Texas Penal Code Test Review Questions With Correct Answers

Texas Penal Code Test Review Questions
With Correct Answers

A person obtains a specified age on the day of the anniversary of their birthday?
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True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Voluntarily releasing a victim in a safe place is associated with the offense of
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kidnapping?
True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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(it is associated with the offense of aggravated kidnapping)
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You can never have a criminal attempt to an offense who's culpable mental state
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is less than intentional?
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True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Serious Bodily injury means illness, pain or an impairment of physical condition?
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True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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One of the objectives of the penal code is to assess such punishment as maybe
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necessary to prevent the likely reoccurrence of criminal behavior?
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True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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,Voluntary intoxication can be used to mitigate punishment in a criminal
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conviction?
True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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A person who admits to perform an act does not commit an offense unless a law
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provides that the omission is an offense and otherwise provides that he has the
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duty to perform the act?
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True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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All persons are presumed to be innocent and no person may be convicted of any
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offense unless each element of an offense is proven by the preponderance of
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evidence?
True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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Aggravated assault and attempted murder are the same level offense?
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True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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A person who was caught urinating in public where others complained. They are
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guilty of disorderly conduct?
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True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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To make a writing so that it proports to be an act of another that did not
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authorize it are terms must associated with what offense? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Forgery

, Ignorance of law is not a defense to prosecution are terms associated with what
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general defense of prosecution? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mistake of Law
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Being afforded the opportunity to commit a crime does not constitute a defense
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to prosecution, associated with what general defense? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Entrapment


Punishments for misdemeanors? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Class A- 1 year in Jail,
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$4,000 Fine |




Class B- 180 days in Jail, $2,000 Fine
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Class C- $500 Fine
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Punishment for Felonies? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Capital - Life without Parole or
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Death or Life if transferred from Juvenile Court
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1st Degree - 5-99 or Life, fine $10,000
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2nd Degree - 2-20, fine $10,000
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3rd Degree - 2-10, fine $10,000
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180 days to 2 yrs. in a SJ Facility, fine $10,000
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Evaluation Ladder that list the grade of the offense? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-U/100 Class C | |




O/100 U/750 Class B | | |




O/750 U/2,500 Class A | | |




O/2,500 U/30,000 SJF | |




O/30,000 U/150,000 F-3 | |