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BASIC JAILERS COURSE TCOLE EXAM
AND STUDYGUIDE NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS|UPDATED 2025
TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - CORRECT-ANSWER-is
a state regulatory agency for local law enforcement and county
corrections systems within the state if Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - CORRECT-ANSWER-is the
regulatory agency for all county jails and privately operated municipal
jails in the state.
The Occupations Code - CORRECT-ANSWER-is the statutory authority
for the Commission to establish rules that law enforcement agencies
and jailers must follow.
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Ethics - CORRECT-ANSWER-the discipline dealing with what is good and
bad with moral duty and obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission - CORRECT-ANSWER-was created in 1992 to
administer and enforce provisions relating to, among other things, the
standards of conduct of state officers and employees
Jail Climate - CORRECT-ANSWER-the prevailing behavioral atmosphere
throughout the jail facility; inmate playing games with staff
Stress - CORRECT-ANSWER-a body condition that may occur when a
person faces a threatening or unfamiliar situation
Communication - CORRECT-ANSWER-the ability to effectively and
accurately transfer ideas and information
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Attitude - CORRECT-ANSWER-is an organized and relatively unchanging
combination of personal knowledge and feelings about someone or
something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in regard
to that person or thing
Race - CORRECT-ANSWER-generally refers to groups of people with
common ancestry and physical characteristics
Ethnicity - CORRECT-ANSWER-refers to shared culture and background
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT-ANSWER-is "the act of regarding one's
culture as the center of the universe, and hence as the basis for all
comparisons with other cultures"
Trauma - CORRECT-ANSWER-results from an event, series of events, or
set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically
and emotionally harmful or life threatening and has adverse effects on
the individual; often cause by triggers such as sounds, smells
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Traumatic Brain injury (TBI) - CORRECT-ANSWER-a blow to the head or
penetrating head injury that disrupts normal brain functioning
Depression - CORRECT-ANSWER-What is the single best indicator of
suicide or suicidal ideations?
16.22 CCP - CORRECT-ANSWER-What code defines the Examiniation
and Transfer of Defendant Suspected of Having Mental Illness or
Mental Retardation?
Examiniation and Transfer of Defendant Suspected of Having Mental
Illness or Mental Retardation - CORRECT-ANSWER-What does 16.22 in
the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure define?
Basic & Medical/Self-Report/Observarion/Notification - CORRECT-
ANSWER-What are the four components in intake screening?
BASIC JAILERS COURSE TCOLE EXAM
AND STUDYGUIDE NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS|UPDATED 2025
TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - CORRECT-ANSWER-is
a state regulatory agency for local law enforcement and county
corrections systems within the state if Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - CORRECT-ANSWER-is the
regulatory agency for all county jails and privately operated municipal
jails in the state.
The Occupations Code - CORRECT-ANSWER-is the statutory authority
for the Commission to establish rules that law enforcement agencies
and jailers must follow.
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Ethics - CORRECT-ANSWER-the discipline dealing with what is good and
bad with moral duty and obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission - CORRECT-ANSWER-was created in 1992 to
administer and enforce provisions relating to, among other things, the
standards of conduct of state officers and employees
Jail Climate - CORRECT-ANSWER-the prevailing behavioral atmosphere
throughout the jail facility; inmate playing games with staff
Stress - CORRECT-ANSWER-a body condition that may occur when a
person faces a threatening or unfamiliar situation
Communication - CORRECT-ANSWER-the ability to effectively and
accurately transfer ideas and information
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Attitude - CORRECT-ANSWER-is an organized and relatively unchanging
combination of personal knowledge and feelings about someone or
something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in regard
to that person or thing
Race - CORRECT-ANSWER-generally refers to groups of people with
common ancestry and physical characteristics
Ethnicity - CORRECT-ANSWER-refers to shared culture and background
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT-ANSWER-is "the act of regarding one's
culture as the center of the universe, and hence as the basis for all
comparisons with other cultures"
Trauma - CORRECT-ANSWER-results from an event, series of events, or
set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically
and emotionally harmful or life threatening and has adverse effects on
the individual; often cause by triggers such as sounds, smells
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Traumatic Brain injury (TBI) - CORRECT-ANSWER-a blow to the head or
penetrating head injury that disrupts normal brain functioning
Depression - CORRECT-ANSWER-What is the single best indicator of
suicide or suicidal ideations?
16.22 CCP - CORRECT-ANSWER-What code defines the Examiniation
and Transfer of Defendant Suspected of Having Mental Illness or
Mental Retardation?
Examiniation and Transfer of Defendant Suspected of Having Mental
Illness or Mental Retardation - CORRECT-ANSWER-What does 16.22 in
the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure define?
Basic & Medical/Self-Report/Observarion/Notification - CORRECT-
ANSWER-What are the four components in intake screening?
