CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION

1. The first workhouse in England (1557-1576)

a. Singsing prison c. Alcatraz
b. Bride well d. Walnut Street Jail
2. It is the authority of the President of the Philippines to suspend the execution of a penalty,
reduce the sentence and extinguish criminal liability.
a. Parole c. Executive clemency
b. Pardon d. President’s clemency
3. B.J.M.P is
a. Executive Department c. P.N.P.
b. D.I.L.G. d. none of these
4. There were three (3) casework techniques applied by the parole officer, which one is not.
a. The trick and treat techniques
b. The executive techniques
c. The guidance, counseling and leadership techniques
d. The manipulative techniques
5. The basis of this old school of penology is the human free-will
a. Penology school c. Classical school
b. Neo-classical d. Positivist
6. This helps the prisoner/detainee in the resolution of his problems
a. Meeting c. working
b. Recreation d. counseling
7. Takes charge of financial matters especially in programming, budgeting, accounting, and other
activities related to financial services. It consolidates and prepares financial reports and related
statements of subsistence outlays and disbursements in the operation of the jail.
a. Budget and finance branch
b. Property and supply branch
c. General services branch
d. Mess services branch
8. A person can be considered an inmate if:
a. Has committed a crime
b. Barkada of the barangay
c. Bodyguard of the jail warden
d. He is the informer of the police
9. Operation conducted by the BJMP wherein a prisoner maybe checked at any time. His beddings,
lockers and personal belongings may also be opened at anytime, in his presence, whenever
possible. This practice is known as:
a. Check and balance c. S.O.P.
b. Inventory d. operation Greyhound
10. He introduced the “Progressive or mark” system of penal management which granted privileges
and good-conduct-time gradually culminating to the offenders release and an improvement of
the ticket of leave. Who was he?
a. Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brise c. Sir Walter Crafton
b. Alexander Machonochie d. Zebulon R. Brockway
11. The first international organization to achieve international cooperation with respect to the
prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders in 1875 is ___________.
a. American Correctional Association
b. Philippine Correctional Association
c. Correctional Association of the Philippines
d. International Penal and Penitentiary Commission
12. Pardon cannot be extended to one of the following instances.
a. Murder c. Brigandage
b. Rape d. Impeachment
13. This service provide the most intensive diagnostic and treatment activities which generally
include the functions of psychiatrists, psychologist, social workers and auxiliary personnel,
particularly to offenders with deep seated emotional problems
a. Diagnostic services c. Case work
 b. Medical services c. Clinical services
14. It refers to commission of another crime during service of sentence of penalty imposed for
another previous offense.
a. Recidivism c. delinquency
b. Quasi-recidivism d. concurso de delito
15. A person who is detained for the violation of law or ordinance and has not yet been convicted is
a ____
a. Detention prisoner c. Provincial prisoner
b. Municipal prisoner d. City prisoner
16. The only one instance when a prisoner maybe given passes or leaves from jails or places of
confinement, as may be allowed by law or regulation, upon approval of the appropriate
authority, or the court, if already committed by court order and upon and recommendation of
the warden.
a. On recognizance
b. Very meritorious cases
c. When he puts bail for his temporary liberty
d. All of these
17. It is responsible for carrying out the treatment programs of the prisoners in jails.
a. Warden c. Chaplain
b. Classification Committee d. Disciplinary Board
18. A model in correctional history that had been successful for young boys and girls in the earlier
house of refuge and training that was adopted for older offenders.
a. Family Model c. Reform Model
b. Penitence Model d. Probation
19. Forms of executive clemency, EXCEPT
a. Commutation c. reprieve
b. Amnesty d. probation
20. It detains minimum custody offenders serving short sentences with constructive work programs.
It provided full employment of prisoners, remedial services and constructive leisure time
activities.
a. Provincial jail
b. Ordinary jail
c. Workhouse, jail farm or camp-house
d. Lock-up
21. It is that branch of the administration of Criminal Justice System charged with the responsibility
for the custody, supervision, and rehabilitation of the convicted offender.
a. Conviction c. corrections
b. Penalty d. Punishment
22. Pardon cannot be exercised in what of the following instances
a. Before conviction
b. After conviction
c. Before trial
d. Before conviction and before trial
23. This is also called the guidance or case conference where the prisoner, after undergoing all the
tests, interviews and examinations, appears before the Center’s staff in conference to plan out
with him his tentative program of activities the prisoner should undergo including institutional
training, recreational program, religious program, medical and psychiatry services and social
services.
