CRIMINOLOGY COMPREHESIVE REVIEW

CORRECIONAL INSTITUTION

1. Articles 1706 - 1727 of the revised Administrative Code as amended is known as

       a.    Correction Law
       b.    Jail Management Law
       c.    Prison Law
       d.    Parole and Probation Law                   

2. The mechanical device or contrivance, tools or implement used to hold back, keep in
check or under control is the
       a.    Instrument of Restraint
       b.    Iron leg Lock
       c.    Handcuffs
       d.    Metallic chains                                     

3. Who is tasked with the gathering and collecting of information and other data every
prisoner into a case study to determine the work assignment, the type supervision and
degree of custody and restriction under which an offender must live in jail?
       A.    Classification Board
       B.   Board of Custody
       C.    Diagnostic Board
       D.    Treatment Board                                 
4. The imprisonment a convicted offender may serve, at the rate of PhP8.00 a day
subject to certain rules, for failure to pay a fine and if ordered to do so by the judgment
is referred to as 
       A.    Subsidiary imprisonment
       B.    Secondary imprisonment
       C.    Preventive imprisonment
       D.    None of the above                              

5. The meaning of the word oblivion is

       A.    forgetting completely
       B.    class of persons
       C.    abolish
       D.    community based treatment       
        
6. The process of determining the needs and requirements of prisoners for assigning
them to programs according to their
        existing resources is called:
       A.    classification
       B.    quarantine
       C.    diversification
       D.    quality control                                     

7. Public humiliation or public exhibition also mean:

       A.    public execution
       B.    social degradation
       C.    banishment
       D.    public trial                                            

8. During the 16th up to the 18th century, a criminal may be sent away from a place
carried out by prohibition to coming against a specified territory. This is an ancient form
of punishment called:
       A.    Exile
       B.    Transportation
       C.    Banishment
       D.    Public trial                                            

9. One of the following represents the earliest codification of the

        Roman law, which was incorporated into the Justinian Code.
       A.    Twelve Tables
       B.    Burgundian Code
       C.    Code of Draco
       D.    Hammurabi code                                

10. In the history of correction, thinkers during the reformatory movement were the
major influences of today’s correctional system. Alexander Macanochie was the one
who introduced the __
        of correction
       A.    Solitary system
       B.    Irish System
       C.    Marked System
       D.    Congregate system                            

11. What law renamed the Bureau of Prison to Bureau of Correction During the Aquino
administration in the Philippines?
       A.    E.O 727
       B.    E.O 292
       C.    E.O 645
       D.    E.O 104                                              

12. Retaliation is the earliest remedy for a wrong act to any one (in the primitive
society). The concept follows that the victim’ family or tribe against the family or tribe of
the offender, hence “blood feuds” was accepted in the early primitive societies.
Retaliation means:
       A.    Personal Vengeance
       B.    Tooth for a tooth
       C.    Eye for an Eye
       D.    All of these                                         

13. In 1936, the City of Manila exchanges its Muntinlupa property with the Bureau of
Prisons originally intended as a site for boys ‘training school. Today, the old Bilibid
Prison is now being used as the Manila City Jail, famous as the:
       A.    “ May Halique Estate”
       B.    “Tandang Sora State”
       C.    New Bilibid Jail
       D.    Muntinlupa Jail                                    

14. The sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1773 who devoted his life and fortune to prison
reform. After his findings on English Prisons, recommended the following: single cells for
sleeping, segregation of women, segregation of youth, provision of sanitation facilities,
and abolition of fee system by which jailers obtained money from prisoners.
       A.    John Howard
       B.    Robert Peel
       C.    William Penn
       D.    Manuel Montesimos                             

15. Mr. Cruz was convicted of the crime of murder. After 10 days
from the promulgation of the sentence, he escaped from his place of confinement. He
maybe
       A.    liable for evasion of service of sentence
       B.    considered as an escaped prisoner
       C.    not liable for evasion of service of sentence   
       D.    All of these                                          

