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b. It is in a group that inmates learn to define themselves and

CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION interpret their experiences
PRE – BOARD OCT 2015 c. Most of inmate’s behavior occur in groups
d. Everybody must know the inmate’s story
1. What prison/jail unit is responsible for the investigation of 11. How is one who is sentenced to a prison term of one (1) day to
inmates who violate prison/jail rules and regulations? six (6) months referred to?
a. Action Boards c. Appellate Board a. Insular prisoner c. Provincial prisoner
b. Disciplinary d. Board of investigator b. Municipal Prisoner d. City prisoner
2. Which two (2) of the following offenses of prisoners are 12. Retribution, deterrence, incapacitation and rehabilitation are
considered less grave? the acknowledge goals of ______.
1. Acting boisterously during religious, social and other group a. Criminal Action C. criminal Sanction
functions. b. Criminal mind D. criminal intent
2. Loitering or being in an unauthorized place. 13. When is a probationer required to report to probation officer?
3. Keeping in his possession money, jewelry or other a. Within 24 hours from receipt of probation order
contrabands. b. Within 96 hours from receipt of probation order
4. Assaulting any officer or member of a custodial force. c. Within 72 hours from receipt of probation order
d. Within 48 hours from receipt of probation order
a. 3 and 4 b. 2 and 3 c. 4 and 1 d. 1 and 2 14. What is the most common form of sexual perversion in prison
and jail facilities?
3. The stigma of conviction is removed as the criminal records are a. Sodomy C. homosexuality
expunged through b. Masturbation D. Pseudo marriages
a. Absolute pardon c. confidential pardon 15. Which of the following information are included in the
b. Parole d. reprieve prisoner’s carpeta?
4. Which of the following refers to prison classification? 1. Commitment order
a. A process by which inmates are assigned to types of 2. Prosecutor’s information
custody and treatment appropriate to their own individual 3. Decision of trial and appellate courts
needs 4. Personal circumstances
b. A process by which inmates are grouped for purposes of
sentence determination a. 2, 3 and 4 b. 4, 1 and 2 c. 1, 2 and 3 d. 3, 4 and 1
c. A process by which inmates are registered and assigned
their prison cells 16. Pending the submission of the Post Sentence Investigation
d. A process by which inmates are assigned to prison guards Report (PSIR) and the resolution of the application for
for probation, may the applicant be allowed temporary liberty?
5. With respects to parole supervision, under whose supervision a. Yes, but he executes an affidavit to return
is a parolee placed? b. Yes, the judge gives a temporary pass
a. A Parole Officer c. A Jail Warden c. Yes, on bail or recognizance
b. A Probation Officer d. A Parole and Probation Officer d. Yes, his release is automatic
6. When will the court deny application for probation of a 17. Presidential Decree No. 968 as amended grants probation to
petitioner? qualified adult offenders while Presidential Decree No. 603
a. Petitioner is a foreigner grants probation to ____ offenders.
b. Petitioner is a drug dependant a. Youthful b. Criminal c. blue-collar d. sexual
c. Petitioner violates the condition 18. The church maintained its own ecclesiastical punishments
d. Petitioner can be treated well in an institution during the middle ages. While the church zealously punished
7. The post-Sentence Investigation Report Prepared by the those who violated the law, it also gave refuge to those who
Investigating Probation Officer is approved by _____ are literate. This was called
a. The Probation Administrator a. Just deserts model c. Action of inquisition
b. The Chief Probation and Parole Officer b. Ecclesiastical pardon d. Benefit of the clergy
c. The Judge 19. To whom does the prison warden report to?
d. The Probation Regional Director a. Secretary, Department Justice
8. Who among the following can apply for release on b. Undersecretary, Department of Justice
recognizance? c. Local Chief Executive
a. One who is charged with an offense whose penalty is a fine d. Director, Bureau of Corrections
of P 3, 000 20. To whom shall a petition for executive clemency be addressed?
b. One who is charged with an offense whose penalty is a fine a. The President of the Philippines
of P 5,000 b. The Chairman, Board of Pardons and Parole
c. One who is charged with an offense whose penalty is a fine c. Secretary of Justice
of P 2,000 d. Secretary of National Defense
d. One who is charged with an offense whose penalty is a fine 21. Julio Camacho is an inmate suffering from asthma. He has
of P 4,000 serious attacks lately and has difficulty in breathing. Can he be
9. What theory assumes that people are law-abiding but they will brought to the hospital?
resort to crime under great pressure and that disparity a. Yes, if hospitalization is necessary
between goals and means provides that pressure? b. No, left the prison nurse gives the medication
a. Psychoanalytic theory c. No, it is against prison rule
b. Strain theory d. Yes, but a court order has to be secured first
c. Differential Association theory 22. Probationers are given the opportunity to engage in productive
d. Social learning theory and income generating projects through the
10. Which of the following is NOT a justification that group a. Vocational training program
treatment of inmates is more advantageous? b. Rehabilitation program
a. Much of criminal behavior is reinforced by group norms c. Medical assistance program
d. Livelihood program
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23. Prevention is associated to reintegration model and control is b. Behavior therapy D. Social therapy
associated to ____ model. 38. Peter was sentenced to serve a prison term of six (6) years. He
a. Restorative C. custodial did not qualify for probation. He was brought to the Bureau of
b. Medical D. justice Corrections in Muntinlupa. To which place should he be
24. What is the primary purpose of the presentence investigation? brought for processing and classification?
a. To help the judge in selecting the appropriate sentence of a. Testing center c. Processing center
the offender b. Reception diagnostic center d. Evaluation center
b. To exonerate the offender 39. What is being referred to when the warden is directly
c. To assist the judge in dismissing the case responsible for any act or omission of his subordinates in
d. To give the offender an opportunity to defend himself relation to the performance of their duties?
25. What is temporary stay of execution of sentence exercised by a. Delegation of authority C. supervision
the President when the sentence has become final? b. Command responsibility D. flow of communication
a. Reprieve C. Conditional pardon 40. Who shall endorse to the Board of Pardons and Parole a
b. Absolute pardon D. Probation petition for the grant of absolute or conditional pardon if the
26. If maiming is a corporal punishment, how is electrocution crime committed by the petitioner is violation of laws, rules
classified? and regulations?
a. Conventional punishment C. physical punishment a. National Police Commission
b. Capital punishment D. Ordinary punishment b. Civil Service Commission
27. Which of the following should a probationer NOT do? c. Commission on Elections
a. Stay away from bad associates d. Commission on Human Rights
b. Make periodic office report 41. Disciplinary power cannot be exercised by a prisoner over his
c. Go and play in a gambling den co-prisoners. However, technically skilled prisoners may
d. Work regularly to support his family a. Supervise prison labor
28. A drug user may be placed under probation by virtue of b. Be requested to assist other prisoners
a. R.A. No. 6425 c. R.A. No. 7192 c. Provide direction to livelihood program
b. R.A. No. 4864 d. R.A. No. 6963 d. Run the whole show for livelihood program
29. This theory assumes that people are law-abiding but under 42. The Post-Sentence Investigation report shall be approved by
great pressure they will resort to crime and that disparity the
between goals and means provides that pressure. a. Head, Probation Office c. Chief of Police
a. Psychoanalytic theory c. Strain theory b. Social Worker d. Judge
b. Social learning theory d. Differential association theory 43. Sociologists look at corrections as
30. What happens if a prisoner is granted absolute pardon? a. The intervention which documents the attitudinal response
a. His criminal liability is conditionally extinguished of offenders and staff to the processes of punishment.
b. His criminal liability is partially extinguished b. The medium through which prisoners change their
c. His criminal liability continues to exist behavior and attitudes.
d. His criminal liability is totally extinguished c. A total institution in which the basic physiological needs of
31. What does the classical theory provide? prisoners were to be met away from the outside world.
a. Criminal behavior is learned in interaction with other d. The consolidation of interactions between correctional
persons in a process of communication officers and the prisoners.
