TEEX CODE ENFORCEMENT SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR EXAM
PREPARATION
Code Enforcement Officer - Answer-An agent of this state or political subdivision of this
state who engages in code enforcement and has one year or more experience in the
field of code enforcement.
Code Enforcement Officer in Training - Answer-An agent of this state or political
subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement but who has less than one
year of experience in the field of code enforcement and is supervised by a registered
code enforcement officer.
Policing Power - Answer-The right of a city to protect the public's health, safety and
general welfare.
P.R.E.P.A.R.E.D. - Answer-Proactive, Responsive, Empathetic, Patient, Alert, Ready,
Educated, Disciplined
knowledge; skills - Answer-The code enforcement officer examination measures the
__________ and ___________ required to be a code enforcement officer.
How may a potential juror be excused from serving? - Answer-That potential juror is
found to not speak, read or write English
A search warrant has an execution date of ______ whole days, exclusive of the day of
its issuance and its execution. - Answer-3
The City of Galveston, Texas first officially adopted the commission form of local
government in - Answer-1901
The __________-___________ form of government was officially adopted in 1912 in
Sumpter, South Carolina and 1914 in Dayton, Ohio. - Answer-council-manager
The mayor-council form of government may be _________or___________. - Answer-
strong weak
4th Amendment - Answer-Deals with illegal search and seizure and generally prohibits
the search and seizure of any property unless a warrant has been issued.
14th Amendment - Answer-Deals with discrimination, stating that governments are not
to discriminate in applying their laws to different individuals or groups of people.
, 1st Amendment - Answer-Deals with signs and provides the individual right to freedom.
Expert Witness - Answer-One who has acquired (through study or experiences) a
special skill or superior knowledge in a particular field.
Ordinary Witness - Answer-Testify to something they saw, smelled, tasted, felt or heard
Zoning - Answer-Regulates land use
1909 - Answer-Comprehensive zoning as it is known began
1926 - Answer-The constitutionality of zoning was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court
Planning Commission - Answer-A voluntary group of local citizens appointed by a city's
governing body for the purpose of advising on the scope and direction of the city's
planning activities.
Master Plan - Answer-Usually a composite of one or more mapped or written proposals
recommending development policies for the municipality. The plan, as a whole or part,
may be adopted after public hearing.
Absolute Immunity - Answer-The status of a person or body that places one beyond the
law and makes one free from legal obligations.
Affiant - Answer-The person who makes and subscribes an affidavit.
Affidavit - Answer-A voluntary, written or printed declaration of facts, confirmed by oath
of the party making it before a person with authority to administer the oath.
Civil Action - Answer-legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil
remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution)
Defamation - Answer-That which tends to injure a person's reputation.
Dillon's Rule - Answer-Municipal governments only have the powers that are expressly
granted to them by the state legislature, those that are necessarily implied from that
grant of power, and those that are essential and indispensable to the municipality's
existence
Enabling Legislation - Answer-The act of giving or enacting laws; the power to make
laws via legislation in contrast to court-made laws.
General Law City - Answer-Cities operate under the laws of the state with some
exceptions to those laws.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR EXAM
PREPARATION
Code Enforcement Officer - Answer-An agent of this state or political subdivision of this
state who engages in code enforcement and has one year or more experience in the
field of code enforcement.
Code Enforcement Officer in Training - Answer-An agent of this state or political
subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement but who has less than one
year of experience in the field of code enforcement and is supervised by a registered
code enforcement officer.
Policing Power - Answer-The right of a city to protect the public's health, safety and
general welfare.
P.R.E.P.A.R.E.D. - Answer-Proactive, Responsive, Empathetic, Patient, Alert, Ready,
Educated, Disciplined
knowledge; skills - Answer-The code enforcement officer examination measures the
__________ and ___________ required to be a code enforcement officer.
How may a potential juror be excused from serving? - Answer-That potential juror is
found to not speak, read or write English
A search warrant has an execution date of ______ whole days, exclusive of the day of
its issuance and its execution. - Answer-3
The City of Galveston, Texas first officially adopted the commission form of local
government in - Answer-1901
The __________-___________ form of government was officially adopted in 1912 in
Sumpter, South Carolina and 1914 in Dayton, Ohio. - Answer-council-manager
The mayor-council form of government may be _________or___________. - Answer-
strong weak
4th Amendment - Answer-Deals with illegal search and seizure and generally prohibits
the search and seizure of any property unless a warrant has been issued.
14th Amendment - Answer-Deals with discrimination, stating that governments are not
to discriminate in applying their laws to different individuals or groups of people.
, 1st Amendment - Answer-Deals with signs and provides the individual right to freedom.
Expert Witness - Answer-One who has acquired (through study or experiences) a
special skill or superior knowledge in a particular field.
Ordinary Witness - Answer-Testify to something they saw, smelled, tasted, felt or heard
Zoning - Answer-Regulates land use
1909 - Answer-Comprehensive zoning as it is known began
1926 - Answer-The constitutionality of zoning was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court
Planning Commission - Answer-A voluntary group of local citizens appointed by a city's
governing body for the purpose of advising on the scope and direction of the city's
planning activities.
Master Plan - Answer-Usually a composite of one or more mapped or written proposals
recommending development policies for the municipality. The plan, as a whole or part,
may be adopted after public hearing.
Absolute Immunity - Answer-The status of a person or body that places one beyond the
law and makes one free from legal obligations.
Affiant - Answer-The person who makes and subscribes an affidavit.
Affidavit - Answer-A voluntary, written or printed declaration of facts, confirmed by oath
of the party making it before a person with authority to administer the oath.
Civil Action - Answer-legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil
remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution)
Defamation - Answer-That which tends to injure a person's reputation.
Dillon's Rule - Answer-Municipal governments only have the powers that are expressly
granted to them by the state legislature, those that are necessarily implied from that
grant of power, and those that are essential and indispensable to the municipality's
existence
Enabling Legislation - Answer-The act of giving or enacting laws; the power to make
laws via legislation in contrast to court-made laws.
General Law City - Answer-Cities operate under the laws of the state with some
exceptions to those laws.
