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1. a. b. 2. a. b. 3. The law establishing a probation system, appropriating funds and for other purposes. P.D. 968 c. P.D. 698 R.A. 4868 d. R.A. 5487 This is the reduction of the period of a prison sentence. less sentence c. commutation of sentence conditional pardon d. pardon A branch of the Criminal Justice System concerned with the custody, supervision and rehabilitation of criminal offender. a. correction c. prison b. prosecution d. court 4. The study and practice of systematic management of jails or prisons and other institutional concerned with the custody, treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders. a. Correctional Administration c. Correctional Management b. Prison Management d. Prison Administration 5. Penology was derived from the Latin word POENA which means: a. sentence to rehabilitate c. pain and suffering b. punishment d. incarceration 6. The first house correction in England, purposely for locking-up and whipping of beggars, prostitutes and night walkers of all sorts. a. Panoptican c. St. Bridgets Well b. Milibank Penitentiary d. New Gate Prison 7. A building plan made by Jeremy Bentham, a noted English exponent to the classical school of criminology. a. New Gate Prison c. Panoptican b. Milibank Penitentiary d. St. Bridgets Well 8. An abandoned copper mine located at Sinsbury, Connecticut, wherein inmates were being confined underground and considered as black hole of horrors. a. New Gate Prison c. Panoptican b. Milibank Penitentiary d. St. Bridgets Well 9. The concept of personal revenge by the victims family or tribe against the family or tribe of the offenders. a. revenge c. retaliation b. retribution d. deterrence 10. Who may grant Commutation of Sentence and Pardon? a. Senate President c. President b. Chief of Police d. Director of Prison 11. It is the reduction of the period of the prison sentence. a. commutation of sentence c. conditional pardon b. decrease of imprisonment d. parole 12. This is a warrant issued by a court directing the jail or prison authorities to receive the convicted offender for the service of the sentence imposed therein or for detention. a. warrant for prison c. mittimus b. warrant of arrest d. search warrant 13. If Iwahig Penal Colony is located in Palawan, where does Sablayan Penal Colony and Farm located? a. Davao c. Occidental Mindoro b. Oriented Mindoro d. Leyte 14. A person who is under the custody of lawful authority. Who by reason of his criminal sentence or by a decision issued by a court, may deprived of his liberty or freedom. a. detainee c. prisoner
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d. suspect

15. Those detained individual for investigation, preliminary hearing, or awaiting for trial. a. sentence prisoner c. suspect b. detention prisoner d. convicted individual 16. These are person who are non-criminal offenders, detained in order to protect the community against their harmful behavior. a. detention prisoner c. sentence prisoner b. prisoner who are for safekeeping d. insular prisoner 17. A special group of prisoners composed of incorrigible, intractable, and highly dangerous persons who are the source of constant disturbance even in a maximum prison. a. Maximum security prisoners c. super maximum prisoners b. Minimum security prisoners d. medium security prisoners 18. The group of prisoners whose escape could be dangerous to the public or the security of the state. a. Maximum security prisoners c. super maximum prisoners b. Minimum security prisoners d. medium security prisoners 19. Those who cannot be trusted in open conditions and pose lesser danger than maximum security prisoners in case of their invasion. a. Maximum security prisoners c. super maximum prisoners b. Minimum security prisoners d. medium security prisoners 20. A group of prisoners who can be seasonably trusted to serve sentence under open conditions. a. Maximum security prisoners c. super maximum prisoners b. Minimum security prisoners d. medium security prisoners 21. A place for locking-up of persons who are convicted of a minor offences or felonies, who are serve a short sentence imposed upon by a competent court. a. prison c. cell b. jail d. correctional institution 22. Type of jail commonly used to detain a convicted criminal offender to serve sentence less than three (3) years. a. lock-up jail c. ordinary jail b. workhouse, jail farms or Camp d. none of the above 23. It is a security facility, common to police stations, used for temporary confinement for an individual held for investigation. a. lock-up jail c. ordinary jail b. workhouse, jail farms or Camp d. none of the above 24. A facility that housed minimum custody offenders are serving short sentence or those are undergoing constructive work programs. a. Lock-up jail c. ordinary jail b. Workhouse, jail farms or Camp d. none of the above 25. In BJMP organization, what is the equivalent rank of 2nd Lieutenant? a. Jail guard c. Inspector b. Warden d. Deputy Warden 26. It maintains the doctrine of Psychological Hedonism or Free Will. That the individual calculates pleasures and pains in advance of action and regulates his conduct by the result I his calculations. a. Neo-Classical School c. Classical School b. Positivism/Italian School d. none of the above 27. It maintain that while the classical doctrine is general, Since children and lunatics cannot calculate the differences of pleasures from pain, they should be not regarded as criminals, hence they should be free from punishments. a. Neo-Classical School c. Classical School b. Positivism/Italian School d. none of the above
