CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following

questions. Mark only one answer for each item by marking the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no.2 only.

1. What is the Executive Department that supervises and controls

the numerous Correctional Institutions nationwide?
a. Department of Justice
b. Department of Interior and Local Government

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c. DSWD
d. DND

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2. Article 1706 – 1727 of the revised Administrative Code as

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amended is known as-
a. Correction Law c. Jail Management law

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b. Prison Law d. Parole and Probation law
3. The head of the Bureau of Corrections is known as –

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a. Chief of Bureau of Corrections

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b. Director of Bureau of Corrections
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c. Superintendent of the Bureau of Corrections
d. None of these
4. What Bureau under the DILG is responsible for the supervision
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and control of jails?

a. BJMP c. Bureau of Corrections
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b. Provincial Jail d. City/Municipalities

5. What are the type Jails under the Supervision of the BJMP?
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a. Provincial and Sub- Provincial Jails

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b. City and Municipal Jails

c. District Jails
d. Insular Jail
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6. Provincial Jails were first established in 1910 under the

American Regime. At present, who supervises and controls the
said Jails?
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a. BJMP b. DOJ c. Provincial Government d.

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7. Who is the head of Provincial Jail?
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a. Provincial Jail Director c. Provincial

Administrator
b. Provincial Jail Warden d. Governor
8. What is the primary Purpose of the imprisonment?
a. Rehabilitation and Reformation c. to stand trial
b. Punishment d. Socialization
9. A place of confinement for persons awaiting trial or court
action and where the convicted offenders serve short sentence or
penalty of imprisonment is known as:
a. Jail c. Lock- up
b. Penitentiary d. Detention
10. The act of prisoner trying to convert or to induce another
to change his religious belief, sect or the like to another
while under confinement is referred to as:
a. Proselytizing c. Initiation
b. Fraternization d. Inducement
11. A warrant issued by the court bearing its seals and

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signature of the judge directing the jail or prison authorities
to receive the convicted offender for service of sentence or

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detention is known as –

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a. Mittimus c. Detention Mittimus
b. Sentence Mittimus d. Detention Warrant

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12. The entrusting for confinement or an offender to a jail by
the competent court or authority for investigation, trial and or

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service of sentence is referred to as

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a. Commitment c. Detention
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b. Imprisonment d. Recognizance
13. The mechanical device or contrivance, tools or implement
used to hold back, keep in check or under control is
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a. Instrument of restraint c. Iron leg lock

b. Handcuffs d. Metallic chains
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14. The maintenance of care and protection accorded to people

who by authority of law are temporarily incarcerated for
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violation of laws and also those who were sentenced by the court
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to serve judgment is called –

a. Custody c. Safe-keeping
b. Classification d. Caring e. Protection
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15. Which of these refers to the assigning or grouping of the

offenders according to their sentence, gender, age, nationality,
health, criminal record, etc.?
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a. Classification c. Custody
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b. Security d. Safe- keeping

16. Where a newly committed insular prisoner undergoes diagnosis
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and treatment as part of the classification process?

a. Reception and Diagnostic Center (RDC)
b. Medical Center
c. Treatment Center
d. Diagnostic and Treatment Center
17. Who is task with the gathering and collecting of information
and other data of every prisoner into a case study to determine
the work assignment, the type of supervision and degree of
custody and restriction under which an offender must live in
jail?
a. Classification Board c. Board of custody
b. Diagnostic board d. Treatment board
18. The open institution usually a penal farm or camp is known
as the
a. NBP
b. Maximum security institution

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c. Medium security prisoner
d. Minimum security institution

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19. The Bureau of Correction has an admission program for newly

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committed offenders to remain in the reception and diagnostic
center for a period of –

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a. 30 days c. 20 days
b. 60 days d. 10 days e. 45

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days

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20. How many days that a national offender be confined at the
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separation center before actual release?
a. 30 b. 60 c. 10 d. 45 e. 15
21. What is the act of grace from a sovereign power inherent in
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the state which exempts an individual from the punishment which

the law imposes or prescribes for his crime, extended by the
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President thru the recommendation of the Board of Parole and

