PENAL CODE TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
1. ACCOMPLICES TO OFFENSES
ANSWER> MAY BE CHARGED AND CONVICTED FOR THE SAME OFFENSE
2. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DEFENSES IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A
VALID DEFENSE IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING?
ANSWER> INTOXICATION
,3. WHEN MR. "A" AGREES WITH ONE OR MORE PERSONS TO ENGAGE IN A
FELONY OFFENSE AND ONE OF THEM CARRIES OUT THE OFFENSE, MR. "A" MAY
BE CHARGED WITH
ANSWER> CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
4. A PERSON MAY NOT BE PROSECUTED FOR OR CONVICTED OF AN OF-
FENSE (OTHER THAN PERJURY, AGGRAVATED PERJURY, OR TRAFFIC OF-
FENSES) THAT HE OR SHE COMMITTED WHEN
ANSWER> YOUNGER THAN SEVEN- TEEN UNLESS JUVENILE COURT WAIVES
JURISDICTION.
5. A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE IS PUNISHABLE BY
ANSWER> CONFINEMENT BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR
,NOT MORE THAN TEN YEARS NOR LES THAN TWO YEARS, AND MAY BE FINED NOT
MORE THAN
$10,000
6. WHICH ONE OFTHE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN ELEMENT OF PROOF FORTHE
OFFENSE OF MURDER?
ANSWER> CAUSING THE DEATH OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHILE DWI
7. IF A PERSON ABDUCTS ANOTHER WITH INTENT TO INTERFERE WITHTHE
PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT, IT IS
ANSWER> AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING
8. ENGAGING IN AN ACT OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE INA PUBLIC PLACE IS
ANSWER> PUBLIC LEWDNESS
, 9. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES IS PUNISHABLE BY THE DEATH
PENALTY?
ANSWER> A PERSON PAYS ANOTHER PERSON TO KILL A BUSINESS PART- NER
10. WHICH OF TEH FOLLOWING IS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE TEXAS PENAL
CODE?
ANSWER> TWO PERSONS OF THE SAME SEX ARE SEEN KISSING ON THE MAIN STREET
OF THE CITY.
11. IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD AN INDIVID- UAL
BE CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT?
ANSWER> THE ACTOR EXHIBITS A DEADLY WEAPON DURING THE COMMISSION
OF ASSAULT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
1. ACCOMPLICES TO OFFENSES
ANSWER> MAY BE CHARGED AND CONVICTED FOR THE SAME OFFENSE
2. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DEFENSES IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A
VALID DEFENSE IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING?
ANSWER> INTOXICATION
,3. WHEN MR. "A" AGREES WITH ONE OR MORE PERSONS TO ENGAGE IN A
FELONY OFFENSE AND ONE OF THEM CARRIES OUT THE OFFENSE, MR. "A" MAY
BE CHARGED WITH
ANSWER> CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
4. A PERSON MAY NOT BE PROSECUTED FOR OR CONVICTED OF AN OF-
FENSE (OTHER THAN PERJURY, AGGRAVATED PERJURY, OR TRAFFIC OF-
FENSES) THAT HE OR SHE COMMITTED WHEN
ANSWER> YOUNGER THAN SEVEN- TEEN UNLESS JUVENILE COURT WAIVES
JURISDICTION.
5. A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE IS PUNISHABLE BY
ANSWER> CONFINEMENT BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR
,NOT MORE THAN TEN YEARS NOR LES THAN TWO YEARS, AND MAY BE FINED NOT
MORE THAN
$10,000
6. WHICH ONE OFTHE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN ELEMENT OF PROOF FORTHE
OFFENSE OF MURDER?
ANSWER> CAUSING THE DEATH OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHILE DWI
7. IF A PERSON ABDUCTS ANOTHER WITH INTENT TO INTERFERE WITHTHE
PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT, IT IS
ANSWER> AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING
8. ENGAGING IN AN ACT OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE INA PUBLIC PLACE IS
ANSWER> PUBLIC LEWDNESS
, 9. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES IS PUNISHABLE BY THE DEATH
PENALTY?
ANSWER> A PERSON PAYS ANOTHER PERSON TO KILL A BUSINESS PART- NER
10. WHICH OF TEH FOLLOWING IS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE TEXAS PENAL
CODE?
ANSWER> TWO PERSONS OF THE SAME SEX ARE SEEN KISSING ON THE MAIN STREET
OF THE CITY.
11. IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD AN INDIVID- UAL
BE CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT?
ANSWER> THE ACTOR EXHIBITS A DEADLY WEAPON DURING THE COMMISSION
OF ASSAULT