b. Crime and delinquency are symptoms of social and penalty 44. The Bukang Liwayway Camp of the New Bilibid Prison houses
disorders the:
c. The basis for criminal liability is human freewill and the a. Mentally Deranged Prisoners
purpose of penalty is retribution b. Minimum Security Inmates
d. Criminal behavior is inherited and therefore could be c. Minimum Security Inmates
controlled by regulating the reproduction of families d. Maximum Security Inmates
32. The study of criminality in relation to population is called ___. 45. The probation law which was enacted on July 24, 1976 is
a. Criminal psychology c. Criminal Psychiatry oftentimes referred to as:
b. Criminal demography d. Criminal ecology a. Presidential Decree No. 126
33. Which of the following should not be done by a probationer? b. Presidential Decree No. 28
a. Pursue his rehabilitation program c. Presidential Decree No. 807
b. Engage in illegal activities d. Presidential Decree No. 968
c. Abstain from drinking intoxicating liquors 46. To what institution are convicted women offenders
d. Reside at premises approved by the trial court committed?
34. How is one who is sentenced to prison term of three (3)years a. Iwahig Penal Colony
and one (1) day to death reffered to? b. Davao Penal Colony
a. National prisoner c. municipal prisoner c. San Ramon Penal Farm
b. Provincial prisoner d. city prisoner d. Correctional Institution for Women
35. Which of the following is NOT a guaranteed right of an inmate? 47. A convicted offender whose age is ____ can apply for
a. To receive authorized visitors at designated time and place probation.
b. To be confined in a private hospital if sick a. 21 years old or above
c. To send and receive correspondence b. 18 years old or above
d. To practice his faith or religion c. 12 years old or above
36. Who among the following maybe excused from hard prison d. 16 years old or above
work? 48. Juanito is 17 years old when he was convicted for the crime of
a. Detention prisoners c. Women prisoners theft. Can he apply for probation under the Adult Probation
b. Juvenile offenders d. Prisoners over 60 years old System?
37. In prison, what is the mechanism for treating the underlying a. No, because his crime is theft
emotional or psychological problems that led inmates to b. No, because he is entitled for parole
criminality? c. No, because he is only 17 years old
a. Physical therapy C. Psychotherapy d. No, because he is convicted crime
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49. The Post-Sentence Investigation Report is submitted to court 63. The probation supervision period maybe terminated on any of
within the the following grounds, EXCEPT _____.
a. 60-day period c. 15-day period a. Order of the Secretary of Justice
b. 45-day period d. 30-day period b. Death of the probationer
50. Why do all members of the custodial force proceed or directed c. Successful completion of program
to go to their critical posts armed with their issued firearms d. Probation revocation for cause
when there is mass jailbreak? 64. What is the newly legislated method of implementation death
a. To shoot any of the escapees penalty?
b. To protect other inmates a. Firing squad c. lethal injection
c. To plug off the escape routes b. Hanging d. electrocution
d. To make warning shot 65. #In the United States, home confinement or house arrest may
51. What is that portion of the criminal justice system that carries be imposed by the courts and the offenders are confined in
out the court’s orders? their own residences but are placed under ____
a. Law enforcement c. community a. Probation supervision
b. Corrections d. prosecution b. Electronic monitoring
52. When shall an inmate’s request to view the remains of a c. Intensive probation supervision
deceased relative be filed with the jail warden? d. Parole supervision
a. At least one (1) day before the privilege sought is enjoyed
b. At least one (1) week before the privilege sought is enjoyed 66. What is a warrant issued by the court bearing its seal and the
c. At least five (5) days before the privilege sought is enjoyed signature of the judge directing the jail or prison authorities to
d. At least three (3) days before the privilege sought is receive the convicted offender for the service of sentence
enjoyed imposed therein?
53. Which of the following is a sub-colony of the Davao Penal a. Warrant b. Nolle c. Order of acceptance d. Mittimus
Colony where released prisoners who no longer wish to return 67. Juan was charge with an offense with a penalty of not more
to their homes stay and work? than six (6) months and/or a fine of 2,000, or both. His
a. Panabo Sub-colony c. Inagawan Sub-colony realease to a responsible person in a community instead of
b. Kapalong Sub-colony d. Tanglaw Settlement filing a bail bond as ordered by the court is called ____.
