TPS Legal Aspects and Liability 4

Question 1

To succeed in a negligence lawsuit against a security officer, a plaintiff must prove all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

The officer intended to cause harm to the plaintiff

Answer

Negligence does not require intent — the four required elements are duty, breach, causation, and damages; intent is the hallmark of intentional torts.

Question 2

A security company assigns an officer to a high-risk post without providing training specific to foreseeable threats at that location. When an unqualified response results in a visitor being harmed, the company may be sued for:

Accepted Answer

Negligent training

Answer

Negligent training arises when an employer fails to provide training that a reasonable employer would provide given the known and foreseeable risks of a particular assignment.

Question 3

The standard of care against which a security officer's conduct is measured in a negligence lawsuit is:

Accepted Answer

What a reasonably prudent security professional would do under the same or similar circumstances

Answer

Courts apply an objective 'reasonably prudent security professional' standard, not a subjective one based on what the individual officer believed was appropriate.

Question 4

A security officer working under a protective services contract observes a serious assault beginning nearby but takes no action and does not call 911, and the victim suffers severe injuries. The officer and company may be liable for:

Accepted Answer

Negligent failure to act (nonfeasance)

Answer

When a duty to act exists — such as under a security services contract — a failure to act that results in foreseeable harm can establish nonfeasance liability.

Question 5

In a negligence case, 'proximate cause' requires that the plaintiff prove:

Accepted Answer

There is a direct and foreseeable causal link between the defendant's breach and the plaintiff's harm

Answer

Proximate cause requires showing that the plaintiff's injury was a foreseeable result of the defendant's breach of duty, not merely that the breach occurred before the harm.

(TPS) Texas Private Security Certification Practice Test

(TPS) Texas Private Security Certification Practice Test

TPS Legal Aspects and Liability 4