TCOLE PRACTICE EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is a risk factor in arrest situations? - ANSWER✔✔-Spectator support for
the subject
An operator may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle within ____ feet of a fire hydrant. -
ANSWER✔✔-15
At least two reflectors on the rear of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer must be
__________ in color. - ANSWER✔✔-red
Eat enough calories to attain and ____________ desired body weight. - ANSWER✔✔-maintain
What is the first thing an officer does during the "Scene Management" stage? - ANSWER✔✔-care
for injured
According to Sec. 8.01 of the Penal Code, it is an affirmative defense to prosecution that at the time
of the conduct charged the actor, as a result of severe mental disease or defect, did not know that his
conduct was wrong. This general defense is called: - ANSWER✔✔-Insanity
The act of regarding one's culture as the center of the universe and hence as the basis for all
comparisons with other cultures defines: - ANSWER✔✔-ethnocentrism
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,A _________________ is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. - ANSWER✔✔-
Sentence
Family and personal stressors include. - ANSWER✔✔-Marital
Children
Parents
Financial
All of the these
An adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of
the facts defines: - ANSWER✔✔-Prejudice
The Ethical role is performed by being ______in personal behavior and in functioning as a
representative of the criminal justice system. - ANSWER✔✔-Objective and Ethical
The provisions limiting the operations of vehicles on an improved shoulder shall not apply to... -
ANSWER✔✔-authorized emergency vehicles responding to calls
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle.... - ANSWER✔✔-on a crosswalk
within an intersection
on a sidewalk
within 15 feet of a fire hydrant
all of the above
At the moment of arrest, ___________________ceases to build. - ANSWER✔✔-probable cause
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,Texas CCP Article 15.24 defines what level of force may be used in making an arrest. -
ANSWER✔✔-all reasonable means are permitted to effect an arrest
The ______ Amendment limits the level of force that may be used to reasonable force. -
ANSWER✔✔-4th
In a report if you write the information in the order of their occurrence this would be called: -
ANSWER✔✔-Chronological
means to deliver a controlled substance other than by administering or dispensing the substance. -
ANSWER✔✔-distribute
A protective order is valid for what period of time? - ANSWER✔✔-for the period stated in the
order not exceed 2 years
Which of the following crimes justifies the use of deadly force to prevent the "imminent
commission" of the offense? - ANSWER✔✔-theft during the nighttime
criminal mischief during the nighttime
robbery
burglary
Deadly force is justified in all of the above
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ____________. - ANSWER✔✔-gives the right to
trial, open to the public
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, Ethical men / women are ____________________________, and peer pressure can work for or
against ethical behavior. - ANSWER✔✔-Made, not born
Who signs an indictment accusing a person of a crime? - ANSWER✔✔-The foreman of a grand
jury
The condition of the body which enables an individual to use his/her body in activities requiring
balance, speed and power, without undue fatigue or exhaustion best describes - ANSWER✔✔-
physical fitness
Officer Rain Bow was called to the H.E.B. Upon arrival he met clerk Martha Sue who advised him
that a subject (Sandra Smith) had picked up a bottle of Revlon Hair Spray which was priced at
$11.50 and a can of Right Guard which was $1.50. Smith peeled the tag off of the Right Guard and
she peeled the tag off the Revlon Hair Spray. Smith put the $1.50 tag from the Right Guard on the
Revlon Hair Spray. Smith went to the check out counter where she paid only $1.50 for the Hair
Spray. She was stopped by a store security officer and was arrested. What was Sandra Smith arrested
for? - ANSWER✔✔-Fraudulent destruction, removal and concealment of writing
According to the Transportation Code, a vehicle equipped with hazard lamps to warn other vehicle
operators of a vehicular traffic hazard shall have the lamps visible at a distance of at least _____ feet
in normal sunlight. - ANSWER✔✔-500
According to TCLEOSE, there are 3 major components of the criminal justice system. Which of the
following is NOT one of those components? - ANSWER✔✔-Parole
Of the many requisites of an arrest warrant, which of those listed is not a requisite? - ANSWER✔✔-
The date the warrant is issued.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is a risk factor in arrest situations? - ANSWER✔✔-Spectator support for
the subject
An operator may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle within ____ feet of a fire hydrant. -
ANSWER✔✔-15
At least two reflectors on the rear of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer must be
__________ in color. - ANSWER✔✔-red
Eat enough calories to attain and ____________ desired body weight. - ANSWER✔✔-maintain
What is the first thing an officer does during the "Scene Management" stage? - ANSWER✔✔-care
for injured
According to Sec. 8.01 of the Penal Code, it is an affirmative defense to prosecution that at the time
of the conduct charged the actor, as a result of severe mental disease or defect, did not know that his
conduct was wrong. This general defense is called: - ANSWER✔✔-Insanity
The act of regarding one's culture as the center of the universe and hence as the basis for all
comparisons with other cultures defines: - ANSWER✔✔-ethnocentrism
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,A _________________ is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. - ANSWER✔✔-
Sentence
Family and personal stressors include. - ANSWER✔✔-Marital
Children
Parents
Financial
All of the these
An adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of
the facts defines: - ANSWER✔✔-Prejudice
The Ethical role is performed by being ______in personal behavior and in functioning as a
representative of the criminal justice system. - ANSWER✔✔-Objective and Ethical
The provisions limiting the operations of vehicles on an improved shoulder shall not apply to... -
ANSWER✔✔-authorized emergency vehicles responding to calls
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle.... - ANSWER✔✔-on a crosswalk
within an intersection
on a sidewalk
within 15 feet of a fire hydrant
all of the above
At the moment of arrest, ___________________ceases to build. - ANSWER✔✔-probable cause
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,Texas CCP Article 15.24 defines what level of force may be used in making an arrest. -
ANSWER✔✔-all reasonable means are permitted to effect an arrest
The ______ Amendment limits the level of force that may be used to reasonable force. -
ANSWER✔✔-4th
In a report if you write the information in the order of their occurrence this would be called: -
ANSWER✔✔-Chronological
means to deliver a controlled substance other than by administering or dispensing the substance. -
ANSWER✔✔-distribute
A protective order is valid for what period of time? - ANSWER✔✔-for the period stated in the
order not exceed 2 years
Which of the following crimes justifies the use of deadly force to prevent the "imminent
commission" of the offense? - ANSWER✔✔-theft during the nighttime
criminal mischief during the nighttime
robbery
burglary
Deadly force is justified in all of the above
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ____________. - ANSWER✔✔-gives the right to
trial, open to the public
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, Ethical men / women are ____________________________, and peer pressure can work for or
against ethical behavior. - ANSWER✔✔-Made, not born
Who signs an indictment accusing a person of a crime? - ANSWER✔✔-The foreman of a grand
jury
The condition of the body which enables an individual to use his/her body in activities requiring
balance, speed and power, without undue fatigue or exhaustion best describes - ANSWER✔✔-
physical fitness
Officer Rain Bow was called to the H.E.B. Upon arrival he met clerk Martha Sue who advised him
that a subject (Sandra Smith) had picked up a bottle of Revlon Hair Spray which was priced at
$11.50 and a can of Right Guard which was $1.50. Smith peeled the tag off of the Right Guard and
she peeled the tag off the Revlon Hair Spray. Smith put the $1.50 tag from the Right Guard on the
Revlon Hair Spray. Smith went to the check out counter where she paid only $1.50 for the Hair
Spray. She was stopped by a store security officer and was arrested. What was Sandra Smith arrested
for? - ANSWER✔✔-Fraudulent destruction, removal and concealment of writing
According to the Transportation Code, a vehicle equipped with hazard lamps to warn other vehicle
operators of a vehicular traffic hazard shall have the lamps visible at a distance of at least _____ feet
in normal sunlight. - ANSWER✔✔-500
According to TCLEOSE, there are 3 major components of the criminal justice system. Which of the
following is NOT one of those components? - ANSWER✔✔-Parole
Of the many requisites of an arrest warrant, which of those listed is not a requisite? - ANSWER✔✔-
The date the warrant is issued.
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