TDCJ Region 1 Training Academy UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
2026/2027 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• Symptoms of warm related injuries: -✓✓ Heat Cramps
Heat Exhaustion
Heat Stroke
• Core Competencies: -✓✓ Inmate Management
Court Procedures
Searches
Suicide Prevention
Transportation
Staff Recruitment and Retention
Escort
Application of Restraints
Key Control
Security Checks
• TDCJ was established in: -✓✓ 1848
• What is Ruiz Vs. Estelle? -✓✓ The case that Ruiz fought the Texas Department of
Corrections at Estelle prison in Texas because he felt the conditions were
constitutionally cruel. Ruiz won the trial which gave inmates more rights and better living
conditions.
• BIR stands for: -✓✓ Brief
Initial
Report
• Steps of calling an ICS: -✓✓ 1. Flash, Flash, Flash
2. Name
3. Location
4. What is going on?
5. What resources do you need?
• What is Holt vs. Hobbs? -✓✓ A muslim inmate legally fought for men to be allowed to
have facial hair
• PROP-05: -✓✓ The log for recording an offender's property.
• PROP-08 -✓✓ The log for recording confiscation of contraband from inmates.
• A cell should be searched: -✓✓ At least once every calendar month
, • STG stands for: -✓✓ Security Threat Group
• What is the saying Stg. Humphrey told us to remember when it came to Non-Violent
Crisis Information? -✓✓ Survival lies within you
• Reactionary Gap is: -✓✓ Making sure you keep 6 feet or more between you and
inmates at all times.
• Non-verbal communication tools for non-violent crisis intervention: -✓✓ 1. Facial
Expressions
2. Body Gestures
3. Facing Squarely
4. Signals
5. Eye Contact
6. Posture/Stance
7. Distance
• Order of causes of death for TDCJ employees: -✓✓ 1. Medical Conditions
2. Vehicle Accidents
3. Inmate Aggression
• Purpose of PREA: -✓✓ To establish a zero tolerance for the incident of rape to occur
in prisons in the U.S.
• Security Checks should be done: -✓✓ Every 30 minutes
• BIP stands for: -✓✓ Behavioral Intervention Plan
• What is preferred by TDCJ when it comes to Employee Survival and Use of Force? -
✓✓ Defensive tactics are preferred when responding to force used against you.
• Deescalation Steps: -✓✓ 1. Listen
2. Attempt to calm or reason
3. Explain the consequences
4. Notify the security supervisor
5. Request video camera & operator
6. Secure the area
7. Request additional staff
8. Make a visible show of force with staff presence
9. Implement the ICS
• CAPER stands for: -✓✓ Contain
Alert
Plan
Execute
2026/2027 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• Symptoms of warm related injuries: -✓✓ Heat Cramps
Heat Exhaustion
Heat Stroke
• Core Competencies: -✓✓ Inmate Management
Court Procedures
Searches
Suicide Prevention
Transportation
Staff Recruitment and Retention
Escort
Application of Restraints
Key Control
Security Checks
• TDCJ was established in: -✓✓ 1848
• What is Ruiz Vs. Estelle? -✓✓ The case that Ruiz fought the Texas Department of
Corrections at Estelle prison in Texas because he felt the conditions were
constitutionally cruel. Ruiz won the trial which gave inmates more rights and better living
conditions.
• BIR stands for: -✓✓ Brief
Initial
Report
• Steps of calling an ICS: -✓✓ 1. Flash, Flash, Flash
2. Name
3. Location
4. What is going on?
5. What resources do you need?
• What is Holt vs. Hobbs? -✓✓ A muslim inmate legally fought for men to be allowed to
have facial hair
• PROP-05: -✓✓ The log for recording an offender's property.
• PROP-08 -✓✓ The log for recording confiscation of contraband from inmates.
• A cell should be searched: -✓✓ At least once every calendar month
, • STG stands for: -✓✓ Security Threat Group
• What is the saying Stg. Humphrey told us to remember when it came to Non-Violent
Crisis Information? -✓✓ Survival lies within you
• Reactionary Gap is: -✓✓ Making sure you keep 6 feet or more between you and
inmates at all times.
• Non-verbal communication tools for non-violent crisis intervention: -✓✓ 1. Facial
Expressions
2. Body Gestures
3. Facing Squarely
4. Signals
5. Eye Contact
6. Posture/Stance
7. Distance
• Order of causes of death for TDCJ employees: -✓✓ 1. Medical Conditions
2. Vehicle Accidents
3. Inmate Aggression
• Purpose of PREA: -✓✓ To establish a zero tolerance for the incident of rape to occur
in prisons in the U.S.
• Security Checks should be done: -✓✓ Every 30 minutes
• BIP stands for: -✓✓ Behavioral Intervention Plan
• What is preferred by TDCJ when it comes to Employee Survival and Use of Force? -
✓✓ Defensive tactics are preferred when responding to force used against you.
• Deescalation Steps: -✓✓ 1. Listen
2. Attempt to calm or reason
3. Explain the consequences
4. Notify the security supervisor
5. Request video camera & operator
6. Secure the area
7. Request additional staff
8. Make a visible show of force with staff presence
9. Implement the ICS
• CAPER stands for: -✓✓ Contain
Alert
Plan
Execute
