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A retail chain hires a mystery shopper to evaluate one of its Wisconsin stores. The shopper times checkout lines, rates employee courtesy, inspects customer areas, and secretly tests whether a cashier pockets marked change. Which assignment crosses into activity requiring private-detective licensure?
Correct answer: B - Secretly testing and reporting the cashier's honesty
A Minnesota investigator began a case in Minnesota and enters Wisconsin only to continue that matter. A Wisconsin-licensed private detective accompanies him throughout the work, but the Minnesota investigator carries a handgun. Does the out-of-state continuation exclusion apply?
Correct answer: D - No; the exclusion requires the out-of-state investigator to remain unarmed
A Wisconsin-licensed private detective leaves her employing agency and plans to open a sole proprietorship, accept cases directly from clients, and personally conduct the investigations. Which credential combination is required before she begins operating?
Correct answer: A - Both an individual Private Detective license and a Private Detective Agency license
A licensed agency currently satisfies its financial-responsibility requirement with a $100,000 surety bond. It now wants employees to carry firearms on client assignments, and one detective offers to post an individual $2,000 bond. What must the agency do before permitting armed work?
Correct answer: C - Obtain comprehensive liability insurance with firearm injury and damage coverage
A candidate fails the Wisconsin state licensing examination, does not request a review of the failed sitting, and wants another attempt promptly. Which statement correctly describes the ordinary retake process?
Correct answer: B - Submit Form #2699 and $75; no blanket 30-day wait applies
A private detective accepts employment with a different Wisconsin agency. On Friday morning, she mails DSPS the completed transfer application and the required $10 fee. At what point may she begin licensed investigative work for the new agency?
Correct answer: A - Friday afternoon, after the application and fee were mailed
An applicant passed the state licensing examination 14 months ago but never obtained a Private Detective license. She now has qualifying agency employment and a complete application. Which requirement applies?
Correct answer: D - Retake and pass the examination before initial licensure
A detective arrives for a witness interview carrying a compliant agency identification card with a current color photograph, the detective's name, and the agency's name and address. To gain cooperation, the detective also clips a star-shaped badge to a belt. Which assessment is correct?
Correct answer: C - The identification is proper; the star-shaped badge is prohibited while acting
An attorney retains a licensed agency for records research that is scheduled to begin later that day. There is no emergency, and the parties have not reduced the engagement to writing. Under Wisconsin's written-agreement rule, which conclusion is most accurate?
Correct answer: A - The attorney exception removes the advance-writing requirement
An armed agency employee who qualifies for no SPS 34.01 concealed-carry or law-enforcement exemption drives with a loaded handgun in a holster mounted beneath the driver's seat, hidden from ordinary observation outside the vehicle. How does the vehicle rule apply?
Correct answer: D - Noncompliant: the loaded handgun is not in plain view
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