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1. What is the State of Texas definition of code enforcement?
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A) The ability to arrest anyone at anytime
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B) The ability to write ordinances, inspect property, issue citations, and arrestvi
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olators
C) The enforcement of the federal code
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D) The inspection, improvement and rehabilitation of environmental hazards i
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n public and private premises by determining the presence of fire or health haz
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ards, nuisance violations, unsafe building conditions, and violations of anyfire, h
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ealth, or building regulation, statute, or ordinance.: D
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2. True/False:
The State ofTexas defines a code officer as an agent of this state or a politicalsu
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bdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement and has one yearor m
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ore of experience in the field of code enforcement.: True
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,3. The State of Texas defines a code enforcement officer-in-training as:
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A) An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in
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code enforcement and has three months or more of experience in the fieldof co
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de enforcement
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B) An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engagesin
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code enforcement and has one year or more of experience in the field of code
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enforcement
C) An enforcement agent
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D) An agent of this state or political subdivision of this state who engages inco
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de enforcement and has less than one year of experience in the field of codeenfor
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cement and is supervised by a registered Code Enforcement Officer.: D
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4. The code enforcement officer examination measures the
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B) efficiency; attitude k
C) age; IQ k
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,D) knowledge; skills: D k k
5. What is another hat or duty that a code enforcement officer may wear?
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A) Health/Building Official k
B) Fire Fighter
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C) Social Worker k
D) Animal Control k
E) Police/Law Interpreter k
F) All of the Above: F
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6. Being P.R.E.P.A.R.E.D is one way that code enforcement officers protectth
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emselves. What does the acronym stand for?
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, A) passionate, reliable, excellent, passive, amazing, reliable, epic, and driven
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B) pretentious, rambunctious, electable, practical, avoiding, radiant, eccentric,a
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nd decisive. k
C) proactive; responsive; empathetic; patient; alert; ready; educated; disci-
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D) personable, reactive, easygoing, participant, active, realistic, evasive, andd
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irect,: C k
7. True/False
Home rule provides local cities or towns with a measure of self-
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government (able to pass their own laws), which means being able to write their la
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ws basedupon state laws.: True
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cities or towns basically operate under statelaws without changing those l
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aws.
A) General Law k
B) Home Rule k
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1. What is the State of Texas definition of code enforcement?
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A) The ability to arrest anyone at anytime
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B) The ability to write ordinances, inspect property, issue citations, and arrestvi
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olators
C) The enforcement of the federal code
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D) The inspection, improvement and rehabilitation of environmental hazards i
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n public and private premises by determining the presence of fire or health haz
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ards, nuisance violations, unsafe building conditions, and violations of anyfire, h
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ealth, or building regulation, statute, or ordinance.: D
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2. True/False:
The State ofTexas defines a code officer as an agent of this state or a politicalsu
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bdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement and has one yearor m
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ore of experience in the field of code enforcement.: True
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,3. The State of Texas defines a code enforcement officer-in-training as:
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A) An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in
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code enforcement and has three months or more of experience in the fieldof co
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de enforcement
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B) An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engagesin
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code enforcement and has one year or more of experience in the field of code
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enforcement
C) An enforcement agent
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D) An agent of this state or political subdivision of this state who engages inco
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de enforcement and has less than one year of experience in the field of codeenfor
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cement and is supervised by a registered Code Enforcement Officer.: D
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4. The code enforcement officer examination measures the
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A) ability; accuracyk
B) efficiency; attitude k
C) age; IQ k
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,D) knowledge; skills: D k k
5. What is another hat or duty that a code enforcement officer may wear?
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A) Health/Building Official k
B) Fire Fighter
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C) Social Worker k
D) Animal Control k
E) Police/Law Interpreter k
F) All of the Above: F
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6. Being P.R.E.P.A.R.E.D is one way that code enforcement officers protectth
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emselves. What does the acronym stand for?
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, A) passionate, reliable, excellent, passive, amazing, reliable, epic, and driven
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B) pretentious, rambunctious, electable, practical, avoiding, radiant, eccentric,a
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nd decisive. k
C) proactive; responsive; empathetic; patient; alert; ready; educated; disci-
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plined
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D) personable, reactive, easygoing, participant, active, realistic, evasive, andd
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irect,: C k
7. True/False
Home rule provides local cities or towns with a measure of self-
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government (able to pass their own laws), which means being able to write their la
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ws basedupon state laws.: True
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cities or towns basically operate under statelaws without changing those l
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aws.
A) General Law k
B) Home Rule k
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