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Private Investigator Exam Expected Questions and Answers 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 PSIS...

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Private Investigator Exam Expected

Questions and Answers


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



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2. Loss prevention specialists


3. Mobile patrol services


What 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


What act regulates private investigators and security guards? - ANSWER✔✔-- the Private Investigator's

and Security Guards Act, 1997.


Is the Private Investigator's and Security Guards Act federal or provincial legislation? - ANSWER✔✔--

Provincial legislation


What can private investigators not refer themselves as? - ANSWER✔✔-- police officers


- peace officers


- detectives


- law enforcement


- officer



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- security officers


- private detective


What requirements must licensees meet? - ANSWER✔✔-- wear a uniform approved by the registrar


- carrie and present their license to anyone making that request


- comply with any terms and conditions of their licenses


- be over 18 years of age


- return their licenses to the registrar when they expire or are terminated, suspended or cancelled


- report to registrar any incident to a member of the public involving the use of force or an unusual

intervention


What is the maximum penalty for an individual licensee and in the case of a corporation if they willingly

commit an offense under the PSISA or The Private Investigators and Security Guard's Act? - ANSWER✔✔-

- $25,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than one year or both for an individual licensee


- $250,000 for a corporation


What must every person do when holding themselves out as a PI? - ANSWER✔✔-- carry his or her

license


- on request identify himself or herself as a security guard


- on request produce her license


What rules must a PI be mindful of during their day to day acitivies? - ANSWER✔✔-- must carry their

license


- identify themselves and show their license if a member of the public asks them to do so

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