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TCOLE PRACTICE EXAM: TEXAS
BASIC PEACE OFFICER PRACTICE
TEST QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
___ is holding a person for a limited time who is not yet answerable to a criminal offense. (7.1.7) a. Imprisonment b. Temporary search c. Temporary detention d. Custody - Answer✔✔-C ____ exists where the facts and circumstances within the knowledge of the officer and of which he has reasonably trustworthy information would warrant a man of reasonable caution and prudence to believe that a particular person has committed or is committing a crime or that he will find the instrumentality of a crime or evidence pertaining to a crime. (7.1.6) a. Common knowledge b. Probable cause c. Temporary cause d. Custody - Answer✔✔-B _______ is holding a person for a limited time who is not yet answerable to a criminal offense. (7.1.7) a. Imprisonment b. Temporary search
c. Temporary detention d. Custody - Answer✔✔-C __________ is not necessary until the subject is made subject to a custodial interrogation. (29.8.1) a. Handcuffs b. Breathalyzer c. Instrumentation d. Miranda warning - Answer✔✔-D _________________ and poor ventilation increase the likelihood of being exposed while at a hazardous materials site. (28.1.3) a. Heat b. Light c. Rain d. Ice - Answer✔✔-A _________________ the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action best defines: (23.1.2) a. problem solving b. critical thinking c. analytical process d. problem solution - Answer✔✔-B A _________________ is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. (15.3.1) a. Sentence b. Category c. Scheme d. Fragment - Answer✔✔-A
A person causes an explosion with intent to destroy or damage, and is reckless about whether the explosion will endanger the life of some individual. According to the Penal Code, the person has committed the offense of ________. (8.7.1) a. criminal mischief b. reckless damage or destruction c. aggravated assault d. arson - Answer✔✔-D A person causes an explosion with the intent to damage a vehicle to collect insurance money. Which offense has been committed? (8.7.1) a. Reckless Conduct b. Terroristic threat c. Arson d. Criminal Mischief - Answer✔✔-C A person commits "Disorderly Conduct" if he intentionally or knowingly does which of the following? (8.9.1) a. Uses vulgar language, and the language by it's very utterance tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace. b. Makes an offensive gesture and the gesture or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace. c. Fights with another in a public place. d. Displays a firearm in a manner calculated to alarm. e. Any of the above are elements of disorderly conduct. - Answer✔✔-E A person commits which offense if he makes a bet on the partial or final result of a game or contest or on the performance of a participant in a game or contest? (8.10.2) a. Gambling b. Gambling Promotion c. Keeping a Gambling Place
d. Any of the above - Answer✔✔-A A person does a drive by shooting, he should be charged with what? (8.5.4) a. reckless conduct b. deadly conduct c. criminal mischief d. unlawfully carrying a weapon - Answer✔✔-B A person is upset with a former friend and wants to get back at him. The person calls the police and reports that the former friend stole his television from his residence. The person then hid his television as if it was gone. What offense has occurred? (8.8.2) a. False Report to Peace Officer b. Perjury c. Aggravated Perjury d. Burglary - Habitation e. None of the above - Answer✔✔-A A person who has a mobility problem that substantially impairs the person's ability to ambulate, is the definition of: (9.1.23) a. a mobility problem b. a restricted movement c. a disability d. a restraint - Answer✔✔-C A person's signature on a traffic ticket is (9.1.20) a. a plea of guilty b. a plea of "no contest" c. only a promise to appear in court d. acknowledgement of culpability for the offense - Answer✔✔-C
a. Attitude b. Ethnicity c. Culture d. Discrimination e. Prejudice - Answer✔✔-C According to 18.07 of the CCP, a peace officer to whom a search warrant is delivered shall execute it without delay and forthwith return it to the proper magistrate. It must be executed within ______________________ from the time of its issuance, and shall be executed within a shorter period if so directed in the warrant by the magistrate. (7.1.2) a. 3 days excluding date of issuance and date of execution b. 5 days including date of issuance and date of execution c. 8 days total d. 10 days - Answer✔✔-A According to Commission Rules, if a current license holder is arrested for any offense above a Class C misdemeanor, the license holder shall report the facts of the arrest to the Commission in writing within _______. (2.1.4) a. 30 days b. 60 days c. 90 days d. 180 days - Answer✔✔-A According to Commission Rules, the license of any licensee who does not meet the legislatively required continuing education by the expiration date will _______. (2.1.4) a. terminate b. lapse c. expire d. defer - Answer✔✔-C
