TCOLE 2

Question 1

T or F: Alcohol helps to sleep.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

What tends to reinforce prejudice concerning the group’s alleged inferiority?

Answer 2

Discrimination

Question 3

Which of the following U.S. Supreme Court cases has been interpreted to limit the level of force that may be used by law enforcement to reasonable force?

Answer 3

Tennessee v. Garner

Question 4

A seventeen- year-old boy engages in consensual sexual intercourse with his thirteen-year-old girlfriend. What crime, if any, has occurred?

Answer 4

Aggravated Sexual Assault

Question 5

When the Magistrate sits for the purpose of inquiring into a criminal accusation against any person is:

Answer 5

examining court

Question 6

What public official is responsible for conducting inquests in counties that do not have medical examiners?

Answer 6

Justice of the Peace

Question 7

In _______________ the U.S Supreme Court first started actually enforcing the “exclusionary rule” against city, county, and state officials.

Answer 7

Mapp V Ohio

Question 8

_______________ refer not only to the actual, corporeal and forcible detention of a person, but likewise to any coercive measures by threats, menaces or the fear of injury, whereby one person exercises a control over the person of another, and detains them.

Answer 8

Imprisoned
Confined
In Custody

Question 9

Black’s Law Dictionary (7th. Ed.) defines __________________ as “a reasonable ground to suspect that a person has committed or is committing a crime or that a place contains specific items connected with a crime.”

Answer 9

Reasonable suspicion

Question 10

The case law which allows for categories of evidence for which a search may be conducted may be found in:

Answer 10

Katz v. U.S., 389 U.S., 347 (1967)

Question 11

The most effective and productive method of patrol is

Answer 11

one person patrol in automobile combined with effective foot patrol.

Question 12

The maintenance of social order within carefully prescribed ethical and constitutional restrictions is the definition of

Answer 12

the police mission.

Question 13

A person commits a _______________ if he intentionally or knowingly by words or physical action prevents the execution of any process in a civil cause.

Answer 13

Class C misd.

Question 14

T or F: Every subpoena must be issued in the name of “The State of Texas” and must state the text of Rule 176.8(a).

Answer 14

True

Question 15

“______________” means to sell, dispense, give away, or supply in any other manner.

Answer 15

Deliver

Question 16

The holder of a wine only package store permit may employ a person to work in any capacity if that person is at least

Answer 16

16

Question 17

If person knowing the character and content thereof, employs, authorizes, or induces a child younger than 18 years of age to engage in sexual conduct or a sexual performance, they have committed a ________________________.

Answer 17

2nd degree felony

Question 18

What offenses may not be dismissed by taking a driving safety course? The offense charged is

Answer 18

26 mph over

Question 19

To determine which person was operating a particular vehicle, the investigating officer’s best approach is to

Answer 19

place a hand on the vehicle and ask, “Who was operating this car at the time of the crash?”

Question 20

Which of the following states is not a member of the Nonresident Violator Compact Act?

Answer 20

California

Question 21

Which of the following is not an “authorized emergency vehicle?”

Answer 21

Blood bank or tissue bank vehicles any time.

Question 22

Flat tire marks are generally

Answer 22

much longer than any car would ever skid.

Question 23

The “prima facie speed limit” on a beach is ____ miles per hour.

Answer 23

15 MPH

Question 24

Which of the following is not “exempt” from driver’s license requirements?

Answer 24

A person on active duty in the U.S. armed forces who has in his or her immediate possession a valid license issued in a foreign country by the U.S. armed forces for a period of not more than 120 days from the date of return to the United States.

Question 25

A class C driver’s license permits a person to operate a single two-axle vehicle (other than a motorcycle or moped) with a gross weight not exceeding __ pounds.

Answer 25

26,000 lbs

Question 26

A person must have at least a _________ driver’s license in order to legally operate a truck with a GVWR of 45,000 pounds towing a “farm-trailer” with a GVWR of 20,000 pounds.

Answer 26

Class B

Question 27

The operator of a bus carrying passengers for hire shall proceed in which of the following ways after stopping within the required distances from a railroad grade crossing:

Answer 27

Without manually shifting gears while crossing the track.

Question 28

A motor vehicle shall be equipped with at least two headlamps. At least one headlamp shall be mounted on each side of the front of the vehicle and each headlamp shall be mounted at a height from ________________.

Answer 28

from 24 to 54 inches

Question 29

A _________________ is every device in, on, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway except devices used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.

Answer 29

Vehicle

Question 30

Striations are narrow, parallel, light grooves, scratches, or stripes on a surface left by tire grinding, pavement grinding, or smear. Striations are generally associated with

Answer 30

centripetal skid marks.