BASIC CODE ENFORCEMENT TEEX & TDLR EXAM
NEWEST 2026/2027 QUESTIONS and CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
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 - CORRECT ANSWER-D
The mayor-council form of government may be strong or _______.
A) Extra Strong
B) Weak
C) Unreliable
D) Easy - CORRECT ANSWER-B
A board of adjustments is established by the ________ law level of goverment
regulation.
,A) State
B) Federal
C) Local
D) County - CORRECT ANSWER-A
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 arrest
violators
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 any fire, health,
or building regulation, statute, or ordinance. - CORRECT ANSWER-D
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 year or
more of experience in the field of code enforcement. - CORRECT ANSWER-
True
,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 field of
code enforcement
B) An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in
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. -
CORRECT ANSWER-D
The code enforcement officer examination measures the ____________ and
___________ required to be a code enforcement officer.
A) ability; accuracy
B) efficiency; attitude
C) age; IQ
D) knowledge; skills - CORRECT ANSWER-D
What is another hat or duty that a code enforcement officer may wear?
, A) Health/Building Official
B) Fire Fighter
C) Social Worker
D) Animal Control
E) Police/Law Interpreter
F) All of the Above - CORRECT ANSWER-F
Being P.R.E.P.A.R.E.D is one way that code enforcement officers protect
themselves. What does the acronym stand for?
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; disciplined
D) personable, reactive, easygoing, participant, active, realistic, evasive, and
direct, - CORRECT ANSWER-C
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 based upon
state laws. - CORRECT ANSWER-True
NEWEST 2026/2027 QUESTIONS and CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
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 - CORRECT ANSWER-D
The mayor-council form of government may be strong or _______.
A) Extra Strong
B) Weak
C) Unreliable
D) Easy - CORRECT ANSWER-B
A board of adjustments is established by the ________ law level of goverment
regulation.
,A) State
B) Federal
C) Local
D) County - CORRECT ANSWER-A
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 arrest
violators
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 any fire, health,
or building regulation, statute, or ordinance. - CORRECT ANSWER-D
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 year or
more of experience in the field of code enforcement. - CORRECT ANSWER-
True
,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 field of
code enforcement
B) An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in
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. -
CORRECT ANSWER-D
The code enforcement officer examination measures the ____________ and
___________ required to be a code enforcement officer.
A) ability; accuracy
B) efficiency; attitude
C) age; IQ
D) knowledge; skills - CORRECT ANSWER-D
What is another hat or duty that a code enforcement officer may wear?
, A) Health/Building Official
B) Fire Fighter
C) Social Worker
D) Animal Control
E) Police/Law Interpreter
F) All of the Above - CORRECT ANSWER-F
Being P.R.E.P.A.R.E.D is one way that code enforcement officers protect
themselves. What does the acronym stand for?
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; disciplined
D) personable, reactive, easygoing, participant, active, realistic, evasive, and
direct, - CORRECT ANSWER-C
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 based upon
state laws. - CORRECT ANSWER-True
