TEXAS PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR EXAM
2025/2026 BANK INCLUDES ACCURATE AND
VERIFIED QUESTIONS COVERING
SURVEILLANCE TECHNIQUES, REPORT
WRITING, LEGAL AND ETHICAL STANDARDS,
EVIDENCE HANDLING, INTERVIEWING
SKILLS, AND STATE-SPECIFIC LICENSING
LAWS
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 one year of experience
in a managerial or supervisory position. -
....ANSWER...three
the number of working days after receipt of a summary
suspension for a Class B misdemeanor or equivalent
offense only, an individual may request a stay of summary
suspension. - ....ANSWER...three
Attendees of courses of continuing education shall
maintain certificates of completion furnished by the school
director in their files for a period of years. -
1
,....ANSWER...three
The number of years of instruction experience (from
TCLEAOSE, A federal, state or political subdivision law
enforcement academy, Texas Education Agency (TEA),
junior college, college or university) an applicant for a
personal protection officer instructor approval from the
board must have. - ....ANSWER...three
dollar fee for a $30 application (in addition to the
application fee) - ....ANSWER...$3
2
,dollars subscription fee for a $30 renewal (in addition to
the renewal fee) - ....ANSWER...$3
number of years inactivity in the security or investigation
field after which a current training certificate must be
submitted. - ....ANSWER...3
Alarm monitors shall complete hours of continuing
education in subject matter that relates to the duties and
responsibilities of an alarm monitor. - ....ANSWER...4
months of age is the age by which all animals should be
vaccinated for rabies and then each subsequent month
period thereafter - ....ANSWER...4 months, 12
A municipality, county, or other political subdivision of
this state may not require a payment for the use of
municipal, county, or other public facilities in connection
with a business or service provided by a license holder,
except that a municipality may impose and collect ... (2)
reasonable inspection and re-inspection fees in connection
with a device that causes at least false alarms in a 12-
month period. - ....ANSWER...5
3
, An application for a license under this chapter must be in
the form prescribed by the board and include ... if the
applicant is an entity other than an individual, of each
officer who oversees the security-related aspects of the
business and of each partner or shareholder who owns at
least a percent interest in the applicant; ... -
....ANSWER...5
The number of years from the completion of a sentence for
one of the following class A misdemeanors (non-
comprehensive list) under which the person is disqualified"
- ....ANSWER...5
The number of years from the date of discharge a person is
disqualified from receiving a license for a bad conduct
discharge plus an offense equivalent to a Class B
misdemeanor that would have been disqualifying under
35.42 - ....ANSWER...5
The number of years from the date of discharge a person is
disqualified from receiving a license for a bad conduct
discharge plus an offense equivalent to a Class A
misdemeanor that would have been disqualifying under
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2025/2026 BANK INCLUDES ACCURATE AND
VERIFIED QUESTIONS COVERING
SURVEILLANCE TECHNIQUES, REPORT
WRITING, LEGAL AND ETHICAL STANDARDS,
EVIDENCE HANDLING, INTERVIEWING
SKILLS, AND STATE-SPECIFIC LICENSING
LAWS
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 one year of experience
in a managerial or supervisory position. -
....ANSWER...three
the number of working days after receipt of a summary
suspension for a Class B misdemeanor or equivalent
offense only, an individual may request a stay of summary
suspension. - ....ANSWER...three
Attendees of courses of continuing education shall
maintain certificates of completion furnished by the school
director in their files for a period of years. -
1
,....ANSWER...three
The number of years of instruction experience (from
TCLEAOSE, A federal, state or political subdivision law
enforcement academy, Texas Education Agency (TEA),
junior college, college or university) an applicant for a
personal protection officer instructor approval from the
board must have. - ....ANSWER...three
dollar fee for a $30 application (in addition to the
application fee) - ....ANSWER...$3
2
,dollars subscription fee for a $30 renewal (in addition to
the renewal fee) - ....ANSWER...$3
number of years inactivity in the security or investigation
field after which a current training certificate must be
submitted. - ....ANSWER...3
Alarm monitors shall complete hours of continuing
education in subject matter that relates to the duties and
responsibilities of an alarm monitor. - ....ANSWER...4
months of age is the age by which all animals should be
vaccinated for rabies and then each subsequent month
period thereafter - ....ANSWER...4 months, 12
A municipality, county, or other political subdivision of
this state may not require a payment for the use of
municipal, county, or other public facilities in connection
with a business or service provided by a license holder,
except that a municipality may impose and collect ... (2)
reasonable inspection and re-inspection fees in connection
with a device that causes at least false alarms in a 12-
month period. - ....ANSWER...5
3
, An application for a license under this chapter must be in
the form prescribed by the board and include ... if the
applicant is an entity other than an individual, of each
officer who oversees the security-related aspects of the
business and of each partner or shareholder who owns at
least a percent interest in the applicant; ... -
....ANSWER...5
The number of years from the completion of a sentence for
one of the following class A misdemeanors (non-
comprehensive list) under which the person is disqualified"
- ....ANSWER...5
The number of years from the date of discharge a person is
disqualified from receiving a license for a bad conduct
discharge plus an offense equivalent to a Class B
misdemeanor that would have been disqualifying under
35.42 - ....ANSWER...5
The number of years from the date of discharge a person is
disqualified from receiving a license for a bad conduct
discharge plus an offense equivalent to a Class A
misdemeanor that would have been disqualifying under
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