INSTITUTIONAL

CORRECTION

FINAL COACHING
 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
CJS – the crime prevention
mechanism
P – POLICE/LAW ENFORCEMENT
P – PROSECUTION
C – COURT
C – CORRECTION
C - COMMUNITY
Which of the pillars of Philippine
Criminal Justice is the __
1. prime mover?
2. investigator/state representative?
3. center pillar?
4. reformer?
5. base pillar?
What does the ff: symbolizes in
the context of the criminal justice
system?
1. The lady justice – divine
rightness of law
2. The balance – truth and fairness
3. The sword – power of reason
4. The blindfold – objectivity -
IMPARTIALITY!
BOARD QUESTIONS
The superstar in the CJS?
a. criminal
b. victim
c. police
d. judge
e. prosecutor
The forgotten person in the CJS?
a. criminal
b. victim
c. police
d. judge
e. prosecutor
The freewill theory of classical
criminology, was advocated by

a. Cesare Beccaria
b.Jeremy Bentham
c. Cesare Lombroso
d. Sigmund Freud
Which of the following is considered
an advantage if all correctional
agencies are integrated?
a. More physical facilities to maintain
b. More prisoners to supervise
c. Divided resources such as
manpower and finance
d. Better coordination of services and
increased cost efficiency
What do we call the judge
hammer?

a. Gavel
b. mallet
c. hammer
d. baton
National corrections awareness
month?

a. September
b. August
c. October
d. December
What is the mark of shame or
disgrace attached to a person by
virtue of his having committed an
offense or conviction?
a. stigma
b. prejudice
c. convict
d. distrust
Special Institution is:

a. First class institution

b. Juvenile Institution
c. Institution for first offender d.
Institution where
homogenous type of prisoners
are placed together
What document is required
before a prisoner is released?

a. Order from a competent court

b. Medical record
c. Release order from jail
warden
d. Application for release
On Fridays and Saturdays,
visitation privileges are cancelled
due to;
a. inspection by members of
the custodial force
b. wash day
c. weekly mustering
d. all of these
What is the movement in 1790 which
held that offenders were out of touch
with God thus, they were given Bibles
and placed in isolations.

a. Quaker reform movement

b. Reformatory movement
c. Church Reform movement
d. Crime prevention movement
For inspection by the custodial
force the ratio is 1 guard for
every ___ inmates.

a. 5
c. 7
b. 9
d. 10
When is unnecessary force used upon
an offender?
a. When pursuing an inmate who
escaped from prison
b. To enforce discipline and order
among prisoners
c. When doing routinary inspection of
prison cells
d. For legitimate self defense on the
part of the jail guard
What is the legal process that
results in the removal of
conviction from the official
records?
a. Mitigation
b. Expungement
c. Exoneration
d. Restriction
Abandoned and unusable
galleons docked in rivers and
lakes that were converted to
prisons.
a. Ship prison
b. Condemned ships
c. Galleys
d. Hulks
In local jails, who implements the
PDEA’s and DILG’s banning
with the use of cellular phones
and other means of
communications?
a. BUCOR
b. DILG
c. BJMP
d. PDEA
The Philippine Legislature during the
American regime passed Act No. 1876
providing for the establishment of a
prison in ____? This prison was built for
the prisoner of the province and insular
prisoners who were members of non-
christian tribes of Mountain Province and
Nueva Vizcaya?
a. Nueva Vizcaya c. CAR
b. Bontoc, Mtn Prov. d. None
In 1903, the Americans created the
Bureau of Prisons under what
department?
a. Department of Justice
b. Department of Defense
c. Department of Social Welfare
d. Department of Commerce and
Police
During the 16th C, there were these
long, low, narrow, single decked
ships propelled by sails usually
rowed by criminals, used for
transportation of criminals.
a. Gaols
b. Hulks
c. Galleys
d. Hell bounds
What is referred to as hustling
inside the prison?

a. Reporting illegal activities

b. Doing prison assignment
c. Using prohibited drugs
d. Selling illegal commodities
How many minutes is the
allowable time for an inmate to
use the telephone

a. 5 Minutes
b. 10 Minutes
c. 15 Minutes
d. 20 Minutes
The jail warden of the provincial
jail is appointed by the

a. Provincial Governor
b. Secretary of the DOJ
c. Secretary of the DILG
d. RTC Judge
What is the main objective of
segregation?

a. isolation
b. Prevention of physical and
moral contamination
c. Identification
d. security
In mess hall and dining area for
purposes of precaution, the
prescribe utensil for inmates shall
be made of
a. wood
b. plastic
c. paper
d. carton
Who are the four key citizens in
correctional
administration?
a. correctional volunteers
b. social persuaders
c. gatekeepers of opportunity
d. inmates
e. all of them
What was the last penal facility to
be built by the Bureau of Prisons?

a. Leyte Regional Prison

b. Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm
c. Davao Prison and Penal Farm
d. Sablayan Prison and Penal
Farm
Leyte Regional Prison
This was established in January
16, 1973 on the orders issued
under Martial Law by President
Ferdinand E. Marcos
What is referred to as the
attainment of pleasure and the
avoidance of pain that are
sometimes cited as the primary
motivators of human behavior
a. objectivity
b. hedonism
c. neutrality
d. effectors
The concept of “the greatest
number” is known as ________
and was espoused by Bentham

a. conformance
b. reformation
c. utilitarianism
d. rehabilitation
It is the primary objective of
custodial and security division

a. Prevent riots
b. prevent escapes
c. implement discipline
d. to help in the reformation of
the prisoners
The sum of money paid as a
penalty and/or as an alternative
to incarceration is known as-
a. tax
b. fine
c. fee
d. compensation
He became the first POPE to fully
express approval for killing, otherwise,
human and divine law would be
subverted,
a. Pope Leo I
b. Pope Innocent III
c. Pope Gregory IX
d. Pope Innocent IV
POPE GREGORY IX- burning at the
stake for non-believers

POPE INNOCENT IV- officially

introduced torture to the inquisition
procedure
It is a price paid by a killer’s
family to the victims family to
atone for the murder and avoid
reprisals during the middle ages.
a. Botes
b. Lex Salica
c. Wergild
d. None of these
The lex salica was the
customary law of the ancient
Germanic tribes.

Botes – Compensations for

wrongdoings.
This activity is undertaken to
minimize the anxiety of the
offender in returning to the free
society
a. Pre release leave
b. counseling
c. leave for work
d. sports activity
It provides development and
acquisition of skills necessary for
successful work in a socially
accepted occupation while in
prison.
a. vocational training program
b. education program
c. recreational program
d. work program
It provides environment that will
be conducive to the mental and
physical development of an
inmate.
a. vocational training program
b. education program
c. recreational program
d. work program
It is an integral part in prisoner’s
rehabilitation which serves as
an outlet for human expression and
a form of release from one’s
inherent desire to create.
a. music
b. arts and craft
c. Sports
d. drama and literary
One of the early codes in penology that
carries the concept of Restorative justice.
It also puts an emphasis on the use of
restitution rather than death penalty
a. Code of Hammurabi
b. King Ur-Nammu’s Code
c. Nicomedean Ethics
d. Justinian Code
Nicomedean Ethics (Aristotle)
first attempt to explain crime
- Punishment is a means of
restoring the balance between
pleasure and pain.
The ancient process of
substituting trial to determine
innocence or guilt.

a. Ordeal
b. Sacrifice
c. Penitence
d. Repentance
The first kind of punishment used
by England in the 13 century
th

a. Transportation
b. Ordeal
c. Branding
d. Imprisonment
Branch of Criminology that studies
the effects of punishments to human
behavior.

a. Corrections
b. Victimology
c. Sociology
d. Penology
Sociology - The study of crime
focused on the group of people
and society as a whole

Victimology – study of crime from

the perspective of the victim
When may a prisoner be taken
out of jail?
a. After filing of bail
b. Upon order of the warden
c. Upon application for
release on recognizance
d. Upon order of a
competent court
This kind of punishment will be
given to the offender by showing to
others what would happen to them if
they have committed heinous crime.
a. protection
b. deterrence
c. lethal injection
d. atonement
Where shall Barok be confined if
his sentence is 6 months or less

a. national prison
b. municipal jail
c. penal farm
d. provincial jail
Mr. C was accused of rebellion, he
was arrested, prior to filing of charges
against him, he was in a jail by order
of the court. What category of inmate
is Mr. C?
a. Political prisoner
b. Prisoner of war
c. Detention prisoner
d. Rebel Prisoner
Mr. X was put in jail, subsequently he
was arraigned and he pleaded not
guilty, what classification of detainee
he is now?
a. Undergoing investigation
b. Awaiting final judgment
c. Awaiting or undergoing trial
d. All of the above
Mr. X was put in jail, but due to
circumstances, he was not yet
arraigned, what classification of
detainee he is?
a. Undergoing investigation
b. Awaiting or undergoing trial
c. Awaiting final judgment
d. Detention prisoner
Who was the great American
warden whose prison reforms
started the establishment of GCTA?
a. Sir Walter Crofton
b. John Augustus
c. Zebulon Brockway
d. Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise
Used for felons of all ages but usually
for those who need only minimum
security.

a. Jails
b. Reformatories
c. Work houses
d. Colony
Privileges of a colonist or
trustee is provided for under -

a. R.A. 4103
b. R.A . 6127
c. R.A. 2489
d. E.O. 292
Employment of prisoners in the
Philippines is governed by

a. director’s wise discretion

b. Directive by the judicial department as
concurred by the executive department
c. United Nations Standards of
Employment of Prisoners
d. E.O. 292 or the Prison Law of the
Philippines
Forcibly taking or extracting
money from fellow inmates is a

a. Grave offense
b. Minor offense
c. Less grave offense
d. Major offense
The first requirement of a well
conducted prison is
a. Staff selection
b. Classification
c. Discipline
d. Cooperation
Who stated the theory that
crime is normal in a society

a. Cesare Beccaria
b. Cesare Lombroso
c. Emile Durkheim
d. Enrico Ferri
There is _____ in correctional
administration as there are
various government agencies
involved.
a. isolation
b. integration
c. merging
d. fragmentation
Maintaining order and preventing
trouble in prison maybe
accomplished by:
a. Maximum isolation in the cells and
minimum social education
b. Minimum isolation in the cells
c. Proper orientation of inmates
d. Imposing punishment
This theory in criminology states that
criminals are totally responsible for
their behaviors and the stress is
more on the effect of their felonious
act than upon the criminal himself.
a. Biological theory
b. Positivist theory
c. Classical theory
d. None of the above
The objective of classification is-

a. To coordinate work relationship

among offenders
b. To develop an integrated and realistic
program for prisoners
c. To prepare transfer of prisoners to
operating institution
d. To open the mind of the offender
regarding the program of activities
Which of the following is not allowed
to work outside penal Institution?

a. minimum security prisoners

b. medium security prisoners
c. maximum security prisoners
d. super maximum security prisoners
 They are also called industrial
workers in the sense that they work in
the different shops within the prison
compound

Medium security prisoner – they are

allowed to work outside prison
compound with escorts.
- they are usually agricultural
workers.
In prison riot, a force who carries
weapon and tear gas are the:

a. 1st unit
b. 2nd unit
c. 2nd and 3rd unit
d. 3rd unit
1st unit/group – armed with batons
and shields only.
2nd unit/group – backup of first
group armed with tear gas
3rd group - composed of personnel
that is well trained in gun handling
and ready to shoot if the lives of
the first and group are at stake.
Iwahig Penal Farm was created
on?

a. 1847
b. 1869
c. 1941
d. 1904
1847 – establishment of the Old Bilibid
Prison
1941 – the year the second Bilibid Prison
was officially named “New Bilibid
Prison”
1869 – establishment of the San Ramon
Prison and Penal Farm (the oldest
penal colony)
1910 – establishment of provincial and
sub-provincial jails in the country.
The penalty imposed for offenders
must be certain. This means that-

a. the guilty one must be the one

to be punished, no proxy.
b. no one must escape its effect
c. it must be equal for all persons
d. the consequences must be in
accordance with law
According to the principle, the
punishment should be the same
as the harm for the victim
a. lex taliones
b. classical
c. utilitarian
d. neoclassical
What were emphasized under the
custodial model of correctional
institutions?

a. security, discipline and order

b. reintegration into society
c. physical and mental upliftment
d. rehabilitation and correction
Where is the Reception and
Diagnostic Center located?

a. Maximum security camp

b. Medium security camp
c. Minimum security camp
d. New Bilibid prison
A maximum security prison is
otherwise called

a. Courtyard prison
b. Open prison
c. No place like home prison
d. Close custody prison
It is a reorientation or reinstruction of
the individual with a view of
preventing a repetition of the
deviation without the necessity of
taking punitive action.
a. Correction
b. Penal management
c. Incarceration
d. punishment
A popular code during the pre-
Spanish time in the Philippines and
promulgated on 1433 which is
considered as the most extensive
and severe law that provides harsh
punishment.
a. Code of Draco
b. Code of Kalantiao
c. Sumakwel Code
d. Hammurabi Code
A country where the last burning
at the stake was made until 1786.
a. Philippines
b. England
c. Ancient Rome
d. Berlin
Minimum number of time in
counting inmates in a daily
basis?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
What institution conducts training
program for uniformed personnel of
the BJMP?

a. PNP training center

b. Fire service training institute
c. Jail management training institute
d. PNP academy
The first workhouse in England

a. Singsing prison
b. Bridewell
c. Alcatraz
d. Walnut Street Jail
Alcatraz – known as the Rock, now
a tourist destination in NY
Walnut Street Jail – the first
American Penitentiary found in
Philadelphia
Singsing Prison - SingSing was the
third prison built by New York
State. Became famous with its
singsing bath.
The predecessor of modern
penology

a. Auburn System
b. Elmira Reformatory
c. Pennsylvania system
d. Bridget’s Well
This system won general approval
because it makes more homelike
surrounding in reformatories and
greater case of classification of
juveniles-
a. Bet and War system
b. Cottage system
c. Elmira Reformatory system d.
Pennsylvania System
They are now regarded as a
rehabilitative device for jail
prisoners whose physical
condition permits manual labor:
a. Concentration camp
b. Training camp
c. Farm and work camp
d. Boot camp
Who is the English correctional
Administrator who introduced the
Borstal Training Program for youth
offenders?
a. Sir Walter Crofton
b. Zebulon Brockway
c. Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise
d. Alexander Maconochie
It modifies inmate attitudes through
the process of association in
groups.

a. Diversification
b. Classification
c. Group therapy
d. Psychotherapy
Sir Walter Crofton’s greatest
contribution to prison discipline was

a. Solitary confinement
b. Grading system
c. Intermediate prison
d. Intermediate sentence
The initial classification, referrals of
inmates with serious emotional
problems, and operations of units for
disturbed prisoners all depend upon
professional staff trained in?
a. Penology
b. Psychiatry
c. Physiology
d. Psychology
The century that may be considered
as the period of transition from
punishment to imprisonment.
a.15th
b. 17th
c. 16th
d.18th
In many ways the prison is an
autocracy whose ruler is the?

a. Director
b. Mayor or bastonero
c. Warden
d. Superintendent
The Director of the BuCor is
appointed by the-

a. DOJ secretary
b. President
c. Congress
d. Civil Service Commission
It is regarded as the most
important program that aides in
the rehabilitation of prisoners

a. Recreational program
b. Religious program
c. Educational program
d. Employment of prisoners
King Henry II, ordered that the sheriff
on each county shall establish a jail.
That was why county correctional
institutions spread through England in
-
a. 1166
b. 18th century
c. 1011
d. 13th century
 1166 (12th century)

18th century – a century of change

or the age of humanity

13th century – securing sanctuary

Infant born in prison can stay with
the mother for a period of

a. 6 months
b. 24 months
c. 12 months
d. 36 months
Rambo, an inmate of Camp Bukang
Liwayway got sick with severe colds and
infuenza. What is right for him to do?
a. Write a letter to his wife and ask for
medicine
b. Just pray for his health
c. Ask the prison authority to request for
NGO help
d. Invoke his right to secure medical
attention from prison authorities
The duration of arresto menor as
penalty is from __
imprisonment.

