TDCJ REGION 1 TRAINING ACADEMY EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
◉ The criminal justice system gives law enforcement two extraordinary
powers: Answer: the power of arrest
the power to use deadly force
◉ First Amendment. Answer: 5 freedoms: speech, press, religion,
assembly, petition
◉ Forth Amendment. Answer: Freedom from unreasonable searches and
seizures
◉ Fifth Amendment. Answer: Freedom from being tried twice for the
same crime
Freedom from self-incrimination
◉ Sixth Amendment. Answer: Right to be told of charges when arrested
Right to a speedy trial
Right to a public trial by an impartial jury
,Right to confront witnesses
Right to counsel
◉ Eighth Amendment. Answer: Freedom from excessive bail
Freedom from cruel and unusual punishments
◉ Fourteenth Amendment. Answer: Basic right of a defendant in a
judicial proceeding
The requisites for trial (due process)
Right to equal protection of the laws
◉ Preliminary hearing. Answer: A screening procedure used in felony
cases to determine if there is enough evidence - to hold a defendant for
trial
◉ indictment. Answer: An indictment is an accusation in writing
formally charging a person with a crime or public offense
◉ The three origins of law found in today's legal system are:. Answer: •
constitutional law • statutory law • case law
◉ The rules and provisions found in the federal and state constitutions
form the basis of modern. Answer: constitutional law
, ◉ Statutory law. Answer: Statutory law consists of the written laws
enacted by a legislative body.
◉ ex post facto laws. Answer: laws written after the fact to punish an
action that has already taken place and was not illegal at the time of
commission
◉ Case law. Answer: Laws which are based on previous appellate court
decisions that have become binding on lower court decisions
◉ Elements of the crime. Answer: are the basic facts that must be
proven by the prosecution to sustain a conviction. If any element is
missing, that particular crime is not complete.
◉ Criminal intent. Answer: Criminal intent must exist to distinguish the
crime from an accident or mistake of fact.
◉ general intent crimes. Answer: the person intentionally did that which
the law declared to be a crime.
◉ specific intent crimes. Answer: burglary, or kidnapping for ransom
◉ Transferred intent. Answer: When an unlawful act affects a person
other than, or in addition to, the person it was intended to affect, the
intent becomes transferred intent.
SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
◉ The criminal justice system gives law enforcement two extraordinary
powers: Answer: the power of arrest
the power to use deadly force
◉ First Amendment. Answer: 5 freedoms: speech, press, religion,
assembly, petition
◉ Forth Amendment. Answer: Freedom from unreasonable searches and
seizures
◉ Fifth Amendment. Answer: Freedom from being tried twice for the
same crime
Freedom from self-incrimination
◉ Sixth Amendment. Answer: Right to be told of charges when arrested
Right to a speedy trial
Right to a public trial by an impartial jury
,Right to confront witnesses
Right to counsel
◉ Eighth Amendment. Answer: Freedom from excessive bail
Freedom from cruel and unusual punishments
◉ Fourteenth Amendment. Answer: Basic right of a defendant in a
judicial proceeding
The requisites for trial (due process)
Right to equal protection of the laws
◉ Preliminary hearing. Answer: A screening procedure used in felony
cases to determine if there is enough evidence - to hold a defendant for
trial
◉ indictment. Answer: An indictment is an accusation in writing
formally charging a person with a crime or public offense
◉ The three origins of law found in today's legal system are:. Answer: •
constitutional law • statutory law • case law
◉ The rules and provisions found in the federal and state constitutions
form the basis of modern. Answer: constitutional law
, ◉ Statutory law. Answer: Statutory law consists of the written laws
enacted by a legislative body.
◉ ex post facto laws. Answer: laws written after the fact to punish an
action that has already taken place and was not illegal at the time of
commission
◉ Case law. Answer: Laws which are based on previous appellate court
decisions that have become binding on lower court decisions
◉ Elements of the crime. Answer: are the basic facts that must be
proven by the prosecution to sustain a conviction. If any element is
missing, that particular crime is not complete.
◉ Criminal intent. Answer: Criminal intent must exist to distinguish the
crime from an accident or mistake of fact.
◉ general intent crimes. Answer: the person intentionally did that which
the law declared to be a crime.
◉ specific intent crimes. Answer: burglary, or kidnapping for ransom
◉ Transferred intent. Answer: When an unlawful act affects a person
other than, or in addition to, the person it was intended to affect, the
intent becomes transferred intent.
