Basic County Corrections (1120)exam with correct answers,

Basic County Corrections (1120)exam
with correct answers

The state regulatory agency charged with the responsibility of establishing
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minimum standards for peace officers. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TCOLE
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The Texas Commission on Jail Standards is the state regulatory agency for -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔all county jails and privately operated municipal
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jails in the state
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The statutory authority for the Commission to establish rules that law
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enforcement agencies and corrections officers must follow is - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Occupations Code
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There are____________ primary concepts of jails in Texas. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔3
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What are the three primary Jail concepts in Texas? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Intermittent; Remote; Direct Supervision
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The discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and
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obligation, defines - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ethics
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,When was the Texas Ethics Commission created? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔1992
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The Standards of Conduct list behaviors state employees should refrain from
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and cautions against specific actions. Where are these "Standards" found? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Government Code
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principles of public service? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Accountability; Public
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Interest; Democracy; Respectability; Objective Judgement
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the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail facility - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Jail climate
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Effects of improved staff-inmate relations are shown through - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔a. Improved morale
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b. Good rapport
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c. Fewer disciplinary infractions
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d. Improved jail climates
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How do you improve staff-inmate relations? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a.
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Professionalism of staff
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b. "Firm but fair" conduct
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c. Humane treatment
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d. Effective communication
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e. Problem or situation may be resolved before turning into a major
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investigation
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,A body condition that may occur when facing a threatening or unfamiliar
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situation, is an example of - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔stress
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The ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas and information is -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the definition of communication
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Group of people with common ancestry and "physical characteristics", defines
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Race
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A sharing of common ancestry, culture and background is - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Ethnicity
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Personal knowledge or feelings about something that is relatively unchanging,
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defines - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Attitude
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A way of thinking based on tradition, or learned behavior passed down from
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generations - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Culture
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An opinion, of an adverse nature, that is formed without prior knowledge
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could also be known as - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Prejudice
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To act on the basis of prejudice is. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the definition of
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discrimination
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, regarding ones culture as the center of the universe - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Ethnocentrism
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"An exceptionally strong emotional reaction to an extraordinary occupational
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event" - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Critical Incident Stress
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Recurring distressing dreams that do not occur until 6 months or more after
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the event - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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what are some stress reduction techniques? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Physical relaxation techniques; Exercise; Mental relaxation techniques;
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Emotional
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The recording of certain information relating to the inmate during the
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admissions process is: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Booking
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The Inmate file shall contain? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1) name of inmate,
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including aliases
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(2) description
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(3) gender
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(4) marital status
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(5) address
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(6) date of birth
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(7) offense charged
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(8) date of commitment
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