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TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TCOLE STATE
EXAM REVIEW PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Terms in this set (256) Q & A
>> A person who in the course of committing theft, intentionally, knowingly or recklessly
causes bodily injury to another or places another in fear of imminent bodily injury or death
has committed what offense?
-answer- Robbery
>> A person knowingly causes serious bodily injury to another in the course of committing
theft. According to the penal code, what is the most serious offense committed?
-answer- Aggravated robbery
>> A person breaks into an attached garage breaks into a vehicle parked in the garage and
steals a 1500 dollar computer from the back seat. What is the most serious offense
committed?
-answer- Burglary
>> A person commits the offense of theft if they_ appropriate property with intent to deprive
the owner of the property.
-answer- unlawfully
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>> A person removes a 450 dollar price tag from a retail item and replaces it with a 200 price
tag. What offense has been committed?
-answer- fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of writing
>> The primary components of the american criminal justice system are_.
-answer- police, courts, and corrections
>> _is law that defines the personal and property rights of individuals.
-answer- civil law
>> according to the ccp which is not a magistrate?
Recorders of incorporate cities
justices of the peace
supreme court justices
district attorneys
-answer- district attorneys
>> which of the following are not texas peace officers?
-answer- ATF
>> According to the ccp the court of criminal appeals does not:
-answer- review decisions of civil cases
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>> In order to prove a case of public intoxication a person must:
-answer- appear in a public place while intoxicated to a degree the person may endanger
him/herself or another
>> a person is in the process of robbing a store when a customer enters and is shot and killed
by the person. what is the most serious offense committed?
-answer- capital murder
>> a person abducts a child and demands a ransom for the child's release. the person gets
scared and releases the child unharmed. what is the most serious crime committed?
-answer- aggravated kidnapping
>> what offense is committed when a person threatens to harm another by an unlawful act
on account of their service as a witness or public servant?
-answer- obstruction or retaliation
>> a person causes an explosion with the intent to destroy or damage and is reckless about
whether the explosion will endanger the life of some individual. The person has committed_.
-answer- arson
>> in the case of an exception to an offense the burden of proof lies with the _.
-answer- prosecuting attorney
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>> a person acts _ with respect to the nature of their conduct when it is the conscious
objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result
-answer- intentionally
>> a person is criminally responsible as a party to an offense if the offense is_
under duress
intentionally
recklessly
by his own conduct
-answer- committed by his own conduct
>> what is an affirmative defense to prosecution that the actor was compelled by threat of
serious bodily injury to engage in the proscribed conduct?
-answer- duress
>> a mistake of fact is _
-answer- a defense to prosecution
>> The poisonous tree doctrine was affirmed in
-answer- wong sun v US
>> you can frisk if there is _ that the suspect may be in possession of a weapon
-answer- reasonable fear (terry v ohio)
TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TCOLE STATE
EXAM REVIEW PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Terms in this set (256) Q & A
>> A person who in the course of committing theft, intentionally, knowingly or recklessly
causes bodily injury to another or places another in fear of imminent bodily injury or death
has committed what offense?
-answer- Robbery
>> A person knowingly causes serious bodily injury to another in the course of committing
theft. According to the penal code, what is the most serious offense committed?
-answer- Aggravated robbery
>> A person breaks into an attached garage breaks into a vehicle parked in the garage and
steals a 1500 dollar computer from the back seat. What is the most serious offense
committed?
-answer- Burglary
>> A person commits the offense of theft if they_ appropriate property with intent to deprive
the owner of the property.
-answer- unlawfully
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>> A person removes a 450 dollar price tag from a retail item and replaces it with a 200 price
tag. What offense has been committed?
-answer- fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of writing
>> The primary components of the american criminal justice system are_.
-answer- police, courts, and corrections
>> _is law that defines the personal and property rights of individuals.
-answer- civil law
>> according to the ccp which is not a magistrate?
Recorders of incorporate cities
justices of the peace
supreme court justices
district attorneys
-answer- district attorneys
>> which of the following are not texas peace officers?
-answer- ATF
>> According to the ccp the court of criminal appeals does not:
-answer- review decisions of civil cases
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>> In order to prove a case of public intoxication a person must:
-answer- appear in a public place while intoxicated to a degree the person may endanger
him/herself or another
>> a person is in the process of robbing a store when a customer enters and is shot and killed
by the person. what is the most serious offense committed?
-answer- capital murder
>> a person abducts a child and demands a ransom for the child's release. the person gets
scared and releases the child unharmed. what is the most serious crime committed?
-answer- aggravated kidnapping
>> what offense is committed when a person threatens to harm another by an unlawful act
on account of their service as a witness or public servant?
-answer- obstruction or retaliation
>> a person causes an explosion with the intent to destroy or damage and is reckless about
whether the explosion will endanger the life of some individual. The person has committed_.
-answer- arson
>> in the case of an exception to an offense the burden of proof lies with the _.
-answer- prosecuting attorney
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>> a person acts _ with respect to the nature of their conduct when it is the conscious
objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result
-answer- intentionally
>> a person is criminally responsible as a party to an offense if the offense is_
under duress
intentionally
recklessly
by his own conduct
-answer- committed by his own conduct
>> what is an affirmative defense to prosecution that the actor was compelled by threat of
serious bodily injury to engage in the proscribed conduct?
-answer- duress
>> a mistake of fact is _
-answer- a defense to prosecution
>> The poisonous tree doctrine was affirmed in
-answer- wong sun v US
>> you can frisk if there is _ that the suspect may be in possession of a weapon
-answer- reasonable fear (terry v ohio)
