Illinois Exam(CASWING Preview. BLE IL
PTI Tests Cumulative
Who is it that says that we can't lie to get financial information from a person? - correct answer
✔✔'Mister GLB'
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act since 1999
What is a consumer report? - correct answer ✔✔A pre-employment background check that looks at
criminal and civil records, driving records, civil lawsuits, and any other info obtained by the Consumer
Reporting Agency (CRA)
*requires the applicants written consent*
What type of fire extinguisher would you use on a flammable liquid fire, like a grease fire? - correct
answer ✔✔Class B for flammable liquids
B inside a red square
Remember 'B for Barrel'
What security lighting is known to have a YELLOW hue? - correct answer ✔✔Sodium Vapor Lamps
What security lighting is known to have a BLUE hue? - correct answer ✔✔Mercury Vapor Lamps
Who chooses which os the Illinois Supreme Court Justices is the be the 'Chief' Justice? - correct answer
✔✔Supreme court judges shall select a chief justice from their number to serve for a term of three years
What is the 'Proper and Necessary' clause of the US Constitution? - correct answer ✔✔It enables
congress to create laws required for the enaction of its powers recognized by the constitution
What CAN a retired law enforcement officer certified by the Illinois State Police for eavesdropping do? -
correct answer ✔✔-Prepare petitions
-Intercept private oral communications
,-Handle/safeguard & use evidence derived from such private oral communications
-Operate and maintain equipment
What can a retired law enforcement officer certified by the Illinois State Police for eavesdropping NOT
do? - correct answer ✔✔Monitor privileged conversations such as with a doctor or a lawyer
When investigating a car accident, should the report include a description of the accident scene
conditions? - correct answer ✔✔Yes
What is the minimum experience requirement to test based on experience for an Illinois private
detective license? - correct answer ✔✔3 YEARS, of approved investigative experience during the past
five years
When marking evidence... - correct answer ✔✔-All solid evidence must be inscribed for future
identification
-Evidence too small to be marked on directly should be placed into a container that can be marked on its
exterior
-Use an indelible marking pen
-Type of mark placed on an object depends on its size, physical nature, value, & number of objects
similar to it
What is your opinion about...? - correct answer ✔✔In a criminal defense case, when you talk to the
defendant, what documents should you have with you?
-Police report?
-Court file?
-Witness list?
What is minimum experience requirement to test based on education and experience for an Illinois
private detective license? - correct answer ✔✔-BACHOLER Degree in law enforcement, a related field, or
business plus ONE year of approved investigative experience during the past FIVE years
-ASSOCIATE Degree in law enforcement, a related field, or business plus TWO years of approved
investigative experience during the past FIVE years
,Informants in the Private Sector Include... - correct answer ✔✔-Most employees won't inform on their
fellow employees
-Most shoppers will not report observed thefts
-Private Detectives don't have the 'leverage' that law enforcement detectives can use
-Not as many 'tips' in the private sector as in the public sector
Anonymous Informant... - correct answer ✔✔But a greater chance of false information than form an
identified informant
Criminal Informant... - correct answer ✔✔Looking for help or for money
Controlled Informant... - correct answer ✔✔An insider; requires a closer investigator-informant
relationship to overcome feelings of betraying loyalty
Personal Informant... - correct answer ✔✔Will only deal with one particular investigator, often because a
past positive situation
How long do you have to issue a search warrant after it is given? - correct answer ✔✔96 hours from the
time of issuance
What is the exclusionary rule? - correct answer ✔✔a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained
evidence in a criminal trial
What is the schedule of progressive discipline? - correct answer ✔✔-1st offense: verbal warning
-2nd offense: a written warning
-3rd offense: 1 day suspension
-4th offense: 3 day suspension
-5th offense: 5 day suspension
-6th offense: termination
, What can disqualify you from the Illinois PD License? - correct answer ✔✔-being dishonorably
discharged from the US military
-at least 10 years since a felony conviction/sentence
-not addicted to drugs or alcohol
-can't be declared mentally or physically incompetent by any court unless it was also subsequently
declared competent
-can not have been discharged from any law enforcement agency in the US
Steps when seizing computers as evidence... - correct answer ✔✔1. isolate the computers
2. remove computer connections to power and communication
3. verify that erasing is not occurring
4. watch for traps
What is commercial bribery?c - correct answer ✔✔when a person offers or agrees to confer, any benefit
upon any employee with intent to influence his conduct in relation to his employeers or principals affairs
*it is a class A misdemeanor unless over $500,000 in benefit, then it becomes a Class 3 felony*
Person A claims to have had a slip and fall. Witness A describes the incident much differently. Person A
tells that from where Witness A had been standing, Witness A could not have seen the event
happen....What should the PI do next? - correct answer ✔✔Go to the area where it occurred. Obtain
photos from the eye level pov of exactly where Witness A claims to have been standing, aiming the
camera to the spot where the slip & fall was said to have occurred. Then reinterview Person A and
Witness A.
What state of Illinois agency maintains birth records for the entire state? - correct answer
✔✔Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Records
What is the 'strip' crime scene search method? - correct answer ✔✔This divides the crime scene into
parallel (along each other) strips. This is commonly used for indoor searches
What is a W-9? - correct answer ✔✔its a request for taxpayer identifiction number and certification
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