Basic Code Enforcement TEEX & TDLR| Questions and Answers, 100% Correct

Basic Code Enforcement TEEX & TDLR| Questions and Answers, 100% Correct
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
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