Pardon?
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a. Amnesty b. Pardon c. Parole d. Probation

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22. The form executive clemency which reduces the sentence of a

convicted person to a shorter term is referred to as-
a. Amnesty c. Probation
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b. Commutation d. Shortening
23. Under the prison service manual, the prescribed color of the
prison uniform for maximum security prison is –
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a. Orange c. Yellow
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b. Blue d. Pink e. Strife

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24. Who is the executive officer incharge of its Correctional

Institution?
a. Correctional or Custodial Officer
b. Warden or Superintendent
c. Commissioner or Director
d. Chief Warden
25. The end purpose of the classification is –
a. To orient new inmates for prison life
b. To prepare inmates for prison life
c. To develop integrated and realistic program for prison
 d. All of these
26. When an inmates is given a “ shakedown” before admission it
meant –
a. Process of identification, record, fingerprinting and
photograph
b. Examination for contrabands
c. His commitment paper are delivered to record clerk
d. All of these
27. An inmate shall be transferred to a separation center for
the adjustment process from life in prison to life in free
community within-

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a. 60 days prior to release
b. 30 days prior to release

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c. 90 days before release

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d. 15 days prior to release
28. Which of these authorizes the release of the detainee who

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has undergone preventive imprisonment equivalent to the maximum
imposable sentence for the offense he is charged with

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a. B.P Blg. 85 c. P.D 29

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b. B.P 22 d. P.D 968
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29. An inmate may be granted Parole if he-
a. earned good conduct time allowance credit
b. serve minimum sentence
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c. earned good behavior while serving prison term

d. All of these
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30. Who prescribe minimum standard of security, hygiene,

recreational, work program to provincial and/or city jails?
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a. Secretary of Justice c. Custodial officer

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b. Director of prison d. Director for good

behavior
31. A side from protecting the public, imprisonment has for its
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latest object, the –

a. Reformation of the offender c. Deterrence
b. Segregation of the offenders d. Confinement of
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offenders
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32. In the New Bilibid Prison, the medium security prisoners are
confined at –
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a. NBP main prison c. Camp Bukang Liwayway

b. Camp Sampaguita d. Medium Security Prisoner
33. Who is charged for the hearing of disciplinary cased in
prison?
a. Classification Board c. Parole Board
b. Administrative Board d. Disciplinary Board
34. The imprisonment a convicted offender may serve, at the rate
of 8 pesos a day subject to a certain rules, for for failure to
pay a fine and if ordered to do so by the judgmentis referred to
as
a. Subsidiary imprisonment c. Secondary
imprisonment
b. Preventive Imprisonment d. None of the above
35. Placing a person to custodial coercion is to place him into
physical jeopardy, thus drastically narrowing his access to the
sources of personal satisfaction and reducing his self –
esteem. This is true in:

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a. Managerial aspect c. Restorative aspect
b. Humanitarian Aspect d. None of the above

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36. The form of conditional release that is granted after the

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prisoner has served a portion of his sentence in a correctional
institution is known as:

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a. Conditional Pardon c. Probation
b. Parole d. Commutation

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37. The Bureau of Correction is under the Department of :

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a. Interior and Local Government
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b. Bureau of Jail management and Penology
c. Justice
d. National Security
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38. The kind of pardon under which the convict is required to

comply with the certain requirements is referred to as the
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a. Conditional Pardon c. Amnesty

b. Probation d. Parole
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39. The act of the President changing and reducing a heavier

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penalty sentence or longer term is known as the

a. Commutation c. Pardon
b. Amnesty d. Probation
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40. The meaning of the word oblivion is

a. Forgetting completely c. Class of person
b. Abolish d. Community based treatment
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41. The principle of separating homogeneous type of prisoners

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that requires special treatment and custody is called:

a. Classification c. Quarantine
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b. Diversification d. Distinction e.
Differentiation
42. The process of determining the needs and requirements of
the prisoners for assigning them to programs according to their
existing resources is called:
a. Classification c. Quarantine
b. Diversification d. Quality control
43. The formulation of the tentative treatment program suited
for the prisoner is known as:
a. Medical Officer c. Treatment planning
 b. Classification board d. Treatment program
44. The lowest in rank assigned to sentinel post such as guard
houses and gates are:
a. Prison guard c. PO1
b. Senior Prison Guard d. NUP
45. The custodial Division is charge with the security of the
prisoners, which of the following is considered as the
commanding officers?
a. Security Officers c. Senior Prison Guard
b. Supervisor Prison Guard d. Prison Guard

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46. Which of the following is the function of the custodial

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division?