a. One to thirty days

b. Six to twelve years
c. Six years and one day
d. Six months to six years
 Duration of Penalties
Reclusion Perpetua – life imprisonment, a term
of 20 to 40 years imprisonment
Reclusion Temporal – 12 years and 1 day to 20
years imprisonment
Prision Mayor – 6 years and 1 day to 12 years
Prision Correctional – 6 months and 1 day to 6
years
Arresto Mayor – 1 month and 1 day to 6 months
Bond to Keep the Peace – discretionary on the
part of the court
A kind of prisoner who stays in jail
waiting for his transfer to the New
Bilibid Prison is

a. City prisoner
b. Provincial prisoner
c. Municipal prisoner
d. Insular prisoner
The imposition of penalties of
both fine and imprisonment is

a. Combined penalties
b. Split sentence
c. Complex penalty
d. Plurality of penalty
What is the Executive Department
that supervises and controls the
numerous Correctional
Institutions nationwide?
a. BuCor
b. DILG
c. DOJ
d. DSWD
Prisons and penal farms are
under the -

a. DOJ
b. DILG
c. DND
d. DSWD
Articles 1706 - 1727 of the RAC
as amended is known as -

a. Correction Law
b. Prison Law
c. Jail Management Law
d. Parole and Probation Law
The Head of the BuCor is known
as –

a. Chief of the BuCor

b. Director of the BuCor
c. Superintendent of the BuCor
d. none of these
To gain the necessary obedience, the
prison guard in imposing authority of
their office upon the prisoner must be-
a. Lenient
c. Faithful
b. Constant
d. Authoritative
Punishment is a means of:

a. Suffering
b. Justification for committing
crimes
c. Atonement
d. Social Control
The inmate is allowed to view the
remains of a deceased relative
only if the remains is within __ km
radius by road from the
confinement.
a. 35
b. 30
c. 25
d. 20
A child above fifteen years but
below eighteen years of age shall
likewise be exempt from criminal
liability if he/she has not acted
with
a. imagination
b. secrecy
c. planning
d. discernment
The Bureau of Fire Protection and
Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology Professionalization act
of 2004.
a. RA 6795
b. RA 8551
c. RA 6975
d. RA 9263
A jail is classified as class B if it
has an inmate population of __
inmates
a. over 100 inmates
b. 21 – 99 inmates
c. less than 20 inmates
d. 50 – 99 inmates
Class A Jail – with 100 inmates
or more

Class C – with 1 to 20 inmates

What are the jails that are covered by
the BJMP?

a. City and Municipal Jails

b. District jails
c. Provincial Jails
d. National penitentiary
The Chief BJMP is assisted by 2
deputy chiefs, one for
administration and one for ___
a. Organization
b. Operation
c. Directorial Staff
d. comptrollership
The tenure of the BJMP Chief
shall not be more than ___years

a. 5
b. 4
c. 6
d. 3
The Provincial Office of the BJMP
is called?

a. BJMP Provincial Office

b. Jail Provincial Office
c. Provincial Jail
Administrators' Office
d. Provincial Office
Regional Office of the BJMP shall
be headed by a RD with a rank
of at least

a. Director
b. Senior Superintendent
c. Superintendent
d. Chief Inspector
An officer of the jail who chairs
the disciplinary board in jails is
the-

a. Assistant Warden
b. Warden
c. Senior Jail Officer
d. Provincial Administrator
Applicants of the BJMP who
applies in the regional offices shall
be appointed by the

a. BJMP Director
b. Regional Director
c. DILG Secretary
d. Provincial Director
It is effected by the use of stocks
and pillory, docking stool,
branding and shaving of the hair
of the offender.
a. corporal punishment
b. public humiliation
c. shaming
d. both b and c
He advocated the theory that
punishment should prevent others
from committing offenses and should
be in the degree of severity enough
to deter others.
a. Lombroso
b. Bentham
c. Becarria
d. Ferri
Graduates of the PNPA who will
join the BJMP shall receive an
initial rank of

a. Lieutenant
b. Inspector
c. Senior Inspector
d. Chief Inspector
Which of the following donated the
Half-way House inside the
compound of the BuCor?

a. Office of the President

b. Philippine Charity Sweepstakes
Office
c. United Nations Security Council
d. Asia Crime Foundation
A mild form of punishment which is enough
deterrence for prisoners with clean record
who want to be considered for early
release.
a. counsel and reprimand
b. solitary confinement
c. loss of privilege
d. loss of GCTA
Which among the following is not
considered by PD 29 as prisoner?

a. municipal prisoner
b. provincial prisoner
c. insular prisoner
d. detention prisoner
Which of the following factors is
used mostly for the diversification
of correctional institution?
a. sex
b. degree of custody
c. age
d. mentality
A place of confinement for persons
awaiting trial or court action and
where the convicted offenders serve
short sentences or penalty of
imprisonment is known as-
a. Jail
b. Penitentiary
c. Lock-up
d. Detention Cells
The act of prisoner trying to
convert or induce another to
change his religious beliefs, sect
or the like to another while under
confinement is referred to as-
a. Proselytizing
c. Fraternization
b. Initiation
d. Inducement
The basis of this old school of
penology is the human free-will

a. Classical school
b. neo – classical school
c. Italian school
d. Positivist school
Those inmates whose life is in
danger or on threat ?

a. High profile inmates

b. high security risk inmates
c. ordinary inmates
d. maximum security inmates
A warrant issued by the court bearing
its seal and signature of the judge
directing the jail or prison authorities
to receive the convicted offender for
service of sentence or detention is
known as -
a. Mittimus
b. Sentence Mittimus
c. Detention Mittimus
d. Detention Warrant
The entrusting for confinement of
an offender to a jail by competent
court or authority for investigation,
trial and or service of sentence is
referred to as
a. Commitment
b. Imprisonment
c. Detention
d. Recognizance
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. Handcuffs
c. Iron leg Lock
d. metallic chains
The maintenance of care and
protection accorded to people who
by authority of law are temporarily
incarcerated for violation of laws and
also those who were sentenced by
the court to serve judgment is called
a. custody
b. Classification
c. Safe-Keeping
d. Protection
Which of these refers to the
assigning or grouping of offenders
according to their sentence,
gender, age, nationality, health,
criminal record, etc?
a. Classification
b. Security
c. Custody
d. Diversification
Which among these prison system is known
as “congregate system”?

a. Pennsylvania system
b. Auburn system
c. Alcatraz system
d. Sing sing system
Where a newly committed insular
prisoner undergoes diagnosis and
treatment as part of the
classification process?
a. Quarantine unit
b. Reception and Diagnostic
Center
c. Bureau of corrections
d. Any of the above
From the Reception and
Diagnostic Center, prisoners are
transferred to
a. New Bilibid Prison
b. Penal Colony
c. Correctional Institute for
Women
d. Operating institution
He made the first attempt to explain
crime, wherein he noted in his book
“Nicomedian ethics” that punishment
is a means of resorting balance
between pleasure and pain
a. Aristotle
b. Lombroso
c. Becarria
d. Hentig
All appointments in the BJMP
shall be attested by the -

a. NAPOLCOM
b. Commission on Appointment
c. Civil Service Commission
d. DILG
A document issued by a warden
to a released inmate or prisoner.

a. Release order
b. Certificate of discharge
c. certificate of release
d. release document
The release of an inmate by reason
of acquittal, dismissal of case,
payment of fines and/or indemnity,
or filing of bond, shall only be given
effect upon receipt of -
a. Release order
b. Mittimus
c. Acquittal order
d. Any of these
That criminals should not be
placed in prison but rather stay in
the hospital and be cured by
mental alienists -
a. classical theory
b. neo-classical theory
c. positivist theory
d. demonological theory
The law which suspends the
sentence and commits the
youthful offender to the custody or
care of the DSWD.
a. Act 4103
b. PD 968
c. PD 603
d. BP 85
When a life termer becomes a
colonist, his sentence is
modified to -
a. 25 years
b. 30 years
c. 35 years
d. 40 years
It is regarded as one of the finest
open penal institution in the world?

a. Iwahig penal colony

b. Davao penal colony
c. San Ramon penal colony
d. Sablayan penal colony
Mr. X is sentenced to life
imprisonment. He volunteered to be
transferred to a penal colony so that
he can work and earn a living. By
volunteering, his prison term is
reduced to ___ years.
a. 20
b. 40
c. 30
d. 25
This privilege permits inmates who
have earned leave credits to temporarily
go out of the correctional facility for a
certain period in order to find work or visit
his family in preparation for his eventual
release.
a. Furlough
b. Halfway House
c. Bail
d. Reprieve
In certain jurisdictions, inmates are
re-oriented to life outside the
prison in preparation for their
eventual release in a dormitory
called ____
a. Furlough
b. Halfway House
c. Bail
d. Reprieve
The oldest penal colony is-

a. Sablayan Prison and Penal farm

b. Iwahig Prison and Penal farm
c. San Ramon Prison and Penal
and Farm
d. Davao Prison and Penal farm
San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm
(Aug. 21, 1869)

Iwahig prison and penal farm - Nov. 16,

1904
Davao Prison and Penal farm – Jan. 21,
1932
Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm - Sept.
27, 1954
Prisoners at the RDC are classified as

a. maximum security prisoners

b. medium security prisoners
c. minimum security prisoners
d. super maximum security
prisoners
It is tasked with the gathering and
collecting of information and other data of
every prisoner into a case study to
determine the work assignment, the type
supervision and degree of custody and
restriction under which an offender must
live in jail?
a. Classification Board
b. Diagnostic Board
c. Board of Custody
d. Treatment Board
It is considered as the highest
income earner among the
Philippine correctional
Institutions

a. Davao penal farm

b. Iwahig penal farm
c. New Bilibid Prison
d. San Ramon Penal farm
This helps the prisoner/detainee
in the resolution of his problems-

a. working
b. counseling
c. meeting
d. recreation
working – help prevent prison
stupor or eliminate boredom

recreation – develop physical

fitness (sports)
The Bureau of Correction has an
admission program for newly
committed offenders to remain in
the RDC for a period of –
a. 50 days
b. 55 days
c. 60 days
d. 45 days
55 days – RDC
5 days – Quarantine unit
60 days
How many days that a national
offender be confined at the
Separation Center before the
actual release?
a. 25 days
b. 30 days
c. 15 days
d. at least one week
NOTE: If feasible, an inmate
shall be notified of his release
at least one week before the
date of such discharge
The feature of this prison system
was confinement of the prisoners
in their cells day and night.

