CJP CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRACTITIONER EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST 2026

CJP CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRACTITIONER EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST 2026 The Texas Crime Information Center was established in the early ____ after the inception of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) in 1967. - Answers 1970's NCIC - Answers National Crime Information Center TCIC - Answers Texas Crime Information Center The Texas Crime Information Center (TCIC) is located at the Texas Department of ____. - Answers Public Safety (DPS) Headquarters in Austin, Texas TCIC is a ____ computerized information system that operates under the same policies and goals as NCIC. - Answers Statewide This person will be responsible for ensuring compliance with TCIC/NCIC policy and act as a liaison between the local agency and the LES/CRS of the Texas DPS. - Answers TAC Access to ____is available directly to any local law enforcement agency that has a TLETS/NLETS terminal. - Answers TCIC/NCIC Data obtained over TLETS/NLETS may only be disseminated to ____ - Answers Authorized criminal justice agencies. The data stored in the TCIC/NCIC system and the Interstate Identification Index files (NCIC III) are documented criminal justice information and must be ____ to ensure correct, legal, and efficient dissemination and use. - Answers Protected The individual receiving a request for criminal justice information must ensure that the person requesting the information is ___ - Answers Authorized to receive the data. The FBI's CJIS Security Policy provides a procedure for conducting national fingerprint-based record checks on personnel having access to FBI Criminal Justice Information Systems. These record checks shall be conducted within ___upon initial employment or assignment. - Answers 30 days If a felony conviction exists, the hiring authority shall ____ systems access. If a criminal record of any other kind exists, systems access shall be denied until the CSO (CJIS Systems Officer) or his official designee reviews the matter to determine if systems access is appropriate. - Answers Deny Individuals that have ____or access to any equipment that stores, processes, or transmits Texas or National CJIS Systems data are required to pass a national fingerprint-based background check. - Answers Terminal access The local agency administrator (i.e. Chief, Sheriff, or their equivalent) may request a wavier that would allow access to the DPS/FBI systems. To qualify for a waiver, an individual must have been convicted or placed on community supervision for a Class B misdemeanor at least____prior to the application. - Answers Five (5) years To make the State of Texas fingerprint-based criminal history background check requirements consistent with the national standards as expressed in the CJIS Security Policy, it is no longer necessary to process a national fingerprint-based background check for those criminal justice agency employees that only have access to___ criminal justice data. - Answers Hard-copy Family Violence Conviction is a ___for access to CJIS information. - Answers Permanent Disqualifier TCIC/TLETS System Access policy applies not only to commissioned peace officers and communication operators or others with direct terminal access to TCIC/NCIC/TLETS, but to any employee who may, as a part of their job duties, see any written/printed documents with information derived from these systems. The policy also applies to an employee who ___ have access to an area where this information is received, maintained or stored either manually or electronically. - Answers May The computer site and related infrastructures (including police vehicles if they house equipment which provides access to the CJIS network), must have___ at all times to protect against all unauthorized access to or routine viewing of computer devices, access devices, and printed and stored data. - Answers Adequate physical security Every physical access point to sensitive facilities or restricted areas housing information systems that access, process, or display CJIS data shall be ___during both working and non-working hours. - Answers Controlled/secured All visitors to computer centers and/or terminal areas shall be ____ by authorized personnel at all times. - Answers Escorted NCIC and TCIC are designed to allow users the ability to enter, modify, cancel, clear, locate, and____on stolen property or wanted, missing, and unidentified persons. - Answers Inquire All stolen and wanted information entered in the system is the property and responsibility of the local law enforcement____ agencies having authority to make the record entries. - Answers Local law enforcement The responsibility for system security and dissemination of information rests with the ____. - Answers Local agency The purpose of a retention period on certain files is to remove records that may become unreliable because of ____. - Answers Age Once a record reaches the retention period, it is ____ retired. - Answers Automatically Agencies that enter records into TCIC/NCIC are responsible for their ____ - Answers Accuracy, timeliness and completeness Agencies lacking staff support for a second party checks should require the ____to check the record's accuracy. - Answers Officer ____ requires the originating agency to confirm that the record is complete, accurate, and still outstanding. - Answers Validation ____ records have a short retention period and are not included in the validation process. - Answers Article