to the board and payment of the renewal fee -
Answers - 1
A letter of approval (Alarm Installer or Alarm Systems Sales Person) or license
certificate shall be valid for ___ year(s) and may be renewed by submitting an
application for renewal ___ days prior to the expiration date. - Answers - 1, 30
Approval by the board of alarm training program directors and qualified alarm training
instructors shall be valid for ___ year(s). - Answers - 1