According to Sec. 22.021 of the Penal Code a person commits the offense of Aggravated Sexual assault if he commits sexual assault and: (8.5.3) a. The victim is younger than 14 years of age b. The victim is 65 years of age or older c. The person uses or exhibits a deadly weapon in the course of the same criminal episode d. All the above - Answer✔✔-D According to Sec. 31.04 of the Penal Code, a person commits an offense if with intent to avoid payment he intentionally or knowingly secures performance of the service by deception, threat or false token. What is this offense? (8.7.4) a. Fraudulent Theft b. Theft of Service c. Theft by Extortion d. Theft by Deception - Answer✔✔-B According to Sec. 32.31 of the Penal Code, a person commits the offense of __________________________ if, with intent to obtain a benefit fraudulently, he uses a credit card with knowledge that the card was not issued to him and he does not have the effective consent of the card owner to use the card. (8.7.5) a. Receiving Stolen Property b. Credit Card Abuse c. Forgery d. Credit Card Laundering - Answer✔✔-B According to Sec. 36.06 of the Penal Code, a person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly harms or threatens to harm another by an unlawful act on account of the victim's testifying in court. The offense would be: (8.8.1) a. Perjury b. Coercion c. Retaliation d. Bribery - Answer✔✔-C
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the security given by the accused that he will appear and answer before the proper court the accusation brought against him is known as ________. (6.8.3) a. commitment b. promissory c. bail d. bond - Answer✔✔-c According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, whenever a peace officer meets with resistance in discharging any duty imposed on him by law, he ____ command a sufficient number of citizens of his country to overcome the resistance. (6.4.3) a. may b. shall c. can d. will - Answer✔✔-B According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which of the following is NOT a use of force option for dispersing a riot? (6.4.3) a. command the group to disperse b. arrest the persons involved with a warrant c. arrest the persons involved without a warrant d. use any degree of force - Answer✔✔-d According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which of the following, occurring in the presence of an officer, requires an arrest, even without a warrant? (7.1.2) a. an individual is intoxicated b. a person is threatening to commit an offense c. there is a person the officer has probable cause to believe is violating a protective order d. there is a child violating a city ordinance - Answer✔✔-C According to the Family code, an application for a protective order may be filed: In the county where an individual alleged to have committed family violence resides or __________. (26.2.2)
a. Where the victim lives b. Where the county seat is c. At the courthouse d. At a lawyer's office - Answer✔✔-A According to the Penal Code, an amount of force that is intended or known by the actor to cause, or in any manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing, death or serious bodily injury is _______. (17.1.1) a. reasonable force b. deadly force c. excessive force d. necessary force - Answer✔✔-B According to the Penal Code, deadly force is NOT justified to _______. (17.1.3) a. prevent criminal mischief at night b. preserve someone's life in an emergency c. prevent the imminent commission of arson d. prevent someone from committing suicide - Answer✔✔-D According to the Penal Code, in the case of an "exception to an offense", the burden of proof lies with the ______. (8.1.3) a. defense attorney b. grand jury c. prosecuting attorney d. plaintiff - Answer✔✔-C According to the TCOLE material, there are four (4) main causes of abuse: Cultural, Sex role stereotypes, lack of control and ______________________. (26.1.2) a. Learned behavior b. Aggression
An operator moving around a rotary traffic island shall drive only to the right of the island. (9.1.9) True False - Answer✔✔-True Any child under the age of ________ must be transported in a child safety seat. (9.1.15) a. 8 years b. 4 years c. 3 years d. 2 years e. there is no such requirement - Answer✔✔-A Cholesterol is a steroid chemical that (1.2.2) a. lessens the chance of heart attacks and other disorders b. is needed by the body in large amounts to make nerve cells and synthesize natural hormones c. contributes to hardening of the arteries and is found in saturated fat d. is largely found in the unsaturated fats of fish, chicken, and turkey - Answer✔✔-C Criminal investigation is a lawful search for people, land, and things useful in reconstructing the circumstances of an illegal act or omission and the ___________________________ accompanying it. (29.1.1) a. knowledge b. culpable state c. process d. mental state - Answer✔✔-D During a hazardous materials event, some common routes of exposure for humans include: (28.1.2) a. absorbtion b. inhalation c. ingestion
