TEEX Code Enforcement UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Absolute Immunity - CORRECT ANSWER - The status of a person or body that places
one beyond the law and makes one free from legal obligations.
Affiant - CORRECT ANSWER - The person who makes and subscribes an affidavit.
Affidavit - CORRECT ANSWER - A voluntary, written or printed declaration of facts,
confirmed by oath of the party making it before a person with authority to administer the oath.
Civil Action - CORRECT ANSWER - legal action to protect a private civil right or to
compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution)
Defamation - CORRECT ANSWER - That which tends to injure a person's reputation.
Dillon's Rule - CORRECT ANSWER - Municipal governments only have the powers that
are expressly granted to them by the state legislature, those that are necessarily implied from that
grant of power, and those that are essential and indispensable to the municipality's existence
Enabling Legislation - CORRECT ANSWER - The act of giving or enacting laws; the
power to make laws via legislation in contrast to court-made laws.
General Law City - CORRECT ANSWER - Cities operate under the laws of the state with
some exceptions to those laws.
Home Rule City - CORRECT ANSWER - The power of a city to govern itself so long as
charter provisions or ordinances are not inconsistent with state law.
, Home Rule Charter - CORRECT ANSWER - Organizational plan or framework of a
municipal corporation like a constitution of a state or nation; it is drawn up by the municipality
and adopted by popular vote of the people.
Injunction - CORRECT ANSWER - a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party
from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
Libel - CORRECT ANSWER - Published defamation which tends to injure a person's
reputation.
Lien - CORRECT ANSWER - An encumbrance or legal burden upon property.
Lis Pendens - CORRECT ANSWER - A pending lawsuit.
Preemption - CORRECT ANSWER - The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of
federal over state legislation on the same subject.
Real Property - CORRECT ANSWER - Land, buildings and whatever is attached or
affixed to the land; synonymous with "real estate".
Reasonable Person - CORRECT ANSWER - a phrase used to denote a hypothetical person
who exercises qualities of attention, knowledge; intelligence, and judgment that society requires
of its members for the protection of their own interest and the interests of others. Thus, the test of
negligence is based on either a failure to do something that a reasonable person, guided by
considerations that ordinarily regulate conduct, would do, or on the doing of something that a
reasonable and prudent (wise) person would not do.
Return - CORRECT ANSWER - A report to a judge by police on the implementation of an
arrest or search warrant. Also, a report to a judge in response to a subpoena, civil or criminal.
Search Warrant - CORRECT ANSWER - A written order issued by a judge that directs law
enforcement officer to search a specific area for a particular piece of evidence.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Absolute Immunity - CORRECT ANSWER - The status of a person or body that places
one beyond the law and makes one free from legal obligations.
Affiant - CORRECT ANSWER - The person who makes and subscribes an affidavit.
Affidavit - CORRECT ANSWER - A voluntary, written or printed declaration of facts,
confirmed by oath of the party making it before a person with authority to administer the oath.
Civil Action - CORRECT ANSWER - legal action to protect a private civil right or to
compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution)
Defamation - CORRECT ANSWER - That which tends to injure a person's reputation.
Dillon's Rule - CORRECT ANSWER - Municipal governments only have the powers that
are expressly granted to them by the state legislature, those that are necessarily implied from that
grant of power, and those that are essential and indispensable to the municipality's existence
Enabling Legislation - CORRECT ANSWER - The act of giving or enacting laws; the
power to make laws via legislation in contrast to court-made laws.
General Law City - CORRECT ANSWER - Cities operate under the laws of the state with
some exceptions to those laws.
Home Rule City - CORRECT ANSWER - The power of a city to govern itself so long as
charter provisions or ordinances are not inconsistent with state law.
, Home Rule Charter - CORRECT ANSWER - Organizational plan or framework of a
municipal corporation like a constitution of a state or nation; it is drawn up by the municipality
and adopted by popular vote of the people.
Injunction - CORRECT ANSWER - a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party
from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
Libel - CORRECT ANSWER - Published defamation which tends to injure a person's
reputation.
Lien - CORRECT ANSWER - An encumbrance or legal burden upon property.
Lis Pendens - CORRECT ANSWER - A pending lawsuit.
Preemption - CORRECT ANSWER - The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of
federal over state legislation on the same subject.
Real Property - CORRECT ANSWER - Land, buildings and whatever is attached or
affixed to the land; synonymous with "real estate".
Reasonable Person - CORRECT ANSWER - a phrase used to denote a hypothetical person
who exercises qualities of attention, knowledge; intelligence, and judgment that society requires
of its members for the protection of their own interest and the interests of others. Thus, the test of
negligence is based on either a failure to do something that a reasonable person, guided by
considerations that ordinarily regulate conduct, would do, or on the doing of something that a
reasonable and prudent (wise) person would not do.
Return - CORRECT ANSWER - A report to a judge by police on the implementation of an
arrest or search warrant. Also, a report to a judge in response to a subpoena, civil or criminal.
Search Warrant - CORRECT ANSWER - A written order issued by a judge that directs law
enforcement officer to search a specific area for a particular piece of evidence.
