CTSP UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● What does DFPS stand for?
Answer: Department of Family and Protective Services
●● What year has CSCAL existed for?
Answer: Since 2005
●● The Child Safety Check Alert List was created to help the
Department of Family and Protective Services ____
Answer: locate a family for purposes of investigating a report of child
abuse or neglect in accordance with Texas Family Code 261.3022
●● At the request of DFPS, the Department of Public Safety-______
shall place the alleged offender and victim into the TCIC Child Safety
Check Alert List
Answer: TCIC control room
●● The purpose of the f the CSCAL is to help locate a child or the
child's family for the purpose of:
Answer: -investigate a report of child abuse or neglect
, -providing protective services to a family receiving family-based support
services
-providing protective services to the family of a child in the managing
conservatorship of the department
●● If DFPS is unable to locate a family for purposes of investigating a
report of child abuse or neglect and has exhausted all means available
for locating the family, DFPS may seek assistance from ____
Answer: law enforcement
●● What are the factors that differentiate child safety check alert list
from missing persons:
Answer: -the child is with a legal guardian
-is only entered into TCIC (Texas only)
-remains in the TCIC for 12 months
●● Texas CCP ch: 63, missing children and missing persons, outlines the
procedures for entry of missing children and missing persons into the
Texas Missing Person Clearinghouse and NCIC. Records in the NCIC
missing person file are ____
Answer: retained indefinitely, until the individual is located or the record
is canceled by the entering agency
●● The Missing Person file contains records for individuals reported
missing who:
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● What does DFPS stand for?
Answer: Department of Family and Protective Services
●● What year has CSCAL existed for?
Answer: Since 2005
●● The Child Safety Check Alert List was created to help the
Department of Family and Protective Services ____
Answer: locate a family for purposes of investigating a report of child
abuse or neglect in accordance with Texas Family Code 261.3022
●● At the request of DFPS, the Department of Public Safety-______
shall place the alleged offender and victim into the TCIC Child Safety
Check Alert List
Answer: TCIC control room
●● The purpose of the f the CSCAL is to help locate a child or the
child's family for the purpose of:
Answer: -investigate a report of child abuse or neglect
, -providing protective services to a family receiving family-based support
services
-providing protective services to the family of a child in the managing
conservatorship of the department
●● If DFPS is unable to locate a family for purposes of investigating a
report of child abuse or neglect and has exhausted all means available
for locating the family, DFPS may seek assistance from ____
Answer: law enforcement
●● What are the factors that differentiate child safety check alert list
from missing persons:
Answer: -the child is with a legal guardian
-is only entered into TCIC (Texas only)
-remains in the TCIC for 12 months
●● Texas CCP ch: 63, missing children and missing persons, outlines the
procedures for entry of missing children and missing persons into the
Texas Missing Person Clearinghouse and NCIC. Records in the NCIC
missing person file are ____
Answer: retained indefinitely, until the individual is located or the record
is canceled by the entering agency
●● The Missing Person file contains records for individuals reported
missing who:
