TEXAS DPS EXIT EXAM LATEST UPDATED WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. What are some helpful techniques to utilize when dealing with someone in a mental health crisis? - ANSWER speak slowly, repeat questions, be patient for a response 2. What are officer's primary ... responsibilities with respect to doing their jobs? (functions) - ANSWER crime prevention 3. Where should a pressure bandage not be applied? - ANSWER the eye 4. Article 1.501 states the accused has a right to counsel; this also includes what? - ANSWER right to consult an attorney in private 5. The health components in physical fitness are more important to _______ and quality of life than skill-related components linked to motor performance. - ANSWER wellness 6. August Vollmer made what contributions to policing during the reform era? - ANSWER professional policing 7. To maintain a peace officer license, an officer must complete ___ hours of in-service training within a 24 month period. - ANSWER 40 8. What are the characteristics of professionalism? - ANSWER service to others, standards, professional associations, continuing education, assessment of client needs 9. In the study of ethics, it is critical to understand that the _____ is as important as the act. - ANSWER motive 10. ______ depends on our willingness to improve the consistency of our ethical judgement and behavior and to apply the same principles thoroughly to our conduct involving others. - ANSWER moral progress 11. Every aspect of human behavior is influenced by what? - ANSWER personal values 12. An order issued by a judge or a court directing someone to produce a person under his restraint in order to show that such restraint is not without due process is called a: - ANSWER writ of habeas corpus 13. Extending Federal law regarding due process and equal protection, the states established which Amendment? - ANSWER 14th amendment 14. Unreasonable search and seizure, and required probable cause are covered by the ___ Amendment. - ANSWER 4th amendment 15. Duran v. City of Douglas, AZ is a case that was decided based on violation of rights under the ___ Amendment. - ANSWER 1st amendment 16. Criminal Law is for the purpose of preventing ______ to society. - ANSWER harm 17. Article ___ of the US Constitution requires that all trials shall be in the state where the crime was committed. - ANSWER 3 18. The right to trial, to confront accusers, and to have counsel is guaranteed in the ____ Amendment. - ANSWER 6th 19. ________ is an adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand without knowledge or examination of the facts. - ANSWER prejudice 20. ________ is the act of regarding one's own culture as the center of the universe and as the basis for comparisons with all other cultures. - ANSWER ethnocentrism 21. ________ is a fundamental requirement made of all peace officers. - ANSWER impartiality 22. ________ is a belief that as a member of a group, the individual is entitled to exclusive or prior rights in a certain way. - ANSWER propietary claims 23. Who are magistrates? - ANSWER JP, judge of the district court, judge of municipal court, mayors 24. The conservator of the peace is: - ANSWER sheriff 25. Municipal courts have jurisdiction within: - ANSWER justice court within the limits of the municipality 26. Statute of Limitations for a misdemeanor is: - ANSWER 2 years 27. A statute of limitations for 10 years applies to what types of offenses? - ANSWER forgery, theft of any estate, theft of public servant, injury to elderly or disabled, sexual assault, arson, trafficking, compelling prostitution 28. A peace officer is advised by a credible person that an offense has been committed. The offender is about to escape and the officer has no time to get a warrant. To make a warrantless arrest, the offense committed must be a _______________________________. - ANSWER felony or breach of the peace 29. Railroad Police officers are appointed by whom? - ANSWER director of the DPS 30. Adjunct police officers have jurisdiction of the campus and that area adjacent to the campus not more than one mile that is _________________________. - ANSWER primarily inhabitated by employees or students of the institution 31. Justice courts have original jurisdiction for all misdemeanors arising from the Texas Penal Code that are punishable by a fine only not to exceed ______ dollars. - ANSWER 500 32. The primary duty of a peace officer in a family violence case is _________________. - ANSWER make lawful arrest, protect any potential victim and enforce the law 33. An indictment is a written statement of a ______ accusing a person of some act or omission which is declared an offense of the Penal Code. - ANSWER grand jury 34. What is an arrest warrant? - ANSWER written order from a magistrate 35. An officer who executes a warrant of arrest shall take the person before a magistrate________ (time). - ANSWER without unneccessary dely but within 48 hours 36. When executing a search warrant, the officer must provide what to the property owner? - ANSWER give the property owner a copy of the warrant 37. A search warrant must be executed within _____ days of issuance. - ANSWER 3 38. A Capias is a______ directed to a peace officer commanding him to arrest a person accused of an offense and bring him before the court immediately or on a day or at a term so stated. - ANSWER writ 39. A law enforcement action based on an idividual's race, ethnicity, or national origin define__________. - ANSWER racial profiling 40. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution requires that all warrants be supported by_____________. - ANSWER probable cause 41. What Article of the Texas Constitution provides the same protection as the Fourth Amendment? - ANSWER article 1 section 9 42. The US Supreme Court case that made the Fourth Amendment applicable to the states via the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment is_______________. - ANSWER mapp v ohio 43. If a violation of a protective order occurs within the presence of an officer, he____________________. - ANSWER shall arrest the subject 44. To imagine one guilty or culpable on slight evidence without proof is the definition of _____________. - ANSWER suspicion 45. The requisites of a lawful frisk are: (1) ____________ and (2) reasonable suspicion that a subject is armed and dangerous. - ANSWER lawful detention 46. The court ruling that established the frisk is: ________________. - ANSWER terry v ohio 47. When conducting a frisk, an officer may use ______________ force. - ANSWER necessary 48. Readily observable things an officer sees in a place the officer has a legal right to be that are not the product of the search and are not subject to exclusion from evidence defines___________________. - ANSWER the plain view doctrine 49. An arrest warrant must be executed within how many days from the date of issuance? - ANSWER has no limit 50. When searching a vehicle incident to a lawful arrest, an officer can search what part of the vehicle? - ANSWER passenger compartment 51. When searching a portion of the house incident to a lawful arrest, the arrest must be made where? - ANSWER inside the house 52. Verbal provocation _____________ grounds alone for justifiable use of force. - ANSWER may not be 53. Mobility refers to the exigent circumstance existing that allow for what type of searches without warrant? - ANSWER searches of a motor vehicle 54. When conducting a vehicle inventory, closed containers may be opened in the _________________ of the vehicle. - ANSWER trunk or passenger compartment 55. ______________ may be withdrawn at any time during an officer's search. - ANSWER consent 56. Once the exigent circumstance no longer exists, the officer must_________________. - ANSWER leave the place 57. The element of arrest that distinguishes an arrest from a lesser form of detention is _______________. - ANSWER intent 58. If a person is arrested in another county other than where the warrant was issued and is then magistrated in a bordering county and refused to make bail, he shall be placed in jail and cannot be held for more than_______ in the bordering county. - ANSWER 72 hours 59. Things that are illegally possessed and that cannot be lawfully owned are defined as _______________. - ANSWER contraband 60. The purpose of the Texas Exclusionary Rule is to ________________. - ANSWER deter police misconduct 61. When consent to search is given: - ANSWER the person gives up his 4th amendment rights, no pc is required, officers can limit themselves by requesting consent to search for a specific item 62. A NO TRESSPASSING sign has what relationship to determining if an area is curtilage? - ANSWER It does not have a relationship 63. Where may a vehicle be "frisked"? - ANSWER anywhere in the passenger compartment, anywhere a weapon could be hidden 64. What are general defenses to criminal prosecution? - ANSWER insanity, duress, entrapment 65. ____________ is needed for conviction in any criminal offense. - ANSWER proof beyond a reasonable doubt 66. ________ is a convenient legal device which courts employ to justify convicting those who intend to harm one victim or property, but in fact harm another. - ANSWER causation 67. What are the culpable mental states? - ANSWER intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, criminal negligence 68. _____ is a conscious desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result. - ANSWER intentional 69. Punishment for a State Jail Felony is: ___________________. - ANSWER 180 days-2 years imprisonment, and fine up to $10K 70. Punishment for a Class C Misdemeanor is: __________________. - ANSWER fine up to $500 71. Punishment for a 3rd Degree Felony is: __________________. - ANSWER 2-10 years imprisonment and fine up to $10k 72. Punishment for a 1st Degree Felony is: __________________. - ANSWER 5-99 years imprisonment and fine up to $10K [Show More]

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