BASIC CODE ENFORCEMENT TEEX & TDLR
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Affiant . Answer: The person who makes and subscribes an affidavit.
◉Affidavit . 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 . Answer: legal action to protect a private civil right or to
compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution)
◉Defamation . Answer: That which tends to injure a person's
reputation.
◉Dillon's Rule . 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 . Answer: The act of giving or enacting laws; the
power to make laws via legislation in contrast to court-made laws.
, ◉General Law City . Answer: Cities operate under the laws of the state
with some exceptions to those laws.
◉Home Rule City . 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 . 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 . Answer: a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a
party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
◉Libel . Answer: Published defamation which tends to injure a person's
reputation.
◉Lien . Answer: An encumbrance or legal burden upon property.
◉Lis Pendens . Answer: A pending lawsuit.
◉Preemption . Answer: The judicial principle asserting the supremacy
of federal over state legislation on the same subject.
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Affiant . Answer: The person who makes and subscribes an affidavit.
◉Affidavit . 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 . Answer: legal action to protect a private civil right or to
compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution)
◉Defamation . Answer: That which tends to injure a person's
reputation.
◉Dillon's Rule . 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 . Answer: The act of giving or enacting laws; the
power to make laws via legislation in contrast to court-made laws.
, ◉General Law City . Answer: Cities operate under the laws of the state
with some exceptions to those laws.
◉Home Rule City . 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 . 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 . Answer: a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a
party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
◉Libel . Answer: Published defamation which tends to injure a person's
reputation.
◉Lien . Answer: An encumbrance or legal burden upon property.
◉Lis Pendens . Answer: A pending lawsuit.
◉Preemption . Answer: The judicial principle asserting the supremacy
of federal over state legislation on the same subject.
