TCOLE Practice Exams (2) Questions With Insightful
Solutions.
1. What is the purpose of a Writ of Habeas Corpus? - accurate answers-To test
the legality of the detention of a person who has been arrested
2. An adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge
of or examination of the facts defines: - accurate answers-prejudice
3. What is the most common form of prejudice? - accurate answers-Racial
4. The state court with final appellate jurisdiction in death penalty cases is -
accurate answers-the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
5. Holding a person for a person for a limited time, but who, as yet, is not
answerable to a criminal offense defines: - accurate answers-Temporary
Detention
6. To drive a bus with a seating capacity of more than twenty-four (24)
passengers, you must have a: - accurate answers-Class B CDL drivers license
7. The act of regarding one's culture as the center of the universe and hence as
the basis for all comparisons with other cultures defines: - accurate answers-
ethnocentrism
8. Which of the following is a force option?
a) Awareness
b) Balance
c) Self-control
d) Professional presence - accurate answers-Professional presence
9. Chronological reports organize information by _____. - accurate answers-
when each thing happened
10. Which of the following Texas courts has jurisdiction over all the
misdemeanors involving official misconduct: - accurate answers-District Court
, 11. According to the Transportation Code, what is the minimum light
transmission percentage allowable for window tinting? - accurate answers-
25%
12. A driver may operate a vehicle on an improved shoulder to the right of the
main traveled portion of the roadway.....
a) to stop, stand or park
b) to accelerate prior to entering the main traveled portion of the roadway
c) to decelerate prior to making a right turn
d) at any time to avoid a collision
e) all of the above - accurate answers-all of the above
13. "A device or a drug that is unsafe for self-medication and that is not
included in Schedules I through V or Penalty Groups 1 through 4 of Chapter
481 Health and Safety Code" defines: - accurate answers-Dangerous Drug
14. A juvenile may be taken into custody for the following reasons: - accurate
answers-Pursuant to the laws of arrest of the Penal Code and probable cause
that the child has engaged in delinquent conduct.
15. According to the Penal Code, what is an affirmative defense to prosecution
that the actor was compelled by threat of serious bodily injury to engage in
the proscribed conduct? - accurate answers-Duress
16. An emotional symptom of stress can be. - accurate answers-Depression
17. If a peace officer sexually harasses another person while in uniform during
his or her duties as a public servant, he/she has committed what offense? -
accurate answers-Official Oppression
18. According to the traffic code, an operator may not follow closer than
__________ feet from a fire apparatus responding to a fire alarm or drive into or
park the vehicle in the block where the fire apparatus has stopped to answer a
fire alarm. - accurate answers-500
19. Alcohol concentration relates to:
a) The number of grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood
b) the number of grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath
Solutions.
1. What is the purpose of a Writ of Habeas Corpus? - accurate answers-To test
the legality of the detention of a person who has been arrested
2. An adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge
of or examination of the facts defines: - accurate answers-prejudice
3. What is the most common form of prejudice? - accurate answers-Racial
4. The state court with final appellate jurisdiction in death penalty cases is -
accurate answers-the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
5. Holding a person for a person for a limited time, but who, as yet, is not
answerable to a criminal offense defines: - accurate answers-Temporary
Detention
6. To drive a bus with a seating capacity of more than twenty-four (24)
passengers, you must have a: - accurate answers-Class B CDL drivers license
7. The act of regarding one's culture as the center of the universe and hence as
the basis for all comparisons with other cultures defines: - accurate answers-
ethnocentrism
8. Which of the following is a force option?
a) Awareness
b) Balance
c) Self-control
d) Professional presence - accurate answers-Professional presence
9. Chronological reports organize information by _____. - accurate answers-
when each thing happened
10. Which of the following Texas courts has jurisdiction over all the
misdemeanors involving official misconduct: - accurate answers-District Court
, 11. According to the Transportation Code, what is the minimum light
transmission percentage allowable for window tinting? - accurate answers-
25%
12. A driver may operate a vehicle on an improved shoulder to the right of the
main traveled portion of the roadway.....
a) to stop, stand or park
b) to accelerate prior to entering the main traveled portion of the roadway
c) to decelerate prior to making a right turn
d) at any time to avoid a collision
e) all of the above - accurate answers-all of the above
13. "A device or a drug that is unsafe for self-medication and that is not
included in Schedules I through V or Penalty Groups 1 through 4 of Chapter
481 Health and Safety Code" defines: - accurate answers-Dangerous Drug
14. A juvenile may be taken into custody for the following reasons: - accurate
answers-Pursuant to the laws of arrest of the Penal Code and probable cause
that the child has engaged in delinquent conduct.
15. According to the Penal Code, what is an affirmative defense to prosecution
that the actor was compelled by threat of serious bodily injury to engage in
the proscribed conduct? - accurate answers-Duress
16. An emotional symptom of stress can be. - accurate answers-Depression
17. If a peace officer sexually harasses another person while in uniform during
his or her duties as a public servant, he/she has committed what offense? -
accurate answers-Official Oppression
18. According to the traffic code, an operator may not follow closer than
__________ feet from a fire apparatus responding to a fire alarm or drive into or
park the vehicle in the block where the fire apparatus has stopped to answer a
fire alarm. - accurate answers-500
19. Alcohol concentration relates to:
a) The number of grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood
b) the number of grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath
