BASIC JAILERS COURSE TCOLE EXAM AND STUDYGUIDE
NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 414 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ALREADY GRADED A+
TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - ANSWER: is a state regulatory
agency for local law enforcement and county corrections systems within the state if
Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - ANSWER: is the regulatory agency for all
county jails and privately operated municipal jails in the state.
The Occupations Code - ANSWER: is the statutory authority for the Commission to
establish rules that law enforcement agencies and jailers must follow.
Ethics - ANSWER: the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with moral duty
and obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission - ANSWER: was created in 1992 to administer and enforce
provisions relating to, among other things, the standards of conduct of state officers
and employees
Jail Climate - ANSWER: the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail
facility; inmate playing games with staff
Stress - ANSWER: a body condition that may occur when a person faces a
threatening or unfamiliar situation
Communication - ANSWER: the ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas
and information
Attitude - ANSWER: is an organized and relatively unchanging combination of
personal knowledge and feelings about someone or something that influences
him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to that person or thing
Race - ANSWER: generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and
physical characteristics
Ethnicity - ANSWER: refers to shared culture and background
Ethnocentrism - ANSWER: is "the act of regarding one's culture as the center of the
universe, and hence as the basis for all comparisons with other cultures"
Prejudice - ANSWER: is an adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or
without knowledge of or examination of the facts
,Culture - ANSWER: a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
Discrimination - ANSWER: acting on the basis if prejudice
Sexual Harassment - ANSWER: is deliberate or repeated sexual based behavior that is
not welcome, not asked for. and not returned or is unwelcome sexual or gender
based behavior
Booking - ANSWER: recording of certain information relating to the inmate during
the admissions process
Detainer - ANSWER: a report from that documents an agency's authority to retain a
person in custody pending a fulfillment of a legal obligation. or transfer to another
jurisdiction
Commitment - ANSWER: an order signed by magistrate directing the sheriff to
receive and place in jail the person so committed
Warrant - ANSWER: a written order from magistrate, dies red to a peace officer or
some other person specifically named, commanding him to take the body of a
person accused of an offense, to be dealt with a cording to law
Capias - ANSWER: is a wait issued by the court or clerk, and directed "to any peace
officer of the State of Texas", commanding him to arrest a person accused of an
offense and bring him before that court immediately, or on a day or at a term stated
in the writ
Writ of Attachment - ANSWER: is a writ issued by a clerk of a court under seal, or by
any magistrate, or by the foreman's of a grand jury, in any criminal action or
proceeding authorized by law, commanding some peace officer to take the body of a
witness and bring him before court, magistrate, or grand jury kn a day named, or
forthwith, to testify in behalf of the State or of the defendant, as the case may be
Magistrate's Warrant - ANSWER: when a compelling is made to a magistrate that any
person within his jurisdiction is a fugitive from justice from another state, he shall
issue a warrant of arrest directing peace officer to apprehend and bring the accused
before him
Search - ANSWER: the examination of persons or property with the intention of
finding evidence ot in plain sight
Contraband - ANSWER: is considered to be any item, matrrisk, or substance that is
prohibited by law or agency directives
, Strip Search - ANSWER: when facility personnel reasonably believe it to be
necessary, inmates should undergo a through strip search for weapons and
contraband thsy may pose a threat to the security of safety of thr facility
Cavity Search - ANSWER: basee on "probable casue" that the inmate is concealing
contrand in a body cavity
Tort - ANSWER: a civil or private wrong or injury for which s court will provide a
remedy in the form of an action for damages
Objective Classification - ANSWER: a formal process for separating and managing
inmates and administering facilities based upon agency mission, classification goals,
agency resources, and inmate program needs
Trustee - ANSWER: a person who, because of good conduct, is given some measure
of freedom in and around the prison or jail
Child - ANSWER: means a person who is: 10 but under 17
Mental Illness - ANSWER: illness, disease, or condition that either substantially
impacts a person's thought, perception of reality, emotional process, or judgement,
or grossly impairs a person's behavior, as manifested by recent disturbance behavior
Insanity - ANSWER: is considered "a diminished capacity and inability to tell right fro
wrong"
Psychosis - ANSWER: a group of serious and often debilitating mental disorders that
may be of organic or psychological origins and are characterized by some or all of the
following symptoms:
impaired thinking and reasoning ability, perceptual distortions, inappropriate
emotional responses, inappropriate affect, regressive behavior, reduced impulse
control and impaired reasoning of reality
Delusion - ANSWER: false beliefs not based on factual information
Hallucination - ANSWER: distortions in the senses which cause the individual to
experience hearing/seeing something that is not there
HIV - ANSWER: is the common abbreviation for Human Immunodeficiency Virus
AIDS - ANSWER: is the common abbreviation for Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome
Tuberculosis - ANSWER: commonly referred to as TB, is an infectious disease caused
by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis
NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 414 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ALREADY GRADED A+
TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - ANSWER: is a state regulatory
agency for local law enforcement and county corrections systems within the state if
Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - ANSWER: is the regulatory agency for all
county jails and privately operated municipal jails in the state.
The Occupations Code - ANSWER: is the statutory authority for the Commission to
establish rules that law enforcement agencies and jailers must follow.
Ethics - ANSWER: the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with moral duty
and obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission - ANSWER: was created in 1992 to administer and enforce
provisions relating to, among other things, the standards of conduct of state officers
and employees
Jail Climate - ANSWER: the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail
facility; inmate playing games with staff
Stress - ANSWER: a body condition that may occur when a person faces a
threatening or unfamiliar situation
Communication - ANSWER: the ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas
and information
Attitude - ANSWER: is an organized and relatively unchanging combination of
personal knowledge and feelings about someone or something that influences
him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to that person or thing
Race - ANSWER: generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and
physical characteristics
Ethnicity - ANSWER: refers to shared culture and background
Ethnocentrism - ANSWER: is "the act of regarding one's culture as the center of the
universe, and hence as the basis for all comparisons with other cultures"
Prejudice - ANSWER: is an adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or
without knowledge of or examination of the facts
,Culture - ANSWER: a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
Discrimination - ANSWER: acting on the basis if prejudice
Sexual Harassment - ANSWER: is deliberate or repeated sexual based behavior that is
not welcome, not asked for. and not returned or is unwelcome sexual or gender
based behavior
Booking - ANSWER: recording of certain information relating to the inmate during
the admissions process
Detainer - ANSWER: a report from that documents an agency's authority to retain a
person in custody pending a fulfillment of a legal obligation. or transfer to another
jurisdiction
Commitment - ANSWER: an order signed by magistrate directing the sheriff to
receive and place in jail the person so committed
Warrant - ANSWER: a written order from magistrate, dies red to a peace officer or
some other person specifically named, commanding him to take the body of a
person accused of an offense, to be dealt with a cording to law
Capias - ANSWER: is a wait issued by the court or clerk, and directed "to any peace
officer of the State of Texas", commanding him to arrest a person accused of an
offense and bring him before that court immediately, or on a day or at a term stated
in the writ
Writ of Attachment - ANSWER: is a writ issued by a clerk of a court under seal, or by
any magistrate, or by the foreman's of a grand jury, in any criminal action or
proceeding authorized by law, commanding some peace officer to take the body of a
witness and bring him before court, magistrate, or grand jury kn a day named, or
forthwith, to testify in behalf of the State or of the defendant, as the case may be
Magistrate's Warrant - ANSWER: when a compelling is made to a magistrate that any
person within his jurisdiction is a fugitive from justice from another state, he shall
issue a warrant of arrest directing peace officer to apprehend and bring the accused
before him
Search - ANSWER: the examination of persons or property with the intention of
finding evidence ot in plain sight
Contraband - ANSWER: is considered to be any item, matrrisk, or substance that is
prohibited by law or agency directives
, Strip Search - ANSWER: when facility personnel reasonably believe it to be
necessary, inmates should undergo a through strip search for weapons and
contraband thsy may pose a threat to the security of safety of thr facility
Cavity Search - ANSWER: basee on "probable casue" that the inmate is concealing
contrand in a body cavity
Tort - ANSWER: a civil or private wrong or injury for which s court will provide a
remedy in the form of an action for damages
Objective Classification - ANSWER: a formal process for separating and managing
inmates and administering facilities based upon agency mission, classification goals,
agency resources, and inmate program needs
Trustee - ANSWER: a person who, because of good conduct, is given some measure
of freedom in and around the prison or jail
Child - ANSWER: means a person who is: 10 but under 17
Mental Illness - ANSWER: illness, disease, or condition that either substantially
impacts a person's thought, perception of reality, emotional process, or judgement,
or grossly impairs a person's behavior, as manifested by recent disturbance behavior
Insanity - ANSWER: is considered "a diminished capacity and inability to tell right fro
wrong"
Psychosis - ANSWER: a group of serious and often debilitating mental disorders that
may be of organic or psychological origins and are characterized by some or all of the
following symptoms:
impaired thinking and reasoning ability, perceptual distortions, inappropriate
emotional responses, inappropriate affect, regressive behavior, reduced impulse
control and impaired reasoning of reality
Delusion - ANSWER: false beliefs not based on factual information
Hallucination - ANSWER: distortions in the senses which cause the individual to
experience hearing/seeing something that is not there
HIV - ANSWER: is the common abbreviation for Human Immunodeficiency Virus
AIDS - ANSWER: is the common abbreviation for Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome
Tuberculosis - ANSWER: commonly referred to as TB, is an infectious disease caused
by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis