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28. The school of criminology that denied individual responsibility and reflected nonpunitive reactions to crime and criminality, it adheres that crimes, as any other act, are a natural phenomenon. a. Neo-Classical School c. Classical School b. Positivism/Italian School d. none of the above 29. The earliest remedy for a wrong act to any one. The concept of personal revenge by the victims family or tribe against the family or tribe of the offender. a. Punishment c. revenge b. Personal vengeance d. threat 30. In this code it specified punishment according to the social class of offenders, dividing them into nobles, middle class, and lower class and specifying the value of life of each person according to status of life. a. Hammurabi Code c. Sumerian Code b. Greek code of Draco d. Burgurian Code 31. This is a harsh code that provides the same punishment for both citizens and the slaves as it incorporates primitive concepts. a. Hammurabi Code c. Sumerian Code b. Greek code of Draco d. Burgurian Code 32. The credited as the oldest code prescribing savage punishment. a. Hammurabi Code c. Sumerian Code b. Greek code of Draco d. Burgurian Code 33. Originally constructed as a detention jail in Philadelphia. It was converted into a state prison and became the first American Penitentiary. a. Wulnut Street Jail c. Mamertime Prison b. Scotland Yard Penitentiary d. Bridewell Workhouse 34. Hanging is for death penalty; maiming is for a. Social degradation c. exile b. Physical torture d. slavery 35. Refers to the release of an offender from a penal or correctional institution after he has served the minimum of his prison sentence under the continued custody of the State. a. Probation c. parole b. Correction d. detention 36. Following are disqualification of a prisoner applying for Parole, except. a. Those convicted of an offence with the Reclusion Perpetua. b. Those convicted of treason, conspiracy, rebellion and sedition or espionage. c. None of the selection above d. All of the above 37. It refers to the commutation of sentence, absolute pardon and conditional parson, with or without the parole conditions, as may be granted by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Board of Pardon and Parole. a. Absolute pardon c. executive clemency b. Pardon d. parole 38. The purpose of absolute pardon are the following, except. a. To do away with the miscarriage of justice. b. To keep punishment abreast with the current philosophy concept or practice of criminal justice administration. c. To restore full political and civil rights of persons who have already served their sentence and have waited the prescribed period. d. None of the above 39. Refers to the exemption of an individual, within certain limits or conditions, from the punishment, which the law inflicts for the offense an individual has committed resulting in the partial extinction of his criminal liability. a. Pardon c. parole b. Conditional pardon d. absolute pardon
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40. Refers to the total extinction of the criminal liability of the individual to whom it is granted without any condition whatsoever. a. Pardon c. parole b. Conditional pardon d. absolute pardon 41. The purpose of Commutation of Sentence are the following , except. a. To break the rigidity of the law. b. To extend parole in cases where the parole law does not apply. c. To save the life of a person sentenced to death. d. None of the above 42. A general extended and granted to groups of law violators, usually those who committed political crimes, with the concurrence of the law-making body. a. Pardon c. executive clemency b. Amnesty d. reprieve 43. An act of executive clemency ordering the temporary stay of execution of sentence, usually the death penalty. a. Good Conduct Time Allowance c. executive clemency b. Amnesty d. reprieve 44. This is a legal provision in the Revised Penal Code for the shortening of prisoners sentence for good behavior in prison. a. Good Conduct Time Allowance c. executive clemency b. Amnesty d. reprieve 45. A device of modifying the severity of the law, by temporary suspension of the sentence. a. Good Conduct Time Allowance c. Judicial Reprieve b. Amnesty d. Recognizance 46. This is an older method of suspending or deferring judgment for good behavior. This was based in an ancient practice developed in England in the 14 th century. a. Good Conduct Time Allowance c. Judicial Reprieve b. Amnesty d. Recognizance 47. He is the father of Probation. a. Matthew Davenport Hill c. John Augustus b. Teodulo C. Natividad d. John Larson 48. He was the co-sponsor of House Bill No. 393 entitled An Act Establishing Probation in the Philippines . a. Matthew Davenport Hill c. John Augustus b. Teodulo C. Natividad d. John Larson 49. A lawyer who also introduced the practice of suspending and releasing the offender supervision in England. a. Matthew Davenport Hill c. John Augustus b. Teodulo C. Natividad d. John Larson 50. The first Probation Law was passed by the _________________and signed into Law by Gov. Alexander B. Rice on April 26, 1878. a. Legislature of Canada c. Legislature of England b. Legislature of the Philippines d. Legislature of Massachusetts 51. The ex-Chief of Police of Boston, was named probation officer, thus becoming the first probation officer employed by the government or first paid probation officer. a. Matthew Davenport Hill c. John Augustus b. Teodulo C. Natividad d. Edward H. Savage 52. A unique probation method was introduced in France and Belgium, which provided a probation with no supervision on the condition that no further offense will be committed within a prescribed period. a. Alternative Imprisonment c. Sursis b. Banishment d. none of the above

