TCOLE Peace Officer Exam Review QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
A prohibited weapon includes: - Machine gun,
Knuckles,
Zip gun,
firearm silencer
Under article 14.06 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, how soon should a person be taken
before a magistrate? - without unnecessary delay
A search warrant is executed (completed).... - When the warrant is returned to the issuing
magistrate
In the traditional police service model, most decisions are made at the management and mid-
management level with little ______________ involvement. - citizen
When an indictment is not issued by a grand jury, a person may be charged with an offense in: -
an information
The patrol system became an __________________ in which police officers often became little
more than report takers in most communities. - incident-driven approach
The _______________________ defense for an officer is greatly enhanced when the officer has
followed the written directives of the department - Good faith
"A device or a drug that is unsafe for self-medication and that is not included in Schedules I
through V or Penalty Groups 1 through 4 of Chapter 481 Health and Safety Code" defines: -
dangerous drug
A signal of intent to turn right or left when required shall be given continuously during not less
than the last _______ feet traveled by the vehicle before turning - 100 feet
If a peace officer sexually harasses another person while in uniform during his or her duties as a
public servant, he/she has committed what offense? - official oppression
During the "Traffic Control" stage what should be done - remove vehicle and debris
Which of the following is a force option? - professional presence
Eat enough calories to attain and ____________ desired body weight - maintain
, ______ generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics -
race
According to the Transportation Code, unless expressly provided otherwise, a lighting device or
reflector mounted on the rear of a vehicle must be or reflect _______. - red
Which of the following is an advantage of having the professional model for law enforcement? -
More effective problem solving techniques
Cruel and unusual punishment are prohibited by which amendment? - 8th
three common methods of drug abuse - injection, oral, ingestion
__________________ means the kind of control which one person exercises over another, not to
confine him within his certain limits, but to subject him to the general authority and of the person
claiming such right. - restraint
A defendant's right to confront his witnesses may be waived if the witnesses: - were disposed
The major classifications of drugs include narcotics, depressants, stimulants and ______. -
hallucinogens
Which culpable mental state refers to a person's awareness of but conscious disregard of a
substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur? - Reckless
The four parts of an arrest are: - authority, intent, actual seizure, and understanding of the
individual being arrested.
A divided, controlled-access highway for through traffic, is the definition of a ______________.
- freeway
Duran v. City of Douglas, AZ applies to which amendment? - 1st amendment
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. - 500 feet
In relation to use of force, which of the following does not improve an officer's self-control? -
Reactionary gap
Three components of the criminal justice system - Police, Courts, and Correctional System
"The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part
thereof is open for public use for purposes of vehicular travel" is: - Both a highway and a street
A commitment is a court order - to place an accused in jail.
ANSWERS RATED A+
A prohibited weapon includes: - Machine gun,
Knuckles,
Zip gun,
firearm silencer
Under article 14.06 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, how soon should a person be taken
before a magistrate? - without unnecessary delay
A search warrant is executed (completed).... - When the warrant is returned to the issuing
magistrate
In the traditional police service model, most decisions are made at the management and mid-
management level with little ______________ involvement. - citizen
When an indictment is not issued by a grand jury, a person may be charged with an offense in: -
an information
The patrol system became an __________________ in which police officers often became little
more than report takers in most communities. - incident-driven approach
The _______________________ defense for an officer is greatly enhanced when the officer has
followed the written directives of the department - Good faith
"A device or a drug that is unsafe for self-medication and that is not included in Schedules I
through V or Penalty Groups 1 through 4 of Chapter 481 Health and Safety Code" defines: -
dangerous drug
A signal of intent to turn right or left when required shall be given continuously during not less
than the last _______ feet traveled by the vehicle before turning - 100 feet
If a peace officer sexually harasses another person while in uniform during his or her duties as a
public servant, he/she has committed what offense? - official oppression
During the "Traffic Control" stage what should be done - remove vehicle and debris
Which of the following is a force option? - professional presence
Eat enough calories to attain and ____________ desired body weight - maintain
, ______ generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics -
race
According to the Transportation Code, unless expressly provided otherwise, a lighting device or
reflector mounted on the rear of a vehicle must be or reflect _______. - red
Which of the following is an advantage of having the professional model for law enforcement? -
More effective problem solving techniques
Cruel and unusual punishment are prohibited by which amendment? - 8th
three common methods of drug abuse - injection, oral, ingestion
__________________ means the kind of control which one person exercises over another, not to
confine him within his certain limits, but to subject him to the general authority and of the person
claiming such right. - restraint
A defendant's right to confront his witnesses may be waived if the witnesses: - were disposed
The major classifications of drugs include narcotics, depressants, stimulants and ______. -
hallucinogens
Which culpable mental state refers to a person's awareness of but conscious disregard of a
substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur? - Reckless
The four parts of an arrest are: - authority, intent, actual seizure, and understanding of the
individual being arrested.
A divided, controlled-access highway for through traffic, is the definition of a ______________.
- freeway
Duran v. City of Douglas, AZ applies to which amendment? - 1st amendment
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. - 500 feet
In relation to use of force, which of the following does not improve an officer's self-control? -
Reactionary gap
Three components of the criminal justice system - Police, Courts, and Correctional System
"The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part
thereof is open for public use for purposes of vehicular travel" is: - Both a highway and a street
A commitment is a court order - to place an accused in jail.
