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TCOLE Transportation Code Practice Test

Texas Transportation Code practice questions for the TCOLE Basic Peace Officer licensing exam: traffic-stop authority, DWI procedure and implied consent, racing, fleeing, no-insurance, registration, child passenger safety, school bus stop, motorcycle, and CDL rules.

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This Texas Transportation Code practice test draws on 75 questions across 60 topics. Every question carries the statute it comes from and an explanation of why the answer is right, so a missed question points straight at the law to review.

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Texas's implied-consent law (Tex. Transp. Code §724.011) provides that any person who operates a motor vehicle in a public place is deemed to have consented to:

  1. Any search of the vehicle
  2. Submission of one or more specimens of breath or blood for analysis to determine alcohol concentration or the presence of a controlled substance, drug, dangerous drug, or other substance, when arrested for an offense involving operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated (correct)
  3. Random roadside screenings
  4. Mandatory urine testing

Why: By driving on Texas roads, a person is deemed to have consented to provide breath/blood specimens after an intoxication-offense arrest. Refusal triggers civil license suspension (ALR) but in many cases the State will still seek a search warrant for blood.

Tex. Transp. Code §724.011

Texas child passenger safety law (Tex. Transp. Code §545.412) requires that a child be secured in a child passenger safety seat:

  1. Until age 5 only
  2. If younger than 8 years of age, unless taller than 4 feet 9 inches; the child must be in a child passenger safety seat system that meets federal standards (correct)
  3. Until age 18
  4. Only on highway driving

Why: A child younger than 8 must be kept secured in a child passenger safety seat system according to the manufacturer's instructions unless the child is taller than 4 feet 9 inches (§545.412(a)). The offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $25 and not more than $250 (§545.412(b)); former §545.412(g) was repealed effective June 1, 2023.

Tex. Transp. Code §545.412

SCENARIO. Driver suspected of DWI is arrested and provides a breath sample of 0.06. May the State still pursue DWI?

  1. No — must be 0.08+
  2. Yes — DWI may also be proved under the 'loss of normal use' prong of intoxication (§49.01(2)(A)) regardless of BAC; the BAC reading is one of two independent ways to prove intoxication (correct)
  3. Only if blood follows
  4. Only if there is an injury

Why: Texas's DWI definition has two independent prongs: 'loss of normal use of mental or physical faculties due to alcohol/drugs/combination' OR 'BAC 0.08 or more.' Either alone supports DWI. A 0.06 result does not preclude DWI prosecution under the loss-of-normal-use prong.

Tex. Penal Code §49.01(2)

Check answers against the official text

Each explanation cites the Texas Transportation Code provision it relies on. The current official text is on the Texas Legislature’s statutes site, including Chapter 545 (operation and movement of vehicles), Chapter 550 (collisions) and Chapter 724 (implied consent). Texas statutes can change after each legislative session. If a question disagrees with the official text or your academy material, follow the official text and let us know.