Free FL-PI-C Practice Questions

Question 1

Surveillance video shows a subject entering a warehouse at 8:10 p.m. and leaving through the same front door at 8:35 p.m. with a closed duffel bag. No other person appears in the video, but a rear loading door is outside the camera's view. Tools are later reported missing. Which proposed report sentence states only what the video establishes?

Accepted Answer

At 8:35 p.m., the subject carried a closed duffel bag out the front door; its contents were not visible.

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The subject remained inside the warehouse for 25 minutes before leaving with a duffel bag.

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The subject left the warehouse carrying a duffel bag containing the tools later reported missing.

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No person other than the subject entered or left the warehouse during the recorded surveillance period.

Question 2

A client hires a Class A investigative agency to provide an unarmed bodyguard between her hotel and a speaking engagement. The assigned employee has an active Class C license but no Class D license. The assignment is personal protection, not guarding the venue. Must the employee obtain Class D before taking this assignment?

Accepted Answer

No. A Class C licensee may perform bodyguard services without an additional Class D license.

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Yes. A Class D license is required before a Class C licensee accepts any personal-protection assignment.

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No. The agency's Class A license covers security services performed by any of its employees.

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Yes. The Class D exemption applies only when bodyguard work is incidental to an ongoing investigation.

Question 3

An unarmed investigator is a manufacturer's regular salaried employee and investigates only that company's internal losses. She resigns to offer the same service as an independent contractor to the manufacturer and two unrelated businesses. No other exemption applies. Why does the in-house investigator exemption no longer cover her proposed work?

Accepted Answer

The proposed work lacks the exclusive employer-employee relationship required for the in-house exemption.

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That exemption excludes investigations of employee conduct that could constitute a criminal offense.

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Her former work also required Class C licensure because investigating company losses is a compensated service.

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That exemption requires all investigative activity to occur on property owned by the business requesting it.

Question 4

A Class CC intern's verified work log contains two consecutive six-week blocks. In the first block, the intern performed 50 hours of qualifying investigative work each week. In the second, each week contained 20 hours of qualifying investigative work and 20 hours of bodyguard services. All work was lawfully performed under sponsorship. Using the 40-hour full-time basis, how much qualifying experience does this 12-week record support toward Class C licensure?

Accepted Answer

9 full-time-equivalent weeks

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10.5 full-time-equivalent weeks

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12 full-time-equivalent weeks

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13.5 full-time-equivalent weeks

Question 5

Minutes before an armed surveillance shift, an investigator discovers that his usual 9 mm semiautomatic pistol is unserviceable. He holds valid Class C and G licenses and is currently qualified with 9 mm semiautomatic pistols. The agency can issue a serviceable 9 mm semiautomatic or a .45 ACP semiautomatic. He has never qualified with .45 ACP. Which replacement may he carry under his existing firearm qualification?

Accepted Answer

The replacement 9 mm; it matches his qualified firearm type and caliber.

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Neither; he must qualify separately with each specific firearm before duty use.

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The .45 ACP; qualification applies to every permitted caliber of the same firearm type.

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Either replacement; written agency authorization permits substitution until the next annual requalification.

Question 6

A former Class C investigator returns to the profession eight months after her license expired. She holds no other Chapter 493 license, has not worked during the lapse, and had no suspension or revocation. Which combination of filing and examination requirements applies to this lapse?

Accepted Answer

Submit a new application; an eight-month lapse alone does not require retesting.

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File a late renewal; retesting is required because the previous license has expired.

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File a late renewal; retesting is unnecessary because the lapse is under one year.

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Submit a new application; retesting is required whenever late renewal is unavailable.

Question 7

Jordan has passed the private investigator examination and submitted a complete Class C application, including a completed, notarized Letter of Intent to Sponsor. He has never held Class C or CC. While FDACS processes the application, a licensed Class A agency wants him to conduct unarmed witness interviews. What restriction governs his work during processing?

Accepted Answer

He may interview for the agency under the direction and control of a sponsoring licensee.

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He may work independently because he has passed the required private investigator examination.

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He must remain on clerical duties until FDACS issues either a Class C or Class CC license.

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He may interview under any agency employee if a licensed manager reviews the completed reports.

Question 8

Divorced parents share custody of their 14-year-old child; neither has sole custody. The mother asks a private investigator to place a location-tracking application on a phone owned by the child. The father expressly refuses consent. The child has not consented, no court order authorizes tracking, and no other exception applies. How does the parental tracking exception apply?

Accepted Answer

The mother's consent alone is insufficient; this shared-custody arrangement requires both parents' consent.

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The mother's consent suffices because she shares legal custody of the child.

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The investigator may proceed because locating a minor is a legitimate business purpose for an investigative agency.

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Either parent may consent unless a court has specifically prohibited tracking the child's property.

Question 9

Before sending a written investigative-services bid, an agency owner notices that it displays the assigned investigator's Class C number but no agency license number. Which identifier must be added to satisfy Chapter 493's requirement for written bids?

Accepted Answer

The Class A license number of the agency submitting the bid

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The approving manager's Class MA license number

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The Class C numbers of every investigator who might work on the assignment

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The agency's Florida corporate registration number

Question 10

A Class C investigator pays an antique-instrument restorer for a one-time assessment of photographs in a stolen-property case. The restorer's unique knowledge can identify alterations made to the instrument. He works under the investigator's direction and control and provides no continuing investigative services. How should his participation be classified under Chapter 493?

Accepted Answer

He qualifies for the informant exclusion because his assistance is limited, specialized, and supervised.

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He must become a Class CC intern because compensation makes the assessment licensed investigative work.

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Only direct employment by the client exempts him from investigator licensure.

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He must obtain Class C before contributing because identifying stolen property is a private-investigative function.

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