TLETA Week 2 Exam (2026/2027) QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• Who and when stated that wives charging husbands with criminal assault and battery
must suffer more injuries than commonly needed for charges of battery? -✓✓ California
Penal Code, 1977
• "A person does not commit rape/sexual battery if the victim is the legal spouse of the
perpetrator..." = ? -✓✓ limited spousal exclusion (no longer a thing)
• What ended the limited spousal exclusion? When? -✓✓ Spousal Rape Charges, 1989
• _____ of domestic violence cases are misdemeanors. -✓✓ 90%
• Domestic Violence: Name the 6 most common areas of office liability. -✓✓ 1. failure to
take proper actions to protect a citizen, 2. failure to appropriately enforce a court order
protecting a victim of domestic abuse, 3. failure to respond at all or in a timely manner,
4. failure to provide info to a victim as required by law, 5. arresting a citizen without
establishing probable cause, 6. exhibiting a pattern of differential treatment or
application of the law to domestic violence cases
• A person commits _____ who: intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily
injury to another. -✓✓ assault
• A person commits _____ who: intentionally, knowingly causes another to reasonably
fear imminent bodily injury. -✓✓ assault
• A person commits _____ who: intentionally or knowingly causes physical contact with
another and a reasonable person would regard the contact as extremely offensive or
provocative. -✓✓ assault
• Assault becomes domestic assault when the relationship falls into what 6 categories? -
✓✓ 1. current/former spouses, 2. lived together/have lived together, 3. dating/have
dated/who have had a sexual relationship, 4. related by blood or adoption, 5. related or
were formerly related by marriage, 6. minor children of persons involved in above
situations
• Charging domestic assault - 1st offense? -✓✓ class A misdemeanor
• Charging domestic assault - 2nd offense? -✓✓ class A misdemeanor and mandatory
of 30 days min
,• Charging domestic assault - 3rd offense if (a) NO suffering of the victim's body and (b)
victim IS NOT defendant's spouse or intimate partner or minor child of spouse or ex? -
✓✓ class A misdemeanor and mandatory of 90 days min
• Charging domestic assault - 3rd offense and the victim suffers bodily (threatening or
offensive touching does not apply)? -✓✓ can be class E felony with 90 days min
• Charging domestic assault - 3rd offense and victim is defendant's spouse or intimate
partner or minor child of spouse or ex? -✓✓ can be class E felony with 90 days min
• If you have 2 prior domestic assault convictions and hit your spouse in the face
causing injury, what is the crime classification? -✓✓ class E felony
• If you have 2 prior domestic assault convictions and hit your sister in the face causing
injury, what is the crime classification? -✓✓ class A misdemeanor
• If a LEO has probable cause to believe that a person has committed a crime involving
domestic abuse, whether misdemeanor or felony, in the officer's presence or not, what
is the PREFERRED response of the officer? -✓✓ arrest
• What should you do if the domestic assault deals with a roommate situation? -✓✓
check with your district for their policy
• Is arrest the appropriate response in domestic violence cases for persons who are not
the primary agressor? -✓✓ no
• What 6 things can an officer do to determine who is the primary aggressor in domestic
assault cases (abbreviated)? -✓✓ 1. domestic abuse history of parties, 2. severity of
injuries, 3. evidence from persons involved, 4. likelihood of future injury, 5. did one
person act in self-defense?, 6. evidence from witnesses
• Should you consider a victim's wishes or requests when establishing probable cause
of domestic assault? -✓✓ no
• Should you consider the willingness of the victim to testify in court when establishing
probable cause of domestic assault? -✓✓ no
• Should you consider a victim's previous calls for help when establishing probable
cause of domestic assault? -✓✓ no
• Should you ever threaten to arrest all parties engaged in a domestic violence dispute
to discourage future requests for intervention? -✓✓ no
, • According to TN law - when arresting 2 or more parties on a domestic violence
dispute, the officer must do what? -✓✓ document the grounds for arrest in his/her report
• Domestic violence according to TN law - what does an officer need to establish about
the parties' injuries? -✓✓ whether they're offensive or defensive
• Domestic violence according to TN law - what does an officer need to do if complaints
are made by 2 or more parties? -✓✓ evaluate each complaint separately for probable
cause
• When a LEO investigates an allegation that domestic abuse occurred, the officer shall
make a complete report and file the report with his/her supervisor in a manner that will
what? -✓✓ permit data on domestic abuse cases to be compiled
• TN Code dealing with domestic relations/abuse and officer response to the primary
aggressor? -✓✓ TCA 36-3-619
• What 4 steps must an officer follow when responding to the victim of a domestic abuse
call? -✓✓ 1. offer to transport (or arrange transport) the victim to safety, 2. advise the
victim of shelters/community centers/services, 3. give the victim notice of legal rights
available (pre-printed statement), 4. offer to transport the victim to where arrest warrants
are issued
• "Refers to situations where both parties in a domestic violence call are arrested" = ? -
✓✓ dual arrest
• When investigating domestic violence, LEO's have a statutory obligation to do what 2
things? -✓✓ investigate and evaluate
• What will often cause a prosecutor to dismiss the case in domestic violence crimes? -
✓✓ dual arrest
• Aggravated assault vs assault? -✓✓ aggravated contains: seriously bodily injury or
death to victim, use/display of deadly weapon, strangulation
• "Intentionally or knowingly impeding normal breathing or circulation of the blood by
applying pressure to the throat or neck or by blocking the nose and mouth of another
person, regardless of whether that conduct results in any visible injury or whether the
person has any intent to kill or protractedly injure the victim." = ? -✓✓ strangulation
• When a person with a restraining/protective order to stay away from a certain
individual intentionally/knowingly attempts to cause that individual bodily injury = ? -✓✓
