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Nevada Security Guard PILB Practice Test

Unofficial questions on the Nevada laws behind the PILB work card examination, each answer linked to its section.

Within how many days after a registered employee begins work must a Nevada licensee notify the Board?

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NRS chapter 648: licenses, work cards and the Board 22

  • A Nevada company with no license from the Board advertises guard services under the title "site monitors". What does NRS 648.060 say? NRS 648.060(1)(b)
  • A Nevada private patrol officer may investigate the theft, loss or concealment of which property? NRS 648.013
  • A Nevada resident serves legal process for a friend without pay. How many times a calendar year may that be done without being deemed in the business of a process server? NRS 648.063(2)
  • A person refuses to respond to a subpoena of the Nevada Board. What does the Board do? NRS 648.160(3)
  • How does NRS 648.017 describe a license issued under Nevada's chapter 648? NRS 648.017
  • How is a second violation of NRS 648.060 to 648.203 classed in Nevada? NRS 648.210
  • How long does a Nevada provisional registration last if no extension is granted? NRS 648.1495(3)
  • How long does a person have to appeal a notice of violation to the Nevada Board? NRS 648.162(3)
  • In Nevada law, the business of a "private patrol officer" is employing and providing guards and similar persons for what purpose? NRS 648.013
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NRS chapter 648: licenses, work cards and the Board, continued

  • The Nevada Board cites a person for a first violation of NRS 648.060, working in a regulated business without a license. What is the largest administrative fine? NRS 648.165(4)
  • Nevada's Private Investigator's Licensing Board is created by NRS 648.020. What is its size and who names its members? NRS 648.020(1)
  • What does NRS 648.060(2) require before a person may be employed by a Nevada licensee? NRS 648.060(2)
  • What does NRS 648.203(1) make unlawful for a Nevada employer? NRS 648.203(1)
  • What is the largest fine a notice of violation may impose under NRS 648.162? NRS 648.162(2)
  • What is the minimum age for a Nevada registration, the work card, under NRS 648.1493? NRS 648.1493(3)
  • What is the most the Nevada Board may set as the application fee for a registration under NRS 648.1493? NRS 648.1493(1)
  • What may a Nevada county or city do about persons licensed under chapter 648? NRS 648.140(1)
  • When does a Nevada registration issued under NRS 648.1493 expire, unless renewed? NRS 648.1493(5)
  • When may a registered employee of a Nevada licensee divulge information acquired on the job? NRS 648.200(1)
  • Who is a "registered employee" under NRS chapter 648? NRS 648.0145
  • Who must supervise each registered employee a licensee employs in Nevada? NRS 648.140(2)
  • Within how many days after a registered employee begins work must a Nevada licensee notify the Board? NRS 648.140(3)

Board regulations: the examination, registration and firearms 15

  • A certified Nevada guard fails to qualify during a designated qualification month. What follows under NAC 648.350(4)? NAC 648.350(4)
  • A Nevada applicant's registration is denied by the Board for the first time. When is the earliest the applicant may reapply? NAC 648.3447(1)
  • A new Nevada employer wants to rely on an examination the applicant passed with another licensee. How recent must it be? NAC 648.341(3)
  • A registered Nevada guard takes a job with a second licensee. Who files the change of employment notice, and by when? NAC 648.344(1)
  • After a Nevada licensee gives the Board's examination, how soon must its date be recorded on the Board's Internet system of records? NAC 648.343(1)
  • Does a clerical or temporary employee of a Nevada licensee count as a "person" who must be registered? NAC 648.334(1)
  • How long must a Nevada licensee keep a copy of an employee's examination results on file? NAC 648.343(2)
  • How often must a certified armed Nevada guard qualify with a firearm to keep the certification? NAC 648.350(3)
  • NAC 648.338 bars a Nevada licensee from employing certain public employees unless the Board grants an exemption. What must the Board find before it grants one? NAC 648.338(2)
  • The Nevada Board denies a registration. How long does the applicant have to request an appeal? NAC 648.339(6)
  • What does NAC 648.530 forbid about a Nevada licensee's uniform, badge or patch? NAC 648.530(2)
  • What score must an unlicensed person reach on the examination a Nevada private patrol licensee gives before employment? NAC 648.341
  • When may a registered Nevada employee carry a firearm while performing duties? NAC 648.345(1)
  • Which three core topics does NAC 648.342 add to the listed statutes and regulations in the scope of the Nevada examination? NAC 648.342
  • Within what time may the Nevada Board deny an application for registration for any reasonable cause? NAC 648.339(3)