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a. Supervision of the Prisoner c. Escort
b. Keep records d. All of the above

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47. The most used factors for diversification is:
a. Degree of custody c. Minimum Security

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b. Maximum Security d. Graveness of Crime

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48. The putting of offender in prison for the purpose of
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protecting the public and at the same time rehabilitating them
by requiring the latter to undergo institutional treatment
program is referred to as:
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a. Imprisonment c. Trial
b. Conviction d. Detention
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49. Prisoners sentenced for one day to three years or a fine of

not more than one thousand pesos are categorized as –
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a. Insular Prisoner c. City Prisoner

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b. Provincial Prisoner d. None of these

50. Public humiliation or public exhibition also mean:
a. Public execution c. Social degradation
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b. Banishment d. Public Trial

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51. During the 16 up to 18 century, a criminal may be sent
away form a place carried out by prohibition to coming a
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specified territory. This is an ancient form of punishment

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called:
a. Exile c. Transportation
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b. Banishment d. Public trial

52. Theory in penal Science which maintains that punishment
gives lessons to the offender and the would be criminal is
called:
a. Deterrence c. Reformation
b. Incapacitation d. Public Safety
53. One of the represents the earliest codification of the Roman
law, which was incorporated into the Justinian Code.
a. Twelve Tables c. Burgunian Code
b. Code of Draco d. Hammurabi Code
54. Municipal Prisoners are those sentence to suffer a term of
imprisonment from_____
a. 1 day to 3 years c. 1 day to 30 days
b. 1 day to 6 months d. None of these
55. The Sablayan Penal colony and Farm, a National Penitentiary
in the Philipppines under the BUCOR is located in _______>
a. Palawan b. Davao c. Zamboanga d. Occ.
Mindoro
56. In history of correction, thinkers during reformatory

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movement were the major influences of today’s correctional
system. Alexander Machanochie was one who introduced the:

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a. Solitary System c. Irish System

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b. Marked Sytem d. Congregate System
57. What law remaned the Bureau of Prison to Bureau of

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Correction during the Aquino Administration in the Philippines?
a. E. O 727 b. E.O 292 c. E.O 645

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d. E.O 104

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58. The generic term to includes FO all government agencies,
facilities, program, procedures, personnel, and techniques
concerned with the investigation, intake, custody, confinement,
supervision or treatment of alleged offenders refers to:
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a. Correction c. Penology
b. Criminal Justice d. Base Pillar
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59. Retaliation is the earliest remedy for a wrong act to any

one ( in the primitive society). The concept follows that the
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victims family or tribe against the or tribe of the offender,

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hence “ blood feuds” was accepted in the early primitive

societies. Retaliation means:
a. Personal Vengeance c. Tooth for a tooth
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b. Eye for an eye d. All of these

60. In the Babylon, about 1990 BC, credited as the oldest code
prescribing savage punishment in fact.
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a. Hammurabi Code c. Sumerian Code

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b. Justinian Code d. Code of draco

61. In 1936, the City of Manila exchanges its Muntinlupa
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property with the Bureau of Prisons originally intended as a

site for boy’s training School. Today’s the old Bilibid Prison
is now being used as the Manila City Jail, Famous as the:
a. May Halique Estate c. Tandang Sora Estate
b. New Bilibid Jail d. Muntinlupa Jail
62. He is the first leader to describe imprisonment as
correctional treatment for major offenders:
a. Chales Montesiquieu c. Jeremy Bentham
b. William Penn d. Cesare Beccaria
63. The Sheriff of Bedsfordshire in 1773 who devoted his life
and fortune to Prisons, he recommended the following: single
cells for sleeping, Segregation of woman, Segregation of youth,
provision of sanitary facilities, abolition of fee system by
which jailers obtained money from prisoners.
a. John Howard c. Robert Peel
b. William Penn d. Manuel Montesimos
64. The penalty imposed for the offenders must be certain. This
means that:
a. the guilty one must be one to be punished, no proxy