16. Ms. Bantog was convicted for the crime of infanticide. After serving her sentence she
committed again the same crime. MS. Ines Bantog maybe considered as a
       A.    recidivist    
       B.    quasi-recidivist
       C.    habitual delinquent       
       D.    mentally retarded person                   

17. Ramon, a basketball player, arrested Berto for some legal ground but he failed to file
a complaint against the latter within the prescribed period of filing. What crime did
Ramon committed?
       A.    arbitrary detention
       B.    illegal Detention
       C.    illegal arrest
       D.    no crime committed                             

18. The Camp Sampaguita of the national Bilibid Prison houses

       A.    Super Maximum-Security Prisoners     
       B.    Maximum Security Prisoners
       C.    Medium Security Prisoners
       D.    Minimum Security Prisoners                 

19. The only early Roman place of confinement which was built under the main sewer
Rome in 64 B.C.   
       A.    Bridewell Workhouse
       B.    Wulnut Street Jail
       C.    Burgundian House
       D.    none of these                                      

20. The punishment should be provided by the state whose sanction is violated, to
afford the society or individual the opportunity of imposing upon the offender suitable
punishment as might be enforced. Offenders should be punished because they deserve
  A.    Atonement
       B.    Incapacitation
       C.    Deterrence
       D.    Retribution                                          

21. The purpose of commutation of sentence is to:

       A. do away with the miscarriage of justice             
       B. break the rigidity of the law
       C. restore the political and civil rights of the accused    
D. all of the above   

22. One of the following is an admission procedure which involves the frisking of the
prisoner.
       
       A.    Identification
       B.    Searching
       C.    Briefing/Orientation
       D.    minimum security prisoners                 

23. If the warden is taken as the hostage, for all intents and purposes, he ceases to
exercise authority and the next in command or the __________ officer present shall
assume the command.
        
        
        A.    Veteran
        B.    Assistant
        C.    Most senior
        D.    Custodian                                           

24. Upon receipt of the probation officer investigation report, the court shall resolve the
application for probation not later than-
        
        A.    60 days
B. 5 days
        C.    15 days
        D.    45 days                                             

25. Who is the Father of Philippine Probation?

        A.    Jose Lacson
        B.    Juan Ponce Enrile
        C.    Antonio Torres
        D.    None of these                                    

26. What is the country, whose early schemes for humanizing the criminal justice under
its common law, originated probation.
        
        A.    England  
        B.    United States      
        C.    Greece
        D.    France                                               

27. Which of the following does not belong to the common law practices to which the
emergence of probation is attributed?

       A.    Recognizance                

       B.    Reprieve  
       C.    Benefit of the Clergy       
       D.    Penance                                              

28. Benefit of clergy, judicial reprieve, sanctuary, and abjuration offered offenders a
degree of protection from the enactment of

       A.    harsh sentences

       B.    soft sentences
       C.    criminal liabilities
       D.    code of Hammurabi                              
29. In the United States, particularly in Massachusetts, different. Practices were being
developed. "Security for good behavior," also known as good aberrance, was much like
modern bail
       
       A.    Penalizing
       B.    Good aberrance
       C.    Paying in cash
       D.    Collateral                                            

30. Who among the following was the builder hospice of San Michelle, a reformatory for
delinquent boys 
       
       A.    Montesquieu
       B.    Pope Clement XI
       C.    Samuel Rosily
       D.    John Howard                                       

31. The advocate of ultimate prison known as “the Panopticon” was

       A.    Jeremy Bentham
       B.    Samuel Romily
       C.    Walter Crofton
       D.    John Howard                                       

32. The founder of the Classical School of Criminology and published a short treaty “On
Crimes and Punishments” which contains his reformatory ideas was
       
       A.    Jeremy Bentham
       B.    Cesare Lombroso
       C.    Cesare Beccaria
       D.    Enrico Ferri                                          

33. Diversification means

       A.    Proper integration of prisoners
       B.    Proper classification of prisoners
       C.    Proper segregation of prisoners
       D.    Welfare of prisoners                            

34. Filipino female national prisoners are confined at the

       A.    Mental hospital
       B.    CIW
       C.    Manila City Jail
       D.    Iwahig Penal Colony                            

35. An offender who surrenders from escaping because of calamity

        immediately 48 hours after the pronouncement of the
        passing away of calamity shall be granted  
       A.    1/5 reduction of sentence
       B.    ½ reduction of sentence
       C.    2/5 reduction of sentence
       D.    2/6 reduction of sentence                  

36. What is the name of the prison institution situated in Zamboanga, named after Capt.
Blanco of the Spanish Royal Army?
       
       A.    Old Bilibid Prison
       B.    Sablayan Prsions and Penal Farm
       C.    San Ramon Prison & Penal Farm
       D.    Iwahig Penal                                        

37. A branch or division of law which defines crimes, treat of their nature and provides
for their punishment
        
       A. Remedial law
       B. Criminal law
       C. Civil law
       D. Political law                                              

38. One who investigates for the court a referral for probation or supervises a
probationer or both
        
      A. police officer
       B. probationer officer
       C. intelligence officer
       D. law enforcer                                          
39. Post sentence investigation report must be submitted by the probation officer to the
court within
        
       A. 20 days
       B. 30 days
       C. 60 days
       D. 90 days                                                  

40. Parole in the Philippine is governed by the

        A. determinate sentence law
        B. Indeterminate sentence law
        C. Board of pardon and parole
        D. Parole and probation administration     
41. A detention jail in Philadelphia but it was converted into state  prison and became
the first American penitentiary
        
       A. Auburn Prison
       B. Walnut Street Jail
       C. Pennsylvania Prison
       D. Bride Well                                               

42. The system of prison were the confinement of the prisoners in single cells at night
and congregate work in stop during the day.
       
       A. Pennsylvania prison
       B. Auburn prison
       C. Elmira reformatory
       D. Alcatraz prison   
                                    
43. Under the rules, the chairman of the classification board and disciplinary board for
jails should be
       
       A. Warden
       B. Assistant warden
       C. Custodial officer
       D. Security officer                                      

44. A special group of prisoners composed of incorrigible, intractable and dangerous

persons who are so difficult to manage inside prisons.
       
       A. Medium Security prisoners
       B. Maximum security prisoners
       C. Super maximum-security prisoners
       D. Minimum Security Prisoners                     

45. One of the following is considered as the corner stone in reformation n which
includes all the life experiences which shape a person’s attitudes and behaviors.
       
       A.    Recreational program
       B.    Religious program
       C.    Educational program
       D.    Work program                                     

46. It involves supervision of prisoners to insure punctual and orderly movement from
the dormitories, place of work, hospital and churches in accordance with the daily
schedules
       
       A.    Control
       B.    Custody
       C.    Discipline
       D.    Inspection                                           

47. It is a special unit in prison where by newly arrived prisoners will be admitted for
diagnostic examination, observation
       
       A.    Reception and Diagnostic Center
       B.    Medium Security Compound
       C.    Maximum Security Compound
       D.    Minimum Security Compound                 

48. Under the jail rules, the following are authorized disciplinary measures imposable to
inmate offender except
        
       A.    Reprimand
       B.    Cancellation of visiting privilege
       C.    Cancellation of food allowance
       D.    Extra fatigue duty                               

49. The principle of an “eye for an eye” “tooth for a tooth” doctrine is common among
ancient laws, specifically t
       
       A.    Code of Draco
       B.    Hammurabi Code
       C.    Summerian Code
       D.    Code of Solomon                                 

50. “Lex Tallionis” means

       A.    Punishment
       B.    Law of retaliation
       C.    Retribution
       D.    Suffering   
51. These were abandoned or unusable transport ships use to confine criminals during
the early period of treating criminal offenders.
      
       A.    Hulks
       B.    Gaols
       C.    Transportation
       D.    Galleys                                                
52. He wrote his book “State of the Prisons” and he was also considered as the great
prison reformer.
        
