COAD Pre Test
COAD Pre Test
COAD Pre Test
1. This theory in criminology states that people are 7. The following are the justifications of
totally responsible for their behaviors and the stress punishment, except:
is more on the effect of their felonious act than upon a. Retribution
the criminal. b. Deterrence
a. Positivist Theory c. Redress
b. Psychological Theory d. Expiation or atonement
c. Biological Theory
d. Classical Theory 8. Junaten was required to provide financial
remuneration for the losses incurred by the victim.
2. The traditional goal of penology is __________. What is the type of penalty described?
a. Retribution a. Bond
b. Deterrence b. Retribution
c. Incapacitation c. Restitution
d. Rehabilitation d. Renumeration
3. The task of changing an offender’s attitude so 9. Retaliation is the earliest remedy for a wrong act
that he or she may not commit another crime in the to anyone in the primitive society. The concept
future. follows that the victim’s family or tribe against the
a. Retribution family or tribe of the offender, hence “blood feuds”
b. Deterrence was accepted in the early primitive societies.
c. Incapacitation Retaliation means:
d. Rehabilitation a. Personal Vengeance
b. Tooth for a tooth
4. The idea that re-entry of an offender should be in c. Eye for an Eye
the mainstream of society rather than the usual d. All of these
abrupt re-entry at the end of a prison sentence.
a. Reintegration 10. It is the redress that the state takes against an
b. Deterrence offending member of the society.
c. Incapacitation a. Punishment
d. Rehabilitation b. Penalty
c. Imprisonment
5. The theory in which reformation is based upon, d. Suffering
on the ground that the criminal is a sick person.
a. Positivist Theory 11. Public humiliation or public exhibition also
b. Classical Theory mean:
c. Neo Classical School a. Public execution
d. Sociological Theory b. Social degradation
c. Banishment
6. The theory in penal science which maintains that d. Public trial
punishment gives lesson to the offender and the
would be criminals is called: 12. In Babylon, about 1990 BC, this is credited as
a. Deterrence the oldest code prescribing savage punishment but
b. Incapacitation in fact, __________ is nearly 100 years older.
c. Reformations a. Hammurabic Code
d. Public safety b. Sumerian Code
c. Justinian Code
d. Code of Draco 18. One of the following represents the earliest
codification of the Roman law, which was
13. During the 16th up to the 18th century, a incorporated into the Justinian Code.
criminal may be sent away from a place carried out a. 12 Tables
by prohibition to coming against a specified b. Burgundian Code
territory. This is an ancient form of punishment c. Hammurabic Code
called: d. Code of Draco
a. Exile
b. Banishment 19. Former warship used to house prisoners in the
c. Transportation 18th and 19th Centuries were called:
d. Public trial a. Gaols
b. Galleys
14. It is a penalty wherein a convicted person shall c. Hulks
not be permitted to enter the place designated in the d. Lavons
sentence or within the radius therein specified,
which shall not be more than 250 and not less than 20. They were known as Bridewells, which started
25 kilometers from the place designated. in 1553 and served as training schools for
a. Fine delinquent youths, provided housing and support for
b. Preventive imprisonment older and poorer persons, and detained vagrants.
c. Substantive imprisonment a. House of Corrections
d. None of these b. Workhouses
c. Common jails
15. A justification of penalty which states that d. Penal colonies
nobody can assume the suffering for a crime
committed by others. 21. A prison model which sought penitence (hence
a. Justice the term penitentiaries) through total individual
b. Personal isolation and silence.
c. Legal a. Pennsylvania Prison Model
d. Certain b. Auburn Prison Model
c. Work Release
16. The penalty imposed for offenders must be d. Halfway Houses
certain. This means that:
a. The guilty one must be the one to be 22. The sheriff of Bedsfordshire in 1773 who
punished, no proxy. devoted his life and fortune to prison reform. After
b. No one must escape its effect. his findings on English Prisons, he recommended
c. It must be equal for all persons. the following: single cells for sleeping, segregation
d. The consequence must be in accordance of women, segregation of youth, provision of
with law. sanitation facilities, and abolition of fee system by
which jailers obtained money from prisoners.
17. The term used to refer to the putting of a person a. John Howard
to jail or prison by reason of service of sentence. b. Robert Peel
a. Imprisonment c. William Penn
b. Confinement d. Manuel Montesimos
c. Reformation
d. All of these 23. 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. Jails
c. Handcuffs d. All of these
d. Metallic chains
30. A correctional institution that has the authority
24. Who is the first man executed through to detain convicted offenders for longer or extended
electrocution? period of time, including those who are waiting
a. Wilhelm Roentgen their death sentence.
b. William Kimmler a. Halfway house
c. William Kemmler b. Farm house
d. Heinrich Himmler c. Jail
d. Prison
25. The Director of US Federal Bureau of Prisons,
who wrote about the closing of Alcatraz. 31. The maintenance or care and protection
a. Fred Wilkinson accorded to people who by authority of law are
b. James V. Bennett temporarily incarcerated for violation of laws and
c. James Aloysius Johnston also those who were sentenced by the court to serve
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt judgment is called ____________.
a. Custody
26. A chemical that is injected to a death convict to b. Safekeeping
put him into sleep. c. Classification
a. Sodium Chloride d. Caring
b. Sodium Thiopenthotal
c. Pancuronium Bromide 32. Aside from protecting the public, imprisonment
d. Potassium Chloride has for its latest objective, the __________.
a. Reformation of offenders
27. The generic term that includes all government b. Deterrence
agencies, facilities, programs, procedures, c. Segregation of offender
personnel, and techniques concerned with the d. Confinement of offenders
investigation, intake, custody, confinement,
supervision, or treatment of alleged offenders refers 33. What is the primary purpose of imprisonment?
to: a. Rehabilitation and Reformation
a. Correction b. Criminal Repression
b. Penology c. Punishment
c. Criminal Justice d. Socialization
d. Community
34. The putting of offenders in prison for the
28. Penitentiary generally refers to purpose of protecting the public and at the same
a. Prison time rehabilitating them by requiring the latter to
b. Place of Confinement undergo institutional treatment program is referred
c. Penal Colony to as:
d. All of these a. Imprisonment
b. Trial
29. A correctional institution that has the authority c. Conviction
to detain persons awaiting trial or adjudication or d. Detention
confine convicted offenders for a short period of
time. 35. It directs, supervises and controls the
a. Halfway houses administration and operation of all district, city and
b. Penal colonies
municipal jails to implement a better system of jail
management nationwide. 41. Provincial Jails were first established in 1910
a. Bureau of Jail Management and Penology under the American Regime. At present, who
b. Department of Justice supervises and controls the said jails?
c. Bureau of Corrections a. BJMP
d. Parole and Probation Administration b. Provincial Government
c. DOJ
36. An agency under the Department of Justice that d. Philippine Government
is charged with custody and rehabilitation of
national offenders, that is, those sentenced to serve 42. Who among the following is a provincial
a term of imprisonment of more than three (3) prisoner?
years. a. A prisoner serving a term below six (6)
a. BJMP years.
b. Bureau of Corrections b. A prisoner serving a term of six (6) years
c. Provincial Government and up.
d. Parole and Probation Administration c. A prisoner serving a term of six (6)
months and one (1) day to three (3) years.
37. An attached agency of the Department of Justice d. A prisoner serving a term of three (3) years
which provides a less costly alternative to and one (1) day up.
imprisonment of offenders who are likely to
respond to individualized community based 43. Which is a place of confinement for persons
treatment programs. awaiting trial or court action and where the
a. BJMP convicted offenders serve short sentences or penalty
b. Bureau of Corrections of imprisonment?
c. Provincial Government a. Jail
d. Parole and Probation Administration b. Lock-up
c. Penitentiary
38. The head of the Bureau of Corrections is the d. Detention Cells
__________.
a. Director 44. The Sablayan Penal Colony and Farm, a
b. Director General National Penitentiary in the Philippines under the
c. Secretary of Justice BUCOR is located in _________.
d. Warden a. Palawan
b. Zamboanga
39. The law creating the Bureau of Jail Management c. Davao
and Penology (BJMP) is __________. d. Occidental Mindoro
a. RA 8551
b. RA 9165 45. In 1936, the City of Manila exchanged its
c. RA 6975 Muntinlupa property with the Bureau of Prisons
d. RA 4890 originally intended as a site for boys’ training
school. Today, the old Bilibid Prison is now being
40. The Bureau of Corrections is under _________. used as the Manila City Jail, famous as the:
a. Department of Social Welfare and a. Mayhalique Estate
Development b. Tandang Sora Estate
b. Department of Justice c. New Bilibid Jail
c. Department of the Interior and Local d. Muntinlupa Jail
Government
d. Department of Health
46. Who is tasked with the gathering and collecting c. His commitment papers are delivered to
of information and other data of every prisoner into record clerk.
a case study to determine the work assignment, the d. All of these.
type supervision and degree of custody and
restriction under which an offender must live in 51. It refers to commission of another crime during
jail? service of sentence of penalty imposed for another
a. Classification Board previous offense.
b. Board of Custody a. Recidivism
c. Diagnostic Board b. Delinquency
d. Treatment Board c. Quasi-recidivism
d. Habitual Delinquency
47. Takes charge of financial matters especially in
programming, budgeting, accounting, and other 52. A person who is detained for the violation of
activities related to financial services. It law or ordinance and has not been convicted is a
consolidates and prepares financial reports and ___________.
related statements of subsistence outlays and a. Detention prisoner
disbursements in the operational of the jail. b. Provincial prisoner
a. Budget and Finance Branch c. Municipal prisoner
b. General Services Branch d. City prisoner
c. Property and Supply Branch
d. Mess Services Branch 53. A person who is sentenced to serve a prison
term of over three (3) years is a __________.
48. This branch takes charge of the preparation of a. Municipal prisoner
the daily menu, makes foodstuff purchases, prepares b. Detention prisoner
and cooks the food and serves it to the inmates. It c. National or insular prisoner
maintains a record of daily purchases and d. City prisoner
consumption and submits a daily report to the
Warden. 54. Prisoners whose sentences are from one day to
a. General Services Branch six months are __________.
b. Mittimus Computing Branch a. Municipal prisoners
c. Budget and Finance b. Provincial prisoners
d. Mess Services Branch c. City prisoners
d. Insular prisoners
49. Operation conducted by the BJMP wherein a
prisoner maybe checked at any time. His beddings, 55. A minimum and maximum amount of time to be
lockers and personal belongings may also be opened served in prison is referred to as _______.
at any time, in his presence, whenever possible. a. a corporal punishment
This practice is known as: b. a determinate sentence
a. Check and balance c. an indeterminate sentence
b. Shakedown d. a capital punishment
c. Inventory
d. Operation Greyhound 56. This group consists of chronic troublemakers
but not as dangerous as the super security prisoners.
50. When an inmate is given a “shakedown” before They are not allowed to work outside the institution.
admission, it means: a. Maximum security prisoners
a. He has taken the process of identification, b. Super security prisoners
record, fingerprint and photograph. c. Minimum security prisoners
b. He has been examined for contrabands. d. Medium security prisoners
a. Censor offender’s items
57. Under the prison service manual, the prescribed b. Escort inmates
color of prison uniform for maximum security c. Inspect security devices
prison is __________. d. Conduct disciplinary hearing
a. Orange
b. Brown 64. Under the prison rules, who is charged for the
c. Striped Orange hearing of disciplinary cases in prison?
d. Blue a. Classification Board
b. Parole Board
58. Which of these refers to the assigning or c. Administrative Board
grouping of offenders according to their sentence, d. Disciplinary Board
gender, age, nationality, health, criminal record,
etc.? 65. In jails or prisons, which of the following is a
a. Custody function of the Custodial Division?
b. Diversification a. Supervision of prisoners
c. Safekeeping b. Escort of inmates or prisoners
d. None of these c. Keeping of records
d. None of the above
59. These are the factors considered in
diversification, except: 66. As a rule, when a jailbreak, escape or riot is in
a. Age of offenders progress or has just been perpetuated in the jail, the
b. Mother of offender officer at the control centers shall immediately:
c. Sex of offenders a. Sound the alarm.
d. Medical condition b. Lock prisoners in their respective cells.
c. Notify the nearest police precinct.
60. This helps the prisoner/detainee in the resolution d. Call the warden or the director.
of his problems.
a. Meeting 67. In case of mass jailbreak, all members of the
b. Working custodial force shall immediately be issued firearms
c. Recreation and assigned to critical posts to:
d. Counselling a. Plug off the escape routes.
b. To shoot the escapees.
61. Which program plays a unique role in the moral c. Protect the other inmates.
and spiritual regeneration of the prisoner? d. To give warning shots.
a. Livelihood programs
b. Work programs 68. If the warden is taken as the hostage, for all
c. Education programs intents and purposes, he ceases to exercise authority
d. Religious programs and the next in command or the __________ officer
present shall assume the command.
62. What kind of program employs prisoners in a. Veteran
various product or good producing tasks? b. Assistant
a. Agricultural c. Most senior
b. Operational d. Custodian
c. Industrial
d. Administrative 69. This is a procedure which permits a jail prisoner
to pursue his normal job during the week and return
63. The following are the duties of the custodial to the jail to serve his sentence during the weekend
force in prison, except: or non-working hours.
a. Amnesty
b. Good Conduct Time Allowance 75. The following are forms of executive clemency,
c. Probation except:
d. Delayed Sentence a. Commutation
b. Parole
70. The imprisonment a convicted offender may c. Amnesty
serve, at the rate of PhP8.00 a day subject to certain d. Pardon
rules, for failure to pay a fine and if ordered to do so
by the judgment is referred to as 76. Pardon cannot be extended to one of the
a. Subsidiary imprisonment following instances:
b. Secondary Imprisonment a. Murder
c. Preventive Imprisonment b. Brigandage
d. None of the above c. Rape
d. Impeachment
71. In the Philippines, the most common problem of
the National Prison is: 77. Which of the following instances pardon cannot
a. Excessive number of escapes be exercised?
