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During mobile surveillance, the subject vehicle accelerates through a red light at high speed. The next professional step is to:
Correct answer: C - Obey the signal, record the loss point and direction, and alert the team
A client in good standing requests a written investigative report but directs the investigator to omit a reliable time-stamped receipt that places the subject elsewhere during the alleged event. The required report treatment is to:
Correct answer: A - Include the receipt and explain its relevance to the findings
An apprentice has written confirmation from the Commissioner and sponsorship from a licensed investigative company. During field surveillance, the supervising investigator remains at the company office, watches the apprentice's GPS location, and calls every hour. This arrangement:
Correct answer: D - Not permitted; the supervising investigator must be physically present
A person exits a vehicle registered to the subject while wearing a jacket the subject often wears. The observer never sees the person's face or any distinctive feature. The most defensible report entry is:
Correct answer: B - An unidentified person exited the subject-associated vehicle
A lawfully obtained travel log shows that a vehicle covered 60 miles in 1.5 hours. Using average speed = distance divided by elapsed travel time, the defensible report conclusion is:
Correct answer: D - The average speed was 40 mph; the data do not establish peak speed
A 20-year-old U.S. citizen completes the IdentoGO background process, passes the Private Investigator examination, pays the required state fee, and applies without company affiliation. The individual license cannot be approved because:
Correct answer: C - The applicant has not reached age 21
A forensic copy and a later working copy produce matching SHA-256 hash values. Those matching values most directly support that:
Correct answer: A - The compared data sets are bit-for-bit unchanged relative to the hash process
An insurer and a property owner each offer to compensate the same investigator concerning the same fire-loss dispute. No unmanageable conflict has been identified. Before accepting both engagements, the investigator must obtain:
Correct answer: B - Written consent from all interested parties after full disclosure
After confirming that an enforceable subpoena requires a specified surveillance video and the corresponding log entries, an investigator finds unrelated confidential material in the remaining file. The investigator should:
Correct answer: C - Produce the compelled items and protect all unrelated material
An anonymous social-media post alleges that a warehouse manager is stealing inventory. Three blogs repeat the allegation, and each links back to that same post without adding original evidence. The four webpages represent:
Correct answer: A - One unverified underlying source repeated several times
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