54. The ____ theory assumes that people are law-abiding but a. Release on probation c. release on parole
under great pressure they will resort to crime and that b. Release on recognizance d. release due to pardon
disparity between goals and means provided that pressure 68. Who may be granted conditional pardon?
a. Psychoanalytic c. Social learning a. An old prisoner provided he was not yet 60 when he/she
b. Strain d. differential association was put to prison.
55. A term which denotes a new trial as when an appellate court b. A prisoner who was the “bastonero”
sends a case back to a lower court for re-trial c. A prisoner who is a female.
a. Trial by jury c. trial de Novo d. A probationer who broke his probation conditions.
b. Trial by default d. trial by publicity 69. What is the action of the court in case a probationer violated
56. There is a _______ in the maximum sentence of an offender his/her probation conditions?
when he is granted good conduct-time allowance. a. Court directs probationer to re-apply for probation
a. Modification b. Increase c. reduction d. nullification b. Court releases the probationer to the community
57. Punishment is associated with the ____ model while treatment c. Court revokes probationer to the community
is associated to medical model. d. Court orders the continuation of probation
a. Reintegrative b. Retributive c. Justice d. restorative 70. Where shall those who are sentenced to a prison term of more
58. How are the inmates called when they are given special than three (3) years sent to?
privileges such as work assignments which are not done at the a. Jails under provincial government
regular times? b. Correctional facilities of the Bureau of Corrections
a. Correctional officers c. officers c. Jails of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
b. Trustees d. guardians d. Detention cells of the police
59. Presidential Decree No. 968 as amended grants probation to 71. The Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) is the only penal
qualified adult offenders while Presidential Decree No. 603 institution for women offenders. This is under the
grants probation to _____ offenders. a. Bureau of Woman Welfare
a. Sexual b. Blue-collar c. criminal d. youthful b. Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
60. How is accuracy in counting prisoners ensured? c. National Bureau of Investigation
a. Mere presence of shoes under the bed is taken as presence d. Bureau of Corrections
of a prisoner. 72. A drug user who is placed under probation may be made to
b. Bastonero takes charge of checking presence of co- serve his sentence by the court if he
inmates. a. Becomes unruly and undisciplined
c. A list is passed around and the name of offender is b. Commits another offense
checked. c. Violates any of the conditions of his probation
d. Physical counting, with the person standing and the jail d. Is 21 years old
guards looking from head to foot. 73. What is referred to as the withdrawal of the privilege of
a. There is personal gratification in helping criminals probation or parole resulting in the incarceration of the
61. The post-Sentence Investigation Report shall be approved by offender?
the a. Revocation b. Retaliation c. Suspension d. Commutation
a. Head, probation Office c. Judge 74. The following are authorized to commit a person to jail,
b. Social Worker d. Chief of Police EXCEPT
62. Is a person convicted of treason qualified for probation? a. Court of Appeals c. Board of Pardon and Parole
a. Yes, as long as he is first-time offender. b. Philippine National Police d. Regional Trial Court
b. No, his crime is against the security of the state 75. Citizen involvement in corrections is anchored on the fact that
c. Yes, everyone is qualified for probation a. Society is fearful of the effects of crime and it must abate
d. Yes, as long as he is a Filipino such fear for the unknown
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b. Society is collectively responsible for the conditions that 90. What facility was built recently within the Bureau of Correctios
breed injustice and crime thus, it must have an equal site for the purpose of housing prisoners who are about to be
responsibility for collective remedial action released?
c. There is profit in being involved in correctional programs a. Recreation Area c. Congregation Shop
76. What is the action of the court in case a probationer violated b. Half Way House d. Reception Diagnostic Center
his/her probation conditions? 91. Which of the following terms is most closely associated to the
a. Court release the probationer to the community day-to-day operations of the various units within the
b. Court revokes probation and probationer goes to prison organization?
