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TCOLE 2025/2026 Practice Exams – 100 Questions with Correct Answers | Texas Basic Peace Officer | Criminal Law, Arrests, Traffic Code

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This document provides 100 expertly crafted and fully answered multiple-choice questions for the TCOLE (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement) Basic Peace Officer licensing exam, tailored to the 2025/2026 academic cycle. It serves as a detailed and up-to-date exam preparation guide for individuals pursuing a peace officer license in Texas. Covering a broad spectrum of TCOLE curriculum objectives, this practice exam includes questions on: Code of Criminal Procedure and Penal Code Search, seizure, and arrest procedures Traffic laws and vehicle operation Use of force, criminal liability, and stress management Juvenile law and family violence protocols Professionalism, ethics, and community policing Field sobriety tests and DWI procedures Emergency vehicle operation and crash investigation Each question is followed by the correct answer, with terminology and structure modeled on real exam scenarios. The content is ideal for self-assessment, mock exams, or guided training sessions, and is aligned with the Texas state requirements for peace officer certification and continuing education. Best suited for students and professionals in: Basic Peace Officer Course (BPOC) Criminal Justice Degree Programs Police Science and Law Enforcement Academies TCOLE Exam Preparation Courses Applicable at: Texas Police Academies Community Colleges with Public Safety Programs Universities offering degrees in Law Enforcement or Criminal Justice This document ensures candidates gain confidence and command over tested topics, making it essential for passing the official state licensing exam. Keywords: TCOLE, Texas peace officer, peace officer exam prep, Texas law enforcement, BPOC practice test, criminal justice exam, Texas Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, use of force guidelines, arrest procedures Texas, traffic code Texas, field sobriety test, juvenile law Texas, search and seizure, Texas police academy, criminal liability, law enforcement education, public safety training, law enforcement certification

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TCOLE Practice Exams (2) 2025/2026
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1. What is the purpose of a Writ of Habeas Corpus? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔prejudice


3. What is the most common form of prejudice? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Racial


4. The state court with final appellate jurisdiction in death penalty cases is -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔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: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Temporary

Detention

,6. To drive a bus with a seating capacity of more than twenty-four (24)

passengers, you must have a: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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: -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔ethnocentrism


8. Which of the following is a force option?

a) Awareness

b) Balance

c) Self-control


d) Professional presence - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Professional presence


9. Chronological reports organize information by _____. - 🧠ANSWER

✔✔when each thing happened


10. Which of the following Texas courts has jurisdiction over all the

misdemeanors involving official misconduct: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔District Court


11. According to the Transportation Code, what is the minimum light

transmission percentage allowable for window tinting? - 🧠ANSWER

✔✔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 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Dangerous

Drug

14. A juvenile may be taken into custody for the following reasons: -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pursuant to the laws of arrest of the Penal Code and

probable cause that the child has engaged in delinquent conduct.




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