TCOLE Basic Jailer exam (Latest Update
) Questions with 100% Verified
Correct Answers [Grade A]
TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - correct 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] - correct answer is the regulatory agency
for all county jails and privately operated municipal jails in the state.
The Occupations Code - correct answer is the statutory authority for the Commission
to establish rules that law enforcement agencies and jailers must follow.
Ethics - correct answer the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with moral
duty and obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission - correct 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 - correct answer the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail
facility; inmate playing games with staff
Stress - correct answer a body condition that may occur when a person faces a
threatening or unfamiliar situation
Communication - correct answer the ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas
and information
Attitude - correct 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 - correct answer generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and
physical characteristics
Ethnicity - correct answer refers to shared culture and background
Ethnocentrism - correct 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"
,TCOLE Basic Jailer exam (Latest Update
) Questions with 100% Verified
Correct Answers [Grade A]
Prejudice - correct answer is an adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or
without knowledge of or examination of the facts
Culture - correct answer a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
Discrimination - correct answer acting on the basis if prejudice
Sexual Harassment - correct 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 - correct answer recording of certain information relating to the inmate
during the admissions process
Detainer - correct 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 - correct answer an order signed by magistrate directing the sheriff to
receive and place in jail the person so committed
Warrant - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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
, TCOLE Basic Jailer exam (Latest Update
) Questions with 100% Verified
Correct Answers [Grade A]
Magistrate's Warrant - correct 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 - correct answer the examination of persons or property with the intention of
finding evidence ot in plain sight
Contraband - correct answer is considered to be any item, mat risk, or substance that
is prohibited by law or agency directives
Strip Search - correct 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 the facility
Cavity Search - correct answer base on "probable cause" that the inmate is concealing
contrand in a body cavity
Tort - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer a person who, because of good conduct, is given some
measure of freedom in and around the prison or jail
Child - correct answer means a person who is: 10 but under 17
Mental Illness - correct 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 - correct answer is considered "a diminished capacity and inability to tell right
fro wrong"
) Questions with 100% Verified
Correct Answers [Grade A]
TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - correct 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] - correct answer is the regulatory agency
for all county jails and privately operated municipal jails in the state.
The Occupations Code - correct answer is the statutory authority for the Commission
to establish rules that law enforcement agencies and jailers must follow.
Ethics - correct answer the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with moral
duty and obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission - correct 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 - correct answer the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail
facility; inmate playing games with staff
Stress - correct answer a body condition that may occur when a person faces a
threatening or unfamiliar situation
Communication - correct answer the ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas
and information
Attitude - correct 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 - correct answer generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and
physical characteristics
Ethnicity - correct answer refers to shared culture and background
Ethnocentrism - correct 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"
,TCOLE Basic Jailer exam (Latest Update
) Questions with 100% Verified
Correct Answers [Grade A]
Prejudice - correct answer is an adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or
without knowledge of or examination of the facts
Culture - correct answer a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
Discrimination - correct answer acting on the basis if prejudice
Sexual Harassment - correct 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 - correct answer recording of certain information relating to the inmate
during the admissions process
Detainer - correct 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 - correct answer an order signed by magistrate directing the sheriff to
receive and place in jail the person so committed
Warrant - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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
, TCOLE Basic Jailer exam (Latest Update
) Questions with 100% Verified
Correct Answers [Grade A]
Magistrate's Warrant - correct 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 - correct answer the examination of persons or property with the intention of
finding evidence ot in plain sight
Contraband - correct answer is considered to be any item, mat risk, or substance that
is prohibited by law or agency directives
Strip Search - correct 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 the facility
Cavity Search - correct answer base on "probable cause" that the inmate is concealing
contrand in a body cavity
Tort - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer a person who, because of good conduct, is given some
measure of freedom in and around the prison or jail
Child - correct answer means a person who is: 10 but under 17
Mental Illness - correct 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 - correct answer is considered "a diminished capacity and inability to tell right
fro wrong"
