TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT (TCOLE) EXAM
|COMPLETE AND GRADED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
LATEST UPDATE| 100% GRADED A+
A person who in the course of committing theft, intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily
injury to another or places another in fear of imminent bodily injury or death has committed what
offense? -
ANSWER
Robbery
A person knowingly causes serious bodily injury to another in the course of committing theft.
According to the penal code, what is the most serious offense committed? -
ANSWER
Aggravated robbery
A person breaks into an attached garage breaks into a vehicle parked in the garage and steals a 1500
dollar computer from the back seat. What is the most serious offense committed? -
ANSWER
Burglary
A person commits the offense of theft if they_ appropriate property with intent to deprive the owner
of the property. -
ANSWER
unlawfully
A person removes a 450 dollar price tag from a retail item and replaces it with a 200 price tag. What
offense has been committed? -
ANSWER
fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of writing
The primary components of the american criminal justice system are_. -
ANSWER
police, courts, and corrections
,_is law that defines the personal and property rights of individuals. -
ANSWER
civil law
according to the ccp which is not a magistrate?
Recorders of incorporate cities
justices of the peace
supreme court justices
district attorneys -
ANSWER
district attorneys
which of the following are not texas peace officers? -
ANSWER
ATF
According to the ccp the court of criminal appeals does not: -
ANSWER
review decisions of civil cases
In order to prove a case of public intoxication a person must: -
ANSWER
appear in a public place while intoxicated to a degree the person may endanger him/herself or
another
a person is in the process of robbing a store when a customer enters and is shot and killed by the
person. what is the most serious offense committed? -
ANSWER
capital murder
a person abducts a child and demands a ransom for the child's release. the person gets scared and
releases the child unharmed. what is the most serious crime committed? -
,ANSWER
aggravated kidnapping
what offense is committed when a person threatens to harm another by an unlawful act on account
of their service as a witness or public servant? -
ANSWER
obstruction or retaliation
a person causes an explosion with the intent to destroy or damage and is reckless about whether the
explosion will endanger the life of some individual. The person has committed_. -
ANSWER
arson
in the case of an exception to an offense the burden of proof lies with the _. -
ANSWER
prosecuting attorney
a person acts _ with respect to the nature of their conduct when it is the conscious objective or
desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result -
ANSWER
intentionally
a person is criminally responsible as a party to an offense if the offense is_
under duress
intentionally
recklessly
by his own conduct -
ANSWER
committed by his own conduct
what is an affirmative defense to prosecution that the actor was compelled by threat of serious
bodily injury to engage in the proscribed conduct? -
ANSWER
, duress
a mistake of fact is _ -
ANSWER
a defense to prosecution
The poisonous tree doctrine was affirmed in -
ANSWER
wong sun v US
you can frisk if there is _ that the suspect may be in possession of a weapon -
ANSWER
reasonable fear (terry v ohio)
when a search is conducted after a lawful arrest, within immediate control and contemporaneous
with the arrest, the search is justified under_ to lawful arrest -
ANSWER
incidental
what is generally considered to be that area of open space surrounding a dwelling, which is so
immediately adjacent to the dwelling that it is part of the house? -
ANSWER
curtilage
what is not part of the element of an offense?
admission of guilt
forbidden conduct
required culpability
any required result -
ANSWER
admission of guilt
|COMPLETE AND GRADED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
LATEST UPDATE| 100% GRADED A+
A person who in the course of committing theft, intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily
injury to another or places another in fear of imminent bodily injury or death has committed what
offense? -
ANSWER
Robbery
A person knowingly causes serious bodily injury to another in the course of committing theft.
According to the penal code, what is the most serious offense committed? -
ANSWER
Aggravated robbery
A person breaks into an attached garage breaks into a vehicle parked in the garage and steals a 1500
dollar computer from the back seat. What is the most serious offense committed? -
ANSWER
Burglary
A person commits the offense of theft if they_ appropriate property with intent to deprive the owner
of the property. -
ANSWER
unlawfully
A person removes a 450 dollar price tag from a retail item and replaces it with a 200 price tag. What
offense has been committed? -
ANSWER
fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of writing
The primary components of the american criminal justice system are_. -
ANSWER
police, courts, and corrections
,_is law that defines the personal and property rights of individuals. -
ANSWER
civil law
according to the ccp which is not a magistrate?
Recorders of incorporate cities
justices of the peace
supreme court justices
district attorneys -
ANSWER
district attorneys
which of the following are not texas peace officers? -
ANSWER
ATF
According to the ccp the court of criminal appeals does not: -
ANSWER
review decisions of civil cases
In order to prove a case of public intoxication a person must: -
ANSWER
appear in a public place while intoxicated to a degree the person may endanger him/herself or
another
a person is in the process of robbing a store when a customer enters and is shot and killed by the
person. what is the most serious offense committed? -
ANSWER
capital murder
a person abducts a child and demands a ransom for the child's release. the person gets scared and
releases the child unharmed. what is the most serious crime committed? -
,ANSWER
aggravated kidnapping
what offense is committed when a person threatens to harm another by an unlawful act on account
of their service as a witness or public servant? -
ANSWER
obstruction or retaliation
a person causes an explosion with the intent to destroy or damage and is reckless about whether the
explosion will endanger the life of some individual. The person has committed_. -
ANSWER
arson
in the case of an exception to an offense the burden of proof lies with the _. -
ANSWER
prosecuting attorney
a person acts _ with respect to the nature of their conduct when it is the conscious objective or
desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result -
ANSWER
intentionally
a person is criminally responsible as a party to an offense if the offense is_
under duress
intentionally
recklessly
by his own conduct -
ANSWER
committed by his own conduct
what is an affirmative defense to prosecution that the actor was compelled by threat of serious
bodily injury to engage in the proscribed conduct? -
ANSWER
, duress
a mistake of fact is _ -
ANSWER
a defense to prosecution
The poisonous tree doctrine was affirmed in -
ANSWER
wong sun v US
you can frisk if there is _ that the suspect may be in possession of a weapon -
ANSWER
reasonable fear (terry v ohio)
when a search is conducted after a lawful arrest, within immediate control and contemporaneous
with the arrest, the search is justified under_ to lawful arrest -
ANSWER
incidental
what is generally considered to be that area of open space surrounding a dwelling, which is so
immediately adjacent to the dwelling that it is part of the house? -
ANSWER
curtilage
what is not part of the element of an offense?
admission of guilt
forbidden conduct
required culpability
any required result -
ANSWER
admission of guilt