       A.    John Howard
       B.    John Augustus
       C.    William Penn
       D.    Domets of France                               

53. The first house of correction in London England was the

       A.    Bridewell Workhouse
       B.    Walnut Street Jail
       C.    Mamertine Prison
       D.    Panopticon                                          

54. ___ - known as the “Rock” build in San Francisco Bay

       A.    Walnut prison
       B.    Alcatraz prison
       C.    New York prison
       D.    Red Rock penitentiary                        

55. Anything that is contrary to prison or jail rules and regulations are considered
       
       A.    Firearms
       B.    Contrabands
       C.    Greyhounds
       D.    Personal belongings                             

56. It is the suffering that is inflicted by the state for the transgression of a law for the
purpose of controlling criminals.

        A.    Prevention
        B.    Revenge
        C.    Penalty
        D.    All of the above                                  

57. Parole and Probation Administration is under the direction of the

       A.    Department of Finance
       B.    Department of Justice
       C.    Department of Interior and Local Government
       D.    BJMP    
                                              
58. What is nature in hearing the violation of a probation?
       A.    Formal
       B.    Summary
       C.    Due process
       D.    None of the above                              

59. Which is considered the forerunner of parole?

       A.    Mark system
       B.    Solitary system
       C.    Benefits of a clergy
       D.    Congregate system                            

60. The following are considered as discretionary conditions of probation except

        
       A.    Drinking intoxicated liquor to excess
       B.    Abstain from visiting house of ill repute
       C.    Meet his family responsibilities
       D.    Cooperate with the program of probation   

61. The first convict in the Philippines, sentenced to death by means of Lethal injection
was
       
       A.    Baby Ama
       B.    Asiong Salonga
       C.    Leo Echagaray
       D.    Gregorio S. Mendoza                          

62. In the 13th C, a criminal could avoid ________ by claiming refugee in a church for a
period of 40 days at the end of which          time he has compelled to leave the realm by
a road or path assigned to him.
       
       A.    Penalty
       B.    punishment
       C.    trial
       D.    conviction

63. Long, low, narrow, single decked ships propelled by sails, usually rowed by criminals,
a type of ship used for transportation of criminals in the 16th century. This referred to
as the:
        
       A.    Gaols
       B.    Galleys
       C.    Hulks
       D.    Stocks    
                                             
64. The Classical School of penology maintains the “doctrine of psychological hedonism”
or __________. That the individual calculates pleasures and pains in advance of action
and regulates   his conduct by the result of his calculations.
        
       A. denied individual responsibility    
       B. free will
       C. pleasures and avoiding pain
       D. natural phenomenon                              

65. History has shown that there are three main legal systems in the world, which have
been extended to and adopted by all countries aside from those that produced them.
Among the three, it was   the _____ that has the most lasting and most pervading
influence.
       A. Mohammedan Law    
       B. Anglo-American Law
       C. Roman Law
       D. Hammurabi Code                                  

66. Hanging is for death penalty, maiming is for

       A. Social degradation    
       B. Exile
       C. Physical torture
       D. Slavery                                                  

67. Who is the Director of the English Prison who opened the Borstal Institution for
young offenders? The Borstal Institution is considered as the best reform institution for
young offenders today.
       A. Evelyn Brise    
       B. Manuel Montesimos
       C. Zebulon Brockway
       D. Walter Crofton                                      

68. The __________ is considered forerunner of modern penology because it has all the
elements in a modern system.
        
       A.    Bridewell Workhouse
       B.    Elmira Reformatory
       C.    Wulnut Street Jail
       D.    Borstal Institution for Boys                  

69. Capital punishment refers to:

       A.    Life imprisonment
       B.    Death Penalty
       C.    Reclusion Perpetua
       D.    All of these                                          

70. One of the following is not an administrative function exercised because it has all the
elements in a modern system.
       
       A.    Probation
       B.    Pardon
       C.    Parole
       D.    Amnesty                                              

71. Pardon granted by the Chief Executive

       A.    extinguishes criminal liability of offender
       B.    does not extinguish civil liability of offender
       C.    must be given After the prosecution of the offense
       D.    all of the above                                   

