TCOLE EXAM REVIEW 1 - 100

According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a peace officer or any other person may, without a warrant, arrest an offender when the offense is committed in their presence, or within their view, if the offense is classified as _______.

According to Section 42.02, a riot means the assemblage of _______ or more persons.

A peace officer has jurisdiction in all but one circumstance below. In which does the officer not have jurisdiction to investigate and issue a traffic citation if warranted?

It is important to be aware of one's _______, so that one can double check decisions to ensure accurate and fair decision-making.

In relation to use of force, which of the following does not improve an officer's self-control?

If a peace officer refuses to execute a legal process directed to him or her by the court, he or she is liable for

The right of the officer to search the immediate area of control in a search incident to an arrest was affirmed in _______.

An operator may not turn the vehicle to move in the opposite direction when approaching a curve or crest of a grade if the vehicle is not visible to the operator of another vehicle approaching from either direction within _______ feet.

The rights of free speech, of religion, of the press, and the right to peaceably assemble are guaranteed in the:

According to the Family Code, the taking of a child into custody is not considered an _______ except for the purpose of determining the validity of a search.

A person hits a man in the head with his fist knocking him unconscious and steals $150 cash from the man. What offense has occurred?

_______ means that cases are referred first to the court.

Ethics involves the definition and achievement of what is good or bad, right or wrong, in relation to _______.

A _______ is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

The word "nystagmus" means _______.

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 _______.

In which of the following circumstances would you be justified in firing your duty weapon?

If the death penalty has been assessed as the punishment, the only court that can hear that appeal is the:

Which of the following Texas courts has jurisdiction over all the misdemeanors involving official misconduct:

Joe allowed Joan, a 17 year old run away to stay at his house for two weeks and did not bother to call the police or her parents, knowing Joan was a run away. This is......

The driver of a bus carrying passengers for hire, and approaching a railroad crossing grade, shall _______

Peace officers are granted the authority to use force by the Texas _______.

To intentionally or knowingly "restrain" another person from leaving is _______

Holding a person for a limited time who is not yet answerable to a criminal offense is _____.

Officer Hutch calls the district attorney's office and asks when the felony arrest he made is going to trial. Asst. District attorney Starsky replies: "I can not proceed until I get an _______ from the Grand Jury.

Which of the following best defines the term physical courage?

A prohibited weapon does not include which of the following weapons?

The four parts of an arrest are:

Providing a convenient group or person to blame when things go wrong in one's personal life or in the community is known as

When investigating a crime at a school, law enforcement officers should:

According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, an affidavit made before a magistrate charging the commission of an offense is called a _______.

A citizen may proceed past a red light if _______.

According to TCOLE, there are 3 major components of the criminal justice system. Which of the following is NOT one of those components?

A person uses spray paint to tag the outside wall of the rival high school's building causing damage valued at $200. What offense has occurred?

The required distance for tail lamps to be visible is:

If a peace officer sexually harasses another person while in uniform during his or her duties as a public servant, he, or, she has committed what offense?

Primitive man recognized few, if any, obligations to those outside his tribe. But modern man in his shrinking world must recognize his obligations to _______ in general.

According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is a law enforcement-initiated action based on an individual's ethnicity or national origin rather than the individual's behavior?

One of the advantages of professional model for law enforcement is the Public or Client is _______.

A vehicle may be considered abandoned if it has been left unattended on a right of way of a designated county, state, or federal highway for more than _______ hours.

A signal of intent to turn right or left when required shall be given continuously during not less than the last _______ feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.

In 1985, the Supreme Court modified the “fleeing felon” rule in a case entitled:

A flashing red signal is

Communication is based on:

The Ethical role is performed by being _______ in personal behavior and in functioning as a representative of the criminal justice system.

According to the Transportation Code, what is the minimum light transmission percentage allowable for window tinting?

According to the TCLEOSE outline, what percentage of officer contacts require physical force?

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?

The plain view doctrine permits an officer to seize evidence without a warrant if the officer is in a _______ where he or she has a right to be and sees evidence which is obviously connected to a crime or is contraband.

