Texas Jurisprudence Practice Exam |
Questions and Correct Answers | Latest
2025/2026 Guide
What kind of crime is it if you assist in suicide and patient does not die?
What if patient dies?
- Correct Answer - Class C misdemeanor, if patient dies felony
How many witnesses do you need to donate an organ if there is no will?
- Correct Answer - 2 witnesses, signed
Who has the power to donate the organ of a dead person?
- Correct Answer - Spouse, child, parent, siblings, guardian, any
authorized person
How can you revoke an organ gift? Do you have to tell the donee?
- Correct Answer - Yes; no
Can you pronounce the death and transplant an organ in the same
patient?
- Correct Answer - Physician who determines death CANNOT participate
in transplantation
,At what age and how can a mentally retarded person donate a kidney?
- Correct Answer - Age 12, by petitioning the district court
Can a blood bank pay for blood? How? After how many days?
- Correct Answer - Yes, by mailed check, 15 days after donation
What is the duty of a medical professional when treating an adult with
family violence? What languages to use?
- Correct Answer - Duty to treat and provide information (and document
that information was provided) in English and Spanish; no need to report
Does the physician have to call the police in cases of adult family
violence? - Correct Answer - No, just inform victim of options
What is the difference between a professional and a medical
professional? - Correct Answer - Medical professional = MD;
professional = anybody else, e.g., teacher
Reporting of child abuse? By whom? How fast? Can it be delayed? To
whom (3 entities)?
- Correct Answer - Report immediately but MUST be within 48 hours,
cannot be delegated; to Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services, any law enforcement, Texas Youth Commission
,Will the TDPRS act on anonymous calls regarding child abuse? Does it
satisfy a professional duty to report?
- Correct Answer - Yes, they will be acted upon but DO NOT satisfy duty
to report
How much time do professionals and medical professionals have to
report the death of a child secondary to suspected abuse?
- Correct Answer - 48 hours
What kind of crime is lying in a report on child abuse? Not submitting a
report? - Correct Answer - State jail felony, misdemeanor class B
Who must report nursing home abuse?
- Correct Answer - Any person
Is the report of nursing home abuse verbal or written?
- Correct Answer - Immediately verbally, written within 5 days
What kind of offense is it NOT to report nursing home abuse?
- Correct Answer - Misdemeanor class A
Can the institution retaliate against a whistle-blower in cases of nursing
home abuse? - Correct Answer - No
, When and within what time limit must nursing homes report resident
deaths? - Correct Answer - Within 10 working days
Within what time period must nursing home deaths be reported if the
resident just transferred to hospital within 24 hours and died?
- Correct Answer - 10 working days
Who is considered a child, elderly, or disabled person when talking about
a criminal offense for injury of the above?
- Correct Answer - 14 year or younger, 65 or older or disabled older than
14
Who is considered "elderly" when living at home?
- Correct Answer - 65 or older
What kind of offense is it if you do not report elderly abuse?
- Correct Answer - Misdemeanor class A; false information class B
Can a volunteer report abuse in a hospital, etc.?
- Correct Answer - Yes
Who is considered a mental health worker? Does that include priests?
Questions and Correct Answers | Latest
2025/2026 Guide
What kind of crime is it if you assist in suicide and patient does not die?
What if patient dies?
- Correct Answer - Class C misdemeanor, if patient dies felony
How many witnesses do you need to donate an organ if there is no will?
- Correct Answer - 2 witnesses, signed
Who has the power to donate the organ of a dead person?
- Correct Answer - Spouse, child, parent, siblings, guardian, any
authorized person
How can you revoke an organ gift? Do you have to tell the donee?
- Correct Answer - Yes; no
Can you pronounce the death and transplant an organ in the same
patient?
- Correct Answer - Physician who determines death CANNOT participate
in transplantation
,At what age and how can a mentally retarded person donate a kidney?
- Correct Answer - Age 12, by petitioning the district court
Can a blood bank pay for blood? How? After how many days?
- Correct Answer - Yes, by mailed check, 15 days after donation
What is the duty of a medical professional when treating an adult with
family violence? What languages to use?
- Correct Answer - Duty to treat and provide information (and document
that information was provided) in English and Spanish; no need to report
Does the physician have to call the police in cases of adult family
violence? - Correct Answer - No, just inform victim of options
What is the difference between a professional and a medical
professional? - Correct Answer - Medical professional = MD;
professional = anybody else, e.g., teacher
Reporting of child abuse? By whom? How fast? Can it be delayed? To
whom (3 entities)?
- Correct Answer - Report immediately but MUST be within 48 hours,
cannot be delegated; to Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services, any law enforcement, Texas Youth Commission
,Will the TDPRS act on anonymous calls regarding child abuse? Does it
satisfy a professional duty to report?
- Correct Answer - Yes, they will be acted upon but DO NOT satisfy duty
to report
How much time do professionals and medical professionals have to
report the death of a child secondary to suspected abuse?
- Correct Answer - 48 hours
What kind of crime is lying in a report on child abuse? Not submitting a
report? - Correct Answer - State jail felony, misdemeanor class B
Who must report nursing home abuse?
- Correct Answer - Any person
Is the report of nursing home abuse verbal or written?
- Correct Answer - Immediately verbally, written within 5 days
What kind of offense is it NOT to report nursing home abuse?
- Correct Answer - Misdemeanor class A
Can the institution retaliate against a whistle-blower in cases of nursing
home abuse? - Correct Answer - No
, When and within what time limit must nursing homes report resident
deaths? - Correct Answer - Within 10 working days
Within what time period must nursing home deaths be reported if the
resident just transferred to hospital within 24 hours and died?
- Correct Answer - 10 working days
Who is considered a child, elderly, or disabled person when talking about
a criminal offense for injury of the above?
- Correct Answer - 14 year or younger, 65 or older or disabled older than
14
Who is considered "elderly" when living at home?
- Correct Answer - 65 or older
What kind of offense is it if you do not report elderly abuse?
- Correct Answer - Misdemeanor class A; false information class B
Can a volunteer report abuse in a hospital, etc.?
- Correct Answer - Yes
Who is considered a mental health worker? Does that include priests?
