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The Texas Penal Code Exam Questions With
Verified Answers.
For the offense of burglary, entry means __________ intrudes on the victim's property.
a. the entire body
b. half of the body
c. none of the body
d. any part of the body - answer✔any part of the body
Which of the following is an element of arson?
a. A person burns the boat belonging to another
b. A person sets fire to a vehicle on his own property outside the city limits and no lien or
assurance attaches to the vehicle
c. A person uses a bomb and causes the explosion of a building in the city limits
d. A person has a permit to burn in open land - answer✔A person uses a bomb and causes the
explosion of a building in the city limits
A thirteen-year-old boy consents to sexual intercourse with his twenty-year-old girlfriend. What
offense, if any, can be charged in this case?
a. Sexual assault
b. Aggravated sexual assault
c. Indecency with a child
d. No offense because it was consented - answer✔Aggravated sexual assault
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A seventeen-year-old boy engages in consensual sexual intercourse with his thirteen-year-old
girlfriend with the parents' consent. What charge, if any, might be filed?
a. No charges because it was with parents' consent
b. Sexual assault
c. Aggravated sexual assault
d. Criminal mischief - answer✔Aggravated sexual assault
An officer attempts to serve Tom with a subpoena or citation and Bill interferes with the officer's
duty. Bill can be charged with
a. barratry
b. interference with public duties
c. hindering proceedings by public disorderly conduct
d. hindering apprehension - answer✔interference with public duties
What is the degree of proof required to convict a person of a criminal offense?
a. Probable cause
b. Clear and convincing evidence
c. Beyond the shadow of a doubt
d. Preponderance of evidence
e. Beyond a reasonable doubt - answer✔Beyond a reasonable doubt
Mike offers Randy $10,000 to kill a rich uncle. Randy tells a detective about the plot. Randy
agrees to work with the detective, and a "sting" operation is set up with the cooperation of the
uncle. Randy gives a picture of the contrived murder as proof of the event and asks Mike for his
money. When the money is exchanged, Mike is arrested. What will Mike be charged with?
a. Murder
b. Capital murder
c. Conspiracy to commit murder
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d. Solicitation of capital murder
e. None of the above-there was no murder - answer✔Solicitation of capital murder
According to the Penal Code, conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an
offense does not constitute
a. mistake of fact
b. mistake of law
c. duress
d. entrapment - answer✔entrapment
Which of the following situations justifies the use of deadly force to protect property?
a. An actor fleeing from an arson crime scene
b. An actor in the imminent commission of theft during the nighttime
c. An actor in the imminent commission of theft during the daytime
d. An actor fleeing immediately after committing criminal mischief during the nighttime -
answer✔An actor in the imminent commission of theft during the nighttime
A person commits an offense if he or she _________ engages in offenses.
a. willingly
b. consciously
c. voluntarily
d. knowingly - answer✔voluntarily
A man enters a public establishment and pulls down his pants and exposes his anus to customers.
He can be charged with
a. public lewdness
b. assault
c. indecent exposure
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d. disorderly conduct
e. no offense - answer✔disorderly conduct
A person who engages in professional gambling ( operates gambling place, does bookmaking, is
custodian of bets, sells chances on various games/participants, sets up or promotes any lottery)
commits
a. gambling
b. communicating gambling information
c. keeping a gambling place
d. gambling promotion - answer✔gambling promotion
Officers identify a witness at the scene of an offense who provides the officers with her correct
name but gives the officer an incorrect address. She can be charged with
a. no offense
b. disorderly conduct
c. failure to identify
d. impeding an investigation
e. perjury - answer✔failure to identify
A person other than a railroad employee commits an offense of "interference with railroad
property" if he or she
a. knowingly enters or remains on railroad property
b. tampers with railroad property
c. places an obstruction on a railroad track or causes a train to derail
d. All of the above can constitute a crime - answer✔All of the above can constitute a crime
A person walks into a liquor store with a gun. With which offense may the person be charged?
a. Unlawfully carrying of a weapon
The Texas Penal Code Exam Questions With
Verified Answers.
