TCOLE BASIC JAILER COURSE EXAMQUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (250QS) RATED A+
Communicable Disease correct answer ✅an illness that occurs through the
transmission of an infectious agent or its toxic products frk. resivior to a
susceptible host, either directly, as from an infected person or animal, or
indirectly through an intermediate plant or animal host, a vector, or the
inanimate environment
Force - correct answer ✅an aggressive act committed by any person, which
does. ot amount yo an assault and is necessary to accomplish one's objective
Gang Activity - correct answer ✅Inmate graffiti, body tattoos, inmate on
inmate assaults and information from inmate informants are all early signs
of what?
Decision Tree/Point Additive Scale - correct answer ✅What are the two
dominat approaches in objective classification systems?
Off Count - correct answer ✅What is conducted when taking a regular
count, and the reported number of prisoners does not agree with the census
shown by jail records?
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Ethics - correct answer ✅the discipline dealing with what is good and bad
with moral duty and obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission - correct answer ✅was created in 1992 to
administer and enforce provisions relating to, among other things, the
standards of conduct of state officers and employees
Jail Climate - correct answer ✅the prevailing behavioral atmosphere
throughout the jail facility; inmate playing games with staff
Stress - correct answer ✅a body condition that may occur when a person
faces a threatening or unfamiliar situation
Communication - correct answer ✅the ability to effectively and accurately
transfer ideas and information
Attitude - correct answer ✅is an organized and relatively unchanging
combination of personal knowledge and feelings about someone or
,something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to
that person or thing
Race - correct answer ✅generally refers to groups of people with common
ancestry and physical characteristics
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - correct answer ✅is a state
regulatory agency for local law enforcement and county corrections systems
within the state if Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - correct answer ✅is the
regulatory agency for all county jails and privately operated municipal jails in
the state.
The Occupations Code - correct answer ✅is the statutory authority for the
Commission to establish rules that law enforcement agencies and jailers
must follow.
Ethnicity - correct answer ✅refers to shared culture and background
, Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✅is "the act of regarding one's culture as
the center of the universe, and hence as the basis for all comparisons with
other cultures"
Prejudice - correct answer ✅is an adverse judgement or opinion formed
beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of the facts
Culture - correct answer ✅a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
Discrimination - correct answer ✅acting on the basis if prejudice
Sexual Harassment - correct answer ✅is deliberate or repeated sexual based
behavior that is not welcome, not asked for. and not returned or is
unwelcome sexual or gender based behavior
Booking - correct answer ✅recording of certain information relating to the
inmate during the admissions process
AND ANSWERS (250QS) RATED A+
Communicable Disease correct answer ✅an illness that occurs through the
transmission of an infectious agent or its toxic products frk. resivior to a
susceptible host, either directly, as from an infected person or animal, or
indirectly through an intermediate plant or animal host, a vector, or the
inanimate environment
Force - correct answer ✅an aggressive act committed by any person, which
does. ot amount yo an assault and is necessary to accomplish one's objective
Gang Activity - correct answer ✅Inmate graffiti, body tattoos, inmate on
inmate assaults and information from inmate informants are all early signs
of what?
Decision Tree/Point Additive Scale - correct answer ✅What are the two
dominat approaches in objective classification systems?
Off Count - correct answer ✅What is conducted when taking a regular
count, and the reported number of prisoners does not agree with the census
shown by jail records?
,TCOLE [
Ethics - correct answer ✅the discipline dealing with what is good and bad
with moral duty and obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission - correct answer ✅was created in 1992 to
administer and enforce provisions relating to, among other things, the
standards of conduct of state officers and employees
Jail Climate - correct answer ✅the prevailing behavioral atmosphere
throughout the jail facility; inmate playing games with staff
Stress - correct answer ✅a body condition that may occur when a person
faces a threatening or unfamiliar situation
Communication - correct answer ✅the ability to effectively and accurately
transfer ideas and information
Attitude - correct answer ✅is an organized and relatively unchanging
combination of personal knowledge and feelings about someone or
,something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to
that person or thing
Race - correct answer ✅generally refers to groups of people with common
ancestry and physical characteristics
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - correct answer ✅is a state
regulatory agency for local law enforcement and county corrections systems
within the state if Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - correct answer ✅is the
regulatory agency for all county jails and privately operated municipal jails in
the state.
The Occupations Code - correct answer ✅is the statutory authority for the
Commission to establish rules that law enforcement agencies and jailers
must follow.
Ethnicity - correct answer ✅refers to shared culture and background
, Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✅is "the act of regarding one's culture as
the center of the universe, and hence as the basis for all comparisons with
other cultures"
Prejudice - correct answer ✅is an adverse judgement or opinion formed
beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of the facts
Culture - correct answer ✅a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
Discrimination - correct answer ✅acting on the basis if prejudice
Sexual Harassment - correct answer ✅is deliberate or repeated sexual based
behavior that is not welcome, not asked for. and not returned or is
unwelcome sexual or gender based behavior
Booking - correct answer ✅recording of certain information relating to the
inmate during the admissions process
