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Assume an applicant meets every requirement other than the experience threshold. The applicant documents 6,450 hours of otherwise qualifying investigative work, but 850 hours were completed six years before filing and only 5,600 hours were completed during the preceding five years. Which conclusion follows?
Correct answer: C - The applicant does not qualify because only 5,600 hours fall within the five-year window
A licensed PI who has not completed an IPTM-approved traffic-crash-reconstruction course is hired only to photograph a collision scene, locate witnesses, and obtain existing records. The client does not request speed, force, trajectory, or collision-dynamics calculations. What may the PI do?
Correct answer: A - Perform the requested investigation, but not physics-based reconstruction
A PI lawfully obtains information indicating that a criminal offense occurred. The client has given no instruction authorizing broader disclosure. Which action is expressly permitted by the Private Investigations Act?
Correct answer: D - Divulge the offense-related information to a district attorney
RLD revokes a private investigator license. The investigator's hearing request is postmarked on day 18 but is not received by the Department until day 21. How is the request treated?
Correct answer: B - It is untimely because the Department had to receive it within 20 days
An Arizona-licensed investigator is following a case initiated in Arizona for an Arizona client. The investigator expects to work in New Mexico for 12 days and will not solicit New Mexico business, open an office, or establish residence. Which route best fits these facts?
Correct answer: A - The limited out-of-state-investigator exemption may apply to this case
An applicant seeking initial firearm certification records 39 counted hits, or 78 percent, on the required handgun day-qualification course. How should this result affect certification?
Correct answer: C - The score is 78 percent; a passing qualification is required before armed duty
At a PI company, a receptionist schedules appointments, relays messages, and formats reports. She never interviews witnesses, locates subjects, conducts surveillance, or performs other investigative work. Which credential rule applies?
Correct answer: B - She needs no PI registration while her duties remain purely support functions
During the current three-year license period, a PI earns four approved continuing-education hours, completes annual firearms requalification, and has two unused CE hours from the prior renewal period. What is the PI's renewal CE status?
Correct answer: D - Only four hours count, leaving the PI two hours short
A candidate completes the Jurisprudence Exam in the new browser tab and returns to the RLD online application, where no score is yet displayed. What should the candidate select to retrieve the percentage and Pass/Fail result?
Correct answer: C - Refresh
A licensed PI conducts surveillance in a company uniform and wears a badge that is not similar to any police badge. The PI argues that a general rule allows badges while uniformed and on duty. Which rule controls?
Correct answer: B - The PI-specific rule prohibits a badge during official PI activity
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