TDCJ
Core Competencies Exam 2025/2026 | Practice Questions
& Answers with Rationales | Complete Study Guide
RESOURCE FEATURES
• TDCJ Core Competencies practice questions
• Answers for self-assessment
• Detailed rationales
• Correctional-policy review
• Emergency-response scenarios
• Safety and security questions
• Communication and professional-conduct review
• CPR/first-aid concepts
• PREA and suicide-prevention review
• 2025/2026-focused preparation
, TDCJ Core Competencies Exam 2025/2026 |
Practice Questions & Answers with Rationales |
Complete Study Guide
1. PD-28 refers to:
• A) Use of force policy
• B) Uniform and grooming standards
• C) Inmate transport procedures
• D) Cell search requirements
• Answer: B
• Rationale: Page 1, Item 1 states that "PD-28: uniform and grooming
standards." This is a policy directive governing officer appearance.
2. A transport bag will contain which of the following? (Select all that
apply)
• A) Hand restraints with key
• B) Black box
• C) Pad lock with key
• D) Belly belt
• E) Leg restraints
• F) All of the above
• Answer: F (All of the above)
,• Rationale: Page 1, Item 2 lists all of these items as contents of a
transport bag: hand restraints with key, black box, pad lock with key,
belly belt, and leg restraints. Key holes must go up when applied.
3. Which officer will contain the hand restraints key?
• A) The transport officer
• B) The armed officer
• C) The shift supervisor
• D) The gate house officer
• Answer: B
• Rationale: Page 1, Item 3 specifies that "the armed officer" will contain
the hand restraints key for safety and security purposes.
4. Keys are identified by:
• A) Number only
• B) Color coding
• C) SITE & TOUCH
• D) Officer name
• Answer: C
• Rationale: Page 1, Item 4 states that keys are identified by "SITE &
TOUCH," which is a standardized identification system.
5. The number on the keys means:
• A) The officer's badge number
• B) The number of keys
• C) The cell block number
, • D) The shift number
• Answer: B
• Rationale: Page 1, Item 5 clarifies that the number on keys means
"the number of keys" in that set.
6. A medical lifesaving kit will contain:
• A) Bandages and antiseptic
• B) Towelettes, shears, mask, gloves, and bio-hazard bag
• C) Needles and syringes
• D) Only gloves and mask
• Answer: B
• Rationale: Page 1, Item 6 lists the contents as "towelettes, shears,
mask, gloves, and bio-hazard bag."
7. Inmates will be ______ leaving the back gate:
• A) Strip searched
• B) Pat searched
• C) Visually inspected
• D) Not searched
• Answer: B
• Rationale: Page 1, Item 7 states that inmates will be "pat searched"
when leaving the back gate.
8. Inmates will be ______ entering the back gate:
• A) Pat searched
• B) Strip searched
Core Competencies Exam 2025/2026 | Practice Questions
& Answers with Rationales | Complete Study Guide
RESOURCE FEATURES
• TDCJ Core Competencies practice questions
• Answers for self-assessment
• Detailed rationales
• Correctional-policy review
• Emergency-response scenarios
• Safety and security questions
• Communication and professional-conduct review
• CPR/first-aid concepts
• PREA and suicide-prevention review
• 2025/2026-focused preparation
, TDCJ Core Competencies Exam 2025/2026 |
Practice Questions & Answers with Rationales |
Complete Study Guide
1. PD-28 refers to:
• A) Use of force policy
• B) Uniform and grooming standards
• C) Inmate transport procedures
• D) Cell search requirements
• Answer: B
• Rationale: Page 1, Item 1 states that "PD-28: uniform and grooming
standards." This is a policy directive governing officer appearance.
2. A transport bag will contain which of the following? (Select all that
apply)
• A) Hand restraints with key
• B) Black box
• C) Pad lock with key
• D) Belly belt
• E) Leg restraints
• F) All of the above
• Answer: F (All of the above)
,• Rationale: Page 1, Item 2 lists all of these items as contents of a
transport bag: hand restraints with key, black box, pad lock with key,
belly belt, and leg restraints. Key holes must go up when applied.
3. Which officer will contain the hand restraints key?
• A) The transport officer
• B) The armed officer
• C) The shift supervisor
• D) The gate house officer
• Answer: B
• Rationale: Page 1, Item 3 specifies that "the armed officer" will contain
the hand restraints key for safety and security purposes.
4. Keys are identified by:
• A) Number only
• B) Color coding
• C) SITE & TOUCH
• D) Officer name
• Answer: C
• Rationale: Page 1, Item 4 states that keys are identified by "SITE &
TOUCH," which is a standardized identification system.
5. The number on the keys means:
• A) The officer's badge number
• B) The number of keys
• C) The cell block number
, • D) The shift number
• Answer: B
• Rationale: Page 1, Item 5 clarifies that the number on keys means
"the number of keys" in that set.
6. A medical lifesaving kit will contain:
• A) Bandages and antiseptic
• B) Towelettes, shears, mask, gloves, and bio-hazard bag
• C) Needles and syringes
• D) Only gloves and mask
• Answer: B
• Rationale: Page 1, Item 6 lists the contents as "towelettes, shears,
mask, gloves, and bio-hazard bag."
7. Inmates will be ______ leaving the back gate:
• A) Strip searched
• B) Pat searched
• C) Visually inspected
• D) Not searched
• Answer: B
• Rationale: Page 1, Item 7 states that inmates will be "pat searched"
when leaving the back gate.
8. Inmates will be ______ entering the back gate:
• A) Pat searched
• B) Strip searched
