COAD

1. During the 13th century, a criminal can

avoid ______ by claiming refugee in a
church for a period of 40 days.
a. sanctuary
b. Punishment
c. Trial
d. conviction
2. In England, during the 16th C,
transportation of criminals was authorized.
Russia and other European countries
followed this system. In this kind of dealing
with criminals, what is being sought after?
a. abandonment
b. Overcrowding
c. Sanitation
d. Slavery
3. During the 16th c, there were these long,
low, narrow, single decked ships propelled
by sails. Usually rowed by criminals. They
were known as the –
a. gaols
b. Galleys
c. Hulks
d. Hell bounds
4. The classical school of penology
maintains the doctrine of psychological
hedonism, the concept of –
a. Denied individual responsibility
b. Free will
c. Pleasure vs pain
d. Natural phenomenon
5. Retaliation is one of the earliest remedies
for a wrongful act among the primitive
societies. Retaliation means –
a. Personal vengeance
b. Eye for an eye
c. Tooth for a tooth
d. Blood feud
6. History has shown that there are three
main legal systems in the world. Among
these three, it was the _____ that was the
most lasting and most pervading influence on
modern legal system.
a. Mohammedan law
b. Anglo-American law
c. Roman Law
d. Code of King Hammurabi
7. The known earliest Roman place of
confinement which was built in Rome about
64 B.C. is the –
a. Bridewell workhouse
b. Wulnut Street Jail
c. Burgundian House
d. Mamertine Prison
8. In 1936, the city of Manila exchanged its
Muntinlupa property with the Bureau of Prisons
originally intended as a site for boy’s 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 Estate
c. New Bilibid Jail
d. Muntinlupa Jail
9. Punishment in the past was considered
barbaric and inhumane. This includes
hanging for death penalty and maiming for –
a. Social degradation
b. Exile
c. Physical torture
d. slavery
10. Putting the offender into prison for the
purpose of protecting the public against
criminal activities and at the same time
rehabilitating them is the concept of –
a. protection
b. Deterrence
c. Incapacitation
d. atonement
11. The ultimate Panoptican Prison was the
idea of –
a. Charles Monstesqueue
b. Jeremy Bentham
c. William Penn
d. Cesare Beccaria
12. The Sheriff of Bedsfordshire in 1773 who
devoted his life and fortune to prison reform
and gained the fame as the “father of prison
reform” –
a. John Howard
b. Robert Peel
c. William Penn
d. Manuel Montesimos
13. The known forerunner of modern
penology as it has all the elements of a
modern system refers to –
a. Bridewell Workhouse
b. Elmira Reformatory
c. Wulnut Street Jail
d. Borstal Insitution
14. A system of dealing with prisoners which
was practiced in the United States known as
congregated system refers to –
a. The Auburn Prison System
b. The Complete System
c. The Pennsylvania Prison System
d. The Solitary System
15. Under the legal standards, the penalty
imposed for offenders should be certain.
This means that –
a. No proxy punishment
b. No one must escape its effects
c. It should be equal for all persons
d. It must be in accordance with law
16. The duration of arresto menor as a
penalty is
a. 1 day to one month
b. 1 day to 31 days
c. 1 day to 30 days
d. Either a or c
17. The Philippine probation law was
approved on –
a. July 14, 1976
b. August 14, 1976
c. July 24, 1976
d. August 24, 1976
18. Under the probation law, those who have
been once on probation –
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
19. The act of the President changing a
heavier penalty to a lighter one is known as
a. Reprieve
b. Pardon
c. Commutation
d. Amnesty
20. Pardon granted by the Chief Executive:
a. Extinguishes criminal liability of offender
b. Does not extinguish criminal liability of
offender
c. Must be given before the prosecution of
the offense
d. All of the above
21. The following are the duties and
responsibilities of the custodial force in
prison except:
a. Censor offender’s mail
b. Inspect security devices
c. Conduct disciplinary hearing
d. Escort inmates
22. As a prison rule, all members of the
custodial force of any correctional institution
shall bear in mind about prisoners that the
purpose of confinement is not so much for
restriction but for reformation and rehabilitation.
