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Basic Code Enforcement TEEX & TDLR
1. What is the State of Texas definition of code enforcement? A) The ability to arrest anyone at anytime B) The ability to write ordinances, inspect property, issue citations, and arrestviolators C) The enforcement of the federal code D) The inspection, improvement and rehabilitation of environmental hazards in public and private premises by determining the presence of fire or health hazards, nuisance violations, unsafe building conditions, and violations of anyfire, health, or building regulation, statute, or ordinance.: D 2. True/False: The State of Texas defines a code officer as an agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement and
has one yearor more of experience in the field of code enforcement.: True
3. The State of Texas defines a code enforcement officer-in-training as: A) An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement and has three months or more of experience in the fieldof code enforcement B) An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engagesin code enforcement and has one year or more of experience in the field of code enforcement C) An enforcement agent D) An agent of this state or political subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement and has less than one year of experience in the field of code enforcement and is supervised by a registered Code Enforcement Officer.: D 4. The code enforcement officer examination measures the and required to be a code enforcement officer.
A) passionate, reliable, excellent, passive, amazing, reliable, epic, and driven B) pretentious, rambunctious, electable, practical, avoiding, radiant, eccentric,and decisive. C) proactive; responsive; empathetic; patient; alert; ready; educated; disci-plined D) personable, reactive, easygoing, participant, active, realistic, evasive, anddirect,: C
7. True/False Home rule provides local cities or towns with a measure of self-government (able to pass their own laws), which means being able to write their laws basedupon state laws.: True 8. cities or towns basically operate under statelaws without changing those laws. A) General Law
B) Home Rule C) Mayor-Council D) All of the Above: A
9. Cities or towns can become home rule charters at a population of by a vote of the citizens. A) 5, B) 3, C) 10, D) 4,000: A 10. The amendment deals with illegal search and seizure and general- ly prohibits the search and seizure of any property unless a warrant has beenissued. A) 1st B) 4th C) 10th
A) 1st B) 4th C) 10th D) 14th: A
13. A search warrant has an execution date of whole days, exclusiveof the day of its issuance and its execution. A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4: C 14. How may a potential juror be excused from serving? A) When composing a venire, that potential juror is found not to speak, read,or write the English language? B) When composing a venire, the potential juror is late. C) When composing a venire, the potential juror is under 21 years old.
D) The juror is denied the privilege of asking questions.: A
15. What is venire? A) Jury Pool B) Grand Jury C) Jury questions D) Jury Elimination: A 16. Municipal governments have only those powers expressly granted by the state (or necessarily implied thereby) and those essential and indispensableto their existence and functioning. This is known as: A) Dillon's Rule B) Municipality C) Venire D) The Texas Freedom Act E) All of the Above: A 17. The City of Galveston, Texas first officially adopted the commission
C) Reasonable Doubt D) Probable Cause E) All of the Above: D
19. The Council Manager form of government was officially adopted in 1912 in and. A) 1914 in San Diego, California & 1915 in Santa Monica, California B) 1912 in Sumpter, South Carolina & in 1914 in Dayton, Ohio C) 1926 in Galveston, Texas & 1932 in Corpus Christi, Texas D) 1912 in Des Moines, Iowa & 1914 in Kansas City, Kansas: B 20. Fire marshals, code officers, or health officials may use to obtain a search warrant. A) Search Warrant B) Witness Testimony C) Reasonable Doubt
D) Probable Cause E) All of the Above: D
21. The mayor-council form of government may be strong or. A) Extra Strong B) Weak C) Unreliable D) Easy: B 22. A board of adjustments is established by the law level of gover-ment regulation. A) State B) Federal C) Local D) County: A 23. According to local Government Code (state law), a board of adjustmentmust consist of regular members and
25. power is the primary form of zoning enforcement A) Judge B) Police C) Code Enforcement D) Legal: B 26. What is/are not meant to be a method of completely departing from the intent of zoning ordinance, but rather a means of judiciously affording reliefto those adversely affected by a zoning ordinance? A) Zoning B) Variances C) Ordinance D) Enforcement: B 27. What is a simple process in which sound decisions are made and actiontaken based upon collection, analysis, and management of information?
A) Urban Planning B) Residential analysis C) Industrial management D) Commercial collection: A
28. Which component of a comprehensive plan identifies the best knownlocation for residential, commercial, and industrial sites within a city? A) Residential analysis B) Land-use plan C) Urban planning D) State law plan: B 29. The Village of Euclid vs. Ambler Realty Company was a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of zoning that happened in which year?A) 1926 B) 1962
A) Division section B) Policies document C) Planning and zoning commission D) Deed restrictions E) All of the Above: B
32. are a set of private, multi-party contracts createdfor the benefit of residents of a specific subdivision. A) Deed Restrictions B) Policies Document C) Subdivision Rules D) Code of Ordinances: A 33. Before the city council of a home rule city may adopt a general zoning scheme, the city must appoint a to study the relevant issues and recommend the original zoning district boundaries andregulations.
A) Engineering Firm B) City Council C) Board or Adjustments D) Zoning Commission: D
34. The Standard Zoning Enabling Act of the U.S. Department of Commercewas published in. A) 1926 B) 1901 C) 1946 D) 1978: A 35. The board of is empowered to grant a variance fromcertain provisions of the zoning ordinance when literal enforcement would result in unnecessary hardship, the variance is not contrary to public interest,and the spirit of the ordinance is maintained. A) housing and development
37. What are the two types of zoning? A) Standard or Euclidean (performance) zoning B) Residential or Commercial zoning C) Commerical or Standard zoning D) Euclidean (performance) and Residential zoning: A 38. Which land-use areas is typically listed in a zoning ordinance? A) Agriculture B) Residential C) Commercial D) Industrial E) All of the Above F) A, B & C only: E 39. A basic city plan usually contains which four components of a comprehen-sive plan? A) zoning, regulation, code enforcement, and agenda
B) land-use; transportation; community facilities; polices document C) residential; agriculture; commercial; industrial D) variances, special exceptions, legal non-conformance, and standard zon-ing: B
40. What does zoning regulate? A) Commercial Property B) Land-use C) Code Enforcement D) Urban Planning: B 41. What is the process of terminating non-conformance on the basis of a timeschedule that has been prescribed by the zoning board of adjustments? A) Amortization B) illegal non-conformance C) legal non-conformance