b. Overcrowding a. Before conviction
c. Disagreement about their mess b. Before trial
d. Lack of adequate funding c. After conviction
d. During service of sentence
72. This pillar/component of our criminal justice
system has been regarded the weakest pillar due to 78. A recipient of absolute pardon is ________ from
its failure to eliminate recidivism and habitual civil liability imposed upon him by the sentence.
offenders. a. Partially exempted
a. Law Enforcement b. Exempted
b. Prosecution c. Conditionally exempted
c. Court d. Not exempted
d. Correction
79. For amnesty to be granted, there should be __.
73. When is bail a matter of right? a. Recommendation from UN
I. Before conviction at MTC b. Recommendation from CHR
II. Upon conviction at MTC c. Application from CHR
III. Before conviction at RTC d. Concurrence of the Congress
IV. After conviction at RTC
a. I, II 80. Under Article VII, Section 10 Paragraph (b) of
b. I, III the Philippines Constitution, pardoning power is
c. II, III vested with the
d. I, II, III a. Department of Justice
b. Judiciary
74. It is the authority of the President of the c. Chief Executive
Philippines to suspend the execution of a penalty, d. Legislative
reduce the sentence and extinguish criminal
liability. 81. The temporary stay of execution of sentence is
a. Parole called __________.
b. Executive clemency a. Reprieve
c. Pardon b. Pardon
d. President’s clemency c. Communication
d. Amnesty d. Halfway houses
82. The Supreme Court automatically reviews the 88. An inmate maybe granted parole if he
cases of criminals convicted and meted out the __________.
penalty of __________. a. Earned good conduct time allowance credit
a. 12 years 6 months and one day b. Served minimum sentence
b. Death c. Earned good behavior while serving prison
c. Life imprisonment term
d. 6 years one month and one day d. All of these
83. It is an act of clemency which changes a heavier 89. Who is the Father of Probation in England?
sentence to a less serious one or a longer term to a a. John Augustus
shorter term. b. Zebulon Brockway
a. Amnesty c. Matthew Davenport-Hill
b. Commutation d. Teodulo Natividad
c. Reprieve
d. None of these 90. There are three (3) casework techniques applied
by the parole officer, which is not included?
84. The purpose of commutation of sentence is to: a. The trick and treat techniques
a. Do away with the miscarriage of justice b. The executive techniques
b. Break the rigidity of the law c. The guidance, counseling and leadership
c. Restore the political and civil rights of the techniques
accused d. The manipulative techniques
d. All of the above
91. What is a disposition under which a defendant,
85. __________ is an act of grace and the recipient after conviction and sentence, is released subject to
is not entitled to it as a matter of right. conditions imposed by the court and under the
a. Pardon supervision of a probation officer?
b. Parole a. Probation
c. Probation b. Parole
d. none of these c. Bail
d. Conditional pardon
86. An alternative to incarceration that allows
convicted persons to remain at large and under 92. Which of these is known as the Adult Probation
varying degrees of restriction and supervision and Law, which grants probation to prisoner sentenced
certain conditions imposed by the granting court. to term in prison of not more than six (6) years?
a. Probation a. PD 603
b. Work release b. RA 698
c. Parole c. PD 968
d. Halfway houses d. PD 869
87. An alternative to incarceration granted after a 93. For a convicted offender, probation is a form of
convicted person served a part of his sentence and is ___________.
allowed to complete a sentence at large, subject to a. Punishment
restrictions and supervision. b. Treatment
a. Probation c. Enjoyment
b. Work release d. Incarceration
c. Parole
94. Who is the Father of Philippine Probation? a. Affiliation Guidance
a. Teodulo Natividad b. Pre-sentenced Investigation
b. Juan Ponce Enrile c. Supervision
c. Antonio Torres d. Probation Guidance
d. John Augustus
98. Those who have been once on probation under
95. The purpose of the decree on probation shall be the Probation Law __________.
to: a. are qualified to apply for probation
a. Provide an opportunity for the reformation b. are disqualified to apply for probation
of a penitent offender. c. may be granted for another probation
b. Prevent the commission of offenses. d. should be confined in prison
c. Promote the correction and rehabilitation of
an offender by providing him with 99. Upon receipt of the probation officer
individualized treatment. investigation report, the court shall resolve the
d. All of these application for probation not later than
___________.
96. In probation system’s philosophy and concept, it a. 60 days
is stated that the individual has the ability to b. 5 days
__________ and to modify his anti-social behavior c. 15 days
with the right kind of help. d. 45 days
a. Challenge
b. Change 100. Which of the following should a probationer
c. Aggravate his behavior avoid?
d. None of these a. Make periodic report.
b. Go and play in the gambling den.
97. The continuing relationship between probation c. Work regularly to support family.
officer and probationer is known as: d. Stay away from bad associates.
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