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53. A decree establishing a probation system as a less costly alternative to the imprisonment of offenders who are likely to respond to individualized based treatment programs. a. P. D. 968 c. P. D. 698 b. P. D. 603 d. P. D. 421 54. The disposition under which a defendant, after conviction and sentence, is released subject to conditions imposed by the court and the supervision of a probation officer. a. Parole c. pardon b. Probation d. commutation of sentence 55. A person who investigates for the court a referral for probation or supervise a probationer or both, and performs other related duties as directed. a. Probation officer c. probationer b. Parole officer d. petitioner 56. A convicted defendant who files a formal application for probation. a. Probation officer c. probationer b. Parole officer d. petitioner 57. Following are the BASIC ELEMENTS of Probation, except. a. Suspension of the sentence b. A period of trial for the offense in the community. c. Conditional suspension of execution of sentence by the court. d. The supervision of the offender by a probation officer. 58. Following are the purpose of Probation, except. a. To promote correction and rehabilitation. b. To provide an opportunity for his reformation and reintegration into the community. c. To prevent the commission of offense. d. To deter offenders from doing the same. 59. ___________ is the example of Community-based Treatment. a. Probation c. Reprieve b. Parole d. Rehabilitation 60. The two mandatory condition of Probation are the following. a. To present himself to the Probation Office concerned for supervision within 72 hours from receipt of the order. b. To report to the Probation Officer at least once a month during the period of probation. c. To serve the community during the probation and avoid in committing and offense. d. Both a and b 61. The only Roman Place of confinement, which was built under the main sewer of Rome in 54 B.C. a. Wulnut Street jail c. Mamertime Prison b. Aubrun Prison System d. Panoptican 62. The uttering of insulting words or languages on the part of prison staff to the prisoners to degrade or break the confidence of prisoners. a. Mass movement c. Degradation b. Corporal punishment d. Monotony 63. Early form of punishment, in which giving of the same food that is off diet, or requiring the prisoners to perform drab or boring daily routine. a. Mass movement c. Degradation b. Corporal punishment d. Monotony 64. Justification of punishment which should be provided by the state whose sanction is violated, to afford the society or the individual the opportunity of imposing upon the offender suitable punishment as might be enforced. a. Retribution c. atonement b. Incapacitation and protection d. deterrence 65. Justification of punishment in the form of group vengeance where the purpose is to appease the offended public or group.
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a. Retribution c. atonement b. Incapacitation and protection d. deterrence 66. Justification of punishment that gives lesson to the offender by showing to others what would happen to them if they violate the law. a. Retribution c. atonement b. Incapacitation and protection d. deterrence 67. Justification of punishment wherein the public will be protected if offender has being held in conditioning where he cannot harm others especially the public. a. Retribution c. atonement b. Incapacitation and protection d. deterrence 68. Justification of punishment wherein the purpose of this is to establish the usefulness and responsibility of the offender. a. Retribution c. atonement b. Incapacitation and protection d. deterrence 69. A French historian and a philosopher who analyzed law as an expression of justice. a. William Penn c. Charles Montesquieu b. Voltaire d. Cesare Bonesa 70. He fought for religious freedom and responsible for the abolition of death penalty and torture as a form of punishment. a. William Penn c. Charles Montesquieu b. Voltaire d. Cesare Bonesa 71. He was the most versatile of all philosophers during his period. He believes that fear of shame was a deterrent to crime and he fought the legality-sanctioned practice of torture. a. William Penn c. Charles Montesquieu b. Voltaire d. Cesare Bonesa 72. He wrote an essay entitled An Essay on Crimes and Punishment, the most exciting on law during his period, and it represent humanistic goal of law. a. William Penn c. Charles Montesquieu b. Voltaire d. Cesare Bonesa 73. The greatest leader in the reform of English Criminal Law. He believes that whatever punishment designed to negate whatever pleasure or gain the criminal derives from crime the crime rate would be down. a. Jeremy Bentham c. John Howard b. Alexander Mocanochie d. Manuel Montesimos 74. The sheriff of Bedsforshire in 1733 who devoted his life and fortune to prison reform. He recommended the single cells for sleeping, segregation of women, segregation of youth, abolishment of fess system and provision of sanitation facilities. a. Jeremy Bentham c. John Howard b. Alexander Mocanochie d. Manuel Montesimos 75. He is the Superintendent of the penal colony at Norfolk island in Australia, who introduce the Mark system. a. Jeremy Bentham c. John Howard b. Alexander Mocanochie d. Manuel Montesimos 76. The director of Prison in Valencia Spain who divided the number of prisoners into companies and appointed certain prisoners as petty officer in charge. a. Jeremy Bentham c. John Howard b. Alexander Mocanochie d. Manuel Montesimos 77. The one who established an agricultural colony for delinquent biys in 1893 providing housefathers as in charge of these boys. a. Domets of France c. Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brise b. Walter Crotton d. Zebulon Brockway 78. The Director of English Prison who opened the Borstal Institution for young offenders. a. Domets of France c. Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brise
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b. Walter Crotton d. Zebulon Brockway 79. The Director of Irish Prison in 1845 who introduced the Irish system that was modified from the Mocanochiess Mark System. a. Domets of France c. Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brise b. Walter Crotton d. Zebulon Brockway 80. The Director of the Elmira Reformatory in New York, who introduced certain innovational programs like training school type, compulsory education of prisoners, casework method, extensive use of parole and indeterminate sentence. a. Domets of France c. Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brise b. Walter Crotton d. Zebulon Brockway 81. A system in which a prisoner is required to earn a number of marks based on paper department, labor and study entitle him for a ticket to leave or conditional release which is similar to parole. a. Mark System c. Elmira Reformatory b. Panontican Prison System d. Borstal Institution 82. Considered as the forerunner of the modern penology because it had all the elements of a modern system. a. Mark System c. Elmira Reformatory b. Panontican Prison System d. Borstal Institution 83. The relationship in which one endeavor to help another understand and solve his problem of adjustment in prison or jail. a. Case Work c. Clinical Service b. Counseling Service d. Medical Attention 84. A prison that consist of a large circular building contain in multi-cells around the periphery. a. Mark System c. Elmira Reformatory b. Panontican Prison System d. Borstal Institution 85. The prison system called the solitary system, where the prisoners are confined in a single cells day and night where they lived, they slept, they ate and receive religious instructions. a. Auburn Prison System c. Elmira Reformatory b. Pennsylvania Prison System d. Penalty 86. The prison called congregate system, where prisoners confined in their own cells during the night and congregate work in shops during the day. a. Auburn Prison System c. Elmira Reformatory b. Pennsylvania Prison System d. Penalty 87. Defined as the suffering inflicted by the state against an offender or law violators. a. Penalty c. Punishment b. Correctional d. Imprisonment 88. If the duration of sentence is from 12 years and 1 day to 20 years it is? a. Prision Mayor c. Reclusion Perpetua b. Prision Correctional d. Arresto Mayor 89. If the duration of sentence is from 1 month and 1 day to 6 month it is? a. Prision Mayor c. Reclusion Perpetua b. Prision Correctional d. Arresto Mayor 90. If the duration of sentence is from 6 months and 1 day to 6 years it is? a. Prision Mayor c. Reclusion Perpetua b. Prision Correctional d. Arresto Mayor 91. Where you can find the Correctional Institution for Women? a. Occidental Mindoro c. Muntinlupa b. Rizal d. Mandaluyong 92. Where you can find the Camp Samguita and Camp Bukang Liwayway? a. Occidental Mindoro c. Muntinlupa b. Quiapo d. Mandaluyong
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93. It has general supervision and control of all national prisons and penitentiaries and charged with the safekeeping of all insular prisoners confined therein or committed to the custody the bureau. a. Bureau of jail c. Bureau of Correction b. BJMP d. DND 94. Prisoners who suffer a term of sentence of 3 years and 1 day to life imprisonment. a. Insular Prisoners c. Provincial Prisoners b. City Prisoners d. Municipal prisoners 95. Those persons sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment from 6 months and 1 day to 3 years or a fine not more than 1,000 pesos, or both. a. Insular Prisoners c. Provincial Prisoners b. City Prisoners d. Municipal prisoners 96. Persons who confined in jail to serve an imprisonment from 1 day to 6 months. a. Insular Prisoners c. Provincial Prisoners b. City Prisoners d. Municipal prisoners 97. A building, usually in cells, or other places established for the purpose of taking safe custody if confinement of criminals. a. Lock-ups c. prison b. Jail d. workhouse 98. A place for locking up of persons who are convicted of minors offenses or felonies who are to serve a short sentence imposed upon them by a competent court. a. Lock-ups c. prison b. Jail d. workhouse 99. Who have direct control of the Provincial Jails in the Philippines? a. City Government c. Provincial Government b. Regional Director of BJMP d. Director of BJMP 100. Following are under Command Group of BJMP, except. a. Deputy Chief of BJMP c. Aide-de-Camp b. Chief of BJMP d. a and b

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