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US Security Guard License Exams (Florida Class D, New York, California, Texas)

Trespass (CA): practice questions

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Question 1 · California

A guard acting for the owner asks a person on private property who they are and what they are doing. If the person refuses to answer, the guard may:

  1. Ask them to leave; if they refuse, arrest for trespass
  2. Force them to answer the questions before they go
  3. Take their wallet to check their identification
  4. Lock them in an office until the police arrive
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A. Ask them to leave; if they refuse, arrest for trespass — As the owner's agent, a guard may ask questions and ask the person to leave. Refusing to leave is trespass, for which a citizen's arrest may be made.

Question 2 · California

Under California law, aggravated trespass involves a credible threat of bodily harm followed by entering the person's property or workplace within:

  1. 30 days, intending to carry out the threat
  2. 24 hours
  3. 7 days
  4. 1 year
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A. 30 days, intending to carry out the threat — The manual: aggravated trespass is making a credible threat and entering the person's property or workplace within 30 days intending to carry it out.

Question 3 · California

Under California law, refusing to leave private property not open to the public after the owner or their agent asks is:

  1. Not a crime unless something is damaged
  2. Burglary
  3. A traffic infraction
  4. Criminal trespass
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D. Criminal trespass — PC 602 makes it trespass to refuse or fail to leave property not open to the public on request of the owner, owner's agent or a peace officer acting at their request.

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