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b. no one must escape its effect
c. it must equal to all person

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d. the consequence must be in accordance with law

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65. The duration of arresto menor as a penalty is from _____
imprisonment

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a. 1 day to 1 month c. 1 day to 31 days
b. 1 day to 30 days d. Either A or C

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66. Mr. Cruz was convicted of the crime of murder. After 10 days
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from the promulgation of sentence, he escaped from his place of
confinement. He is:
a. Liable for evasion of service of sentence
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b. Not liable for evasion of service of sentence

c. Considered as a escape prisoner
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b. None of these
67. Ms. Banta was convicted for the crime of infanticide. After
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serving his sentence she committed again the same crime. Ms.
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Banta is:
a. Recidivist c. Quasi- recidivist
b. Habitual delinquent d. Mentally retarded
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person
68. Mr. Manny was convicted for the crime of Homicide. While
serving his sentence, he committed the crime of rape. Many is
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considered as:
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a. Recidivist c. Quasi- recidivist

b. Habitual delinquent d. Mentally retarded
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person
69. Ms. Tipan was convicted for the crime of adultery for three
times and with the period of ten years. Tipan is considered as:
a. Recidivist c. Quasi- recidivist
b. Habitual delinquent d.Mentallyretarded
person
70. Mr. Pande is a barangay tanod in their barangay. He arrested
Mike for some legal ground but he failed to file a complaint
against the latter within the prescribed period of filing. What
crime did Pande Committed?
 a. Arbitrary Detention c. Illegal Detention
b. Illegal Arrest d. No crime committed
71. Mr. Santos is a private individual. He conspired with PO1
Juan in detaining X. What crime did Santos committed?
a. Arbitrary Detention c. Illegal Detention
b. Illegal Arrest d. None of these
72. PO1 Juan Arrested Dino Santos by virtue of warrant of
arrest. He failed to deliver the latter to the proper judicial
authorities within the prescribed hours of delivery. What crime
did the Policeman committed?
a. Arbitrary Detention

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b. Delaying release
c. Delay in the delivery of detained person

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d. Illegal Arrest

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73. The Camp Sampaguita in Muntinlupa houses:
a. Super Maximum Security Prisoner

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b. Meduim Security Prisoner
c. Maximum Security Prisoner

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d. Minimum Security Prisoner

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74. The only early Roman place of confinement which is built
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under the main sewer of Rome in 64 BC
a. Bridewell House c. Wulnut Street Jail
b. Burgundian House d. None of these
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75. The punishment should be provided by the state whose

sanction is violated, to afford the society or individual the
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opportunity of imposing upon the offender suitable punishment as

might be enforced. Offender should be punish because they
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deserve it . This is one justification of punishment called:

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a. Atonement c. incapacitation
b. Deterrence d. Retribution e. a or b
76. The penalty imposed for offenders must be certain. This
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means that:
a. The guilty one must be the one to be punished, no proxy
b. No one must escape its effect
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c. It must be equal for all persons

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d. The consequence must be in accordance with law

77. The program which is conducive to change behavior and moral
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by changing prisoner’s attitude for a useful education refers

to:
a. Vocation education c. Prison education
b. Work Programs d. Recreational Programs
78. The purpose of commutation of sentence is to:
a. do away with the miscarriage of justice
b. break the rigidity of law
c. restore the civil and political right of the accused
d. all of the above
79. The following are aims of diversification in prison or jail,
except:

a. more effective execution of treatment program

b. to prevent physical contamination of one group to
another
c. to prevent unnecessary custodial risk
d. none of the above
80. The following are the duties of custodial force in prison,
except:

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a. Censor offender inmates b. escort inmates
c. Inspect Security Device d. Conduct disciplinary

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hearing

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81. One of the following is an admission procedure which
involves the fresking of the prisoner.