a. Elmira reformatory
b. Alcatraz prison
c. Pennsylvania system
d. Auburn prison
Under the prison service manual,
the prescribed color of prison
uniform for maximum security
prison is -
a. blue
b. brown
c. gray
d. tangerine
This is a procedure which permits a
jail prisoner to pursue his normal job
during the week and return to the jail
to serve his sentence during the
weekend or non-working hours?
a. split sentence
b. furlough
c. leave of sentence
d. delayed sentence
The type of prison conceived by
Bentham which would consist of a
large circular building of cast iron and
glass containing multi tiered cells
around the periphery?
a. Walnut street jail
b. Panopticon prison
c. Alcatraz prison
d. New Bilibid prison
He wrote his book “State of the
Prisons” and he was also
considered as the great prison
reformer.
a. John Howard
b. John Augustus
c. William Penn
d. Domets of France
This was in a form of group
vengeance as distinguished from
retribution, where punishment is
exacted publicly for the purpose of
appeasing the social group.
a. deterrence
b. retribution
c. atonement/expiation
d. penalty
During the middle ages, which
of the following was a system
for mitigation of penalties by
the church?
a. Benefit of clergy
b. Imposition of fines
c. pardon
d. ordeal
Who is the executive officer in
charge of each correctional
institution?
a. Correctional or custodial
officer
b. Warden or Superintendent
c. Commissioner or Director
d. Chief Warden
It is part of the classification wherein
the prisoners are examined and test
are administered to check on the
physical and mental condition of the
prisoners
a. diagnosis
b. treatment planning
c. execution of program
d. counseling
Prison superintendent is obliged
to inform the immediate member
of the family of the prisoner if
inmate -
a. escapes from prison
b. is making good
c. becomes dangerous
d. is seriously ill
The end purpose of 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
Who are placed inside half-way
houses?
a. Those under disciplinary
punishment
b. Skilled prisoners
c. Inmates who are with good
behavior and conduct
d. Those who are about to be
released
When an inmate is given a
"shakedown“ before admission it
meant-
a. Process of identification, record,
fingerprint and photograph
b. Examination for contraband
c. His commitment papers are
delivered to record clerk
d. All of these
It pertains to the wanton behavior or
violent behavior of inmates against
other inmates or with the jail guards
that usually involves fighting?
a. revelry
b. fighting
c. riot
d. all of these
He is the first leader to prescribe
imprisonment as a correctional
treatment for major offenders?

a. Charles Montesquieu
b. William Penn
c. Jeremy Bentham
d. Cesare Becarria
Who prescribes minimum standard
of security, hygiene, recreational,
work program to provincial and/or
city jails?
a. Secretary of Justice
b. Director of Prison
c. Custodial Officer
d. Director for Good Behavior
It is responsible for carrying out
the treatment programs of the
prisoners in jails?

a. Classification Board
b. warden
c. chaplain
d. disciplinary board
Aside from protecting the public,
imprisonment has for its latest
objective, the –

a. reformation of offenders
b. Segregation of offender
c. Deterrence
d. Confinement of Offenders
Diversification means-

a. congregation of prisoners
b. separation of prisoners
c. diversion of prisoners
d. gathering of prisoners
It is the original intention of
imposing prison labor

a. reformatory
b. punitive
c. afflictive
d. business
Shall not be required to work but he
may provide cleanliness in his cell or
jail area and perform such other labor
as may be necessary for hygienic and
sanitary reasons.
a. Woman prisoners
b. Pregnant prisoners
c. Prisoners over 60 years old
d. Detention prisoners
Which is the most intervention for
suicide-risk inmate?

a. put cushion on the walls

b. close supervision
c. keep medicines away from
his reach
d. remove blunt object from his
reach
It is a form of corporal
punishment wherein the
offender is beaten with a whip?
a. flogging
b. Stoning
c. Mutilation
d. branding
The custodial manning level of
BJMP personnel to inmates
is -

a. 1 : 5
b. 1 : 6
c. 1 : 7
d. 1 : 1 + 1
Which of the following provides
direction, supervision, and
leadership over the administration
and operation of a jail?
a. deputy warden
b. warden
c. jail guard
d. security officer
The disciplining authority in
prison is the -
a. Warden
b. Superintendent
c. Director
d. Deputy superintendent for
custody
What is the objective of proper
enforcement of prison rules and
regulations by prison authorities
and compliance with by a
prisoner?
a. Prison authority
b. prison management
c. prison discipline
d. prison control
It provide extensive diagnosis and
treatment or discover the cause of a
prisoner’s maladjustment and to
improve his behavior.
a. Counseling
b. Clinical services
c. Casework
d. All of these
It aims to obtain clear case
description and social history as
well as help in solving immediate
family problems of the inmate
a. Counseling
b. Clinical services
c. Casework
d. All of these
It is a relationship in which one
endeavors to help another
understand and solved
his problems of adjustment.
a. Counseling
c. Clinical service
b. Casework
d. All of the above
State the phases of treatment
programs in prison
a. Prison education
b. Religious services
c. Health and medical services
d. Work program
e. Recreational services
f. All of them
Aimed towards the improvement of
offender’s attitudes and
philosophy of life; the main goal being
the ultimate rehabilitation of offenders
by changing their attitude
a. Treatment program
b. Rehabilitation program
c. Prison program
d. All of these
What concept of prison lifestyle is
referred to when inmates take
advantage of opportunities to
change their lives by trying to
acquire a skill, improve their minds,
or find themselves?
a. jailing
b. Gleaning
c. Day dreaming
d. Joining gangs
Prevention is associated with
the reintegration model and
____ is associated with the
custodial model.
a. Retribution
b. Control
c. Restoration
d. Deterrence
Guards are divided into functions
such as:
a. Guards of the control gates
b. Guards on court duty
c. Keeper
d. Custodian
e. Matron
f. All of them
It admits that minors and certain
adults are incapable of committing
crimes.
a. classical school
b. Neo-classical
c. positivist
d. modern clinical school
It abolished corporal punishment

a. Un Standard Minimum
Rules
b. NATO
c. League of Nations
d. Pennsylvania Reform Law
of 1790
It is a training school type of
institution program, social case
work and extensive use of
parole.
a. Elmira Reformatory
b. Borstal
c. Auburn
d. Pennsylvania
The distance that a prison guard
must maintain in guarding a
working party of prisoners -

a. 10 paces
b. 15 paces
c. 5 paces
d. 1 pace
This is one good reason for the delay of
releasing prisoner

a. Cannot defray expenses in going home

b. Prisoner is suffering from mental
derangement
c. Prisoner failed to return government
issued uniform
d. Prisoner died in confinement
The prisoner is brought to release
quarters prior to release
provided-

a. He has returned government

issued uniforms
b. He is not a security risk
c. he has served his sentence
d. He is capable of adapting himself
to the life in the free community
Which of the following cannot be
imposed by the disciplinary board as
a disciplinary punishment?
a. Temporary cancellation of
recreational privilege
b. Reprimand
c. Confinement in dark, ill-
ventilated cell
d. Cancellation of visiting privilege
A medium or minimum security
prisoner may be allowed to view
the remains of immediate
members of his family under
a. EO No. 70
b. PD No. 6701
c. EO No. 80
d. RA 6975
The positivists look at the criminal as a
patient who is suffering from inborn or
biological deficiencies that makes them
crime-prone. What punishment
philosophy is therefore advanced by the
positivists?
a. punitive
c. Rehabilitation
b. Retribution
d. Lex Taliones
Is something allowed or provided
at the discretion of the prison
authority and it should be
earned.
a. Inmates right
b. Inmates authority
c. Inmates privilege
d. All of these
It is responsible for holding
international penal and
penitentiary congress every 5
years that was established in
1875.
a. IPPC
b. UN
c. League of nations
d. NATO
An outer covering or coat
designed to fasten the body for the
purpose of restricting the movement
of a boisterous or unruly person.
a. Straight jacket
b. Rain coat
c. Handcuffs
d. Leg irons
The act of pricking and making
mark patterns on the skin with
indelible pigment.
a. Art
b. Tattooing
c. Scarring
d. Drawing
A prisoner/detainee prone of
taking his own life.

