Private Investigator Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2025/2026 |Latest Version

Private Investigator Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2025/2026 |Latest Version What Act regulates the investigative services and the private security industry? - answer-- Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005 (PSISA) When was the PSISA proclaimed into force? - answer-August 23, 2007 Why was the PSISA proclaimed into force? - answer-- to help professionalize the industry, increase public safety and ensure practitioners receive proper training and are qualified to provide private investigator services What does the PSISA and its regulations govern? - answer-- the way the private security and investigation industry operates in Ontario When did the training and testing regulations under the PSISA come into force? - answer-- April 15, 2010. Who is considered a PI? - answer-- individuals who have a private investigator license and perform work, for remuneration, that consists primarily of conducting investigations to provide information on the character, actions, business, occupation, or whereabouts of a person Are loss prevention specialists considered to be security guards? - answer-Yes, they are automatically considered to be security guards and do not require a PI license. Who consists of the private security sector? - answer-1. Private Investigators 2. Loss prevention specialists 3. Mobile patrol servicesWhat are the two main divisions of the security industry? - answer-- public & private What are the majority of tasks assigned that require a security guard to do? - answer-- observe, deter, record and report In order to be eligible for a PI licence, what do all individuals have to do? - answer-- complete the required training and/or testing - be 18 years old - possess a clean criminal record - be legally entitled to work in Canada