TEXAS PENAL CODE EXAM LATEST 2026 ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
What crime, if any, is committed when a person cause the telephone of another
to repeatedly ring, makes repeated phone calls, or makes repeated phone calls, or
makes a telephone call and intentionally fails to hang up or disengage the
connection?
a. No offense-this is a matter to be handled by the phone company
b. Disorderly conduct
c. Harassment
d. False alarm or report
e. Stalking - ANSWER--Harassment
Sec. 42.062
A man restricts his wife's movements without her consent by confining her in
their bedroom; after a day passes he lets her go free. What crime, if any, did the
man commit?
a. Kidnapping
b. Unlawful restraint
c. Domestic violence
d. No offense because they are married - ANSWER--Unlawful restraint
Sec. 20.02
A person retains a child younger than 18, knowing this violates the express terms
of a judgment. According to the Penal Code, what offense has been committed?
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a. Interference with child custody
b. Harboring runaway child
c. Agreement to abduct from custody
d. Enticing a child - ANSWER--Interference with child custody
Sec. 25.03
A person assaults a peace officer because the officer filed charges against the
individual. The person has committed
a. assault
b. criminal mischief
c. retaliation
d. aggravated assault
e. no offense if the charges are found to be unfounded - ANSWER--aggravated
assault
Sec. 22.02
Suspect A enters a convenience store, puts his hand in his pocket and points a gun
at the clerk through his jacket while demanding "all the money in the cash
register." Although the clerk did not see the gun, she heard Suspect A pull back
the weapon's hammer. The clerk puts the money into a sack and hands it to
Suspect A, who runs out of the store. Suspect A is caught and charged with
a. burglary
b. robbery
c. aggravated robbery
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d. deadly assault - ANSWER--robbery
Sec. 29.02
Which of the following is not a type of weapon that is defined in the statute
governing Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon (UCW)?
a. Handgun
b. Shotgun
c. Poniard
d. Spear - ANSWER--Shotgun
Sec. 46.02
A means the commission of two or more offenses, regardless of
whether the harm is directed toward or inflicted upon more than one person or
item of property if (a) the offenses are committed pursuant to the same
transaction or pursuant to two or more transactions that are connected or
constitute a common scheme or plan, or (b) the offenses are the repeated
commission of the same or similar offenses (3.01).
a. severance
b. criminal episode
c. combination
d. riot
e. conspiracy - ANSWER--criminal episode
Sec. 3.01
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A person is asked to leave property that he does not have the right to occupy. The
person refuses after receiving notice that his presence is no longer legal. He
committed
a. burglary
b. criminal trespass
c. disorderly conduct
d. violation of verbal order - ANSWER--criminal trespass
Sec. 30.05
A man with a knife is standing 75 feet away from another man that is getting into
a vehicle. The man with the knife is screaming that he is going to kill the other.
The driver gets into his vehicle, drives over to the man with the knife, and shoots
the man with the knife; the victim of the shooting dies. What offense, in any, was
committed?
a. None-this was self-defense
b. Murder
c. Manslaughter
d. Criminally negligent homicide
e. Vehicular manslaughter - ANSWER--Murder
Sec. 19.02
A person intentionally damages property of another without effective consent.
The person committed
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
What crime, if any, is committed when a person cause the telephone of another
to repeatedly ring, makes repeated phone calls, or makes repeated phone calls, or
makes a telephone call and intentionally fails to hang up or disengage the
connection?
a. No offense-this is a matter to be handled by the phone company
b. Disorderly conduct
c. Harassment
d. False alarm or report
e. Stalking - ANSWER--Harassment
Sec. 42.062
A man restricts his wife's movements without her consent by confining her in
their bedroom; after a day passes he lets her go free. What crime, if any, did the
man commit?
a. Kidnapping
b. Unlawful restraint
c. Domestic violence
d. No offense because they are married - ANSWER--Unlawful restraint
Sec. 20.02
A person retains a child younger than 18, knowing this violates the express terms
of a judgment. According to the Penal Code, what offense has been committed?
, TEXAS PENAL CODE EXAM LATEST 2026 ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
a. Interference with child custody
b. Harboring runaway child
c. Agreement to abduct from custody
d. Enticing a child - ANSWER--Interference with child custody
Sec. 25.03
A person assaults a peace officer because the officer filed charges against the
individual. The person has committed
a. assault
b. criminal mischief
c. retaliation
d. aggravated assault
e. no offense if the charges are found to be unfounded - ANSWER--aggravated
assault
Sec. 22.02
Suspect A enters a convenience store, puts his hand in his pocket and points a gun
at the clerk through his jacket while demanding "all the money in the cash
register." Although the clerk did not see the gun, she heard Suspect A pull back
the weapon's hammer. The clerk puts the money into a sack and hands it to
Suspect A, who runs out of the store. Suspect A is caught and charged with
a. burglary
b. robbery
c. aggravated robbery
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d. deadly assault - ANSWER--robbery
Sec. 29.02
Which of the following is not a type of weapon that is defined in the statute
governing Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon (UCW)?
a. Handgun
b. Shotgun
c. Poniard
d. Spear - ANSWER--Shotgun
Sec. 46.02
A means the commission of two or more offenses, regardless of
whether the harm is directed toward or inflicted upon more than one person or
item of property if (a) the offenses are committed pursuant to the same
transaction or pursuant to two or more transactions that are connected or
constitute a common scheme or plan, or (b) the offenses are the repeated
commission of the same or similar offenses (3.01).
a. severance
b. criminal episode
c. combination
d. riot
e. conspiracy - ANSWER--criminal episode
Sec. 3.01
, TEXAS PENAL CODE EXAM LATEST 2026 ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
A person is asked to leave property that he does not have the right to occupy. The
person refuses after receiving notice that his presence is no longer legal. He
committed
a. burglary
b. criminal trespass
c. disorderly conduct
d. violation of verbal order - ANSWER--criminal trespass
Sec. 30.05
A man with a knife is standing 75 feet away from another man that is getting into
a vehicle. The man with the knife is screaming that he is going to kill the other.
The driver gets into his vehicle, drives over to the man with the knife, and shoots
the man with the knife; the victim of the shooting dies. What offense, in any, was
committed?
a. None-this was self-defense
b. Murder
c. Manslaughter
d. Criminally negligent homicide
e. Vehicular manslaughter - ANSWER--Murder
Sec. 19.02
A person intentionally damages property of another without effective consent.
The person committed