They should bear in mind that:
a. Prisoners are sick people and needs treatment
b. Prisoners are enemies of society
c. Prisoners are part of, and not apart from society
d. All of the above
23. The instance when a prisoner maybe given
passes or leaves form jails or places of confinement,
as may be allowed by law or regulation, upon
approval of the law or regulation, or the court, if
already committed by the court order and upon
recommendation of the warden is –
a. When he puts bail for his temporary liberty
b. He has a very meritorious case as maybe
considered
c. When he is on recognizance
d. All of the above
24. A prisoner maybe taken out of jail only
upon –
a. Recognizance of sentence
b. Service of sentence
c. Orders of competent court or authority
and provided with armed escorts
d. All of the above
25. In modern prison system, corporal
punishment, confinement in a dark cell or
sweat boxes, or any cruel, unusual,
inhuman, or degrading punishment is –
a. Somewhat prohibited
b. Absolutely prohibited
c. Fairly prohibited
d. Encouraged
26. Prisoner work-groups shall perform essential
community service, do chores in the quarters,
kitchen, maintenance of equipment and facilities,
library administration, or personal services,
normally in rotation basis. This is to adopt with –
a. Work therapy
b. Hard labor
c. Imprisonment
d. Monotony
27. It is one which if granted wipes away the
guilt of the grantee without any condition
attached to it. Which one is being referred
to?
a. Absolute pardon
b. Conditional pardon
c. Commutation
d. amnesty
28. What is called the statutory shortening of
the maximum sentence the prisoner serves
because of good behavior while in prison?
a. Good-conduct-time-allowance
b. Commutation
c. Probation
d. parole
29. When a defendant, after conviction and
sentenced is released subject to conditions
imposed by the court and to the supervision
of an appropriate authority, he is given the
opportunity of –
a. Good conduct time allowance
b. Probation
c. Parole
d. PD 603
30. Who was the director of the English
Prison who opened the Borstal Institution for
young offenders?
a. Evelyn Ruggles Brise
b. Manuel Montesimos
c. Zebulon Brockway
d. Walter Crofton
31. Which among the penal colonies in the
Philippines has four sub-colonies?
a. San Ramon Penal Farm
b. Iwahig Penal Farm
c. Sablayan Penal Farm
d. Davao Penal Farm
32. When a person is sentenced to suffer a
term of imprisonment from 6 months and 1
day to 3 years or a fine of not more than
1,000 pesos or both; then he is classified as:
a. Municipal prisoner
b. City prisoner
c. District prisoner
d. Provincial prisoner
33. The Camp Sampaguita of the New
Bilibid Prison houses what kind of
offenders?
a. Maximum Security Prisoners
b. Medium Security Prisoners
c. Minimum Security Prisoners
d. Super Maximum Security Prisoners
34. The enactment of RA No. 6975 created
the BJMP. It operates as a line bureau under
the DILG. This statement is –
a. True
b. Partially True
c. False
d. Partially False
35. Under the standards, a City or Municipal
Warden shall be appointed by the -
a. President
b. Commission on Appointments
c. DILG Secretary
d. BJMP Director
36. The reception and diagnostic center, a
special unit of prison where new prisoners
undergo diagnostic examination, study and
observation is located at –
a. NBP Camp
b. Camp Bukang Liwayway
c. CIW
d. Iwahig Penal Farm
37. The special unity of prison of the RDC
where the prisoner is given thorough
physical examination including blood test, x-
rays, vaccinations and immunity is known as
a. The Quarantine Cell
b. The New Bilibid Prison
c. The Death Row
d. The Control Area
38. One of the following is the admission
procedure in prison that involves the frisking
of the prisoner
a. identification
b. Searching
c. Briefing/Orientation
d. Minimum Security
39. Imprisonment is not always advisable. Placing
a person to custodial coercion is placing him in
physical jeopardy, thus drastically narrowing his
access to source of personal satisfaction and
reducing his self-esteem. This principle is based
on what concept of treatment programs?
a. Restorative Aspect
b. Humanitarian Aspect
c. Managerial Aspect
d. Legal Aspect
40. The quasi-judicial body which was created
under RA No. 4103 otherwise known as the
Indeterminate Sentence Law or the Parole Law,
the agency that grants parole to any prisoner
who is qualified to enjoy its benefits is the –
a. Probation and Parole Administration
b. Board of Pardons and Parole
c. Bureau of Corrections
d. President
41. Under the standard operating procedures
in jails, when a jailbreak, escape or riot is in
progress or has just been perpetrated in jail,
the officer at the control center should
immediately –
a. Sound the alarm
b. Lock prisoners in their cells
c. Notify the nearest police precinct
d. Call the warden of the director
42. In case of mass jailbreak, all members of
the custodial force shall be immediately
issued firearms and assigned to critical posts.
