BLOCK 1 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Consultant.
Answer: is a professional advisor under contract with the TDCJ who
performs consulting services for the TDCJ.
◍ Contract Employee.
Answer: is an individual who performs services for the TDCJ on a
contractual basis.
◍ "Employee".
Answer: is a person employed by the TDCJ on a full-time, part-time, or
temporary basis.
◍ "Information Resources".
Answer: means the procedures, equipment, and software that are employed,
designed, built, operated, and maintained to collect, record, process, store,
retrieve, display, and transmit information, and associated personnel
including consultants and contractors.
◍ "Intern".
Answer: is an individual who performs work for the TDCJ on a temporary
basis without pay, and whose work: (a) provides training or supplements
training given in an educational environment;(b) provides experience for the
benefit of the individual performing the work; and (c) is performed under
the close supervision of TDCJ staff.
◍ "Other Individual".
, Answer: is a person requiring a user account with the TDCJ; for example,
Windham School District employees, Special Prosecutor's Office, Sheriff's
Department, and Board of Pardons and Paroles employees.
◍ "User".
Answer: is an employee, contract employee, consultant, vendor, intern,
volunteer, automated application, process, or other individual authorized to
access the information resource by the information owner, in accordance
with the owner's procedures and rules.
◍ "Vendor".
Answer: is any company or individual under contract to provide a service to
the TDCJ, other than through a contract employee, when providing such
service requires the vendor or the vendor's employee to: (a) have access to
premises owned, leased, or contracted by the TDCJ; or(b) provide services
to inmates at any location.
◍ "Volunteer".
Answer: is an individual who has been approved to perform volunteer
services for the TDCJ.
◍ TRUE OR FALSE?.
Answer: A "Data Use and Non-Disclosure Agreement" “(PD-04)”for the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a legal document that
outlines the restrictions on how individuals accessing sensitive information
related to inmates, employees, or releasees can use and disclose that data,
essentially requiring them to maintain confidentiality of all records and
information pertaining to the agency, including personal details, criminal
history, and health information, and prohibiting unauthorized sharing of
such data.
◍ EEO STANDS FO
R. ...
Answer: Equal employment opportunities
◍ (PD-12) EEO MEANS…..