a. Accidental prisoner
b. Suicide risk prisoner
c. Dangerous prisoner
d. Insane prisoner
It is a punishment and penitence
model of prison built in 1820’s where
communication among the prisoners
was next to impossible, prisoners
were individually isolated.
a. mark system
b. auburn system
c. reformatory
d. Pennsylvania system
It is in charge for the hearing of
disciplinary cases in prison?

a. Classification Board
b. Administrative Board
c. Parole Board
d. Disciplinary Board
 Disciplinary Board

Chairman…………Superintendent
Vice-chairman……Chief, Reception
and Diagnostic Center
Members………….Medical Officer
Chief, Education Section
Chief, Agro-Industries Section
Secretary…………Chief Overseer
One of the following criminologist
espoused the idea that the
certainty of punishment outweighs
its severity as a deterrent against
crime?
a. Cesare Beccaria
b. Jeremy Bentham
c. Charles Goring
d. william Sheldon
Bentham – advocated Hedonism,
the belief that people choose
pleasure and avoid pain.
Who was the sheriff of Bedfordshire, England whose
writings served to bring about the changes that resulted in
the development of the penitentiary?
a. John Augustus
b. Edward Savage
c. John Howard
d. Alexander Macanochie
This type of institution is usually
constructed without a fence

a.Minimum security
b.Medium security
c.Maximum security
d.Open institution
Which of the following is encouraged to
give the inmate a respite from the strain of
prison life?
a. report unruly behavior of fellow inmate
b. maintain wholesome contact with
friends and relatives through letters
c. perform prison assignments/works
diligently
d. write his autobiography for others to
read
The principle of separating
homogeneous type of prisoners
that requires special treatment
and custody is called:
a. classification
b. diversification
c. quarantine
d. distinction
The process of determining the needs
and requirements of prisoners before
assigning them to programs
according to their existing resources
is called:
a. classification
b. quarantine
c. Diversification
d. quality control
The formulation of tentative
treatment program suited for the
prisoner is known as :

a. medical planning
b. classification board
c. treatment planning
d. treatment program
The Custodial Division is charged
with the security of prisoners,
which of the following is
considered as the commanding
officers?
a. security officers
b. supervisor prison guards
c. senior prison guards
d. prison guards
Which of the following is the
function of the Custodial Division?

a. supervision of prisoners
b. keep records
c. escort
d. all of the above
The Prison custodial Division is
in charged of all matters
pertaining to the custody of the
prisoners and security of the
institution.
The first international organization to
achieve international cooperation
with respect to the prevention of
crime and the treatment of offenders
in 1875 is-
a. American correctional Ass.
b. Philippine correctional ass.
c. Correctional association of the
Phil.
d. International Penal and
Penitentiary Commission
American Correctional Association – is the largest
corrections association in the world. Founded in
1870, as the National Prison Association, this
organization of prison professionals had a prison-
reform orientation.

Enoch Cobb Wines – organized the NPA now

ACA.
______ programs employ
prisoners in various product or good
productions tasks.

a. operational
b. industrial
c. agricultural
d. administrative
The hectares of land that can
be awarded to a colonist as
homestead.

a. 5
b. 7
c. 6
d. 4
It is an open institution for
prisoner’s confinement

a. Penal colony
c. Farmhouse
b. Workhouse
d. Satellite prison
The putting of offenders in prison for
the purpose of protecting the public
and at the same time rehabilitating
them by requiring the latter to
undergo institutional treatment
program is referred to as:
a. Detention
b. Imprisonment
c. Punishment
d. Penalty
Public humiliation or public
exhibition also mean:

a. public execution
b. social degradation
c. banishment
d. public trial
Operation conducted by the BJMP
wherein a prisoner may be checked at
anytime. His beddings, lockers and
personal belongings may also be opened
at anytime, in his presence wherever
possible. This practice is known as
a. operation kap-kap
b. operation anti-contraband
c. operation greyhound
d. all of these
The time when prisoner affected
with any disorder of health or
illness will report to a physician for
examination or treatment.
a. Sick leave
b. Sick call
c. Medical call
d. All of these
Person who commits abnormal sex
practices sometimes
caused by physical, glandular and
mental differences.
a. Homosexual
b. Sex deviates
c. Sick inmates
d. Insane inmates
According to the control theory,
crime and delinquency result
when an individual’s bond to
______ is weak and broken
a. society
b. police
c. law
d. behavior
The process of treating a person
after determining by examination
or study the nature and
circumstances of his condition.
a. diagnostic treatment
b. medical treatment
c. circumstantial treatment
d. rehabilitation
An act of getting out unlawfully
from confinement or custody by an
inmate.
a. Escape
b. Running
c. Leave
d. None of the above
Escape
 includes not only actually leaving
the institution or grounds thereof
by a detainee or prisoner but also
being “out of the place” at any
time since the latter maybe
tantamount to attempting to
escape.
Any article, item, or thing
prohibited by law and/or forbidden
by the jail rules.

a. Contraband
b. Illicit item
c. Illegal item
d. All of these
Is a reward for good behavior
whereby a prisoner receives
partial reduction of his prison
sentence?
a. Reduction of sentence
b. Commutation of sentence
c. Good conduct time allowance
d. Loyalty reward
The written report submitted by the
center’s staff regarding their
findings on the prisoners becomes the
nucleus of the cumulative case history
of the prisoner. It is called-
a. Admission summary
b. Case study summary report
c. Prisoner summary report
d. All of them
A type of report that may initiate
disciplinary hearing that include
both bad acts and attitude as well as
exceptionally good works habits and
attitudes.
a. Behavior report
b. Misconduct report
c. Derogatory report
d. All of these
Misconduct Report – Carries
every violation of law or rules
and every case included is
investigated and heard by the
board.
When is judgment of conviction in a criminal
case becomes final and executory?
a. After the lapse of the period for perfecting an
appeal which is 15 days.
b. When the sentence has been partially or
totally satisfied or served.
c. When the accused expressly waives in
writing his right to appeal.
d. When the accused applies for probation.
e. All of the above
A prisoner may be released by:
a. Service of sentence;
b. Order of the court
c. Parole
d. Pardon
e. Amnesty
f. Any lawful order of competent
authority
g. any of the above
The following are alternatives to jail
confinement except:
a. segregation of special offenders to
other institutions
b. payment of fines
c. extensive use of probation
d. bail
e. diversification
f. delayed sentence
g. None of these
 
It is one which will relieve inmate’s
feeling of insecurity about his
situation. It is likewise essential in
effecting new changes which affects
the masses or inmate population.
a. Good communication
b. Conjugal leave
c. Food and recreation
d. All of these
Aside from the court, these are
other authorities who can commit
a person to jail, EXCEPT:
a. The Board of Indeterminate
Sentence
b. Deportation Board
c. Police Authorities
d. None of these
Competent Authorities that can
commit a person to jails or
prisons:
1. Supreme Court
2. Court of Appeals
3. Regional Trial Court
4. Metropolitan/Municipal Trial
Court
5. Municipal Circuit Trial Court
6. Board of Transportation
7. Deportation Board
8. COMELEC
9. National Prosecution Service
10. Police Authorities
11. All other administrative bodies as
may be authorized by law
For a maximum security facility
how high should the walls be
constructed?
a. 8 to 12 feet
b. 12 to 14 feet
c. 18 to 20 feet
d. 18 to 25 feet
Upon the assumption of the IPPC’s
work, the United Nations preferred
to identify the activities and
programs under the broader concept
of:
a. Social justice
b. Social defense
c. Social offense
d. juvenile justice
During the 16th up to the 18th century,
a criminal may be sent away from a
place carried out by prohibition to
coming against a specified territory.
This is an ancient form of punishment
called:
a. exile
b. banishment
c. transportation
d. public trial
It detains minimum custody offenders
serving short sentences with constructive
work programs. It provided full
employment of prisoners, remedial
services and constructive leisure time
activities
a. provincial jail
b. ordinary jail
c. workhouse, jail farm or camp-house
d. lock-up
The theory in penal science which
maintains that punishment gives
lesson to the offender and the
would be criminals is called-
a. deterrence
b. Incapacitation
c. reformations
d. public safety
One of the following represents
the earliest codification of the
Roman law, which was
incorporated into the Justinian
Code.
a. Twelve Tables
b. Code of Draco
c. Burgundian Code
d. Hammurabic code
In prison, it is commonly thought of
as a procedure to prevent
escapes, riots and disorders, and
the punishment of those
involved.
a. Diversification
b. Classification
c. custody
d. security and control
The Sablayan Penal Colony and
Farm, a National Penitentiary in
the Philippines under the BUCOR
is located in _____.
a. Palawan
b. Davao
c. Zamboanga
d. Occidental Mindoro
Article 70 of the RPC, provides
that in applying its provisions,
the duration of service of
sentence of a life termer should
be-
a. 20 years
b. 40 years
c. 30 years
d. until death
It was built in 1704 by Pope Clement XI
for incorrigible boys and youths under 20.