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a. Identification c. Searching
b. Briefing/ orientation d. Minimum security prisoners

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82. When a jail break, escape or riot is in progress or has just

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been penetrated in the jail, the officer at the control centers
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shall immediately:
a. sound the alarm
b. notify the nearest Police precinct
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c. locked prisoners in their respective cells

d. call the warden of the director
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83. In case of mass jailbreak, all member of the custodial force

shall be immediately issued firearms and assigned to critical
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post to:
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a. plug off the escape routes c. to shoot the escape

b. protect the other inmates d. to give warning shot
84. If the warden is taken as the hostage, for all intents and
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purposes, he ceases to exercise the authority and the next in

command or the _____ officer present shall assume the command.
a. Veteran b. Assistant c. most Senior d. Custodian
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85. Which of these is known as the adult Probation Law, which

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grants Probation to prisoner sentenced to term in prison of not

more than six years –
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a. P.D 603 b. P. D 869

c. R.A 6127 d. P.D 698 e. P.D 968
86.Which of these is known as the release on recognizance law
provides for the release of offender charged with an offense
whose penalty is not more than six months and/ or a fine of
2,000 pesos or both, to the custody of a responsible person in
the community, instead of a bail bond –
a. R.A 6036 b. R.A 6127
c. P.D 603 d. R.A 3660
87. Waiting for the decision of the court on the application of
Probation, the offender applying for probation –
a. must stay in prison as a detainee
b. may be set free without bail
c. may be release on bail or recognizance
d. all of these
88. The continuing relationship between probation officer and
probationer is known as –
a. Affiliation guidance b. Supervision
c. Pre- sentenced investigation d. Probation guidance
89. The court may grant Probation only –

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a. After arraignment b. Before conviction
c. After conviction d. All of these

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90. The investigation report of an officer shall be submitted to
the court not later than –

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a. 15 days from the receipt of the order
b. 30 days from the receipt of the order

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c. 60 days from the receipt of the order

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d. 45 days from the receipt of the order
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91. Upon receipt of the probation officer investigation report,
the court shall resolve the application for probation not later
than –
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a. 60 days b. 30 days c. 15 days d. 45 days

92. The private person who, in 1669 established a workhouse in
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Humburg at his own expense because he had observed that thieves

and prostitutes were worse instead by better by the pillory and
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he hoped that they might be improved by work and religious

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instruction in the workhouse. He is:

a. August Vollmer b. Peter Rentzel
c.Bishop Ridley d. Garofalo
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93. The foremost advocate of reparation and restitution method

that if the offender is solvent, his property should be attached
at the time of the proceedings when started, so that he can
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compelled by order of the court to make restitution.

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a. Bonneville de Marsangay b. Garofalo, Ferri and

Fioretti
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c. John Howard d. Orlando Wilson

94. Who is the Father of Philippine Probation?
a. Jose LAcson b. Teodulo C. Natividad
c. Juan Ponce Enrile d. Teodulo D. Natividad
95. Those who have been once on Probation under the Probation
Law:
a. are qualified to apply for probation
b. are disqualified to apply for probation
c. may be granted for another probation
d. should be confined in prison
96. The quasi- judicial body which was created under act #. 4103
otherwise known as the Indeterminate Sentence Law or the Parole
Law, the agency that grant Parole to any prisoner who is
qualified to enjoy its benefit refers to:
a. The Probation and Parole Administration
b. The board of Pardon and Parole
c. The Bureau of Correction
d. All of executive clemencies
97. What is the country, whose early schemes for humanizing the
Criminal Justice under its common law, originated probation?
a. England b. United States

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c. Greece d. France
98. What is the country first legally established Probation?

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a. Germany b. England

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c. Rome d. United State of America
99. Which of the following does not belong to the common law

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practices to which the emergence of probation is attributed?
a. Recognizance b. Benefit of the clergy

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c. Reprieve d. Penance

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100. Among the different common law practices, it is considered
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as the earliest device for softening brutal severity of
punishment?
a. Benefit of the clergy b. Recognizance
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c. Penance d. Reprieve
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