Texas Penal Code Exam latest 2023-2024
Actual exam 300 questions & correct detailed
answers| Already graded A+
What crime, if any, is committed when a person cause the telephone of another
to repeatedly ring, makes repeated phone calls, or makes repeated phone calls, or
makes a telephone call and intentionally fails to hang up or disengage the
connection?
• No offense-this is a matter to be handled by the phone company
• Disorderly conduct
• Harassment
• False alarm or report
• Stalking - ANSWER--HarassmentSec. 42.062
A man restricts his wife's movements without her consent by confining her in
their bedroom; after a day passes he lets her go free. What crime, if any, did the
man commit?
• Kidnapping
• Unlawful restraint
• Domestic violence
• No offense because they are married - ANSWER--Unlawful restraintSec.
20.02
A person retains a child younger than 18, knowing this violates the express terms
of a judgment. According to the Penal Code, what offense has been committed?
,• Interference with child custody
• Harboring runaway child
• Agreement to abduct from custody
• Enticing a child - ANSWER--Interference with child custodySec. 25.03
A person assaults a peace officer because the officer filed charges against the
individual. The person has committed
• assault
• criminal mischief
• retaliation
• aggravated assault
• no offense if the charges are found to be unfounded - ANSWER--aggravated
assault
Sec. 22.02
Suspect A enters a convenience store, puts his hand in his pocket and points a gun
at the clerk through his jacket while demanding "all the money in the cash
register." Although the clerk did not see the gun, she heard Suspect A pull back
the weapon's hammer. The clerk puts the money into a sack and hands it to
Suspect A, who runs out of the store. Suspect A is caught and charged with
• burglary
• robbery
• aggravated robbery
• deadly assault - ANSWER--robberySec. 29.02
,Which of the following is not a type of weapon that is defined in the statute
governing Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon (UCW)?
• Handgun
• Shotgun
• Poniard
• Spear - ANSWER--ShotgunSec. 46.02
A means the commission of two or more offenses, regardless of whether the
harm is directed toward or inflicted upon more than one person oritem of
property if (a) the offenses are committed pursuant to the same transaction or
pursuant to two or more transactions that are connected or constitute a common
scheme or plan, or (b) the offenses are the repeated commission of the same or
similar offenses (3.01).
• severance
• criminal episode
• combination
• riot
• conspiracy - ANSWER--criminal episodeSec. 3.01
A person is asked to leave property that he does not have the right to occupy. The
person refuses after receiving notice that his presence is no longer legal. He
committed
• burglary
• criminal trespass
• disorderly conduct
• violation of verbal order - ANSWER--criminal trespassSec. 30.05
, A man with a knife is standing 75 feet away from another man that is getting into
a vehicle. The man with the knife is screaming that he is going to kill the other.
The driver gets into his vehicle, drives over to the man with the knife, and shoots
the man with the knife; the victim of the shooting dies. What offense, in any, was
committed?
• None-this was self-defense
• Murder
• Manslaughter
• Criminally negligent homicide
• Vehicular manslaughter - ANSWER--MurderSec. 19.02
A person intentionally damages property of another without effective consent.
The person committed
• disorderly conduct
• criminal mischief
• reckless conduct
• delinquent behavior - ANSWER--criminal mischiefSec. 28.03
A person is in possession of a burning tobacco product in an elevator. According to
the Penal Code, what offense has been committed?
• No offense
• Smoking tobacco
• Disorderly conduct
Actual exam 300 questions & correct detailed
answers| Already graded A+
What crime, if any, is committed when a person cause the telephone of another
to repeatedly ring, makes repeated phone calls, or makes repeated phone calls, or
makes a telephone call and intentionally fails to hang up or disengage the
connection?
• No offense-this is a matter to be handled by the phone company
• Disorderly conduct
• Harassment
• False alarm or report
• Stalking - ANSWER--HarassmentSec. 42.062
A man restricts his wife's movements without her consent by confining her in
their bedroom; after a day passes he lets her go free. What crime, if any, did the
man commit?
• Kidnapping
• Unlawful restraint
• Domestic violence
• No offense because they are married - ANSWER--Unlawful restraintSec.
20.02
A person retains a child younger than 18, knowing this violates the express terms
of a judgment. According to the Penal Code, what offense has been committed?
,• Interference with child custody
• Harboring runaway child
• Agreement to abduct from custody
• Enticing a child - ANSWER--Interference with child custodySec. 25.03
A person assaults a peace officer because the officer filed charges against the
individual. The person has committed
• assault
• criminal mischief
• retaliation
• aggravated assault
• no offense if the charges are found to be unfounded - ANSWER--aggravated
assault
Sec. 22.02
Suspect A enters a convenience store, puts his hand in his pocket and points a gun
at the clerk through his jacket while demanding "all the money in the cash
register." Although the clerk did not see the gun, she heard Suspect A pull back
the weapon's hammer. The clerk puts the money into a sack and hands it to
Suspect A, who runs out of the store. Suspect A is caught and charged with
• burglary
• robbery
• aggravated robbery
• deadly assault - ANSWER--robberySec. 29.02
,Which of the following is not a type of weapon that is defined in the statute
governing Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon (UCW)?
• Handgun
• Shotgun
• Poniard
• Spear - ANSWER--ShotgunSec. 46.02
A means the commission of two or more offenses, regardless of whether the
harm is directed toward or inflicted upon more than one person oritem of
property if (a) the offenses are committed pursuant to the same transaction or
pursuant to two or more transactions that are connected or constitute a common
scheme or plan, or (b) the offenses are the repeated commission of the same or
similar offenses (3.01).
• severance
• criminal episode
• combination
• riot
• conspiracy - ANSWER--criminal episodeSec. 3.01
A person is asked to leave property that he does not have the right to occupy. The
person refuses after receiving notice that his presence is no longer legal. He
committed
• burglary
• criminal trespass
• disorderly conduct
• violation of verbal order - ANSWER--criminal trespassSec. 30.05
, A man with a knife is standing 75 feet away from another man that is getting into
a vehicle. The man with the knife is screaming that he is going to kill the other.
The driver gets into his vehicle, drives over to the man with the knife, and shoots
the man with the knife; the victim of the shooting dies. What offense, in any, was
committed?
• None-this was self-defense
• Murder
• Manslaughter
• Criminally negligent homicide
• Vehicular manslaughter - ANSWER--MurderSec. 19.02
A person intentionally damages property of another without effective consent.
The person committed
• disorderly conduct
• criminal mischief
• reckless conduct
• delinquent behavior - ANSWER--criminal mischiefSec. 28.03
A person is in possession of a burning tobacco product in an elevator. According to
the Penal Code, what offense has been committed?
• No offense
• Smoking tobacco
• Disorderly conduct