For the offense of burglary, entry means __________ intrudes on the victim's property.
a. the entire body
b. half of the body
c. none of the body
d. any part of the body - answer✔any part of the body
Which of the following is an element of arson?
a. A person burns the boat belonging to another
b. A person sets fire to a vehicle on his own property outside the city limits and no lien or
assurance attaches to the vehicle
c. A person uses a bomb and causes the explosion of a building in the city limits
d. A person has a permit to burn in open land - answer✔A person uses a bomb and causes the
explosion of a building in the city limits
A thirteen-year-old boy consents to sexual intercourse with his twenty-year-old girlfriend. What
offense, if any, can be charged in this case?
a. Sexual assault
b. Aggravated sexual assault
c. Indecency with a child
d. No offense because it was consented - answer✔Aggravated sexual assault
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A seventeen-year-old boy engages in consensual sexual intercourse with his thirteen-year-old
girlfriend with the parents' consent. What charge, if any, might be filed?
a. No charges because it was with parents' consent
b. Sexual assault
c. Aggravated sexual assault
d. Criminal mischief - answer✔Aggravated sexual assault
An officer attempts to serve Tom with a subpoena or citation and Bill interferes with the officer's
duty. Bill can be charged with
a. barratry
b. interference with public duties
c. hindering proceedings by public disorderly conduct
d. hindering apprehension - answer✔interference with public duties
What is the degree of proof required to convict a person of a criminal offense?
a. Probable cause
b. Clear and convincing evidence
c. Beyond the shadow of a doubt
d. Preponderance of evidence
e. Beyond a reasonable doubt - answer✔Beyond a reasonable doubt
Mike offers Randy $10,000 to kill a rich uncle. Randy tells a detective about the plot. Randy
agrees to work with the detective, and a "sting" operation is set up with the cooperation of the
uncle. Randy gives a picture of the contrived murder as proof of the event and asks Mike for his
money. When the money is exchanged, Mike is arrested. What will Mike be charged with?
a. Murder
b. Capital murder
c. Conspiracy to commit murder
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d. Solicitation of capital murder
e. None of the above-there was no murder - answer✔Solicitation of capital murder
According to the Penal Code, conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an
offense does not constitute
a. mistake of fact
b. mistake of law
c. duress
d. entrapment - answer✔entrapment
Which of the following situations justifies the use of deadly force to protect property?
a. An actor fleeing from an arson crime scene
b. An actor in the imminent commission of theft during the nighttime
c. An actor in the imminent commission of theft during the daytime
d. An actor fleeing immediately after committing criminal mischief during the nighttime -
answer✔An actor in the imminent commission of theft during the nighttime
A person commits an offense if he or she _________ engages in offenses.
a. willingly
b. consciously
c. voluntarily
d. knowingly - answer✔voluntarily
A man enters a public establishment and pulls down his pants and exposes his anus to customers.
He can be charged with
a. public lewdness
b. assault
c. indecent exposure
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d. disorderly conduct
e. no offense - answer✔disorderly conduct
A person who engages in professional gambling ( operates gambling place, does bookmaking, is
custodian of bets, sells chances on various games/participants, sets up or promotes any lottery)
commits
a. gambling
b. communicating gambling information
c. keeping a gambling place
d. gambling promotion - answer✔gambling promotion
Officers identify a witness at the scene of an offense who provides the officers with her correct
name but gives the officer an incorrect address. She can be charged with
a. no offense
b. disorderly conduct
c. failure to identify
d. impeding an investigation
e. perjury - answer✔failure to identify
A person other than a railroad employee commits an offense of "interference with railroad
property" if he or she
a. knowingly enters or remains on railroad property
b. tampers with railroad property
c. places an obstruction on a railroad track or causes a train to derail
d. All of the above can constitute a crime - answer✔All of the above can constitute a crime
A person walks into a liquor store with a gun. With which offense may the person be charged?
a. Unlawfully carrying of a weapon