72. The enactment of Republic Act no. 6975 created the BJMP. It operates as a line
bureau under the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). This statement
is:
        
       A.    partially true
       B.    partially false    
       C.    true
       D.    false                                                     

73. The Jail Bureau shall be headed by a chief with a rank of Director General, and
assisted by Deputy Chief with the Rank of Chief Superintendent. This statement is:
       
       A.    partially true
       B.    partially false
       C.    true
       D.    false                                                    

74. The group having the responsibility of providing a system of sound custody, security
and control of inmates and their movements and also responsible to enforce prison or
jail discipline is the:
       
       A.    Security group for jails
       B.    Escort Platoon
       C.    Control Center groups
       D.    Warden                                               

175. A unit of the prison or a section of the RDC where the prisoner is given thorough
physical examination including blood test, x-rays, vaccinations and immunity is the:
       
       A.    Quarantine cell
       B.    NBP
       C.    Death row
       D.    Control Area                                        

76. Imprisonment is not always advisable. Placing a person to custodial coercion is to

place him in physical jeopardy, thus drastically narrowing his access to source of
personal satisfaction and reducing his self-esteem. This principle is based on the ____ of
community-based treatment programs.
       
       A.    Restorative aspect
       B.    Humanitarian aspect
       C.    Managerial aspect
       D.    Legal aspect                                        

77. The case where the Supreme Court laid down the doctrine that the absolute pardon
removes all that is left of the consequences of conviction, and that it is absolute in so far
it restores the pardonee to full civil and political rights

       A.    Cristobal vs. Labrador

       B.    Fernandez vs. Aquino
       C.    People vs. Galit
       D.    None of these                                      

78. The power of the chief Executive to grant pardon is limited to the following, except:  
       
       A.    Pardon can not be extended to cases of impeachment.
       B.    No pardon, parole or suspension of sentence for the
             violation   of any election law may be granted without
             favorable recommendation of the Commission
             of Elections.          
       C.    Pardon is exercised only after conviction
       D.    Pardon is administered by the court        

79. In determining the fitness of a prisoner for release on conditional pardon, the
following points shall be considered as guides, except:
        
       A.    The political, organizational or religious affiliation of the
              prisoner should be disregarded.
       B.    Due regard should be given the attitude of the people in
              the community from which he was sentenced.       
       C.    The background of the prisoner before he was committed
              to prison – social, economic.       
       D.    Financial capacity of the prisoner.             

80. Prisoners who are nearly to leave the institution, awaiting transfer, those in
disciplinary status, and those who are chronically ill with mental disabilities are
considered:
       
       A.    unassignable prisoners to undergo prison programs
       B.    all of these
       C.    special group of offenders
       D.    minimum security prisoners                      

81. Parole is not claimed as a right but the Board of Parole grants it as a privilege to a
qualified prisoner. This statement is:
       
       A.    partially true
       B.    partially false
       C.    true
       D.    false                                                    

82. Every violation of jail/prison discipline shall be dealt with accordingly. In extreme
cases, where the violation necessitate Immediate action, the warden or the Officer of
the Day may administer the necessary restraints and reports the action taken to
       
       A.    an SOP
       B.    an emergency plan
       C.    a general rule
       D.    not applicable to prisoners                      

83. Which of the following is a maximum-security prison in Ossining, New York, USA? It
is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of New York City on the banks of the
Hudson River which the Auburn Prison system was applied
        
       A.    Alcatraz prison
       B.    Sing Sing Prison
       C.    Wulnut Street Jail
       D.    Silver Mine Farm                                    

84. A ___, also called a 'block' or 'isolation cell', used to separate unruly, dangerous, or
vulnerable prisoners from the general population, also sometimes used as punishment
        
       A.    Segregation Unit
       B.    Reception Unit
       C.    Quarantine Unit
       D.    Cell 45                                                 

85. What is the place in some prisons, or a section in prisons where criminals are placed
awaiting execution?
       A.    Execution room
       B.    Death row
       C.    Garotine
       D.    Galley room                                         