a. Saint Bridget’s Well

b. Ergastulum
c. Panopticon Prison
d. Hospicio de san Michelle
What country popularized the use
of prisons as detention facilities?

a. USA
b. England
c. France
d. Spain
It is a program of graduated release
designed to reduce the severity
of abrupt release into the community
from institutional life.
a. Re-entry program
b. conjugal visits
c. group counseling
d. psychodrama program
What law renamed the Bureau of
Prison to Bureau of Correction
during the Aquino administration
in the Philippines?
a. E. O 727
b. E.O 292
c. E.O 645
d. E.O 104
Retaliation is the earliest remedy for a
wrong act to any one (in the primitive
society). The concept follows that the
victim’s family or tribe against the family or
tribe of the offender, hence “blood feuds”
was accepted in the early primitive
societies. Retaliation means-
a. Personal Vengeance
b. Eye for an Eye
c. Tooth for a tooth
d. all of these
In Babylon, credited as the oldest
code prescribing savage
punishment -

a. Hammurabic code
b. Justinian code
c. Sumerian Code
d. Code of Draco
In 1936, the City of Manila exchanges
its Muntinlupa property with the
Bureau of Prisons. Today, the old
Bilibid Prison is now being used as
the Manila City Jail, famous as the…
a. carcel
b. presidio
c. may haligue state
d. correccional
Note: The Old Bilibid Prison, then
known as Carcel y Presidio
Correccional (Spanish, "Correctional
Jail and Military Prison") is divided
into two sections the:
carcel - which could accommodate
600 inmates
Presidio - accommodate 527
prisoners
One of the effects of social stigma
maintained by an unforgiving society
against criminals is-
a. Fostered friendship with co-
prisoners
b. Good relationship with the
community
c. Difficulties in securing
employment
d. All of the above
The BJMP is provided by the
government with the food
allowance of offenders for three
meals per day in the amount of

a. 30 pesos
b. 40 pesos
c. 50 pesos
d. 45 pesos
A written report detailing particular
inmate and the violations incurred
with reference to the rule book

a. behavior report
b. incident report
c. misconduct report
d. admission report
A was convicted of the crime of murder.
After 10 days from the promulgation of
the sentence, he escaped from his place
of confinement. He is-
a. liable for evasion of service of
sentence
b. not liable for evasion of service of
sentence
c. considered as an escaped prisoner
d. recidivist
Elements:
1. offender is a prisoner serving
sentence involving deprivation of
liberty by reason of final
judgment,
2. He evades the service of his
sentence during the term of his
imprisonment.
it plays a unique role in the moral
and spiritual regeneration of man-

a. education
b. vocation
c. work
d. religion
It refers to commission of another
crime during service of sentence
of penalty imposed for another
previous offense?
a. recidivism
b. quasi-recidivism
c. delinquency
d. habitual delinquency
Mr. A was convicted for the crime
of homicide. While serving his
sentence, he committed the crime
of rape. Mr. A is a-
a. recidivist
b. habitual delinquent
c. quasi-recidivist
d. mentally retarded person
Ms. A was convicted for the crime
of infanticide. After serving her
sentence she committed again the
same crime. Ms. A is a-
a. recidivist
b. habitual delinquent
c. quasi-recidivist
d. mentally retarded person
Ms. B was convicted for the crime
of adultery for three times and
within a period of ten years. Ms. B
is considered as:
a. recidivist
b. habitual delinquent
c. quasi-recidivist
d. mentally retarded person
Mr. B is a policeman, He arrested Mr.
C for some legal ground but he failed
to file a complaint against the latter
with in the prescribed period of filing.
What crime did Mr. B committed?

a. arbitrary detention
b. illegal arrest
c. illegal Detention
d. no crime committed
- Delay in the delivery of a
detained person
In case of conflicting orders, the
order given by the _____ shall be
obeyed.
a. highest in rank
b. commanding officer
c. immediate superior
d. higher officer
What type of personnel are
referred to those who provide
services in support of the line
personnel?
a. staff personnel
b. jail personnel
c. operational personnel
d. line personnel
Nobody can assume the suffering for a crime committed by others-
a. justice
b. legal
c. personal
d. certain
The Law that fully deducts the
period of the offender’s
preventive detention from the
sentence imposed by the courts.
a. R.A. No. 6036
b. B.P. Blg. 85
c. R.A. No. 6036
d. R.A. 6127
B.P. Blg. 85 - authorizes the release of a
detainee who has undergone preventive
imprisonment equivalent to the maximum
imposable sentence for the offense he is
charged with.
R.A. No. 6036 - known as the release on
recognizance law.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MC NO. 6
- directs all wardens or anyone in-charge of
local jails to effect the immediate transfer of
national prisoners to the Bureau of corrections
Suicide risks prisoners are
classified as-

a. insane offenders
b. important offenders
c. special offenders
d. all of the above
Special Offenders

1. women offenders
2. drug addicts
3. Alcoholics
4. mentally ill persons
5. sex deviates
6. escape prone prisoner
7. the handicapped, aged and infirmed
8. youth offenders and
9. alien inmates.
It is a justification for punishment
which claims that certain things can
be done after the person has
served his sentence, will not want to
commit another crime.
a. Incapacitation
b. Rehabilitation
c. Deterrence
d. retribution
What is the means of social
control that involves the
infliction of pain on the offender
for violating the law?
a. banishment
b. prison labor
c. imprisonment
d. punishment
The most common problem of
national prison is-
a. Excessive number of escapes
b. Disagreement about their
mess
c. Overcrowding
d. Lack of adequate funding
Punishing a criminal to serve as
example to others is a theory
of-

a. self defense
b. social defense
c. exemplarity
d. segregation
It is the suffering inflicted to an
individual for having committed
an offense.
a. Sentence
b. Penalty
c. Retribution
d. Punishment
It is a kind of prisoner’s discipline
applied after an offense has been
committed, in these many cases,
punishment does not deter-
a. Positive discipline
b. Negative discipline
c. Strict discipline
d. leniency
It is a model in correctional
history which treats criminality as
a breakdown of the family and
community.
a. Penitence model
b. Punishment model
c. Family model
d. Auburn system
What guarantees the appearance
in court of a defendant granted
release in recognizance?
a. His promise to live a new life
b. His ties with his family, friends,
employment, etc
c. His fear of imprisonment
d. His incapacity to raise bail
A model in correctional history that
had been successful for young boys
and girls in the earlier house of
refuge and training that was adopted
for older prisoners.
a. Family
b. Penitence
c. Reform
d. Rehabilitation
A prisoner may be taken out of jail
only upon -
a. Bail for his temporary release
b. Upon order of the warden
c. On recognizance
d. Order of a competent court or
authority and provided with
escort
The only instance when a prisoner may
be given passes or leaves from jail or
places of confinement, as may be allowed
by law or regulation, upon approval of the
appropriate authority, or the court, if
already committed by court order and
upon the recommendation of the warden.
a. On recognizance
b. Very meritorious cases
c. When he puts bail for his
temporary liberty
d. All of these
Note:
another instance where a prisoner
can take leave from jail is when
there is death and serious illness
of spouse, father, mother, brother
or sister and children.
A person who is detained for the
violation of law or ordinance
and not yet convicted?
a. Detention prisoner
b. Municipal prisoner
c. Provincial prisoner
d. City prisoner
The only early Roman place of
confinement which is built under
the main sewer of Rome in 64
B.C.
a. Bridewell Workhouse
b. Burgundian House
c. Walnut Street Jail
d. Mamertine prison
The following are the aims of
diversification in prison or jail, except-
a. more effective execution of
treatment programs
b. to prevent physical contamination
of one group to another
c. to prevent unnecessary custodial
risk
d. none of the above
The following are the duties of the
custodial force in prison, except:

a. Censor offender’s mails

b. Inspect security devices
c. Escort inmates
d. Conduct disciplinary hearing
One of the following is an
admission procedure which
involves the frisking of the
prisoner.
a. Identification
b. Briefing/Orientation
c. Searching
d. receiving
When a jailbreak, escape or riot is in
progress or has just been perpetrated
in the jail, the officer at the control
center shall immediately:
a. sound the alarm
b. notify the nearest police precinct
c. lock prisoners in their respective
cells
d. call the warden or the director
In case of mass jailbreak, all
members of the custodial force shall
be immediately issued firearms and
assigned to critical posts to:

a. plug off the escape routes

b. protect the other inmates
c. to shoot the escapees
d. to give warning shots
If the warden is taken as the hostage,
for all intents and purposes, he
ceases to exercise authority and the
next in command or the ______ officer
present shall assume the command.
a. Veteran
b. assistant warden
c. most senior officer
d. custodian
This theory states that people are
totally responsible for their
behaviors.