c. Court orders the continuation of probation a. Control c. management
d. Court directs probationer to re-apply for probation b. Administration d. supervision
77. In maintaining health, safety and sanitation inside jail 92. An advantage result in the integration of correctional agencies
premises, jail officers are responsible for the following, EXCEPT is:
_____. a. More prisoner to supervise
a. Scrub all floors, walls and ceilings b. Efficiency in the utilization of resources
b. Supervise hygiene habits of inmates c. Divided resources such as manpower and finances
c. Ensure proper handling and labeling of hazardous materials d. More physical facilities to maintain
d. Prepare a cleaning schedule 93. This group regarded deviant behavior as a symptom of some
78. Which of the following is a manifest function of parole? underlying personality disturbance.
a. To protect the public a. Political scientist c. social advocates
b. To integrate parolees into society b. Behaviorists d. mental health advocates
c. To ease prison and jail overcrowding 94. How is an offender called if he is convicted by the court to a
d. To remedy sentencing disparities prison term of more than three (3) years and one (1) day?
79. What document is issued to a parolee when the maximum a. City/municipal prisoner c. district prisoner
period of his prison term has expired? b. Provincial prisoner d. national prisoner
a. Certificate of Prison Term Completion 95. The early practice in England that humanized criminal justice
b. Certificate of Final Release served as the forerunners of probation. These are
c. Certificate of Final Discharge 1. Benefit of the clergy 3. Recognizance
d. Certificate of Final Release and Discharge 2. Judicial reprieve 4. Commutation
80. This approach to the explanation of crime traces behavior as a
deviation to the regression of basic drives. a. 4, 1 and 2 b. 3, 4 and 1 c. 1, 2 and 3 d. 2, 3 and 4
a. Physiological approach
b. Psycho-analytical approach 96. Which of the following provides, among others, that for
c. Biological approach criminal offenses imposable with an imprisonment of thirty
d. Psychological approach (30) days or less, the parties thereto must first try to settle the
81. A petition for probation is filed by the defendant with the ____ case amicably at the barangay level, and only when no
a. Judge of the Regional Trial Court settlement can be reached, will a complainant be entertained
b. Justice of the Appellate Court in court?
c. Municipal Trial Court a. Presidential Decree No. 603
d. Trial Judge who tried and convicted b. Presidential Decree No. 1508
82. Who was the first probation officer in the whole correctional c. Presidential Decree No. 765
enterprise? d. Presidential Decree No. 421
a. Jeremy Bentham c. John Augustus 97. Which office evaluates the fitness and qualifications of
b. Peter Thatcher d. Cesare Beccaria prisoners for the grant of pardon and parole?
83. What is the Security Classification of an inmate whose a. Board of Pardon and Parole
sentence is under review by the Supreme Court? b. Department of Social welfare and Development
a. Medium security c. Optimum security c. Parole and Probation Administration
b. Minimum security d. maximum security d. Department of Justice
84. What theory in criminology states that criminals are totally 98. Which if the following is considered in the grant of conditional
responsible for their behaviors? The stress is more in the effect pardon?
of their felonious act than upon the criminal himself. a. Old age provided that he was not yet 60 years old at the
a. Physiological theory C. positivist theory time of his commitment to prison
b. Biological theory D. classical theory b. Discipline of the prisoner
85. A convicted defendant who files an application for probation is c. Good conduct shown
called _____. d. Length of time spent in prison
a. Probationer c. Respondent 99. In 1869 the Spanish authorities established the separate prison
b. Petitioner d. applicant in Zamboanga for the confinement of
86. A convicted offender may avail of probation as a/an a. ______
a. Choice b. Right c. privilege d. option a. Maximum security prisoners c. Political prisoners
87. What is the practice of beating, torturing, maiming or any form b. Convicted offenders d. Female prisoners
of causing pain to a prisoner called? 100.Republic Act No. 6127 provides for the period of _____ of
a. Corporal punishment c. Medical model of punishment offenders.
b. Capital punishment d. Indeterminate punishment a. Pre-trial c. imprisonment
88. The Sablayan Penal Colony of the Bureau of Corrections is b. Diversion d. preventive detention
located in:
a. Davao b. Palawan c. Zamboanga d. Occidental Mindoro
89. What is meant by “hustling” inside the prison?
a. Staying incommunicado for a period of time
b. Selling illegal commodities such as drugs, alcohol weapons
c. Heating a prisoner for bad behavior
d. Staying at work in a congregate shop