Basic Code Enforcement TEEX & TDLR Study Guide 2026 A+

Basic Code Enforcement TEEX & TDLR
What is the State of Texas definition of code enforcement?
A) The ability to arrest anyone at anytime
B) The ability to write ordinances, inspect property, issue citations, and arrest violators
C) The enforcement of the federal code
D) The inspection, improvement and rehabilitation of environmental hazards in public
and private premises by determining the presence of fire or health hazards, nuisance
violations, unsafe building conditions, and violations of any fire, health, or building
regulation, statute, or ordinance. - D

True/False:
The State of Texas defines a code officer as an agent of this state or a political
subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement and has one year or more of
experience in the field of code enforcement. - True

The State of Texas defines a code enforcement officer-in-training as:
A) An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code
enforcement and has three months or more of experience in the field of code
enforcement
B) An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code
enforcement and has one year or more of experience in the field of code enforcement
C) An enforcement agent
D) An agent of this state or political subdivision of this state who engages in code
enforcement and has less than one year of experience in the field of code enforcement
and is supervised by a registered Code Enforcement Officer. - D

The code enforcement officer examination measures the and
required to be a code enforcement officer.
A) ability; accuracy
B) efficiency; attitude
C) age; IQ
D) knowledge; skills - D

What is another hat or duty that a code enforcement officer may wear?
A) Health/Building Official
B) Fire Fighter
C) Social eWorker
D) Animal eControl
E) Police/Law eInterpreter
F) All eof ethe eAbove e- eF

Being eP.R.E.P.A.R.E.D eis eone eway ethat ecode eenforcement eofficers eprotect
ethemselves. eWhat edoes ethe eacronym estand efor?
A) passionate, ereliable, eexcellent, epassive, eamazing, ereliable, eepic, eand edriven
B) pretentious, erambunctious, eelectable, epractical, eavoiding, eradiant, eeccentric,
eand edecisive.
C) proactive; eresponsive; eempathetic; epatient; ealert; eready; eeducated; edisciplined

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D) personable, ereactive, eeasygoing, eparticipant, eactive, erealistic, eevasive, eand edirect,
e- eC


True/False
Home erule eprovides elocal ecities eor etowns ewith ea emeasure eof eself-government
e(able eto epass etheir eown elaws), ewhich emeans ebeing eable eto ewrite etheir elaws
ebased eupon estate elaws.
- eTrue

cities eor etowns ebasically eoperate eunder estate elaws
ewithout echanging ethose elaws.
A) General eLaw
B) Home eRule
C) Mayor-Council
D) All eof ethe eAbove e- eA

Cities eor etowns ecan ebecome ehome erule echarters eat ea epopulation eof e by ea
evote eof ethe ecitizens.
A) 5,000
B) 3,000
C) 10,000
D) 4,000 e- eA

The e amendment edeals ewith eillegal esearch eand eseizure eand egenerally
eprohibits ethe esearch eand eseizure eof eany eproperty eunless ea ewarrant ehas ebeen
eissued.
A) 1st
B) 4th
C) 10th
D) 14th e- eB

The e amendment edeals ewith ediscrimination, estating ethat estate egovernments
eare enot eto ediscriminate ein eapplying etheir elaws eto edifferent eindividuals eor egroups
eof epeople.
A) 1st
B) 4th
C) 10th
D) 14th e- eD

The e amendment edeals ewith esigns eand eprovides ethe eindividual eright eto
efreedom eto espeech.
A) 1st
B) 4th
C) 10th
D) 14th e- eA

A esearch ewarrant ehas ean eexecution edate eof e whole edays, eexclusive eof ethe
eday eof eits eissuance eand eits eexecution.
A) 1
B) 2

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C) 3
D) 4 e- eC

How emay ea epotential ejuror ebe eexcused efrom eserving?
A) When ecomposing ea evenire, ethat epotential ejuror eis efound enot eto espeak, eread, eor
ewrite ethe eEnglish elanguage?
B) When ecomposing ea evenire, ethe epotential ejuror eis elate.
C) When ecomposing ea evenire, ethe epotential ejuror eis eunder e21 eyears eold.
D) The ejuror eis edenied ethe eprivilege eof easking equestions. e- eA

What eis evenire?
A) Jury ePool
B) Grand eJury
C) Jury equestions
D) Jury eElimination e- eA

Municipal egovernments ehave eonly ethose epowers eexpressly egranted eby ethe estate
e(or enecessarily eimplied ethereby) eand ethose eessential eand eindispensable eto etheir
eexistence eand efunctioning. eThis eis eknown eas:
A) Dillon's eRule
B) Municipality
C) Venire
D) The eTexas eFreedom eAct
E) All eof ethe eAbove e- eA

The eCity eof eGalveston, eTexas efirst eofficially eadopted ethe ecommission eform
eof elocal egovernment ein e .
A) 1944
B) 1926
C) 1901
D) 1902 e- eC

is eevidence esufficient eto ewarrant ean earrest eor esearch
eand eseizure.
A) Search eWarrant
B) Witness eTestimony
C) Reasonable eDoubt
D) Probable eCause
E) All eof ethe eAbove e- eD

The eCouncil eManager eform eof egovernment ewas eofficially eadopted ein e1912 ein
eand e .
A) 1914 ein eSan eDiego, eCalifornia e& e1915 ein eSanta eMonica, eCalifornia
B) 1912 ein eSumpter, eSouth eCarolina e& ein e1914 ein eDayton, eOhio
C) 1926 ein eGalveston, eTexas e& e1932 ein eCorpus eChristi, eTexas
D) 1912 ein eDes eMoines, eIowa e& e1914 ein eKansas eCity, eKansas e- eB