a. Classical theory
b. Biological Theory
c. Positive Theory
d. Psychological Theory
The Correctional Administration
administers the _____correctional
program.

a. Institutional
b. Community based
c. Integrated
d. Correctional based
An offender who surrenders from
escaping because of calamity
immediately 48 hours after the
pronouncement of the passing away
of the calamity shall be granted-
a. 1/5 reduction of sentence
b. ¼ reduction of sentence
c. ½ reduction of sentence
d.1/5 additional sentence
Takes charge of the financial matters
especially in programming, budgeting,
accounting, and other activities related to
financial services. It consolidates and
prepares financial reports and related
statements of subsistence outlays and
disbursements in the operation of the jail.
a. Budget and finance branch
b. Property and supply branch
c. General services branch
d. Mess service branch
Property and Supply Branch – take
charge of the safekeeping of
equipment and supplies in the
requisitioning of supplies and materials
needed for the operation of the jail.
General Service Branch – responsible
for the maintenance and repair of jail
facilities and equipment. It is also
tasked with the cleanliness as well as
the beautification of the jail compound.
This branch takes charge of the
preparation of the daily menu, makes
foodstuff purchases, prepares and
cooks the food and serves it to the
inmates. It maintain a record of daily
purchases and consumption and submits
a daily report to the warden.
a. General service branch
b. Budget and finance branch
c. Mittimus computing branch
d. Mess service branch
The open institution usually a
penal farm or camp is known as
the -
a. NBP
b. Medium Security Institution
c. Maximum Security Institution
d. Minimum Security Institution
The traditional and most basic
goal of corrections-

a. retribution
b. deterrence
c. Incapacitation
d. rehabilitation
The attempt to prevent future
crimes through fear of punishment

a. retribution
b. deterrence
c. incapacitation
d. rehabilitation
This refers to the phase of re-entry
of an offender into society rather
than the usual abrupt re-entry at the
end of a prison sentence.
a. reintegration
b. deterrence
c. incapacitation
d. rehabilitation
The task of changing an
offender’s attitude so that he or
she may not commit another crime
in the future.
a. retribution
b. deterrence
c. incapacitation
d. rehabilitation
A prison model which sought
penitence ( hence the term
penitentiaries) through total
individual isolation and silence.
a. Pennsylvania Prison Model
b. Auburn Prison Model
c. Work Release
d. Halfway Houses
A correctional institution that
detain persons awaiting trial or
adjudication or confine convicted
offenders for a short period of time.

a. halfway house
b. jail
c. penal colony
d. farm
A correctional institution that has the
authority to detain convicted
offenders for a longer or extended
period of time, including those who
are waiting their death sentence.
a. halfway house
b. jail
c. halfway house
d. prison
A minimum and maximum amount
of time to be served in prison is
referred to as-
a. corporal punishment
b. A determinate sentence
c. An indeterminate sentence
d. A capital punishment
What prison program grants
inmates access to normal sexual
outlets and thereby counteract the
pains of imprisonment-
a. gender awareness program
b. private meetings
c. conjugal visits
d. work furlough
What offense committed by an
inmate who gives a gift to a jail
officer-
a. less grave offense
b. grave offense
c. minor offense
d. no offense
What is the standard ratio of
escorting inmates outside the jail?

a. 1:1+1
b. 2:5
c. 1:5
d. 2:2+1
Which of the following are the
basic needs of a prisoner? 1-food,
2-clothing, 3-shelter, 4-water, 5-
cigarettes, 6-candies.
a. 3, 4, and 6
b. 1, 2, and 3
c. 2, 3, and 4
d. 4, 5, 6, and 1
The concept that crime rates will be
influenced and controlled by the threat
of criminal punishment is known as:
a. Criminal activity
b. general deterrence
c. crime and punishment
d. retribution
 
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
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 c. Overcrowding
b. Sanitation d. Slavery
History has shown that there are
three main legal systems in the world.
Among these three, it was the ____
that has 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
In the history of capital
punishment, what do they call
this frame, typically wooden,
used for execution by hanging?
a. Galley
b. Gallows
c. Hulk
d. Double blade
Punishment in the past was
considered barbaric and inhumane.
This include hanging for death
penalty and maiming for -
a. Social degradation
b. Exile
c. Physical torture
d. Slavery
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 need
treatment
b. Prisoners are enemies of society
c. Prisoners are part of, and not apart from the
society
d. All of the above
 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
It involves prompt correction of
minor deviations before they
become serious violations, which
may be dealt with a reprimand or
warning.
a. Prison Discipline
b. Prison Control
c. Preventive Discipline
d. Prison Regulation
Children who are vulnerable to and at
the risk of committing criminal
offenses because of personal, family
and social circumstances are
considered -
a. Child at risk
b. Vulnerable child
c. Endangered child
d. Child in conflict with the law
While undergoing diagnostic examination
the prisoner was observed to have violent
behavior thus he should be required to
stay in the maximum-security facility. Who
should recommend his confinement to
such security facility?
a. Correctional Custodial Officer
b. Sociologist
c. Psychologist
d. Social worker
What type of execution is characterized by
preparing a room where the subject is strapped
down on a stainless steel table and syringes
are prepared filled with saline solution, with
Sodium Pentathol, Pancuronium Bromide, and
Potassium Chloride. All the syringes are
connected to a multiple inlet device, which
controls the mix and release of chemicals via
an electronic control box that the executioner
operates in an adjacent room?
a. Gas chamber c. Hanging
b. Lethal Injectiond. electrocution
Penology was derived from the
Latin word “POENA” which
means;
a. Rehabilitate
b. Punishment
c. Pain and suffering
d. Incarceration
The study of 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
b. Prison Management
c. Correctional Management
d. Prison Administration
The first house of correction in
England, purposely for locking-up,
whipping of beggars’ prostitutes
and nightwalkers of all sorts.
a. Panopticon
b. Millbank Penitentiary c. St.
Bridget’s Well
d. New Gate Prison
An abandoned copper mine located
at Simsbury, Connecticut, wherein
inmates were being confined
underground and considered as black
hole of horrors.
a. New Gate Prison
b. Milibank Penitentiary c.
Panopticon
d. St. Bridget’s Well
A person who’s under the custody of
lawful authority, who by reason
of his criminal sentence or by a
decision issued by a court, maybe
deprived of his liberty or freedom.
a. Detainee
b. Convicted offender
c. Prisoner
d. Suspect
This code 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
b. Greek Code of Draco
c. Sumerian Code
d. Burgundian Code
Early form of prison discipline 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
 
A French historian and
philosopher who analyzed law as
an expression of justice.

a. William Penn
b. Voltaire
c. Charles Montesquieu
d. Cesare Beccaria
He was the most versatile of all
philosophers during his period. He
believe that fear of shame was a
deterrent to crime and he fought the
legality–sanctioned practice of torture.
a. William Penn
b. Cesare Beccaria
c. Charles Montesquieu
d. Voltaire
The Officer-in-Charge of the New
Bilibid Prison, the Correctional
Institution for women and the Prison
and Penal Farms of the Bureau of
Corrections is the -
a. Warden
b. Jail Officers
c. Penal Superintendent
d. Director
Supervision of prisoners that insures
punctual and orderly movement to
and from the dormitories, places of
work, church, hospitals, recreational
facilities, in accordance with the daily
schedule are necessary activities for –
a. Prison Discipline
b. Prison Control
c. Preventive Discipline
d. Prison Regulation
The state of good order and
behavior in prison. It includes
maintenance of good standards of
works, sanitation, safety,
education, health and recreation.
a. Prison Discipline
b. Prison Control
c. Preventive Discipline
d. Prison Regulation
Which of the following is a maximum
security prison in Ossining, New York,
USA? It is located approximately 30
miles (48 km) north of New York City on
the banks of the Hudson River which the
Auburn Prison system was applied.
a. Alcatraz prison
c. Sing Sing prison
b. Walnut Street jail
d. Elmira prison
What is the place in some prisons,
or a section in prisons where
criminals are placed awaiting
execution?
a. Execution room
b. Garotine
c. Death row
d. Galley room
The Auburn system is a penal method
of the 19th century in which persons
worked during the day in groups and
were kept in solitary confinement at
night, with enforced silence at all
times. This system is also known as-
a. Albany system
c. Irish system
b. New York System
d. None of these
Who introduced the Silent
System in 1831 at the Auburn
Prison?

a. John Howard
b. Jeremy Bentham
c. Elam Lynds
d. James Wilson
Having a pornographic materials
inside jail is a?

