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These 10 free LA-PI questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Louisiana Private Investigator License Exam blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A Louisiana-licensed journeyman is retained directly by a regional retailer to investigate recurring inventory losses. The retailer will pay the journeyman personally, and no licensed private-investigation agency will manage the assignment. Which arrangement complies with Louisiana practice restrictions?
Correct answer: B - Perform the work only through a Louisiana-licensed private-investigation agency
An investigator's employment ends on Monday. On Friday, four calendar days later, a different licensed Louisiana agency hires the investigator. The registration card still names the former employer. What may occur next?
Correct answer: D - The new employer files the change and fee within 72 hours, and work may continue during processing
A candidate receives 74% on the Board-administered written examination and asks to retest 21 days later. How should the candidate be advised?
Correct answer: A - The candidate failed and must wait at least 30 days, file the required application, and pay $50
A newly licensed investigator completed the 40-hour basic course before licensure and has completed the first annual renewal. The second annual renewal is approaching. What obligations apply at this point?
Correct answer: C - Renew the license annually and complete the mandatory biennial Board course for this renewal cycle
During a client meeting, the client displays ammunition and gives a specific address, time, and plan to shoot a former partner that evening. The investigator reasonably believes the threat is genuine and imminent. What does the confidentiality rule permit?
Correct answer: D - Reveal information reasonably necessary to prevent imminent death or substantial bodily harm
An agency represents two business partners in separate current matters. One asks the agency to investigate the other in a new dispute. Both offer consent after consultation, but the investigator reasonably believes the new assignment would damage the existing client relationship. May the agency proceed?
Correct answer: B - No, because the required reasonable belief is absent despite consent
Before fieldwork begins, a private citizen signs a contract containing the agency and investigator contact details, fee schedule, scope, both limitation clauses, date, and one witness signature. The client receives a copy, and the agency plans to destroy its copy after one year. Which correction satisfies the missing Board-rule requirements?
Correct answer: C - Obtain a second witness signature and keep the case-file copy for three years
Working solely for an insurer, with no police request or direction, a private investigator independently enters a restricted storage area and obtains photographs. Police later receive the photographs. How should the constitutional issue be analyzed?
Correct answer: A - The Fourth Amendment does not automatically govern the earlier private search, although other liability may remain
A private investigator climbs a locked fence at night and photographs through a bedroom window. The images are never shown to anyone. Which privacy theory most directly addresses the conduct?
Correct answer: B - Intrusion upon seclusion
Both participants are in Louisiana. During a voluntary interview, the investigator, who is one of the participants, records the conversation without telling the other person. The recording serves a lawful investigative purpose and is not intended to facilitate a criminal, tortious, or otherwise injurious act. How is the recording treated under Louisiana law?
Correct answer: D - The recording is generally permitted under the one-party-consent exception
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