PENAL CODE TEST UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
ACCOMPLICES TO OFFENSES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- MAY BE CHARGED AND
CONVICTED FOR THE SAME OFFENSE
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DEFENSES IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A
VALID DEFENSE IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
INTOXICATION
WHEN MR. "A" AGREES WITH ONE OR MORE PERSONS TO ENGAGE IN A
FELONY OFFENSE AND ONE OF THEM CARRIES OUT THE OFFENSE, MR. "A"
MAY BE CHARGED WITH: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
A PERSON MAY NOT BE PROSECUTED FOR OR CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE
(OTHER THAN PERJURY, AGGRAVATED PERJURY, OR TRAFFIC OFFENSES) THAT
HE OR SHE COMMITTED WHEN: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- YOUNGER THAN
SEVENTEEN UNLESS JUVENILE COURT WAIVES JURISDICTION.
A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE IS PUNISHABLE BY: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
CONFINEMENT BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR NOT
MORE THAN TEN YEARS NOR LES THAN TWO YEARS, AND MAY BE FINED NOT
MORE THAN $10,000
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN ELEMENT OF PROOF FOR THE
OFFENSE OF MURDER? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- CAUSING THE DEATH OF AN
INDIVIDUAL WHILE DWI
IF A PERSON ABDUCTS ANOTHER WITH INTENT TO INTERFERE WITH THE
PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT, IT IS: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- AGGRAVATED
KIDNAPPING
ENGAGING IN AN ACT OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE INA PUBLIC PLACE IS: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- PUBLIC LEWDNESS
,WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES IS PUNISHABLE BY THE DEATH
PENALTY? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A PERSON PAYS ANOTHER PERSON TO KILL
A BUSINESS PARTNER
WHICH OF TEH FOLLOWING IS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- TWO PERSONS OF THE SAME SEX ARE SEEN KISSING
ON THE MAIN STREET OF THE CITY.
IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD AN INDIVIDUAL BE
CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- THE ACTOR
EXHIBITS A DEADLY WEAPON DURING THE COMMISSION OF ASSAULT
WHEN AN ACTOR CAUSES THE PENETRATION OF THE ANUS OR FEMALE
SEXUAL ORGAN OF ANOTHER PERSON BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT THE
PERSONS CONSENT, WHICH OFFENSE HAS BEEN COMMITTED IN THE SATE OF
TEXAS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SEXUAL ASSAULT
WHENEVER A PERSON CAUSES A REACTION OF ANY TYPE BY THREATENING
TO EXPLODE A BOMB, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES HAS BEEN
COMMITTED IN THE SATE OF TEXAS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- TERRORISTIC
THREAT
IF A PERSON CAUSES AN EXPLOSION WITH INTENT TO DAMAGE A VEHICLE TO
COLLECT INSURANCE MONEY, WHICH OFFENSE HAS BEEN COMMITTED IN THE
STATE OF TEXAS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ARSON
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROBBERY AND THEFT? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- THE USE OR ATTEMPTED USE OF FORCE
WHAT TYPE OF ENTRY IS NECESSARY IN THE CRIME OF BURGLARY? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- THE INTRUSION OF ANY PART OF THE BODY OR ANY
PHYSICAL OBJECT ATTACHED TO THE BODY
WHAT CHARGES WOULD BE FILED ON A PERSON WHO TRIED TO POISON
ANOTHER WHO DID NOT DIE FOLLOWING THE ORDEAL? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ATTEMPTED MURDER
, IF A DEFENDANT OR OTHER PERSON ATTEMPTS TO HARM OR THREATENS TO
HARM ANOTHER ON ACCOUNT OF THE VICTIM'S SERVICE AS A WITNESS, THE
ACTOR CAN BE CHARGED WITH? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- RETALIATION
WHAT ACTION CAN BE TAKEN WHEN A PEACE OFFICER LAWFULLY ARRESTS A
PERSON AND REQUESTS INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS NAME, DATE
OF BIRTH, AND ADDRESS AND THE PERSON REFUSES TO GIVE THE
INFORMATION OR GIVES FALSE INFORMATION? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- THE
OFFICER CAN CHARGE THE INDIVIDUAL WITH "FAILURE TO IDENTIFY AS A
WITNESS" AND MAKE A WARRANTLESS ARREST.
A "PIMP" ARRESTED FOR MANAGING TWO PROSTITUTES IS CHARGED WITH -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- AGGRAVATED PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GRADES OF PUNISHMENTS IS ASSIGNED TO THE
FOLLOWING: "A PERSON ADJUDGED GUILTY... SHALL BE PUNISHED BY
CONFINEMENT IN THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR ANY
TERM OF NOT MORE THAN 20 YEARS OR LESS THAN 2 YEARS; IN ADDITION,
THE PERSON MAY BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT TO EXCEED $10,000." -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SECOND-DEGREE FELONY
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESISTING
ARREST AND EVADING ARREST? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SUSPECT USES
FORCE TO AVOID APPREHENSION IN RESISTING BUT MERELY RUNS AWAY IN
EVADING
A PERSON USES A HOSTAGE AS A SHIELD WHILE ESCAPING FROM A
BURGLARY. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES IS THE MOST SERIOUS
OFFENSE FOR WHICH THE SUSPECT MAY BE CHARGED? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MAY CAUSE AN OFFENSE OF ROBBERY TO BE
UPGRADED TO AGGRAVATED ROBBERY? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- USES OR
EXHIBITS A DEADLY WEAPON
Questions and CORRECT Answers
ACCOMPLICES TO OFFENSES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- MAY BE CHARGED AND
CONVICTED FOR THE SAME OFFENSE
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DEFENSES IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A
VALID DEFENSE IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
INTOXICATION
WHEN MR. "A" AGREES WITH ONE OR MORE PERSONS TO ENGAGE IN A
FELONY OFFENSE AND ONE OF THEM CARRIES OUT THE OFFENSE, MR. "A"
MAY BE CHARGED WITH: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
A PERSON MAY NOT BE PROSECUTED FOR OR CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE
(OTHER THAN PERJURY, AGGRAVATED PERJURY, OR TRAFFIC OFFENSES) THAT
HE OR SHE COMMITTED WHEN: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- YOUNGER THAN
SEVENTEEN UNLESS JUVENILE COURT WAIVES JURISDICTION.