Among the following, which is the priority?
a. Plug off the escape routes
b. To shoot the escapees
c. Protect the other inmates
d. To give warning shots
43. If the jail warden is taken as the hostage in a
jailbreak, for all intents and purposes, he ceases
to exercise authority and the next in command
assume. Among the following, which one is given
the authority to assume the command?
a. Most veteran officer
b. Custodial officer
c. The Deputy Warden
d. The Escort Team Leader
44. What is the executive department of the
government that supervises and controls the
numerous correctional institutions in the
Philippines particularly the local jails?
a. Department of Justice
b. Department of Interior and Local Gov’t
c. Department of Social Welfare and Dev’t
d. Department of National Defense
45. Articles 1706 – 1727 of the Revised
Administrative Code as amended refers to
the
a. Correctional Law
b. Jail Management Law
c. Prison Law
d. Parole and Probation Law
46. The head of the Bureau of Corrections is
the –
a. Chief of the Bureau of Corrections
b. Director of the Bureau of Corrections
c. Superintendent of the Bureau of
Corrections
d. Warden
47. The act of prisoner trying to convert or
induce another to change his religious
beliefs, sect of the like to another while
under confinement is referred to as –
a. Proselytizing
b. Initiation
c. Fraternization
d. Inducement
48. In dealing with prisoners, there is this
mechanical device or contrivance, tools or
implement used to hold back, keep in check
and control the person. This refers to –
a. Instrument of Restraint
b. Iron Leg Lock
c. Handcuffs
d. Metallic Chains
49. Under the prison service manual, the
prescribed color of prison uniform for
maximum security prison is
a. Orange
b. Brown
c. Blue
d. Stripe black and white
50. Aside from protecting the public against
criminality, imprisonment has the major
objective of –
a. Reformation of offenders
b. Deterrence of future criminals
c. Segregation of offenders
d. Confinement of offenders
1. During the 13th century, a criminal can avoid
______ by claiming refugee in a church for a
period of 40 days.
a. sanctuary
b. Punishment
c. Trial
d. Conviction

ANS: BI
2. In England, during the 16th C,
transportation of criminals was authorized.
Russia and other European countries
followed this system. In this kind of dealing
with criminals, what is being sought after?
a. abandonment
b. Overcrowding
c. Sanitation
d. Slavery ANS: BI
3. During the 16th c, there were these long,
low, narrow, single decked ships propelled
by sails. Usually rowed by criminals. They
were known as the –
a. gaols
b. Galleys
c. Hulks
d. Hell bounds ANS: BI
4. The classical school of penology
maintains the doctrine of psychological
hedonism, the concept of –
a. Denied individual responsibility
b. Free will
c. Pleasure vs pain
d. Natural phenomenon
ANS: SI
5. Retaliation is one of the earliest remedies
for a wrongful act among the primitive
societies. Retaliation means –
a. Personal vengeance
b. Eye for an eye
c. Tooth for a tooth
d. Blood feud
ANS: EY
6. History has shown that there are three
main legal systems in the world. Among
these three, it was the _____ that was the
most lasting and most pervading influence on
modern legal system.
a. Mohammedan law
b. Anglo-American law
c. Roman Law
d. Code of King Hammurabi ANS: SI
7. The known earliest Roman place of
confinement which was built in Rome about
64 B.C. is the –
a. Bridewell workhouse
b. Wulnut Street Jail
c. Burgundian House
d. Mamertine Prison
ANS: DI
8. In 1936, the city of Manila exchanged its
Muntinlupa property with the Bureau of Prisons
originally intended as a site for boy’s 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 Estate
c. New Bilibid Jail
d. Muntinlupa Jail ANS: EY
9. Punishment in the past was considered
barbaric and inhumane. This includes
hanging for death penalty and maiming for –
a. Social degradation
b. Exile
c. Physical torture
d. Slavery
ANS: SI
10. Putting the offender into prison for the
purpose of protecting the public against
criminal activities and at the same time
rehabilitating them is the concept of –
a. protection
b. Deterrence
c. Incapacitation
d. Atonement ANS: SI
11. The ultimate Panoptican Prison was the
idea of –
a. Charles Monstesqueue
b. Jeremy Bentham
c. William Penn
d. Cesare Beccaria
ANS: BI
12. The Sheriff of Bedsfordshire in 1773 who
devoted his life and fortune to prison reform
and gained the fame as the “father of prison
reform” –
a. John Howard
b. Robert Peel
c. William Penn
d. Manuel Montesimos ANS: EY
13. The known forerunner of modern
penology as it has all the elements of a
modern system refers to –
a. Bridewell Workhouse
b. Elmira Reformatory
c. Wulnut Street Jail
d. Borstal Insitution
ANS: BI
14. A system of dealing with prisoners which
was practiced in the United States known as
congregated system refers to –
a. The Auburn Prison System
b. The Complete System
c. The Pennsylvania Prison System
d. The Solitary System
ANS: EY
15. Under the legal standards, the penalty
imposed for offenders should be certain.