d. injection e. all of the above - Answer✔✔-E Following the issuance of a Protective Order, if the victim reconciles with the person to whom the order was directed: (26.2.5) a. The Protective Order is automatically nullified b. The Protective Order remains in full force and effect c. Officers may not then arrest the abuser for a violation of the previously arrestable "prohibited acts" d. The parties must notify their attorneys and the judge who issued the Protective Order that the parties have legally reconciled - Answer✔✔-B For consent to be valid it must be ____________. (7.1.13) a. In writing b. Voluntary c. In the presence of a magistrate d. Relevant to the charge - Answer✔✔-B For which of the following violations must the police officer permit the violator to sign a promise to appear if the operator is a resident of the state of Texas and is operating a vehicle licensed in Texas? (9.1.20) a. Disregarding a red light b. Illegal turn, wide right c. Overtaking and passing a vehicle stopped for a pedestrian at a crosswalk d. An expired MVI certificate e. Speeding - Answer✔✔-E Genuine health or wellness is not just the absence of dis-ease or infirmity, it is a state of positive well- being. It induces the physical, mental, spiritual, and socio-emotional dimensions of life. Total well-being translates into the practice of (1.1.1) a. positive lifestyle and good health habits b. good posture and physique
d. suspension from the department. - Answer✔✔-C If stress tension comes from a relationship with a per-son, you should (1.4. a. never talk about the problem b. talk out your differences c. withdraw from the relationship d. file a civil suit against that person - Answer✔✔-B If stress tension comes from a relationship with a per-son, you should (1.4.1) a. never talk about the problem b. talk out your differences c. withdraw from the relationship d. file a civil suit against that person - Answer✔✔-B In a civil case, a judgment is rendered in favor of the complaining party or the defendant or somewhere in between based upon _______________ before a judge or jury. (11.2.1) a. preponderance of the evidence b. reasonable doubt c. a guilty or innocent d. the Texas penal code - Answer✔✔-A In a fight or flight stress situation, a person becomes (1.3.2) a. exhausted b. exhilarated c. animated d. vocal - Answer✔✔-A In processing a delinquent offender, the juvenile must: (14.1.5) a. Be taken to a central booking facility
b. Have bond set c. Be held six hours in an unlocked processing room d. Be sight and sound separated from adult offenders - Answer✔✔-D In reference to Penal Code 30.04 - Burglary of Vehicle, "entry" into a vehicle would include which of the following? (8.7.3) a. An arm b. An object connected with the body c. The entire body d. All of the above e. None of the above - Answer✔✔-D Instrumentation is the application of the instruments and methods of the ____________________________ to the detection of crime. (29.1.2) a. psychophysical science b. metaphysical science c. physical science d. life science - Answer✔✔-C It is not a defense to _____________ that the force used was within that degree of force authorized by the penal code. (17.1.2) a. Self defense b. Civil liability c. Criminal liability d. Justifiable - Answer✔✔-B Jesse James is arrested for shoplifting a leather coat from Dillards. He is stopped by the security people of the store and in his attempt to escape with the coat James stabs one of the security people causing serious bodily injury. The most serious offense James has committed is _______________. (8.7.2) a. Felony theft
c. spiral d. quadrant e. exterior - Answer✔✔-A Of the studies that have been done on law enforcement, most suggest that alcohol and drug abuse is ____________ than in the general population. (1.3.1) a. As frequent or more frequent b. Less frequent or none at all c. Less serious than divorce d. Not a problem in law enforcement - Answer✔✔-A PC 31.03 A person is visiting at a relative's residence. The person notices a revolver worth $600 in a drawer in the end table in the living room. When the relative leaves the room for a moment, the person steals the revolver. What offense has occurred? (8.7.4) a. Theft - $500-$ b. Theft - Firearm c. Burglary - Building d. Burglary - Habitation e. None of the above - Answer✔✔-B Personal survival (1.1.1) a. is unrelated to the use of alcohol or tobacco b. begins with a program of physical conditioning c. is related only to on-duty actions of the officer d. is enhanced by "moonlighting" because officers can provide more income for their families e. is the function of the department, not the individual - Answer✔✔-B Physical arousal associated with fight or flight cannot be sustained; eventually it will result in ______. (25.1.1) a. shock
b. denial c. resentment d. exhaustion - Answer✔✔-D Physical fitness can be divided into two categories: (1.1.1) a. Health related; Wellness related b. Health related; Motor related c. Motor related; Physical related d. Motor related; Skill related - Answer✔✔-B Physiological manifestations of stress include (1.5.1) a. dilated pupils b. rapid heartbeat c. increased blood pressure d. all the above - Answer✔✔-D Preliminary investigative procedures for crimes against property include: (29.3.2) a. establish whether or not a crime occurred b. secure the scene c. locate victim and witnesses d. determine how the crime was committed e. all of the above - Answer✔✔-E Safety measures for collecting evidence should include all of the following except: (29.7.15) a. wearing latex gloves b. do not recover anything that is a biohazard c. use extreme caution when handling HIV body fluids d. washing hands - Answer✔✔-B
