TCOLE BPOC TRAINING ACADEMY FINAL
EXAM 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ When a search is conducted after a lawful arrest, within
immediate control and contemporaneous with the arrest, the search
is justified under _____ to lawful arrest.
Answer: incidental
◉ What is generally considered to be that area of open space
surrounding a dwelling, which is so immediately adjacent to the
dwelling that it is part of the house?
Answer: Curtilage
◉ According to the Penal Code, what is NOT part of the element of
an offense?
Answer: Admission of guilt.
◉ According to the Penal Code, in the case of an "exception to an
offense," the burden of proof lies with the _____.
Answer: prosecuting attorney
,◉ According to the Penal Code, a person acts _____, with respect to
the nature of their conduct, when it is the conscious objective or
desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result.
Answer: intentionally
◉ According to the Penal Code, a person is criminally responsible as
a party to an offense if the offense is_____.
Answer: committed by his own conduct
◉ According to the Penal Code, what is an affirmation defense to
prosecution that the actor was compelled by threat of serious bodily
injury to engage in the proscribed conduct?
Answer: Duress
◉ According to the Penal Code, a mistake of fact is _____.
Answer: a defense to prosecution
◉ According to the Penal Code, in order to prove a case of public
intoxication, a person must _____.
Answer: appear in a public place while intoxicated to a degree the
person may endanger himself/herself or another
,◉ A person is in the process of robbing a store when a customer
enters and is shot and killed by the person. According to the Penal
Code, what is the most serious offense committed?
Answer: Capital murder.
◉ A person abducts a child and demands a ransom for the child's
release. The person gets scared and releases the child unharmed.
According to the Penal Code, what is the most serious offense
committed?
Answer: Aggravated kidnapping
◉ According to the Penal Code, what offense is committed when a
person threatens to harm another, by an unlawful act, on account of
their service as a witness or public servant?
Answer: Obstruction or retaliation
◉ A person causes an explosion with the 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
committed the offense of _____.
Answer: arson
◉ A person who, in the course of committing theft, intentionally,
knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury to another, or places
, another in fear or imminent bodily injury or death, has committed
what offense?
Answer: Robbery
◉ A person knowingly causes serious bodily to another in the course
of committing theft. According to the Penal Code, what is the most
serious offense committed?
Answer: Aggravated robbery
◉ A person breaks into an attached garage, breaks into a vehicle
parked in the garage, and steals a $1500.00 computer from the back
seat. According to the Penal Code, what is the most serious offense
committed?
Answer: Burglary of a habitation
◉ According to the Penal Code, a person commits the offense of theft
if they _____ appropriate property with intent to deprive the owner of
the property.
Answer: unlawfully
◉ A person removes a $450.00 price tag from a retail item, replace it
with a $200.00 price tag and pays the lower price. According to the
Penal Code, the person has committed the offense of _____.
Answer: fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of writing
EXAM 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ When a search is conducted after a lawful arrest, within
immediate control and contemporaneous with the arrest, the search
is justified under _____ to lawful arrest.
Answer: incidental
◉ What is generally considered to be that area of open space
surrounding a dwelling, which is so immediately adjacent to the
dwelling that it is part of the house?
Answer: Curtilage
◉ According to the Penal Code, what is NOT part of the element of
an offense?
Answer: Admission of guilt.
◉ According to the Penal Code, in the case of an "exception to an
offense," the burden of proof lies with the _____.
Answer: prosecuting attorney
,◉ According to the Penal Code, a person acts _____, with respect to
the nature of their conduct, when it is the conscious objective or
desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result.
Answer: intentionally
◉ According to the Penal Code, a person is criminally responsible as
a party to an offense if the offense is_____.
Answer: committed by his own conduct
◉ According to the Penal Code, what is an affirmation defense to
prosecution that the actor was compelled by threat of serious bodily
injury to engage in the proscribed conduct?
Answer: Duress
◉ According to the Penal Code, a mistake of fact is _____.
Answer: a defense to prosecution
◉ According to the Penal Code, in order to prove a case of public
intoxication, a person must _____.
Answer: appear in a public place while intoxicated to a degree the
person may endanger himself/herself or another
,◉ A person is in the process of robbing a store when a customer
enters and is shot and killed by the person. According to the Penal
Code, what is the most serious offense committed?
Answer: Capital murder.
◉ A person abducts a child and demands a ransom for the child's
release. The person gets scared and releases the child unharmed.
According to the Penal Code, what is the most serious offense
committed?
Answer: Aggravated kidnapping
◉ According to the Penal Code, what offense is committed when a
person threatens to harm another, by an unlawful act, on account of
their service as a witness or public servant?
Answer: Obstruction or retaliation
◉ A person causes an explosion with the 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
committed the offense of _____.
Answer: arson
◉ A person who, in the course of committing theft, intentionally,
knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury to another, or places
, another in fear or imminent bodily injury or death, has committed
what offense?
Answer: Robbery
◉ A person knowingly causes serious bodily to another in the course
of committing theft. According to the Penal Code, what is the most
serious offense committed?
Answer: Aggravated robbery
◉ A person breaks into an attached garage, breaks into a vehicle
parked in the garage, and steals a $1500.00 computer from the back
seat. According to the Penal Code, what is the most serious offense
committed?
Answer: Burglary of a habitation
◉ According to the Penal Code, a person commits the offense of theft
if they _____ appropriate property with intent to deprive the owner of
the property.
Answer: unlawfully
◉ A person removes a $450.00 price tag from a retail item, replace it
with a $200.00 price tag and pays the lower price. According to the
Penal Code, the person has committed the offense of _____.
Answer: fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of writing