This means that –
a. No proxy punishment
b. No one must escape its effects
c. It should be equal for all persons
d. It must be in accordance with law
ANS: BI
16. The duration of arresto menor as a
penalty is
a. 1 day to one month
b. 1 day to 31 days
c. 1 day to 30 days
d. Either a or c
ANS: SI
17. The Philippine probation law was
approved on –
a. July 14, 1976
b. August 14, 1976
c. July 24, 1976
d. August 24, 1976
ANS: SI
18. Under the probation law, those who have
been once on probation –
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
ANS: BI
19. The act of the President changing a
heavier penalty to a lighter one is known as
a. Reprieve
b. Pardon
c. Commutation
d. Amnesty
ANS: SI
20. Pardon granted by the Chief Executive:
a. Extinguishes criminal liability of offender
b. Does not extinguish criminal liability of
offender
c. Must be given before the prosecution of
the offense
d. All of the above
ANS: EY
21. The following are the duties and
responsibilities of the custodial force in
prison except:
a. Censor offender’s mail
b. Inspect security devices
c. Conduct disciplinary hearing
d. Escort inmates
ANS: SI
22. As a prison rule, all members of the
custodial force of any correctional institution
shall bear in mind about prisoners that the
purpose of confinement is not so much for
restriction but for reformation and rehabilitation.
They should bear in mind that:
a. Prisoners are sick people and needs treatment
b. Prisoners are enemies of society
c. Prisoners are part of, and not apart from society
d. All of the above ANS: SI
23. The instance when a prisoner maybe given
passes or leaves form jails or places of confinement,
as may be allowed by law or regulation, upon
approval of the law or regulation, or the court, if
already committed by the court order and upon
recommendation of the warden is –
a. When he puts bail for his temporary liberty
b. He has a very meritorious case as maybe
considered
c. When he is on recognizance
d. All of the above ANS: DI
24. A prisoner maybe taken out of jail only
upon –
a. Recognizance of sentence
b. Service of sentence
c. Orders of competent court or authority
and provided with armed escorts
d. All of the above
ANS: DI
25. In modern prison system, corporal
punishment, confinement in a dark cell or
sweat boxes, or any cruel, unusual,
inhuman, or degrading punishment is –
a. Somewhat prohibited
b. Absolutely prohibited
c. Fairly prohibited
d. Encouraged ANS: BI
26. Prisoner work-groups shall perform essential
community service, do chores in the quarters,
kitchen, maintenance of equipment and facilities,
library administration, or personal services,
normally in rotation basis. This is to adopt with –
a. Work therapy
b. Hard labor
c. Imprisonment
d. Monotony ANS: EY
27. It is one which if granted wipes away the
guilt of the grantee without any condition
attached to it. Which one is being referred
to?
a. Absolute pardon
b. Conditional pardon
c. Commutation
d. Amnesty ANS: EY
28. What is called the statutory shortening of
the maximum sentence the prisoner serves
because of good behavior while in prison?
a. Good-conduct-time-allowance
b. Commutation
c. Probation
d. Parole
ANS: EY
29. When a defendant, after conviction and
sentenced is released subject to conditions
imposed by the court and to the supervision
of an appropriate authority, he is given the
opportunity of –
a. Good conduct time allowance
b. Probation
c. Parole
d. PD 603 ANS: BI
30. Who was the director of the English
Prison who opened the Borstal Institution for
young offenders?
a. Evelyn Ruggles Brise
b. Manuel Montesimos
c. Zebulon Brockway
d. Walter Crofton
ANS: EY
31. Which among the penal colonies in the
Philippines has four sub-colonies?
a. San Ramon Penal Farm
b. Iwahig Penal Farm
c. Sablayan Penal Farm
d. Davao Penal Farm
ANS: BI
32. When a person is sentenced to suffer a
term of imprisonment from 6 months and 1
day to 3 years or a fine of not more than
1,000 pesos or both; then he is classified as:
a. Municipal prisoner
b. City prisoner
c. District prisoner
d. Provincial prisoner ANS: DI
33. The Camp Sampaguita of the New
Bilibid Prison houses what kind of
offenders?
