SUMMARY PENAL CODE (TCOLE PRACTICE TEST) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Objective of P.C - (ANSWER)The purpose of the Penal Code is to define offenses, prescribe penalties, and
safeguard conduct.
Public safety - (ANSWER)The primary objective of the penal code is to ensure the safety and security of
the public.
Rehabilitate - (ANSWER)To restore to a former state, especially in terms of behavior or health, as part of
the correctional measures.
Territorial jurisdiction - (ANSWER)The authority of the state to enforce its laws within its borders,
including when crimes occur within Texas.
Computation of Age - (ANSWER)Determining a person's age based on their birthday for legal purposes.
Act - (ANSWER)Bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary, including speech, as defined in the
Texas Penal Code.
Agency - (ANSWER)Includes authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department,
district, division, office, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Alcohol beverage - (ANSWER)Any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by
volume, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Association - (ANSWER)Government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, partnership, or two
or more personas having a joint or common economic interest, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Benefit - (ANSWER)Anything reasonably regarded as economic gain or advantage, including benefit to
any other person in whose welfare the beneficiary is interested, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Bodily injury - (ANSWER)Physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition, as defined in the
Texas Penal Code.
, SUMMARY PENAL CODE (TCOLE PRACTICE TEST) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Civil commitment facility - (ANSWER)A facility owned, leased, or operated by the state, or by a vendor
under contract with the state that houses only persons who have been civilly committed as sexually
violent predators, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Coercion - (ANSWER)A threat, however communicated, to commit an offense, inflict bodily injury in the
future on the person threatened or another, to accuse a person of an offense, to expose a person, to
harm the credit or business, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Conduct - (ANSWER)An act or omission and its accompanying mental state, as defined in the Texas Penal
Code.
Consent - (ANSWER)Assent in fact, whether express or apparent, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Controlled substance - (ANSWER)A substance including a drug, an adulterant, and a dilatant, as defined
in the Texas Penal Code.
Corporation - (ANSWER)Includes nonprofit corporations, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Correctional facility - (ANSWER)A place designated by law for the confinement of a person arrested for,
charged with, or convicted of an offense, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Criminal negligence - (ANSWER)A person acts knowingly, or with knowledge with respect to the nature
of his conduct or to circumstances surrounding his conduct when he is aware of the nature of his
conduct, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Dangerous Drug - (ANSWER)A device or a drug that is unsafe for self-medication, as defined in the Texas
Penal Code.
Deadly weapon - (ANSWER)A firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the
purpose of inflicting death or serious bodily injury, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Objective of P.C - (ANSWER)The purpose of the Penal Code is to define offenses, prescribe penalties, and
safeguard conduct.
Public safety - (ANSWER)The primary objective of the penal code is to ensure the safety and security of
the public.
Rehabilitate - (ANSWER)To restore to a former state, especially in terms of behavior or health, as part of
the correctional measures.
Territorial jurisdiction - (ANSWER)The authority of the state to enforce its laws within its borders,
including when crimes occur within Texas.
Computation of Age - (ANSWER)Determining a person's age based on their birthday for legal purposes.
Act - (ANSWER)Bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary, including speech, as defined in the
Texas Penal Code.
Agency - (ANSWER)Includes authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department,
district, division, office, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Alcohol beverage - (ANSWER)Any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by
volume, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Association - (ANSWER)Government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, partnership, or two
or more personas having a joint or common economic interest, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Benefit - (ANSWER)Anything reasonably regarded as economic gain or advantage, including benefit to
any other person in whose welfare the beneficiary is interested, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Bodily injury - (ANSWER)Physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition, as defined in the
Texas Penal Code.
, SUMMARY PENAL CODE (TCOLE PRACTICE TEST) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Civil commitment facility - (ANSWER)A facility owned, leased, or operated by the state, or by a vendor
under contract with the state that houses only persons who have been civilly committed as sexually
violent predators, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Coercion - (ANSWER)A threat, however communicated, to commit an offense, inflict bodily injury in the
future on the person threatened or another, to accuse a person of an offense, to expose a person, to
harm the credit or business, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Conduct - (ANSWER)An act or omission and its accompanying mental state, as defined in the Texas Penal
Code.
Consent - (ANSWER)Assent in fact, whether express or apparent, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Controlled substance - (ANSWER)A substance including a drug, an adulterant, and a dilatant, as defined
in the Texas Penal Code.
Corporation - (ANSWER)Includes nonprofit corporations, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Correctional facility - (ANSWER)A place designated by law for the confinement of a person arrested for,
charged with, or convicted of an offense, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Criminal negligence - (ANSWER)A person acts knowingly, or with knowledge with respect to the nature
of his conduct or to circumstances surrounding his conduct when he is aware of the nature of his
conduct, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
Dangerous Drug - (ANSWER)A device or a drug that is unsafe for self-medication, as defined in the Texas
Penal Code.
Deadly weapon - (ANSWER)A firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the
purpose of inflicting death or serious bodily injury, as defined in the Texas Penal Code.
