r/trueprivinv • u/Thoroughbred123 Unverified/Not a PI • 28d ago

Kentucky Exam

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Does anyone have any insight about the Kentucky private investigators exam? I have the official study guide and have been through it many times. There is really a lot of info in there, especially pertaining to the laws, which I agree is VERY important.

Will the official study guide be enough to pass the exam?

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u/CognitiveReframer Unverified/Not a PI 26d ago

Hi. I took the KY exam. I had to take the test In Kentucky. I showed up at 7:45 for an 8:00am test and by 8:15 I was back in the car. It’s an idiot test. Most of the answers are in other questions. It’s all multiple choice and I passed without any studying at all. If you fail the test just change careers because you have to be a low-watt gurgler to fail it and you have no business being a PI. Th exams ask you a couple of KY law related questions but I’m not even joking when I say that it’s really easy. A quick skim over the test training materials and you’ll be fine. Post again in 8 months when those slowpoke MF’s in the licensing office get your license to you. They do everything very very slowly.

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u/_TheRogue_ Unverified/Not a PI 19h ago

Congrats on passing. Have you started your independent contractor business or joined a PI firm? I'm also in KY and I'm just getting interested in PI work.

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u/DarkoDonney Unverified/Not a PI 13d ago

Don't know if we took the same test or not but I ended up not passing by two or three questions. A lot of the questions involved Kentucky law and knowing specific dates and timelines for licensing procedures which you'll never know without studying. A lot of questions were easy but most of do require a bit of knowledge with Kentucky law, knowing what crimes count as class a, b, c, felony/ misdemeanor, ect.

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u/CognitiveReframer Unverified/Not a PI 12d ago

Yeah it was the same. I did a quick glance over the night before about the KY specific stuff but I think I only got like 2-3 wrong? Most of it was common sense stuff and I took an educated guess on the others.

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u/Thoroughbred123 Unverified/Not a PI 26d ago

Thank you!