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TCOLE Comprehensive Week 1 Practice Exam With Answers (179 Solved Questions)

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    TCOLE EXAM PRACTICE Week 1/179 Questions And Answers/A+ Graded Abuse of Official Capacity - Correct Answer -A public servant commits an offense if, with intent to obtain a benefit or with intent to harm or defraud another, he intentionally or knowingly: (1) violates a law relating to the public servant's office or employment 1:48 - Correct Answer -What is the TCJS standard on staff to inmate ratio? September 1st 1965 - Correct Answer -when did the 59th Texas legislature establish TCOLE? Direct and Indirect Supervision - Correct Answer -what are the two primary supervision styles utilized in jails ? Podular indirect - Correct Answer -This construction concept would be a " dorm style" layout with the Jailer outside of the dorm. TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - Correct Answer -What did the Texas Legislature create to implement a declared state policy requiring all county jail facilities to conform to a set of minimum standards of construction , maintenance and operation. Podular Direct - Correct Answer -This construction concept would be a "dorm style" layout with the jailer inside the dorm Jail climate - Correct Answer -Prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail facility is known as : Linear , Podular Direct , and Podular Indirect - Correct Answer -Identify three primary construction concepts of jails Indirect supervision - Correct Answer -The supervision management style in which jailers are stationed outside a housing unit Linear - Correct Answer -A jail design that consists of hallways bordered by cells typically joined to centralized administrative area Offical Oppression - Correct Answer -When an officer deprives a person of their rights , liberty , immunities , privileges , knowing his conduct is unlawful and subjects another to sexual harassment.

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    TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - Correct Answer -Which entity has a wide range of responsibilities to include but not limited to, custody , care, and treatment of inmates. Podular Indirect - Correct Answer -A cell that form the perimeter around a common area , where staff is located , relatively close to the cell to hear and observe what is occurring TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - Correct Answer -The state regulatory agency for local law enforcement and county corrections system within the state of Texas is known as Direct supervision - Correct Answer -An inmate supervision management style in which jailers are stationed inside a housing unit 24hours per day TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - Correct Answer -Who is charged with the responsibility of establishing , implementing , and maintaining minimum standards for peace officers , county jailers , emergency communication personnel and law enforcement instructors ? TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - Correct Answer -The state regulatory agency for all county jails and privately operated jails within the state of Texas is Texas Legislature - Correct Answer -who created TCJS [ Texas Commission on Jail Standards] prejudice - Correct Answer -An adverse judgement or opinion formed before hand or without knowledge of , or examination of the facts 59th - Correct Answer -which Texas legislature established TCOLE on Sep. 1st , 1965 ? Scapegoating - Correct Answer -A convenient group or person to blame when things go wrong in ones personal or in the community prejudice - Correct Answer -Ethnocentrism, stereotyping , and scapegoating are all functions of : Stereotyping - Correct Answer -When we tend to categorize people and make judgements about them rather than evaluate them on their individual character Ethnocentrism - Correct Answer -The act of regarding ones culture as the center of the universe, and hence as the basis for all comparisons with other cultures.

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    Feelings of Superiority - Correct Answer -Self-assured feelings on the part of certain individuals that they are superior or better than others Discrimination - Correct Answer -Acting on the basis of prejudice . " to make a difference in treatment of favor on a basis other than individual merit" Societal Strain - Correct Answer -A coping mechanism for fear and insecurity , it provides justification for various types of discrimination , which are thought to be advantages to the dominant group. Proprietary claims - Correct Answer -A belief that as a member of a superior group, the individual is entitled to exclusive or prior rights Others are strange and different - Correct Answer -A feeling that the other group is alien or different , which promotes the social exclusion of members of a particular group and blocks any acceptance of a person on individual merit. Race - Correct Answer -This generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics Stereotyping - Correct Answer -Affording a convenient grouping of which one is ignorant Projection - Correct Answer -Provides an outlet for projecting ones tension and frustrations onto others authoritarian personality - Correct Answer -Symbolizes one's affiliation with a more dominate group Ethnocentrism - Correct Answer -Provides a source of egotistic satisfaction through a favorable comparison of oneself to others Culture - Correct Answer -A way of thinking and acting based on tradition . learned behavior passed down from one generation to another attitude - Correct Answer -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 regards to that person or thing . Ethnicity - Correct Answer -Usually refers to shared culture and background

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    Impartiality - Correct Answer -A fundamental requirement of all jailers is : Positive consequences of sensitivity - Correct Answer -1. Respect of community 2. Respect from fellow professionals 3.Respect from those you serve 4. Self respect 5. Support for democratic principles Are examples of ? Adverse consequences of insensitivity: - Correct Answer -1. Hurt feelings 2. Anger 3. Loss of personal and professional respect 4. Ineffective performances 5. Negative / inappropriate Behavior are all examples of what? Being Human - Correct Answer -Every individual is entitled to equal rights and dignities . They are entitled by virtue of : Preamble to the Declaration of Independence - Correct Answer -The found of our government is found in the _________? " All men are created equal " - Correct Answer -The foundation of our government is found in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence that states : Unbiased enforcement of the law - Correct Answer -This includes the more general ideas of impartial administration of justice and impartial treatment of offenders by the criminal justice system as a whole . Unfairly, unjustly, or with bias or prejudice. - Correct Answer -impartial enforcement of the law requires that no person be treated : Different - Correct Answer -The right to be free implies the right to be _______. The Texas Legislature - Correct Answer -Who enacted standards of conduct for state employees. unethical behavior - Correct Answer -criminal behavior , lying , sexual harassment, cultural insensitivity , inappropriate use of social media and abuse of position are all examples of :

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