A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE IS PUNISHABLE BY: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
CONFINEMENT BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR NOT
MORE THAN TEN YEARS NOR LES THAN TWO YEARS, AND MAY BE FINED NOT
MORE THAN $10,000
WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN ELEMENT OF PROOF FOR THE
OFFENSE OF MURDER? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- CAUSING THE DEATH OF AN
INDIVIDUAL WHILE DWI
IF A PERSON ABDUCTS ANOTHER WITH INTENT TO INTERFERE WITH THE
PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT, IT IS: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- AGGRAVATED
KIDNAPPING
ENGAGING IN AN ACT OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE INA PUBLIC PLACE IS: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- PUBLIC LEWDNESS
,WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES IS PUNISHABLE BY THE DEATH
PENALTY? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A PERSON PAYS ANOTHER PERSON TO KILL
A BUSINESS PARTNER
WHICH OF TEH FOLLOWING IS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- TWO PERSONS OF THE SAME SEX ARE SEEN KISSING
ON THE MAIN STREET OF THE CITY.
IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD AN INDIVIDUAL BE
CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- THE ACTOR
EXHIBITS A DEADLY WEAPON DURING THE COMMISSION OF ASSAULT
WHEN AN ACTOR CAUSES THE PENETRATION OF THE ANUS OR FEMALE
SEXUAL ORGAN OF ANOTHER PERSON BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT THE
PERSONS CONSENT, WHICH OFFENSE HAS BEEN COMMITTED IN THE SATE OF
TEXAS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SEXUAL ASSAULT
WHENEVER A PERSON CAUSES A REACTION OF ANY TYPE BY THREATENING
TO EXPLODE A BOMB, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES HAS BEEN
COMMITTED IN THE SATE OF TEXAS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- TERRORISTIC
THREAT
IF A PERSON CAUSES AN EXPLOSION WITH INTENT TO DAMAGE A VEHICLE TO
COLLECT INSURANCE MONEY, WHICH OFFENSE HAS BEEN COMMITTED IN THE
STATE OF TEXAS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ARSON
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROBBERY AND THEFT? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- THE USE OR ATTEMPTED USE OF FORCE
WHAT TYPE OF ENTRY IS NECESSARY IN THE CRIME OF BURGLARY? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- THE INTRUSION OF ANY PART OF THE BODY OR ANY
PHYSICAL OBJECT ATTACHED TO THE BODY
WHAT CHARGES WOULD BE FILED ON A PERSON WHO TRIED TO POISON
ANOTHER WHO DID NOT DIE FOLLOWING THE ORDEAL? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ATTEMPTED MURDER
, IF A DEFENDANT OR OTHER PERSON ATTEMPTS TO HARM OR THREATENS TO
HARM ANOTHER ON ACCOUNT OF THE VICTIM'S SERVICE AS A WITNESS, THE
ACTOR CAN BE CHARGED WITH? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- RETALIATION
WHAT ACTION CAN BE TAKEN WHEN A PEACE OFFICER LAWFULLY ARRESTS A
PERSON AND REQUESTS INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS NAME, DATE
OF BIRTH, AND ADDRESS AND THE PERSON REFUSES TO GIVE THE
INFORMATION OR GIVES FALSE INFORMATION? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- THE
OFFICER CAN CHARGE THE INDIVIDUAL WITH "FAILURE TO IDENTIFY AS A
WITNESS" AND MAKE A WARRANTLESS ARREST.
A "PIMP" ARRESTED FOR MANAGING TWO PROSTITUTES IS CHARGED WITH -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- AGGRAVATED PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GRADES OF PUNISHMENTS IS ASSIGNED TO THE
FOLLOWING: "A PERSON ADJUDGED GUILTY... SHALL BE PUNISHED BY
CONFINEMENT IN THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR ANY
TERM OF NOT MORE THAN 20 YEARS OR LESS THAN 2 YEARS; IN ADDITION,
THE PERSON MAY BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT TO EXCEED $10,000." -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SECOND-DEGREE FELONY
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESISTING
ARREST AND EVADING ARREST? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SUSPECT USES
FORCE TO AVOID APPREHENSION IN RESISTING BUT MERELY RUNS AWAY IN
EVADING
A PERSON USES A HOSTAGE AS A SHIELD WHILE ESCAPING FROM A
BURGLARY. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES IS THE MOST SERIOUS
OFFENSE FOR WHICH THE SUSPECT MAY BE CHARGED? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MAY CAUSE AN OFFENSE OF ROBBERY TO BE
UPGRADED TO AGGRAVATED ROBBERY? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- USES OR
EXHIBITS A DEADLY WEAPON
