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The TX-QM exam has 50 questions and runs 2 hours.
A Texas corporation is selecting its company representative. Jordan owns 18% of the corporation and holds no officer position. Morgan owns no shares but is the officer who oversees the corporation's security-related operations. Assuming Morgan meets the applicable experience and examination requirements, who satisfies the entity-status requirement?
Correct answer: B - Morgan, because an officer overseeing security operations is an authorized route
During an armed patrol, a commissioned security officer unintentionally discharges a duty handgun into a retaining wall. No one is injured, and the officer immediately reports the discharge to the employer. What must the employer do next?
Correct answer: A - Notify DPS in writing within 24 hours, even though the discharge caused no injury
A guard company submitted a substantially complete noncommissioned security-officer application and the applicant's fingerprints. Forty-eight hours have passed without notice that the application is complete. The company performed the required criminal-history and sex-offender checks, found no disqualifier, and retained the results. What work may the applicant perform while DPS acts on the application?
Correct answer: D - Permitted noncommissioned work under the conditional procedure
A required liability policy provides $100,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and property damage, $50,000 per occurrence for personal injury, and a $150,000 aggregate. Which assessment is correct?
Correct answer: B - The aggregate is deficient because Texas requires at least $200,000 in total aggregate coverage
DPS proposes denying an individual license solely because of criminal history, and the applicant files a timely first appeal. Which proceeding comes first under Chapter 35?
Correct answer: C - A preliminary telephonic hearing addressing the criminal-history basis
A Texas company plans to conduct workplace-theft investigations for clients and also furnish contract guard patrols. Which company-license classification combines authority for both lines of business?
Correct answer: C - Class C
An enforcement notice cites a first violation for performing services outside the company's authorized license scope and references the $5,000 amount in the administrative-penalty schedule. How should the company representative interpret that amount?
Correct answer: A - It is a maximum guideline adjusted under the statutory penalty factors
A locksmith arrives at a parking lot where a toddler is visibly trapped in a locked vehicle on a dangerously hot day. The parent's identification and vehicle documents are locked inside. Which response best fits the customer-authorization requirement?
Correct answer: D - Proceed under the imminent-threat exception rather than delay for ordinary proof
A service contract ended July 1, 2024, although the final field service was completed March 1, 2024. On June 15, 2026, the company considers deleting the contract and performance records. What is the compliant decision?
Correct answer: B - Do not delete them before July 1, 2026
A manufacturer's in-house security department protects only the manufacturer's own plant. Management now plans to send the same employees to guard a supplier's warehouse for a fee. What is the best compliance assessment?
Correct answer: A - Third-party guarding requires guard-company authority and properly licensed personnel
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