A loaded shotgun is found in a pickup truck which is parked in the parking lot of a local middle school. What offense has been committed?

_______ 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.

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?

Ethical men, and, or, women are _______, and peer pressure can work for or against ethical behavior.

A peace officer or any other person may execute an:

A way of thinking and acting based on tradition or learned behavior passed down from one generation to the next describes

The three components of the Criminal Justice System are

Which of the following is NOT considered marihuana?

According to the Penal Code, deadly force is NOT justified to _______.

Which of the following is a stress reduction technique?

According to the Transportation code: "No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is _______ and _______ under the circumstances then existing."

According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which of the following is NOT a use of force option for dispersing a riot?

According to Chapter 19, criminal homicide of the Penal Code, which of the following is not an element of proof for the offense of murder?

An officer witnesses a theft and attempts to arrest the suspect. The suspect argues that he did nothing wrong and strikes the officer causing bodily injury. What offense has occurred?

_______ is a written statement of a grand jury accusing a person therein named of some act or omission which, by law is declared to be an offense.

Which of the following is not an element of an offense?

According to Sec. 217.11 Legislatively Required Continuing Education for Licensees, a Peace Officer appointed to their first supervisory position, training must be completed within _______ months following the date of appointment as a supervisor.

An operator may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle within _______ feet of a fire hydrant.

Which of the following is not an "authorized emergency vehicle" in accordance with the Transportation Code?

Which court has original jurisdiction in felony cases and certain types of civil cases (e.g. divorce)?

Which of the following is NOT a consideration used by the courts to determine if unreasonable force was used?

Motor vehicle refers to which of the following:

A person commits an offense of Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon if he intentionally, knowingly or recklessly carries on or about his person a _______.

A _______ is a group of words that is only a piece of a complete sentence. Pieces of important information are left out of the sentence.

A search warrant to photograph an injured child requires that an officer send all film (positives & negatives) to the judge.

According to the _______ Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, powers not specifically reserved to the federal government are reserved to the state government.

Sexual assault is committed without consent of the person if

Which two courts are the only courts that have concurrent jurisdiction in some offenses?

Which of the following is not an essential dietary component?

The only offenses in which bail may be denied, is in cases of

Which of the following is not an objective of the Criminal Code of Procedure?

An operator may not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger, stand or park an occupied or unoccupied vehicle within _______ feet on the approach to a flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.

The good faith defense for an officer is enhanced when following the _______ of the department.

According to the Penal Code, the use of force, but not deadly force, against a child younger than _______ years of age is justified if the actor is the child's parent.

From what distance must tail lights on a vehicle be visible?

When an officer makes an arrest, he may make a _______ of a person for _______.

One of the characteristics of professionalism is standards for entry, practice, and _______.

In determining whether your actions were reasonable and not an intrusion into a citizens fourth amendment rights, the courts will judge by reference to the Reasonableness Standard. This standard will look at which of the following?

A person may not be compelled to be a witness against himself nor can a person be tried for the same criminal act twice. These rights are specified in the:

In a public dressing room of a department store, a seventeen year old high school student puts on a sweater underneath his coat and walks out of the store without paying for the sweater. What crime, if any has been committed?

Which of the following public officials is not a magistrate?

An operator of a motor vehicle shall allow _______ between themselves and the vehicle in front of them.

The ethical role is performed by

If the arrest is made inside the home of the subject, the officer may not search _______, if the subject was arrested while he, or, she was in bed.

A motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement to draw an implement of husbandry.

There are varying degrees of wellness, ranging from death to _______.

The keys to adequate nutrition are balance, variety, and _______?

According to the traffic code, an operator may not follow closer than _______ feet from a fire apparatus responding to a fire alarm or drive into or park the vehicle in the block where the fire apparatus has stopped to answer a fire alarm.

What is generally considered to be the area of open space surrounding a dwelling, which is so immediately adjacent to the dwelling that it is part of the house?

Jesse James is arrested for shoplifting a leather coat from Dillard’s. 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 _______.

Which of the following is not a function of prejudice?