PENAL CODE TEST UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Stealing or Receiving a Stolen Check or Sight Order (Class A Misdemeanor) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A woman steals an unsigned check from her boss at work but later decides
not to use it. What crime has been committed?
Credit Card/Debit Card Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A woman steals a credit card
with the intent to use it but is arrested before she can use it. What crime has been committed
Indecency with a Child - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Child under 17 years, no matter if the
age is known or not, no matter sex of child
- Intentionally or Knowingly
- With intent to gratify or arouse the sexual desire of any person
- engages in sexual contact with the child (2nd degree)
-OR-
- exposes anus or any part of genitals knowing the child is present (3rd degree)
Affirmative Defense Types - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Insanity Defense
2. Duress
3. Mistake of Law
4. Criminal Responsibility of a Corporation
Regular Defenses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Mistake of Fact (accident)
2. Intoxication
3. Entrapment
Intoxication Manslaughter - 2nd Degree Felony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - while
intoxicated
- operates a motor vehicle, operates an aircraft, a watercraft, or an amusement ride, or
assembles a mobile amusement ride
- in a public place
,- causes the death of another by accident or mistake
- Strict liability offense; does not have to have a culpable mental state
Criminal Mischief - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- "Destroys or Damages"
- Intentionally or Knowingly damages of destroys tangible property without the effective
consent of the owner
Criminal Mischief "Tampers"
- Intentionally or Knowingly tampers with tangible property without the effective consent of
the owner, causing pecuniary loss or substantial inconvenience to the owner or a third person
Criminal Mischief "Graffiti"
- Intentionally or Knowingly makes markings, inscriptions, slogans, drawings, or painting on
tangible property
Charge:
Based on the Standard Value Ladder
Injury to a Child, Elderly person, or disabled individual - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -
knowingly, intentionally, recklessly, or with criminal negligence
- by act or omission causes:
a. Seriously bodily injury or bodily injury or
b. Serious mental deficiency, impairment, or injury
To a
a. Child under the age of 15, elderly person over 65, or a disabled person
Example: - Putting a 5 year olds hand on the hot stove and burning it.
- This is an intentional act of bodily injury to a child under the age of 15
State Jail Felony to 1st degree felony
(Charge is based on culpable mental state)
, Deadly Conduct (Class A Misdemeanor) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- *Recklessly* engages
in conduct of placing another in *imminent* danger or *serious bodily injury*
Sexual Performance by a Child - 2nd Degree Felony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - knowing
the character and content thereof, he employs, authorizes, or induces a child younger than 18
years of age to engage in sexual conduct or a sexual performance.
- A parent or legal guardian or custodian of a child younger than 18 years of age commits an
offense if he consents to the participation by the child in a sexual performance
Interfering with Child Custody - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Without a Court Order:
- Intentionally or knowingly takes or restrains a child under the age of 18
- Has not been awarded custody, knows a divorce suit, civil suit, or application of habeas
corpus has been filed, out of the area of the courts jurisdiction, without permission of the
court, and with the internet to depreciate the court of jurisdiction
Enticing:
Knowingly, entices a child to leave the custody of the custodial parent with intent to interfere
with lawful custody
Murder, not Capital Murder... because he didn't intentionally kill her - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A man walks into a bank, pulls a gun on the teller and demands money.
Seeing police arrive outside as he's leaving, the robber grabs a teller and uses her as a shield
to assist his escape from the scene. The teller suffers a heart attack and dies. Besides the
robbery, what crime has the robber committed?
State Jail Felony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What is the charge for Evading in a Car?
Impersonating a Public Servant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Not impersonating a peace
officer...
Robbery - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Man in immediate flight after shoplifting from a store
bumps into an elderly woman knocking her down causing bodily injury. What is the crime?
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Stealing or Receiving a Stolen Check or Sight Order (Class A Misdemeanor) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A woman steals an unsigned check from her boss at work but later decides
not to use it. What crime has been committed?
Credit Card/Debit Card Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A woman steals a credit card
with the intent to use it but is arrested before she can use it. What crime has been committed
Indecency with a Child - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Child under 17 years, no matter if the
age is known or not, no matter sex of child
- Intentionally or Knowingly
- With intent to gratify or arouse the sexual desire of any person
- engages in sexual contact with the child (2nd degree)
-OR-
- exposes anus or any part of genitals knowing the child is present (3rd degree)
Affirmative Defense Types - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Insanity Defense
2. Duress
3. Mistake of Law
4. Criminal Responsibility of a Corporation
Regular Defenses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Mistake of Fact (accident)
2. Intoxication
3. Entrapment
Intoxication Manslaughter - 2nd Degree Felony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - while
intoxicated
- operates a motor vehicle, operates an aircraft, a watercraft, or an amusement ride, or
assembles a mobile amusement ride
- in a public place
,- causes the death of another by accident or mistake
- Strict liability offense; does not have to have a culpable mental state
Criminal Mischief - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- "Destroys or Damages"
- Intentionally or Knowingly damages of destroys tangible property without the effective
consent of the owner
Criminal Mischief "Tampers"
- Intentionally or Knowingly tampers with tangible property without the effective consent of
the owner, causing pecuniary loss or substantial inconvenience to the owner or a third person
Criminal Mischief "Graffiti"
- Intentionally or Knowingly makes markings, inscriptions, slogans, drawings, or painting on
tangible property
Charge:
Based on the Standard Value Ladder
Injury to a Child, Elderly person, or disabled individual - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -
knowingly, intentionally, recklessly, or with criminal negligence
- by act or omission causes:
a. Seriously bodily injury or bodily injury or
b. Serious mental deficiency, impairment, or injury
To a
a. Child under the age of 15, elderly person over 65, or a disabled person
Example: - Putting a 5 year olds hand on the hot stove and burning it.
- This is an intentional act of bodily injury to a child under the age of 15
State Jail Felony to 1st degree felony
(Charge is based on culpable mental state)
, Deadly Conduct (Class A Misdemeanor) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- *Recklessly* engages
in conduct of placing another in *imminent* danger or *serious bodily injury*
Sexual Performance by a Child - 2nd Degree Felony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - knowing
the character and content thereof, he employs, authorizes, or induces a child younger than 18
years of age to engage in sexual conduct or a sexual performance.
- A parent or legal guardian or custodian of a child younger than 18 years of age commits an
offense if he consents to the participation by the child in a sexual performance
Interfering with Child Custody - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Without a Court Order:
- Intentionally or knowingly takes or restrains a child under the age of 18
- Has not been awarded custody, knows a divorce suit, civil suit, or application of habeas
corpus has been filed, out of the area of the courts jurisdiction, without permission of the
court, and with the internet to depreciate the court of jurisdiction
Enticing:
Knowingly, entices a child to leave the custody of the custodial parent with intent to interfere
with lawful custody
Murder, not Capital Murder... because he didn't intentionally kill her - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A man walks into a bank, pulls a gun on the teller and demands money.
Seeing police arrive outside as he's leaving, the robber grabs a teller and uses her as a shield
to assist his escape from the scene. The teller suffers a heart attack and dies. Besides the
robbery, what crime has the robber committed?
State Jail Felony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What is the charge for Evading in a Car?
Impersonating a Public Servant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Not impersonating a peace
officer...
Robbery - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Man in immediate flight after shoplifting from a store
bumps into an elderly woman knocking her down causing bodily injury. What is the crime?