aggravated assault
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• Who and when stated that wives charging husbands with criminal assault and battery
must suffer more injuries than commonly needed for charges of battery? -✓✓ California
Penal Code, 1977
• "A person does not commit rape/sexual battery if the victim is the legal spouse of the
perpetrator..." = ? -✓✓ limited spousal exclusion (no longer a thing)
• What ended the limited spousal exclusion? When? -✓✓ Spousal Rape Charges, 1989
• _____ of domestic violence cases are misdemeanors. -✓✓ 90%
• Domestic Violence: Name the 6 most common areas of office liability. -✓✓ 1. failure to
take proper actions to protect a citizen, 2. failure to appropriately enforce a court order
protecting a victim of domestic abuse, 3. failure to respond at all or in a timely manner,
4. failure to provide info to a victim as required by law, 5. arresting a citizen without
establishing probable cause, 6. exhibiting a pattern of differential treatment or
application of the law to domestic violence cases
• A person commits _____ who: intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily
injury to another. -✓✓ assault
• A person commits _____ who: intentionally, knowingly causes another to reasonably
fear imminent bodily injury. -✓✓ assault
• A person commits _____ who: intentionally or knowingly causes physical contact with
another and a reasonable person would regard the contact as extremely offensive or
provocative. -✓✓ assault
• Assault becomes domestic assault when the relationship falls into what 6 categories? -
✓✓ 1. current/former spouses, 2. lived together/have lived together, 3. dating/have
dated/who have had a sexual relationship, 4. related by blood or adoption, 5. related or
were formerly related by marriage, 6. minor children of persons involved in above
situations
• Charging domestic assault - 1st offense? -✓✓ class A misdemeanor
• Charging domestic assault - 2nd offense? -✓✓ class A misdemeanor and mandatory
of 30 days min
,• Charging domestic assault - 3rd offense if (a) NO suffering of the victim's body and (b)
victim IS NOT defendant's spouse or intimate partner or minor child of spouse or ex? -
✓✓ class A misdemeanor and mandatory of 90 days min
• Charging domestic assault - 3rd offense and the victim suffers bodily (threatening or
offensive touching does not apply)? -✓✓ can be class E felony with 90 days min
• Charging domestic assault - 3rd offense and victim is defendant's spouse or intimate
partner or minor child of spouse or ex? -✓✓ can be class E felony with 90 days min
• If you have 2 prior domestic assault convictions and hit your spouse in the face
causing injury, what is the crime classification? -✓✓ class E felony
• If you have 2 prior domestic assault convictions and hit your sister in the face causing
injury, what is the crime classification? -✓✓ class A misdemeanor
• If a LEO has probable cause to believe that a person has committed a crime involving
domestic abuse, whether misdemeanor or felony, in the officer's presence or not, what
is the PREFERRED response of the officer? -✓✓ arrest
• What should you do if the domestic assault deals with a roommate situation? -✓✓
check with your district for their policy
• Is arrest the appropriate response in domestic violence cases for persons who are not
the primary agressor? -✓✓ no
• What 6 things can an officer do to determine who is the primary aggressor in domestic
assault cases (abbreviated)? -✓✓ 1. domestic abuse history of parties, 2. severity of
injuries, 3. evidence from persons involved, 4. likelihood of future injury, 5. did one
person act in self-defense?, 6. evidence from witnesses
• Should you consider a victim's wishes or requests when establishing probable cause
of domestic assault? -✓✓ no
• Should you consider the willingness of the victim to testify in court when establishing
probable cause of domestic assault? -✓✓ no
• Should you consider a victim's previous calls for help when establishing probable
cause of domestic assault? -✓✓ no
• Should you ever threaten to arrest all parties engaged in a domestic violence dispute
to discourage future requests for intervention? -✓✓ no
, • According to TN law - when arresting 2 or more parties on a domestic violence
dispute, the officer must do what? -✓✓ document the grounds for arrest in his/her report
• Domestic violence according to TN law - what does an officer need to establish about
the parties' injuries? -✓✓ whether they're offensive or defensive
• Domestic violence according to TN law - what does an officer need to do if complaints
are made by 2 or more parties? -✓✓ evaluate each complaint separately for probable
cause
• When a LEO investigates an allegation that domestic abuse occurred, the officer shall
make a complete report and file the report with his/her supervisor in a manner that will
what? -✓✓ permit data on domestic abuse cases to be compiled
• TN Code dealing with domestic relations/abuse and officer response to the primary
aggressor? -✓✓ TCA 36-3-619
• What 4 steps must an officer follow when responding to the victim of a domestic abuse
call? -✓✓ 1. offer to transport (or arrange transport) the victim to safety, 2. advise the
victim of shelters/community centers/services, 3. give the victim notice of legal rights
available (pre-printed statement), 4. offer to transport the victim to where arrest warrants
are issued
• "Refers to situations where both parties in a domestic violence call are arrested" = ? -
✓✓ dual arrest
• When investigating domestic violence, LEO's have a statutory obligation to do what 2
things? -✓✓ investigate and evaluate
• What will often cause a prosecutor to dismiss the case in domestic violence crimes? -
✓✓ dual arrest
• Aggravated assault vs assault? -✓✓ aggravated contains: seriously bodily injury or
death to victim, use/display of deadly weapon, strangulation
• "Intentionally or knowingly impeding normal breathing or circulation of the blood by
applying pressure to the throat or neck or by blocking the nose and mouth of another
person, regardless of whether that conduct results in any visible injury or whether the
person has any intent to kill or protractedly injure the victim." = ? -✓✓ strangulation
• When a person with a restraining/protective order to stay away from a certain
individual intentionally/knowingly attempts to cause that individual bodily injury = ? -✓✓
aggravated assault
