Basic Code Enforcement TEEX & TDLR
What is the State of Texas definition of code enforcement?
A) The ability to arrest anyone at anytime
B) The ability to write ordinances, inspect property, issue citations, and arrest violators
C) The enforcement of the federal code
D) The inspection, improvement and rehabilitation of environmental hazards in public
and private premises by determining the presence of fire or health hazards, nuisance
violations, unsafe building conditions, and violations of any fire, health, or building
regulation, statute, or ordinance. - D
True/False:
The State of Texas defines a code officer as an agent of this state or a political
subdivision of this state who engages in code enforcement and has one year or more of
experience in the field of code enforcement. - True
The State of Texas defines a code enforcement officer-in-training as:
A) An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code
enforcement and has three months or more of experience in the field of code
enforcement
B) An agent of this state or a political subdivision of this state who engages in code
enforcement and has one year or more of experience in the field of code enforcement
C) An enforcement agent
D) An agent of this state or political subdivision of this state who engages in code
enforcement and has less than one year of experience in the field of code enforcement
and is supervised by a registered Code Enforcement Officer. - D
The code enforcement officer examination measures the and
required to be a code enforcement officer.
A) ability; accuracy
B) efficiency; attitude
C) age; IQ
D) knowledge; skills - D
What is another hat or duty that a code enforcement officer may wear?
A) Health/Building Official
B) Fire Fighter
C) Social Worker
D) Animal Control
E) Police/Law Interpreter
F) All of the Above - F
Being P.R.E.P.A.R.E.D is one way that code enforcement officers protect themselves.
What does the acronym stand for?
A) passionate, reliable, excellent, passive, amazing, reliable, epic, and driven
B) pretentious, rambunctious, electable, practical, avoiding, radiant, eccentric, and
decisive.
C) proactive; responsive; empathetic; patient; alert; ready; educated; disciplined
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D) personable, reactive, easygoing, participant, active, realistic, evasive, and direct, - C
True/False
Home rule provides local cities or towns with a measure of self-government (able to
pass their own laws), which means being able to write their laws based upon state laws.
- True
cities or towns basically operate under state laws without
changing those laws.
A) General Law
B) Home Rule
C) Mayor-Council
D) All of the Above - A
Cities hor htowns hcan hbecome hhome hrule hcharters hat ha hpopulation hof h by ha
hvote hof hthe hcitizens.
A) 5,000
B) 3,000
C) 10,000
D) 4,000 h- hA
The h amendment hdeals hwith hillegal hsearch hand hseizure hand hgenerally
hprohibits hthe hsearch hand hseizure hof hany hproperty hunless ha hwarrant hhas hbeen
hissued.
A) 1st
B) 4th
C) 10th
D) 14th h- hB
The h amendment hdeals hwith hdiscrimination, hstating hthat hstate hgovernments
hare hnot hto hdiscriminate hin happlying htheir hlaws hto hdifferent hindividuals hor hgroups
hof hpeople.
A) 1st
B) 4th
C) 10th
D) 14th h- hD
The h amendment hdeals hwith hsigns hand hprovides hthe hindividual hright hto
hfreedom hto hspeech.
A) 1st
B) 4th
C) 10th
D) 14th h- hA
A hsearch hwarrant hhas han hexecution hdate hof h whole hdays, hexclusive hof hthe
hday hof hits hissuance hand hits hexecution.
A) 1
B) 2
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C) 3
D) 4 h- hC
How hmay ha hpotential hjuror hbe hexcused hfrom hserving?
A) When hcomposing ha hvenire, hthat hpotential hjuror his hfound hnot hto hspeak, hread, hor
hwrite hthe hEnglish hlanguage?
B) When hcomposing ha hvenire, hthe hpotential hjuror his hlate.
C) When hcomposing ha hvenire, hthe hpotential hjuror his hunder h21 hyears hold.
D) The hjuror his hdenied hthe hprivilege hof hasking hquestions. h- hA
What his hvenire?
A) Jury hPool
B) Grand hJury
C) Jury hquestions
D) Jury hElimination h- hA
Municipal hgovernments hhave honly hthose hpowers hexpressly hgranted hby hthe hstate
h(or hnecessarily himplied hthereby) hand hthose hessential hand hindispensable hto htheir
hexistence hand hfunctioning. hThis his hknown has:
A) Dillon's hRule
B) Municipality
C) Venire
D) The hTexas hFreedom hAct
E) All hof hthe hAbove h- hA
The hCity hof hGalveston, hTexas hfirst hofficially hadopted hthe hcommission hform
hof hlocal hgovernment hin h .
A) 1944
B) 1926
C) 1901
D) 1902 h- hC
is hevidence hsufficient hto hwarrant han harrest hor hsearch
hand hseizure.
A) Search hWarrant
B) Witness hTestimony
C) Reasonable hDoubt
D) Probable hCause
E) All hof hthe hAbove h- hD
The hCouncil hManager hform hof hgovernment hwas hofficially hadopted hin h1912 hin
hand h .
A) 1914 hin hSan hDiego, hCalifornia h& h1915 hin hSanta hMonica, hCalifornia
B) 1912 hin hSumpter, hSouth hCarolina h& hin h1914 hin hDayton, hOhio
C) 1926 hin hGalveston, hTexas h& h1932 hin hCorpus hChristi, hTexas
D) 1912 hin hDes hMoines, hIowa h& h1914 hin hKansas hCity, hKansas h- hB
