TCOLE Exam Questions and Verified Answers Graded A+ 2026/27
means a bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary, and includes speech - act
means a person whose criminal responsibility is an issue in a criminal action - actor
includes authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, district, division
and office - agency
means a government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, partnership, or two or more
persons having a joint or common economic interest - association
means anything reasonably regarded as economic gain or advantage, including benefit to any
other person in whose welfare the beneficiary is interest - benefit
means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition - bodily injury
means a threat to commit an offense, to inflict bodily injury in the future on the person
threatened or another, to accuse a person of any offense, to expose a person to hatred, contempt
or ridicule, to harm the credit or business repute of any person, or to take or withhold action as a
public servant, or to cause a public servant to take or withhold action - coercion
means an act or omission and its accompanying mental state - conduct
,means assent in fact, whether express or apparent - consent
includes non-profit corporations, professional associations created pursuant to statute and joint
stock companies - corporation
means a place designated by law for the confinement of a person arrested for, charged with, or
convicted of a criminal offense. The term includes
A municipal or county jail
a confinement facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
A confinement facility operated under contract with any division of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice
A community corrections facility operated by a community supervision and corrections
department - correction facility
means
A firearm or anything manifestly designed, made or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or
serious bodily injury
,Anything that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious
bodily injury - deadly weapon
includes consent by a person legally authorized for act of the owner. - effective consent
Four Elements of the Offense - The forbidden conduct
The required culpability
Any required result
The negation of any exception to the offense
means an offense so designated by law or punishable by death or confinement in a penitentiary -
felony
means
The state
A county, municipality, or political subdivision of the state
, Any branch or agency of the state, a county, municipality, or political subdivision -
Government
means anything reasonably regarded as loss, disadvantage, or injury including harm to another
person in whose welfare the person affected is interested - harm
means a human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every state of gestation from
fertilization until birth - individual
means the constitution or a statue of this state or of the United States, a written opinion of a court
of record, a municipal ordinance, an order of a county commissioner's court, or a rule authorized
by and lawfully adopted under a statute - law
means an offense so designated by law or punishable by fine, or confinement in jail, or by both
fine and confinement in jail - misdemeanor
includes affirmation - oath
means any type of administrative, executive, legislative, or judicial proceeding that may be
conducted before a public servant - official proceeding
means failure to act - omission
means a person who
means a bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary, and includes speech - act
means a person whose criminal responsibility is an issue in a criminal action - actor
includes authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, district, division
and office - agency
means a government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, partnership, or two or more
persons having a joint or common economic interest - association
means anything reasonably regarded as economic gain or advantage, including benefit to any
other person in whose welfare the beneficiary is interest - benefit
means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition - bodily injury
means a threat to commit an offense, to inflict bodily injury in the future on the person
threatened or another, to accuse a person of any offense, to expose a person to hatred, contempt
or ridicule, to harm the credit or business repute of any person, or to take or withhold action as a
public servant, or to cause a public servant to take or withhold action - coercion
means an act or omission and its accompanying mental state - conduct
,means assent in fact, whether express or apparent - consent
includes non-profit corporations, professional associations created pursuant to statute and joint
stock companies - corporation
means a place designated by law for the confinement of a person arrested for, charged with, or
convicted of a criminal offense. The term includes
A municipal or county jail
a confinement facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
A confinement facility operated under contract with any division of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice
A community corrections facility operated by a community supervision and corrections
department - correction facility
means
A firearm or anything manifestly designed, made or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or
serious bodily injury
,Anything that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious
bodily injury - deadly weapon
includes consent by a person legally authorized for act of the owner. - effective consent
Four Elements of the Offense - The forbidden conduct
The required culpability
Any required result
The negation of any exception to the offense
means an offense so designated by law or punishable by death or confinement in a penitentiary -
felony
means
The state
A county, municipality, or political subdivision of the state
, Any branch or agency of the state, a county, municipality, or political subdivision -
Government
means anything reasonably regarded as loss, disadvantage, or injury including harm to another
person in whose welfare the person affected is interested - harm
means a human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every state of gestation from
fertilization until birth - individual
means the constitution or a statue of this state or of the United States, a written opinion of a court
of record, a municipal ordinance, an order of a county commissioner's court, or a rule authorized
by and lawfully adopted under a statute - law
means an offense so designated by law or punishable by fine, or confinement in jail, or by both
fine and confinement in jail - misdemeanor
includes affirmation - oath
means any type of administrative, executive, legislative, or judicial proceeding that may be
conducted before a public servant - official proceeding
means failure to act - omission
means a person who