a. Admission procedure c. Exit conference
b. Guidance and counseling d. Staff conference
24. The features of the prison system were confinement of the prisoners in their cells day and night
a. Auburn system c. Pennsylvania system
b. Pre-classical theories d. Judean Christian Theory
25. A person who is sentenced to serve imprisonment for not more than three years or to pay a fine
of not more than one thousand pesos or both fine and imprisonment
a. City prisoner c. insular prisoner
b. National prisoner d. None of above
26. This prison system was considered more advantageous because it had been observed that
prisoners can finish more articles when they work in groups than working alone in their
individual cells.
a. Maison de Force c. Auburn System
b. None of these d. Pennsylvania System
27. Is that kind of prisoner’s discipline applied after an offense has been committed, in these that
many cases, punishment does not deter.
a. Positive discipline c. Strict discipline
b. Negative discipline d. Leniency
28. This is a procedure which permits a jail prisoner to pursue his normal job during the week and
return to the jail to serve his sentence during the weekend or non-working hours
a. Amnesty
b. Probation
c. Good conduct time allowance
d. Delayed sentence
29. This was in the form of group vengeance as distinguished from retribution, where punishment is
exacted publicly for the purpose of appeasing the social group
a. Protection c. deterrence
b. Retribution d. expiation
30. The central goal of the Probation Administration is to enhance the safety of the community by
reducing the incidence of criminal acts by persons _______.
a. To be convicted c. just been convicted
b. Previously convicted d. not yet convicted
31. In prison, it is commonly thought of as a procedure to prevent escapes, riots and disorders, and
the punishment of those involved
a. Punishment c. preventive discipline
b. Control d. discipline
32. The following are the justifications of punishment, EXCEPT
a. Retribution c. deterrence
b. Happiness d. expiation or atonement
33. Are prisoners who can not be trusted in open conditions and pose less danger to society if they
escape
a. Minimum security prison c. maximum security prison
b. Medium security prisons d. detention prisoners
34. Pardon is exercised when the person is _______.
a. Already convicted c. not yet convicted
b. About to be convicted d. serve the sentence
35. In determining whether an offender may be placed on probation the court shall consider all
information relative to which of the following?
a. All of these
b. Character
c. Antecedents and environment
d. Mental and physical conditions of the offender
36. What law integrated Police force, Jail Management and Penology, and Fire Fighting Force before
P.D. 765 was enacted?
a. E.O. 448 c. P.D. 1184
b. P.D. 603 d. R.A. 4884
37. What law was passed by the U.S. Congress which ended the industrial prison movement?
a. A law which prohibited the increase of delinquency in prisons
b. None of these
c. yA law which encouraged the prisoners to be more industrious in the works
d. A law which prohibited the sale of prison-made articles to the public and limited their use to
government owned or controlled institutions.
38. Which is used to discover and put into service other resources in the community in order to
supplement the effort of the probation officer-
a. Panoptican technique c. Neighborhood technique
b. Leadership officer d. Executive technique
39. This kind of punishment will be given to the offender by showing to others what would happen
to them if they have committed the heinous crime.
a. Protection c. deterrence
b. Lethal injection d. stoning
40. For a convicted offender, probation is a form of _____.
a. Punishment c. Treatment
b. Enjoyment d. Incarceration
41. For amnesty to be granted, there should be _________
a. Recommendation from U.N.
b. Application
c. Recommendation from C.H.R.
d. Concurrence of the Congress
42. It is a model in correctional history which treats criminality as a breakdown of the family and
community.
a. Penitence Model c. Family Model
b. Punishment Model d. Auburn System
43. The highest official of the Bureau of Corrections.
a. Director c. secretary of the DND
b. Chief executive d. Prison Inspector
44. What is the purpose of the waiting period in granting absolute pardon to restore the political
and civil rights of the offender released from prison?
a. To give time to the offender to think
b. To let the released prisoner suffer for the consequences of his criminal act
c. None of these
d. To give the offender an opportunity to demonstrate that he has established a new pattern
of good conduct
45. No prisoner shall be made to serve more than
a. 2 times c. 3 times
b. 4 times d. 5 times
46. The Presidential Decree that suspends the sentence of minor offenders whose ages range from
nine (9) to under (18) eighteen years and places them in rehabilitation centers.
a. PD 923 c. PD 603
b. PD 968 d. PD 1203
47. It plays a unique role in the moral and spiritual regeneration of man
a. Vocation c. work
b. Education d. religion
48. The BJMP is provided by the government with the food allowance of offenders for three meals
per day in the amount of _______ for 1998.
a. P30.00/day c. P25.00/day
b. P22.00/day d. P19.00/day
49. It is a penalty wherein a convicted person shall not be permitted to enter the place designated
in the sentence, or within the radius therein specified, which shall not be more than 250 and not
less than 25 kilometer from the place designated
a. Fine c. destierro
b. Segregation d. imprisonment
50. What law can be considered the second Probation Law in the Philippines which is intended only
for minors?
a. P.D. 968 c. P.D. 6425
b. R.A. 4221 d. P.D. 603
51. The _____________ century may be considered as the period of transition from corporal
punishment to imprisonment.
a. 16th c. 15th
th
b. 17 d. 18th
52. Is a suffering inflicted to an individual for having been committed an offense?
a. Sentence c. Retribution
b. Penalty d. Punishment
53. This law provides that life sentence shall automatically be reduced to 30 years.
a. P.D. 29 c. R.A. 2489
 b. E.O. 343 d. all of these
54. Punishing a criminal to serve as example to others is a theory of ___________.
a. Self-defense c. Social defense
b. Exemplarity d. Equality
55. Probation may not be revoked unless
a. A hearing is held c. notice is given
b. All of these d. a violation is alleged
56. __________ of prisoners are aimed to prevent moral or physical contamination of one group by
another and to prevent unnecessary custodial risk.
a. Classification c. None of these
b. Imprisonment d. Segregation
57. The type of working detention prisoner who is not entitled to full time service of sentence
a. Recidivist c. lazy prisoners
b. Sexual deviates d. Homosexuals
58. Purpose of commutation, EXCEPT
a. To save the life of a person sentenced to death
b. None of these
c. To extend parole in cases where the parole law does not apply
d. To break the rigidity of the law
59. The period of deducted sentence granted to a prisoner who escaped on the occasion of disorder
arising from conflagration, earthquake or catastrophe where he voluntarily surrendered within
48 hours following the issuance of a proclamation announcing the termination of such disorder.
a. 2/5 period of sentence c. 1/3 period of sentence
b. ¼ period of sentence d. 1/5 period of sentence
60. The purpose of the decree on probation shall be to
a. Provide an opportunity for the reformation of a penitent offender which might be less
probable if he were to serve a prison sentence
b. Prevent the commission of offenses
c. All of these
d. Promote the correction and rehabilitation of an offender by providing him with
individualized treatment
61. The most common problem of the national prison is
a. Excessive number of escapes
b. Disagreement about their mess
c. Overcrowding
d. Lack of adequate funding
62. In case of conflicting orders, the order one given by the _________ shall be obeyed.
a. Highest in rank c. Immediate superior
b. Commanding officer d. Higher Officer
63. No body can assume the suffering for a crime committed by others.
a. Justice c. Personal
b. Legal d. Certain
64. These are the factors considered in diversification, EXCEPT;
a. Age of offenders c. Mother of offender
b. Sex of offenders d. Medical condition
65. Article 70 of the Revised Penal Code provides that in applying its provisions, the duration of
service of sentence of a life termer should be
a. 30 years c. 40 years
b. 20 years d. 15 years
66. When shall probation order take effect?
a. Three days after issuance
b. Three days prior to issuance
c. Upon its issuance
d. 72 hours after issuance
67. Formerly, pardon was applied to a member of the _______ who committed crimes and
occasionally to those convicted of offenses against the Royal Power
a. Royal family c. Rebellious family
b. Mendicant family d. Indigent family
68. This branch takes charge of the preparation of the daily menu, makes foodstuff purchases,
prepares and cooks the food and serves it to the inmates. It maintains a record of daily
purchases and consumption and submits a daily report to the Warden.
a. General Services Branch
b. Budget and Finance Branch
c. Mittimus Computing Branch
d. Mess Services Branch
69. Under article VII, Section 10, Paragraph (B) of the Philippine Constitution, pardoning power is
vested with the
a. Dep’t. of Justice c. Judiciary
b. Chief Executive d. Legislative
70. It is a justification for punishment which claims that certain things can be done after the person
has served his sentence, will not want to commit another crime.
a. Incapacitation c. Deterrence
b. Rehabilitation d. Retribution
71. It is a procedure by which prisoners are selected for release on the basis of individual response
to the correctional and rehabilitation programs within the institution by which they are provided
with necessary controls and guidance as they serve the remainder of their sentence within the
free community.
a. Pardon c. Amnesty
b. Parole d. Conditional Pardon
72. It is a temporary stay of execution of sentence
a. Reprieve c. Pardon
b. Commutation d. Amnesty
73. It is a punishment and penitence model of prison built in 1820’s were communication among
the prisoners was next to impossible, prisoners were individually isolated.
a. Mark System c. Reformatory
b. Auburn System d. Pennsylvania System
74. Parole is not a matter of __________.
a. Privilege c. Right
b. Grace d. Requirement
75. It was built in 1704 by Pope Clement XI for incorrigible boys and youths under 20.
a. Hospice of San Michelle c. Irish System
b. Maison de Force d. Auburn System
76. This group consists of chronic troublemakers but not as dangerous as the super security
prisoners. They are not allowed to work outside the institution.
a. Maximum security prisoners
b. Minimum security prisoners
c. Super security prisoners
d. Medium security prisoners
77. Parole is granted by the
a. President
b. Director of Prisons
c. Board of Pardons and Parole
d. Court
78. It is the factor used mostly for the diversification of correctional institution.
a. Degree of Custody
b. Age
c. Sex
d. Medical or Mental Conditions
79. A person who is sentenced to serve imprisonment for not more than six months.
a. Insular prisoner c. city prisoner
b. Provincial prisoner d. municipal prisoner
80. It is a program of graduated release designed to reduce the severity of abrupt release into the
community from institutional life.
a. Reentry program c. Group counseling
b. Conjugal visits d. Psychodrama program
81. This is a procedure which permits a jail prisoner to pursue his normal job during the week and
return to the jail to serve his sentence during the weekend or non-working hours.
a. Amnesty
b. Good conduct time allowance
c. Probation
d. Delayed sentence
82. Inmates who commit suicide are considered as in any of the following:
a. Liability of the jail administrators
b. No liability because inmates is insane
c. Liability of the sentencing court
d. Liability of the inmates himself
83. Probation proceeds on the theory that the best way to pursue this goal is to orient the criminal
sanction toward the __________ in sentencing.
a. Community setting c. none of these
b. Individual setting d. prison setting
84. Amnesty is granted by whom?
a. Commission on Human Rights
b. Chief Executive
c. Legislative
d. Judiciary
85. He opened Borstal Prisons, considered that best reformatory institutions for young offenders.
a. Maconochie c. Sir Walter Crofton
b. Z.R Brokway d. Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brise
86. It is one of the earliest device for softening brutal severity of punishment through a compromise
with the church
a. Parole c. Benefit of the clergy
b. Public humiliation d. Amnesty
87. A recipient of absolute pardon is ____________ from civil liability imposed upon him by the
sentence.
a. Partially exempted c. exempted
b. Conditionally exempted d. not exempted
88. The Republic Act that fully deducts the period of the offender’s preventive detention from the
sentence imposed by the courts.
a. RA 6036 c. RA 7371
b. RA 7137 d. RA 6127
89. It is an act of clemency which changes a heavier sentence to a less serious one of a longer term
to a shorter term.
a. Amnesty c. commutation
b. Reprieve d. None of these
90. _____________is an act of grace and the recipient is not entitled to it as a matter of right.
a. Pardon c. Parole
b. Probation d. None of these
91. These are the group of prisoners who may be allowed to work outside the fence of the
institution under guard escorts. Generally they are employed as agricultural workers.
a. Medium security prisoners
b. Minimum security prisoners
c. Maximum security prisoners
d. Super security prisoners
92. Upon the assumption of the IPPC’s work, the United Nations preferred to identify its activities
and programs under the broader concept of ____________.
a. Social justice c. social offense
b. Social defense d. juvenile justice
93. Aside from the court, these are other authorities who can commit a person to jail, EXCEPT:
a. The board of Indeterminate sentence
b. None of these
c. Deportation board
d. Police authorities
 94. In probation system’s philosophy and concept, it is stated that the individual has the ability to
__________ and to modify his anti-social behavior with the right kind of help
a. Challenge c. none of these
b. Change d. aggravate his behavior
95. Can a probationer pursue a prescribed secular study or vocational training while on probation?
a. Neither c. none of these
b. No d. yes
96. What was the first Probation Law in the Philippines?
a. P.D. 603 c. None of these
b. P.D. 968 d. Act. 4221
97. All persons in custody shall, before final conviction, be entitled to bail as a matter of _________.
a. Preference c. right
b. Privilege d. choice
98. It is one which will relieve inmates’ feeling of insecurity about his situation; it is likewise
essential in effecting new changes which affect the masses or inmate population
a. Good communication c. recreation
b. Conjugal visit d. all of these
99. The Bureau of Corrections is under the –
a. Department of Social Welfare and Development
b. Department of Justice
c. Department of the Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Health
100. A person who is sentenced to serve a prison term of over three (3) years is a –
a. Municipal prisoner
b. Detention prisoner
c. National or Insular prisoner
d. City prisoner