Private Investigator Exam Secrets Study Guide: PI Test Review for the Private Investigator Exam (Mometrix Secrets Study Guides)

***Includes Practice Test Questions***

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The Private Investigator Exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Private Investigator Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the Private Investigator Exam.

Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the Private Investigator Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

Private Investigator Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:

• An in-depth overview of the Private Investigator Exam
• A full breakdown of case management
• A thorough look at developing and implementing strategies
• A complete guide to evidence collection
• A detailed review of conducting interviews
• An examination of ways and methods of conducting research
• An extensive study of case presentation
• An analysis of preparing and presenting testimony
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the state licensing boards expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Case Management section covers:

• Ethical issues
• Conflict analysis
• ADR
• Summary jury/bench trial
• Confidential and privileged communication

The Developing and Implementing Strategies section covers:

• Investigation plan
• Efficient time management
• Computer crime
• Federal criminal statutes concerning financial crime
• Undercover workplace investigations

The Evidence Collection section covers:

• Surveillance
• Observation skills
• Crime scene and crime scene processing
• Chain of custody
• Search warrants

The Conducting Interviews section covers:

• Interview Code of Ethics
• Canvass technique
• Symptoms of deception
• Threats
• Invasion of privacy

The Conducting Research section covers:

• Electronic sources and search engines
• Physical sources
• Informants
• Access to confidential data
• Fairness in collection of information

The Case Presentation section covers:

• Official written reports
• Report writing
• Security department review reports
• Investigator's notes
• Indictment and arraignment

The Preparing and Presenting Testimony section covers:

• Preparation for courtroom testimony
• Preparation of different witness types
• Lay witness and expert witness testimonies
• Admissibility of character evidence
• Judicial notice

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the Private Investigator Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.

Any test prep guide is only as good as its practice questions and answers, and that's another area where our guide stands out. Our test designers have provided scores of test questions that will prepare you for what to expect on the actual Private Investigator Exam. Each answer is explained in depth, in order to make the principles and reasoning behind it crystal clear.