86. The Auburn system is a penal method of the 19th century in which persons worked
during the day in groups and were kept in solitary confinement at night, with enforced
silence at all times.The Auburn system is also known as
       
       A.    Albany system
       B.    Irish system
       C.    New York System
       D.    None of these                                     

87. Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women is a prison in Bedford Hills,
Westchester County, New York, USA. It is the largest women's prison in New York State
and has hosted many infamous prisoners. It is the only women's maximum securitprison
in New York State. This statement is:
       
       A.    True
       B.    False
       C.    Partially true
       D.    Partially false                                      

88. The Panopticon is a type of prison building designed by English philosopher Jeremy
Bentham in 1785. The concept of the design was derived from the word meaning of
“pan” and “opticon”. “Opticon’ means:
       A. to allow an observer to observe
       B. with out the prisoner
       C. avoid watching
       D. To walk in military manner                       

89. Elmira Correctional Facility, known otherwise as ___, is a maximum-security prison

located in New York in the USA. The prison is located in Chemung County, New York in
the City of Elmira.
       
       A.    “The school”
       B.    “The hill”
       C.    “The rock”
       D.    “The dungeon”                                 

90. Who among the following was given the title “father of Prison Reform” in the United
States?
        
      A.    Zebulon Brockway
       B.    Robert Peel
       C.    John Howard
       D.    Alexander Macanochie                        

91. It is the idea that the moral worth of an action is solely determined by its
contribution to overall utility, that is, its contribution to happiness or pleasure as
summed among all persons. It is thus a form of consequentialism, meaning that
the moral worth of an action is determined by its outcome—the ends justify the means.
       
       A.    Hedonism
       B.    Positivism
       C.    Determinism
       D.    Penology                                             

92. The concept of probation, from the Latin word “probation” which means ___, has
historical roots in the practice of judicial reprieve.
        
       A.    walk with faith
       B.    live with integrity
       C.    testing period
       D.    out of prison                                        

93. In the history of capital punishment, what do they call this frame, typically wooden,
used for execution by hanging?
       
       A.    Galley
       B.    Gallows
       C.    Hulk
       D.    Double blade                                       

94. Lethal injection refers to the practice of injecting a person with fatal dose of drugs
for the explicit purpose of causing the death of the subject. The main application for this
procedure is capital punishment. Which of the following drug is injected to stops the
heart thus causing death by cardiac arrest?   
       A.    Sodium thiopental
       
       B.    Pancuronium
       C.    Potassium chloride
       D.    Bicarbonate                                         

95. Execution by electrocution (referred to as the Electric Chair) is an execution method

originating in the United States in which the person being put to death is strapped to a
specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed other body. In
the Philippines, its first use was in:
       
       A.    1924
       B.    1976
       C.    1972
       D.    1918                                                    
96. Who was the British prison administrator and reformer, and founder of the Borstal
system?
        
       A.    Zebulon Brockway
       B.    Alexander Mocanochie
       C.    Evelyn Ruggles Brise
       D.    Sir John Watson                                  

97. Besides religious laws such as the Torah, important codifications of laws were
developed in the ancient Roman Empire, with the compilations of the Lex Duodecim
Tabularum.This law refers to   
       A.    the Corpus Juris Civilis
       B.    the Twelve Tables
       C.    the Hammurabic code
       D.    lex taliones          
                               
98. The first permanent system of codified laws could be found in China, with the
compilation of the
       
       A.    Tang Code
       B.    Wong Code
       C.    Ting Code
       D.    Chang Code                                        

99. Opponents of capital punishment claim that a prisoner's isolation and uncertainty
over their fate constitute a form of mental cruelty and those especially long-time death
row inmates are liable to become mentally ill, if they are not already. This is referred to
as   
       
       A.    death row phenomenon
       B.    Cruelty syndrome
       C.    Execution syndrome
       D.    None of these                                     

100. After individuals are found guilty of an offense and sentenced to execution, they
will remain on death row while following an appeals   procedure, if they so choose, and
then until there is a convenient time for __.
       
       A.    Execution
       B.    Pardon
       C.    Parole
       D    Amnesty