a. Minor offense
b. Grave Offense
c. Less grave offense
d. Major offense
The Panopticon is a type of prison
building designed by English
philosopher Jeremy Bentham in
1785. The concept of the design was
derived from the word “pan” and
“opticon”. “Opticon” means:
a. to allow an observer to observe
b. with out the prisoner
c. avoid watching
d. To walk in a military manner
Elmira Correctional Facility, known
otherwise as ___, is a maximum
security prison located in New York,
USA. The prison is located in Chemung
County, New York in the City of Elmira.
a. “the school”
c. “the hill”
b. “the rock”
d. “the dungeon”
A new movement in the fields of
criminology and victimology, acknowled-
ging that crime causes injury to people
and communities, it insists that, justice
repair those injuries and that the parties
be permitted to participate in that
process. What is being defined?
a. Rehabilitative Justice
b. Reformative Justice
c. Restorative Justice
d. Renewed Justice
What is the earliest remedy for a
wrong act to anyone in the
primitive society?
a. Fines
b. Death penalty
c. Punishment
d. Retaliation
Who among the following
established the Maison de Force?
a. John Howard
b. Jean Jacques Philippe
Villain
c. John Augustus
d. Alexander Macanochie
1773 – Jean Jacques Philippe Villain
founded the MAISON DE FORCE in
Gent, Belgium. The most significant
new practices he introduced were:
a. Felons and misdemeanants
should be separated;
b. women and children must have
separate quarters.
Who is Considered as the father
of correction?

a. John Howard
b. Jean Jacques Philippe
Villain
c. John Augustus
d. Alexander Macanochie
What are the innovative programs
introduced in corrections?
a. chicago area project
b. cambridge-somerville study
c. shalom house
d. port program
e. all of these
This is the equivalent of today’s
police stations or precincts where
the laws were enforced by the
Guardia Civil.
a. carcel
b. presidio
c. commandancia/s
d. all of these
A place assigned to a released
inmates who no longer had any desire
to return to their original homes and
who instead settle good in Palawan.
a. Tagumpay Settlement
b. Panabo settlement
c. Iwahig settlement
d. Palawan settlement
It is aimed at preparing the inmate for
an occupation by acquiring a specific
skill that would help them land to
permanent job after release thus
preventing recidivism.
a. Secondary education program
b. Adult basic education
c. College education
d. Vocational program
It paved the way for exempting
law violators from their criminal
liability by reason of insanity

a. Insanity Rule
b. McNathen rule
c. furlough rule
d. Amnesty
PO1 Juan arrested Tamad while the
latter is in the act of stealing the
wallet of a passerby. But because
PO1 Juan is out for a date, he then
detained Tamad in the police station
and filed the complaint at the Fiscal’s
office after a day. Is he liable for any
offense if any?
YES, Violation of art 125 of RPC.
Delay in the delivery of arrested
person to proper judicial
authority.
12 hrs. for light offenses
18 hrs. for less grave
offenses
36 hrs. for grave offenses
A policeman arrested B by virtue of a
warrant of arrest issued by RTC of
Baguio City but the former failed to
inform the court about his arrest. Is the
policeman liable for arbitrary detention?

NO, because the provision of Article 125 of

the RPC is applicable only in cases of
arrest made without a warrant.
For failure to prosecute, because the
witness of the prosecution did not
appear, the case was dismissed and
the judge gave an order to release the
accused. The warden refused to
release the accused,
notwithstanding the order of release,
until after several days. What crime
is committed if any?
Ans. - Violation of Art 126 or Delaying
release

3 acts punishable:
1. by delaying the performance of a judicial or
executive order for the release of a
prisoner
2. by unduly delaying the service of the notice
of such order to said prisoner
3. by unduly delaying the proceedings upon
any petition for the liberation of such
person.
What crime is committed when a
public officer allowed a prisoner to
escape under his charge?

Violation of Art 223 - conniving

or consenting to evasion.
Commonest form of sexual
perversion in prison and jail
facilities;
a. homosexuality b.
masturbation
c. pseudo marriages d.
sodomy
Commonest form of sexual
abnormality in prison and jail
facilities;
a. homosexuality b.
masturbation
c. pseudo marriages
d. sodomy
A unit of the RDC where the prisoner
is given thorough Physical
Examination including blood test, X-
ray, vaccination and immunization.
a. Examination Unit
b. Diagnostic unit
c. Quarantine Unit
d. Medication Unit
A private person who, in 1669, established
a workhouse in Hamburg at his own
expense because he had observed that
thieves and prostitutes were made worse
instead by better by the pillory and he
hoped that they might be improved by
work and religious instruction in the
workhouse. He is:
a. August Vollmer c. Bishop Ridley
b. Peter Rentzel d. Garofalo
What is the procedure during distribution of meal
inside the quarter?
a. jail guard A and B distributes the food while
the door is locked
b. jails guard a distributes the food while jails
guard b holds the key and controls the
entrance
c. jail guard a serves the food while
controlling the gates entrance
d. jail guard a asks the help of some inmates
to distribute their meals
It indicates widespread
restlessness and frustration within
the prison population?
a. Suicide
b. Escape
c. Idleness
d. Riots
Designated rank of a warden in
city jails

a. Inspector
b. Chief inspector
c. Superintendent
d. Director
It is one of the earliest device for
softening brutal severity of
punishment through a
compromise with the church.

a. Benefit of clergy
b. Rehabilitation
c. Retribution
d. None of the foregoing
A method undertaken to allow
prisoners to have the opportunity
for normal sex life.

a. Visitation
b. Sex leave
c. Conjugal visit
d. All of these
Mr. Guwapo was convicted to serve a
penalty of 6 years of imprisonment for
usurpation of a person in authority due to
his frequent introduction of himself as
NBI agent, what would be his
classification under PD 29?
a. Detention prisoner
b. Provincial prisoner
c. Municipal Prisoner
d. National Prisoner
A justification of punishment
which state that “Severity of the
punishment must fit the crime”.

a. Expiation
b. Atonement
c. Retribution
d. Deterrence
Theory which states that criminal
behavior is learned in interaction
with other persons in the process
of communication.

a. Differential Association Theory

b. Strain Theory
c. Classical Theory
d. Positivist Theory
It is the national record of a
prisoner at New Bilibid Prison.

a. Mittimus
b. Carpeta
c. Commitment order
d. Arrest record
A system that teaches inmates
to value himself and his
dealing with others.

a. Auburn system
b. Pennsylvania system
c. Millieu system
d. Congregate system
If two (2) inmates are arguing each
other of some lost of their items in
cell, refer them to the ____.

a. Warden
b. Investigation and disciplinary
board
c. Classification board
d. Never mind them
A chemical that is injected to an
offender that puts him into deep
sleep in lethal injection.

a. Potassium Chloride
b. Hydrogen Peroxide
c. Sodium Thiopenthotal
d. Sodium Chloride
First Juvenile Delinquency Law in
the Philippines.

a. Commonwealth Act No. 3203

b. Republic Act No. 7610
c. Presidential Decree No. 603
d. Republic Act No. 9344
The period of 1870 to 1880 was
called the ____of penology.

a. Age of Reason
b. Age of Reform
c. Age of Enlightenment
d. Golden Age
What correctional institution
houses accused awaiting
trial?
a. Prison
b. Half-way house
c. Jail
d. Rehabilitation center
How do inmates know that they have
letters?

a. A list of mails for inmates is posted

b. A jail guard delivers the letter
personally
c. An inmate trustees delivers the
letters to the addressee
d. Inmate with letters are called to the
Jail Warden’s Office
Changing criminals through non-
punitive means is referred to
as,
a. Restitution
b. Retribution
c. Reformation
d. Institutional
Who said that “criminal acts are signs of
distress, signals of failures, the spasm of
struggles and convulsions of a sub
marginal human being trying to make it
in the complex society with
inadequate equipment and preparation”
a. John Howard
b. James Wilson
c. Jeremy Bentham
d. Karl Menninger
Prison work assignments are
usually given to prisoners,

a. After recreational activities

b. At early morning hours
c. Before sleeping hours
d. During middle hours of the
day
Who advocated the principle that the
basis of all social actions must be the
utilitarian conception of the greatest
happiness for the greatest number?

a. John Howard
b. Jeremy Bentham
c. Cesare Becaria
d. Cesare Lombroso
Mr. ABC served his sentence at the NBP.
Why was he photographed at the
Reception and Diagnostic Center?

a. It is a rare opportunity to have his

photograph
b. He is an actor and photogenic
c. Photographing the inmate is part of
the reception procedure
d. To have a souvenir photo him
Napoles is categorized as
_____ inmate

a. High profile
b. High risk
c. High security
d. Ordinary
Other term of “EXPIATION” is

a. Egoism
b. Explication
c. Atonement
d. