Penal Code Topic Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which of the following is an affirmative defense? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Duress
What type of entry is required for Burglary of a Vehicle? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- any
part of the body or anything attached to the body reaches inside the vehicle
A person uses a hostage as a shield while escaping from burglary. Which of the following
offenses is the most serious offense for which the suspect may be charged? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Aggravated Kidnapping
Entrapment is defined by an action that merely affords a person an opportunity to commit an
offense. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
What offense occurs if a woman is sitting in front of a store entrance and refuses to leave
when asked to do so? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Obstructing a passageway
A person who threatens to commit any offense involving violence to any person or property,
with intent to place any person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury, commits the offense
of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- terroristic threat
According to the Penal Code, in the case of an "exception to the offense", the burden of proof
lies with the: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- prosecuting attorney
In the immediate flight after committing a theft in a store, the offender bumps into an elderly
woman, knocking her down and causing bodily injury. The offender should be charged with: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- aggravated robbery
A person who causes a reaction of any type by threatening to explode a bomb, has committed
which of the following offenses? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- terroristic threat
, John parades around in public, exposing his genitals with intent to gratify his own sexual
desires. John can be charged with: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Indecent Exposure
A person is asked to leave property that he does not have a right to occupy. The person
refuses after receiving notice that his presence is no longer legal. He has committed: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Criminal Trespass
A person walks into a grocery store, puts his hand in his coat pocket, and demands money
from the register. The person receives money from the clerk and runs out of the store. He
committed: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Robbery
What action can be taken when a peace officer lawfully arrests a person and requests
information about individual's name, date of birth, and address and the person refuses to give
the information or gives false information? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The officer can
charge the individual with Failure to Identify and make a warrantless arrest
A person who tampers with an animal in a manner contrary to the use of a contest, with intent
to affect the outcome of the contest, is guilty of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rigging a
publicly exhibited contest
According to Chapter 19, Criminal Homicide, of the Penal Code, which of the following is
NOT an element of proof for the offense of murder? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Recklessly
causes the death of an individual
A man in the front row of a crowded movie theater stands up and "moons" everyone. What
offense, if any did he commit? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Disorderly conduct
A person who has care, custody or control of a child younger than _____ years commits an
offense if he or she intentionally abandons the child in an place under circumstances that
expose a child to an unreasonable risk of harm. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fifteen
Peace officers who violate the civil rights of a prisoner by intentionally subjecting a person in
custody to bodily injury have committed a - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Class A
Misdemeanor
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which of the following is an affirmative defense? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Duress
What type of entry is required for Burglary of a Vehicle? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- any
part of the body or anything attached to the body reaches inside the vehicle
A person uses a hostage as a shield while escaping from burglary. Which of the following
offenses is the most serious offense for which the suspect may be charged? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Aggravated Kidnapping
Entrapment is defined by an action that merely affords a person an opportunity to commit an
offense. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
What offense occurs if a woman is sitting in front of a store entrance and refuses to leave
when asked to do so? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Obstructing a passageway
A person who threatens to commit any offense involving violence to any person or property,
with intent to place any person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury, commits the offense
of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- terroristic threat
According to the Penal Code, in the case of an "exception to the offense", the burden of proof
lies with the: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- prosecuting attorney
In the immediate flight after committing a theft in a store, the offender bumps into an elderly
woman, knocking her down and causing bodily injury. The offender should be charged with: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- aggravated robbery
A person who causes a reaction of any type by threatening to explode a bomb, has committed
which of the following offenses? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- terroristic threat
, John parades around in public, exposing his genitals with intent to gratify his own sexual
desires. John can be charged with: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Indecent Exposure
A person is asked to leave property that he does not have a right to occupy. The person
refuses after receiving notice that his presence is no longer legal. He has committed: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Criminal Trespass
A person walks into a grocery store, puts his hand in his coat pocket, and demands money
from the register. The person receives money from the clerk and runs out of the store. He
committed: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Robbery
What action can be taken when a peace officer lawfully arrests a person and requests
information about individual's name, date of birth, and address and the person refuses to give
the information or gives false information? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The officer can
charge the individual with Failure to Identify and make a warrantless arrest
A person who tampers with an animal in a manner contrary to the use of a contest, with intent
to affect the outcome of the contest, is guilty of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rigging a
publicly exhibited contest
According to Chapter 19, Criminal Homicide, of the Penal Code, which of the following is
NOT an element of proof for the offense of murder? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Recklessly
causes the death of an individual
A man in the front row of a crowded movie theater stands up and "moons" everyone. What
offense, if any did he commit? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Disorderly conduct
A person who has care, custody or control of a child younger than _____ years commits an
offense if he or she intentionally abandons the child in an place under circumstances that
expose a child to an unreasonable risk of harm. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fifteen
Peace officers who violate the civil rights of a prisoner by intentionally subjecting a person in
custody to bodily injury have committed a - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Class A
Misdemeanor