a. Maximum Security Prisoners
b. Medium Security Prisoners
c. Minimum Security Prisoners
d. Super Maximum Security Prisoners
ANS: BI
34. The enactment of RA No. 6975 created
the BJMP. It operates as a line bureau under
the DILG. This statement is –
a. True
b. Partially True
c. False
d. Partially False
ANS: EY
35. Under the standards, a City or Municipal
Warden shall be appointed by the -
a. President
b. Commission on Appointments
c. DILG Secretary
d. BJMP Director
ANS: BI
36. The reception and diagnostic center, a
special unit of prison where new prisoners
undergo diagnostic examination, study and
observation is located at –
a. NBP Camp
b. Camp Bukang Liwayway
c. CIW
d. Iwahig Penal Farm ANS: EY
37. The special unity of prison of the RDC
where the prisoner is given thorough
physical examination including blood test, x-
rays, vaccinations and immunity is known as
a. The Quarantine Cell
b. The New Bilibid Prison
c. The Death Row
d. The Control Area ANS: EY
38. One of the following is the admission
procedure in prison that involves the frisking
of the prisoner
a. identification
b. Searching
c. Briefing/Orientation
d. Minimum Security
ANS: BI
39. Imprisonment is not always advisable. Placing
a person to custodial coercion is placing him in
physical jeopardy, thus drastically narrowing his
access to source of personal satisfaction and
reducing his self-esteem. This principle is based
on what concept of treatment programs?
a. Restorative Aspect
b. Humanitarian Aspect
c. Managerial Aspect
d. Legal Aspect ANS: BI
40. The quasi-judicial body which was created
under RA No. 4103 otherwise known as the
Indeterminate Sentence Law or the Parole Law,
the agency that grants parole to any prisoner
who is qualified to enjoy its benefits is the –
a. Probation and Parole Administration
b. Board of Pardons and Parole
c. Bureau of Corrections
d. President ANS: BI
41. Under the standard operating procedures
in jails, when a jailbreak, escape or riot is in
progress or has just been perpetrated in jail,
the officer at the control center should
immediately –
a. Sound the alarm
b. Lock prisoners in their cells
c. Notify the nearest police precinct
d. Call the warden of the director ANS: EY
42. In case of mass jailbreak, all members of
the custodial force shall be immediately
issued firearms and assigned to critical posts.
Among the following, which is the priority?
a. Plug off the escape routes
b. To shoot the escapees
c. Protect the other inmates
d. To give warning shots ANS: EY
43. If the jail warden is taken as the hostage in a
jailbreak, for all intents and purposes, he ceases
to exercise authority and the next in command
assume. Among the following, which one is given
the authority to assume the command?
a. Most veteran officer
b. Custodial officer
c. The Deputy Warden
d. The Escort Team Leader ANS: EY
44. What is the executive department of the
government that supervises and controls the
numerous correctional institutions in the
Philippines particularly the local jails?
a. Department of Justice
b. Department of Interior and Local Gov’t
c. Department of Social Welfare and Dev’t
d. Department of National Defense ANS:
BI
45. Articles 1706 – 1727 of the Revised
Administrative Code as amended refers to
the
a. Correctional Law
b. Jail Management Law
c. Prison Law
d. Parole and Probation Law
ANS: SI
46. The head of the Bureau of Corrections is
the –
a. Chief of the Bureau of Corrections
b. Director of the Bureau of Corrections
c. Superintendent of the Bureau of
Corrections
d. Warden
ANS: BI
47. The act of prisoner trying to convert or
induce another to change his religious
beliefs, sect of the like to another while
under confinement is referred to as –
a. Proselytizing
b. Initiation
c. Fraternization
d. Inducement ANS: EY
48. In dealing with prisoners, there is this
mechanical device or contrivance, tools or
implement used to hold back, keep in check
and control the person. This refers to –
a. Instrument of Restraint
b. Iron Leg Lock
c. Handcuffs
d. Metallic Chains ANS: EY
49. Under the prison service manual, the
prescribed color of prison uniform for
maximum security prison is
a. Orange
b. Brown
c. Blue
d. Stripe black and white
ANS: EY
50. Aside from protecting the public against
criminality, imprisonment has the major
objective of –
a. Reformation of offenders
b. Deterrence of future criminals
c. Segregation of offenders
d. Confinement of offenders
ANS: EY