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CALIFORNIA PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR EXAM LATEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
How many days can a PI work in California from another state? -
ANSWER-60 days: the BSIS Director allows it and the case
originated where the PI is licensed.
If delivery of mail to the primary place of business is unavailable,
a private investigator can list a PO Box as the primary address.
True or false - ANSWER-True. A PI may use a PO Box if they do
not have a business address or any address other than their
home residence.
A private investigator who tries to get work directly from accident
victims is said to engage in: - ANSWER-An unlawful act known as
ambulance chasing
As a PI can you serve a summons inside of a gated community?
What happens when the gate guard does not allow you to enter,
what should you do? - ANSWER-Serve the gate guard, per
California, civil code 415.20.
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Where would you go if someone has a business in the city of
Fresno or San Diego and you need information on their fictitious
business statement? - ANSWER-County Recorder.
Private Investigator needs to serve a summons on the subject.
Each time the subject refuses to appear at the door. On the fourth
attempt, the subject's older brother answers. What is the best
thing to do? - ANSWER-Give this summons to the older brother
for him to give to the subject
As a private investigator If you need to serve a summons in a
gated community, can you climb the fence in order to locate the
subjects residence and serve him? - ANSWER-Yes
When you interview a client pursuant to the attorney you work for;
is this covered under the attorney client privilege? True or false -
ANSWER-True -as long as the investigator is acting as an "agent"
of the attorney
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What law prevents hospitals or other medical providers from
disclosing medical records to private investigators? - ANSWER-
HIPAA- health insurance, portability and accountability act
Could you install a hidden surveillance camera if your client's
father was possibly being neglected in a senior assisted living
home? - ANSWER-Yes
As a private investigator, you use binoculars to keep continued
observation of a subject who is on a public beach wearing a
swimsuit. This is considered to be an invasion of privacy.: True or
false? - ANSWER-False. People who walk around on a public
beach have no expectation of privacy, even if they are wearing
almost nothing.
A public employer can compel it's applicant and employees to
submit to a polygraph exam. True or false - ANSWER-False. Only
in limited circumstances, employers can ask their employees to
submit to a polygraph; but as a general rule employers cannot
compel their employees.
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Criminal and civil courts will allow polygraph evidence to be
submitted into evidence of the case, if it involves a capital offense
- ANSWER-False. Civil Courts will allow polygraph evidence;
criminal courts do not without a defendant's consent.
Would Hipnosis be admissible in court as a form of evidence? -
ANSWER-Yes, when the witness was able to recollect the events,
there is documentation of this recollection, and the witness was
hypnotized prior to trial
Can someone's arrest record be discovered through a public
records request (such as full name, charges, location of arrest,
date of birth, charges, factual circumstances surrounding the
arrest)? - ANSWER-Yes, unless the disclosure would jeopardize
the safety of a witness or other person involved in the
investigation, or unless disclosure would procure dangers of
unsuccessful completion of the investigation or related
investigation
Are personnel files available under the freedom of information
act? - ANSWER-No, neither are: inner agency memos; internal
personnel rules & regulations ALL OFF LIMITS
CALIFORNIA PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR EXAM LATEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
How many days can a PI work in California from another state? -
ANSWER-60 days: the BSIS Director allows it and the case
originated where the PI is licensed.
If delivery of mail to the primary place of business is unavailable,
a private investigator can list a PO Box as the primary address.
True or false - ANSWER-True. A PI may use a PO Box if they do
not have a business address or any address other than their
home residence.
A private investigator who tries to get work directly from accident
victims is said to engage in: - ANSWER-An unlawful act known as
ambulance chasing
As a PI can you serve a summons inside of a gated community?
What happens when the gate guard does not allow you to enter,
what should you do? - ANSWER-Serve the gate guard, per
California, civil code 415.20.
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Where would you go if someone has a business in the city of
Fresno or San Diego and you need information on their fictitious
business statement? - ANSWER-County Recorder.
Private Investigator needs to serve a summons on the subject.
Each time the subject refuses to appear at the door. On the fourth
attempt, the subject's older brother answers. What is the best
thing to do? - ANSWER-Give this summons to the older brother
for him to give to the subject
As a private investigator If you need to serve a summons in a
gated community, can you climb the fence in order to locate the
subjects residence and serve him? - ANSWER-Yes
When you interview a client pursuant to the attorney you work for;
is this covered under the attorney client privilege? True or false -
ANSWER-True -as long as the investigator is acting as an "agent"
of the attorney
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What law prevents hospitals or other medical providers from
disclosing medical records to private investigators? - ANSWER-
HIPAA- health insurance, portability and accountability act
Could you install a hidden surveillance camera if your client's
father was possibly being neglected in a senior assisted living
home? - ANSWER-Yes
As a private investigator, you use binoculars to keep continued
observation of a subject who is on a public beach wearing a
swimsuit. This is considered to be an invasion of privacy.: True or
false? - ANSWER-False. People who walk around on a public
beach have no expectation of privacy, even if they are wearing
almost nothing.
A public employer can compel it's applicant and employees to
submit to a polygraph exam. True or false - ANSWER-False. Only
in limited circumstances, employers can ask their employees to
submit to a polygraph; but as a general rule employers cannot
compel their employees.
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Criminal and civil courts will allow polygraph evidence to be
submitted into evidence of the case, if it involves a capital offense
- ANSWER-False. Civil Courts will allow polygraph evidence;
criminal courts do not without a defendant's consent.
Would Hipnosis be admissible in court as a form of evidence? -
ANSWER-Yes, when the witness was able to recollect the events,
there is documentation of this recollection, and the witness was
hypnotized prior to trial
Can someone's arrest record be discovered through a public
records request (such as full name, charges, location of arrest,
date of birth, charges, factual circumstances surrounding the
arrest)? - ANSWER-Yes, unless the disclosure would jeopardize
the safety of a witness or other person involved in the
investigation, or unless disclosure would procure dangers of
unsuccessful completion of the investigation or related
investigation
Are personnel files available under the freedom of information
act? - ANSWER-No, neither are: inner agency memos; internal
personnel rules & regulations ALL OFF LIMITS
