STATE OF TEXAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
EXAM 2024/2025 ACTUAL CURRENTLY TESTING
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The Code Enforcement Officer examination measures the ________ and ________ required to
be a code officer. - CORRECT ANSWER -Knowledge and Skills.
What is the purpose of Code Enforcement? - CORRECT ANSWER -To establish and maintain a
standard of quality of life for all citizens by providing quality inspections and bringing about
improvements and rehabilitation to the community.
Code Enforcement started growing with what types of incidents? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Health/Environmental issues, community safety, dangerous buildings, and fire incidents.
Define Code Enforcement? - CORRECT ANSWER -The inspection, improvement, and
rehabilitation of environmental hazards in public and private premises by determining the
presence of fire or health hazards, nuisance violations, unsafe building conditions and violations
of any fire, health or building regulation, statute, or ordinance.
In regards to the Texas Administrative Code (2007), define a Code Enforcement Officer? -
CORRECT ANSWER -An agent of this state or political subdivision of this state who engages in
code enforcement and has one year or more of experience in the field of code enforcement.
Define a Code Enforcement Officer-in-Training? - CORRECT ANSWER -An agent of this state
or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement but who has less than
one year of experience in the field of code enforcement and is supervised by a registered code
enforcement officer.
T or F?
Code Enforcement Officers identify with the same citation powers as police officers, sheriffs,
marshals, and others. - CORRECT ANSWER -True!
,Generally speaking, code enforcement does not deal with the _________ element of enabling
legislation and ordinances, while police officers do. - CORRECT ANSWER -Criminal.
T or F?
Code officers are not allowed by law to provide a summons or set a court date. This must be
done by the municipal, county, or district courts. - CORRECT ANSWER -True!
In regards to non-citation enforcement options, what can a CEO do instead of issuing a citation?
- CORRECT ANSWER -Serve a notice of violation.
Are trash, refuse, rubbish, debris, junk motor vehicles, high grass and weeds, nuisances, and
zoning worth risking personal safety? - CORRECT ANSWER -Hell NO!
Being prepared is one way in which CEO's help protect themselves. Prepared is an acronym that
stands for what? - CORRECT ANSWER -Proactive, Responsive, Empathetic, Patient, Alert,
Ready, Educated, and Disciplined.
The purpose of Code Enforcement Association of Texas (CEAT) is what? - CORRECT
ANSWER -To study and advance the science and practice of code enforcement through
certification designed to promote the interests of the profession.
On a national level, what is the association that represents code enforcement officers? -
CORRECT ANSWER -American Association of Code Enforcement (AACE)
What is the International Code Council? - CORRECT ANSWER -Code council involved in
code on an international scale. There are substantial advantages in combining the efforts of
existing code organizations to produce a single set of codes.
What is the State of Texas definition of Code Enforcement?
a. The ability to arrest anyone at anytime.
,b. The abilitiy to write ordinances, inspect property, issue citations, and arrest violators.
c. The inspection, improvement and rehabilitation of environmental hazards in public and private
premises by determining the presence of fire or health hazards, nuisance violations, unsafe
building conditions, and violations of any fire, health, or building regulation, state, or ordinance.
d. The enforcement of the federal code. - CORRECT ANSWER -C
The State of Texas defines a code enforcement officer as:
a. An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement
and has one year or more of experience in the field of code enforcement.
b. An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement
and has three months or more of experience in the field of code enforcement.
c. An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement
and has six months or more of experience in the field of code enforcement.
d. An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement
and has five years or more of experience in the field of code enforcement. - CORRECT
ANSWER -A
The State of Texas defines a code enforcement officer-in-training as:
a. An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement
and has three months or more of experience in the field of code enforcement.
b. An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement
and has one year or more of experience in the field of code enforcement.
c. An enforcement agent.
d. An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement
but who has less than one year of experience in the field of code enforcement and is supervised
by a registered Code Enforcement Officer. - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Define Absolute Immunity? - CORRECT ANSWER -The status of a person or body that places
one beyond the law and makes one free from legal obligations. Immunity for building official or
CEO, not liable for their discretionary acts.
, Define Affiant? - CORRECT ANSWER -The person who makes and subscribes an affidavit.
Define 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.
Define Civil Action? - CORRECT ANSWER -Legal action to protect a private civil right or to
compel a civil remedy.
Define Defamation? - CORRECT ANSWER -That which tends to injure a person's reputation.
Ex: A lie that I tell that messed up Ruby's reputation.
Define 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 municipalities existence
and functioning.
Define Enabling Legislation? - CORRECT ANSWER -The act of giving or enacting laws; the
power to make laws via legislation in contrast to court-made laws.
Define General Law City? - CORRECT ANSWER -Basically, cities operate under the laws of
the state with some exceptions to those laws.
Define Home Rule? - CORRECT ANSWER -The power of a city to govern itself so long as
charter provisions or ordinances are not inconsistent with state law.
Define 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. Comes after Home Rule is achieved.
Define Substantive Law? - CORRECT ANSWER -The statutory or written law that governs
rights and obligations of those who are subject to it.
