TCOLE BPOC Practice Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| (254 QUESTIONS) 17 PAGES
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According to the Occupations Code, a person licensed as a peace officer must complete 40 hours of legislatively required continuing education training every _____ Corre...
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TCOLE BPOC Practice Exam QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS| (254 QUESTIONS) 17 PAGES
That condition of the human organism that consists of its health and disease status and risk potential.
Correct Answer: Wellness
According to the Occupations Code, a person licensed as a peace officer must complete 40 hours of
legislatively required continuing education training every _____ Correct Answer: 24 months.
According to the Commission Rules, if a licensee's name is changed for any reason, such as marriage,
divorce, or other court action, it must be reported to the Commission within _____ days. Correct
Answer: 30
According to the Commission Rules, if a current license holder is arrested for any offense above a Class C
misdemeanor, the license holder shall report the facts of the arrest to the Commission in writing within
_____. Correct Answer: 30 days
According to the Commission Rules, the license of any licensee who does not meet the legislatively
required continuing education by the expiration date will _____. Correct Answer: expire
Which of the following is an advantage of having a professional model for law enforcement? Correct
Answer: More effective problem solving techniques.
The expression or use of facts without distortion by personal feelings or prejudice is the definition of
_____. Correct Answer: objectivity
Investigations relating to the deprivation of civil rights under color of law are usually conducted by
_____. Correct Answer: Federal Bureau of Investigations
According to the Penal Code, a public servant acting under the color of office or employment commits
the offense of Official Oppression if the public servant _____. Correct Answer: intentionally subjects
another to sexual harassment
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution _____. Correct Answer: gives you the right to trial, open
to the public
Cruel and unusual punishment are prohibited by which amendment? Correct Answer: 8th
According to the _____ Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, powers not specifically reserved to the
federal government are reserved to the state government. Correct Answer: 10th
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a _____ is an order issued by a judge directed to anyone
having a person in their custody, commanding them to produce such person and show why they are in
custody. Correct Answer: writ of habeas corpus
,Which court case affirmed a person's right to free speech? Correct Answer: Duran v. City of Douglas, AZ
The 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives citizens the protection from _____. Correct Answer:
self-incrimination
The _____ Amendment limits the level of force that may be used to reasonable force. Correct Answer:
4th
The primary components of the American Justice System are _____. Correct Answer: police, courts, and
correctional
_____ is the law that defines the personal and property rights of individuals. Correct Answer: Civil law
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which of the following is NOT a magistrate? Correct
Answer: District Attorney's
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which of the following are NOT Texas peace officers?
Correct Answer: Special agents of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Court of Criminal Appeals does NOT _____. Correct
Answer: review decisions of civil cases
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the _____ courts shall have original jurisdiction of all
misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to the justice court, and when the fine
to be imposed shall exceed five hundred dollars. Correct Answer: county
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a peace officer who investigates a family violence
allegation or who responds to a disturbance call that may involve family violence shall advise any
possible adult victim of all reasonable means to prevent further family violence, including _____. Correct
Answer: given written notice of a victim's legal rights
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which is NOT a use of force option for dispersing a riot?
Correct Answer: Use any degree of force.
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, an affidavit made before a magistrate charging the
commission of an offense is called a/an _____. Correct Answer: complaint
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the security given by the accused that he will appear and
answer before the proper court the accusation brought against him is known as _____. Correct Answer:
bail
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a written statement of a grand jury accusing a person of an
offense is a/an _____. Correct Answer: indictment
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a person is arrested when the person has been _____.
Correct Answer: taken into custody
, According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a written statement that is filled and presented on behalf
of the State of Texas by a district attorney that charges a person with an offense that may be prosecuted
according to the law is called a/an _____. Correct Answer: information
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a peace officer from another state may pursue a fleeing
person into Texas and arrest them there, if the person is suspected of committing _____. Correct
Answer: a felony
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the time allowed for the execution of a search warrant
shall be _____ whole days, exclusive of the day of issuance and the day of its execution. Correct Answer:
3
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which court has original jurisdiction over all felony cases?
Correct Answer: District Court
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is a writ issued by a court directing any peace officer
in the state, commanding him to arrest a person accused of an offense and bring him before that court
immediately called? Correct Answer: Capias
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, appeals from the Justice Court are heard by the _____
Court. Correct Answer: County
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is the term for a written order from a magistrate,
directed to a peace officer, commanding them to take a body of the person accused of an offense, to be
dealt with according to law? Correct Answer: Arrest warrant
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is a law enforcement - initiated action based on an
individual's ethnicity or national origin rather than the individual's behavior? Correct Answer: Racial
profiling
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, whenever a peace officer meets with resistance in
discharging any duty imposed on him by law, he _____ command a sufficient number of citizens of his
county to overcome the resistance. Correct Answer: shall
_____ circumstances exist when there is not enough time to obtain a warrant and the officer must
establish probable cause. Correct Answer: Emergency
The right to have an attorney present during any questioning was affirmed by _____. Correct Answer:
Miranda v. Arizona
Persons found in suspicious places, and under circumstances which reasonably show that such persons
are about to commit some offense against the laws may _____. Correct Answer: be arrested without a
warrant
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