TIES VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -
LATEST VERSION 2026/2027
1. Question: When a positive response is received to a license plate
inquiry, what identifying information must be compared to the
license plate before further action is taken?
Answer: Year of expiration.
2. Question: What secure intranet site maintained by the TBI's CJIS
Support Center provides information to TIES operators, officers,
investigators, administrators, and terminal agency coordinators?
Answer: TIESnet.
3. Question: How long must criminal history logs be maintained in a
secure file from the date of the transaction?
Answer: One year.
4. Question: What system is also known as "the international justice
and public safety network"?
Answer: Nlets.
5. Question: How often does the CJIS Security Policy require security
awareness training for personnel with access to criminal justice
information?
Answer: At least once every two years.
6. Question: Which inquiry checks the NCIC Person Files (QWA) and
simultaneously conducts a III QH inquiry?
Answer: QWI.
7. Question: What is the act of manipulating people into performing
actions or revealing confidential information called?
Answer: Social engineering.
8. Question: What is using, disseminating, or re-disseminating
criminal justice information for purposes other than official criminal
justice duties considered?
Answer: Misuse.
, 9. Question: What Tennessee code must be included in administrative
messages sent to Nlets Region Codes or All-Points Broadcasts when
transmission to Tennessee agencies is desired?
Answer: TA.
10. Question: What must a state or local law enforcement agency
do for an officer to fly armed?
Answer: Send an administrative message (AM) to the Federal Air
Marshal Service.
11. Question: How often must all TIES terminal operators re-
certify?
Answer: Every two years.
12. Question: What information must a user enter to send an
aircraft query?
Answer: Registration number (tail number), serial number, or name
of registrant.
13. Question: Which organization supports interdiction efforts
and investigations involving drug trafficking, alien and weapons
smuggling, and counterterrorism?
Answer: El Paso Intelligence Center.
14. Question: What characters should always be included first
when querying a boat registered in Tennessee?
Answer: TN.
15. Question: When a complete DOB is used in a QH inquiry, how
many years plus or minus are searched around the year of birth?
Answer: Three years.
16. Question: What is the time frame used in the NCIC Delayed
Inquiry (Delayed Q) Program?
Answer: Five days.
17. Question: What type of vehicle information can an agency
request using the Nlets Vehicle Status Query (AVQ)?
Answer: Commercial vehicle information.
18. Question: What system is intended to allow the exchange of
images and free-form text between Tennessee agencies?
Answer: AMI.
LATEST VERSION 2026/2027
1. Question: When a positive response is received to a license plate
inquiry, what identifying information must be compared to the
license plate before further action is taken?
Answer: Year of expiration.
2. Question: What secure intranet site maintained by the TBI's CJIS
Support Center provides information to TIES operators, officers,
investigators, administrators, and terminal agency coordinators?
Answer: TIESnet.
3. Question: How long must criminal history logs be maintained in a
secure file from the date of the transaction?
Answer: One year.
4. Question: What system is also known as "the international justice
and public safety network"?
Answer: Nlets.
5. Question: How often does the CJIS Security Policy require security
awareness training for personnel with access to criminal justice
information?
Answer: At least once every two years.
6. Question: Which inquiry checks the NCIC Person Files (QWA) and
simultaneously conducts a III QH inquiry?
Answer: QWI.
7. Question: What is the act of manipulating people into performing
actions or revealing confidential information called?
Answer: Social engineering.
8. Question: What is using, disseminating, or re-disseminating
criminal justice information for purposes other than official criminal
justice duties considered?
Answer: Misuse.
, 9. Question: What Tennessee code must be included in administrative
messages sent to Nlets Region Codes or All-Points Broadcasts when
transmission to Tennessee agencies is desired?
Answer: TA.
10. Question: What must a state or local law enforcement agency
do for an officer to fly armed?
Answer: Send an administrative message (AM) to the Federal Air
Marshal Service.
11. Question: How often must all TIES terminal operators re-
certify?
Answer: Every two years.
12. Question: What information must a user enter to send an
aircraft query?
Answer: Registration number (tail number), serial number, or name
of registrant.
13. Question: Which organization supports interdiction efforts
and investigations involving drug trafficking, alien and weapons
smuggling, and counterterrorism?
Answer: El Paso Intelligence Center.
14. Question: What characters should always be included first
when querying a boat registered in Tennessee?
Answer: TN.
15. Question: When a complete DOB is used in a QH inquiry, how
many years plus or minus are searched around the year of birth?
Answer: Three years.
16. Question: What is the time frame used in the NCIC Delayed
Inquiry (Delayed Q) Program?
Answer: Five days.
17. Question: What type of vehicle information can an agency
request using the Nlets Vehicle Status Query (AVQ)?
Answer: Commercial vehicle information.
18. Question: What system is intended to allow the exchange of
images and free-form text between Tennessee agencies?
Answer: AMI.