Powers of arrest 7

  • A Nevada guard making a lawful private arrest cannot manage alone. What does NRS 171.132 allow? NRS 171.132
  • A person arrested in Nevada escapes from custody. What may the person he or she escaped from do? NRS 171.134
  • A person committed a felony yesterday, out of a Nevada guard's sight. May the guard, as a private person, arrest that person? NRS 171.126(2)
  • How does NRS 171.104 define an arrest? NRS 171.104
  • NRS 171.138 lets a private person force a door or window to make an arrest in one case. Which? NRS 171.138
  • Under NRS 171.126(3), what must be true before a private person arrests on reasonable cause alone? NRS 171.126(3)
  • What must a private person do after making an arrest without a warrant in Nevada? NRS 171.178(2)

Limits of authority and rights of citizens 10

  • A person maliciously and without probable cause causes an innocent person to be arrested for a felony in Nevada. What is the offense? NRS 199.310(1)
  • A person was warned by the owner not to trespass on Nevada land. For how long afterward does willfully returning count as trespass under NRS 207.200(1)(b)? NRS 207.200(1)(b)
  • A person with no lawful business with the owner is found on Nevada property that is posted or fenced as the statute provides. What does NRS 207.200(3) call that? NRS 207.200(3)
  • How is unlawful trespass under NRS 207.200(1) classed in Nevada, when no greater penalty applies? NRS 207.200(1)
  • What must a Nevada merchant display to have the immunity from liability that NRS 597.850 provides? NRS 597.850(4)
  • When "no trespassing" signs are the warning in Nevada, what is the greatest distance allowed between them? NRS 207.200(2)(c)
  • When is a Nevada merchant presumed to have reason to believe merchandise was wrongfully taken? NRS 597.850(3)
  • Where and how may a Nevada merchant detain a person the merchant has reason to believe wrongfully took merchandise? NRS 597.850(3)
  • Which act falls under Nevada's impersonation of officer statute, NRS 199.430, when another person is injured or defrauded by it? NRS 199.430
  • Which method gives a sufficient warning against trespassing under NRS 207.200(2)? NRS 207.200(2)

How this list was compiled: Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 648 and sections 171.104, 171.126, 171.132, 171.134, 171.138, 171.178, 199.310, 199.430, 207.200 and 597.850, and Nevada Administrative Code chapter 648, each read on October 12, 2026 on the Nevada Legislature's site (https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-648.html and https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nac/NAC-648.html). The topics follow NAC 648.342, which sets the scope of the examination the Private Investigator's Licensing Board provides for employees of private patrol licensees (https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nac/NAC-648.html#NAC648Sec342). Each question names its section and links to it. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the text of the law. No question is taken or reworded from the Board's examination or its study guide, a licensee's training or a prep publisher.

How it works

An unofficial practice test for Nevada security guard PILB test questions: 54 of our own questions on the laws NAC 648.342 puts in the work card examination. Not affiliated with the Nevada Private Investigator's Licensing Board.

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State of Nevada security guard exam study guide: the laws named

NAC 648.342 lists what the examination must cover: NRS 171.126, 199.310, 199.430, 207.200 and parts of chapter 648, three regulations, general rights of citizens, powers of arrest and limits of authority. The four topics here follow that list.

Newer law than the Board's guide

The Board's study guide quotes some sections as they read before amendment. The trespass warning in NRS 207.200 now reaches back 36 months, and NRS 648.1493 sets a minimum age of 18. These questions use the current text.

  • After a private arrest, deliver the person to a peace officer without unnecessary delay (NRS 171.178).
  • A work card registers you as an employee. Running a guard business takes a license (NRS 648.060).
  • An armed guard qualifies every 6 months in the designated months, or the card becomes invalid (NAC 648.350).

Questions and answers

What score do I need on the Nevada PILB work card exam?

100 percent. NAC 648.341 requires a private patrol licensee to see that an unlicensed person passes the Board's examination with a score of 100 percent before employment, or to verify an earlier pass within the preceding 60 months.

Who has to take the Nevada security guard exam?

The Board's work card page asks for the examination from applicants who will work for a private patrol officer licensee. The licensee gives the examination the Board provides and records its date in the Board's system within 5 business days (NAC 648.343).

Are these the real PILB test questions?

No. Every question here was written for this page from the statutes and regulations, and each names its section. None is taken or reworded from the Board's examination or study guide, and the Board did not write or review this page.

How long is a Nevada security guard work card good for?

A registration and its pocket card expire 5 years after the date of issue unless renewed (NRS 648.1493). A provisional registration expires 90 days after it is issued unless the Board's Executive Director extends it (NRS 648.1495).

Can a security guard in Nevada make an arrest?

As a private person. NRS 171.126 allows an arrest for a public offense committed or attempted in the person's presence and in two felony cases, and NRS 171.178 requires delivery to a peace officer without unnecessary delay. This is not legal advice.

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