TCOLE State exam review Questions and Answers
Verified 2023-2024
1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. A person commits the offense of theft if they_ appropriate property with intent to deprive the
owner of the property. -ANSWER- unlawfully
5. 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
6. The primary components of the american criminal justice system are_. -ANSWER- police, courts,
and corrections
7. _is law that defines the personal and property rights of individuals. -ANSWER- civil law
8. 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
9. which of the following are not texas peace officers? -ANSWER- ATF
10. According to the ccp the court of criminal appeals does not: -ANSWER- review decisions of civil
cases
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. in the case of an exception to an offense the burden of proof lies with the _. -ANSWER-
prosecuting attorney
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. a mistake of fact is _ -ANSWER- a defense to prosecution
21. The poisonous tree doctrine was affirmed in -ANSWER- wong sun v US
22. you can frisk if there is _ that the suspect may be in possession of a weapon -ANSWER-
reasonable fear (terry v ohio)
23. 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
24. 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
25. what is not part of the element of an offense?
admission of guilt
forbidden conduct
required culpability
any required result -ANSWER- admission of guilt
26. holding a person for a limited time who, as of yet is not answerable to a criminal offense is -
ANSWER- temporary detention
27. an officer must have _ to believe the property is stolen to justify seizure of the property -
ANSWER- reasonable ground (ccp 18.16 shoplifter clause)
Verified 2023-2024
1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. A person commits the offense of theft if they_ appropriate property with intent to deprive the
owner of the property. -ANSWER- unlawfully
5. 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
6. The primary components of the american criminal justice system are_. -ANSWER- police, courts,
and corrections
7. _is law that defines the personal and property rights of individuals. -ANSWER- civil law
8. 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
9. which of the following are not texas peace officers? -ANSWER- ATF
10. According to the ccp the court of criminal appeals does not: -ANSWER- review decisions of civil
cases
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. in the case of an exception to an offense the burden of proof lies with the _. -ANSWER-
prosecuting attorney
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. a mistake of fact is _ -ANSWER- a defense to prosecution
21. The poisonous tree doctrine was affirmed in -ANSWER- wong sun v US
22. you can frisk if there is _ that the suspect may be in possession of a weapon -ANSWER-
reasonable fear (terry v ohio)
23. 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
24. 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
25. what is not part of the element of an offense?
admission of guilt
forbidden conduct
required culpability
any required result -ANSWER- admission of guilt
26. holding a person for a limited time who, as of yet is not answerable to a criminal offense is -
ANSWER- temporary detention
27. an officer must have _ to believe the property is stolen to justify seizure of the property -
ANSWER- reasonable ground (ccp 18.16 shoplifter clause)
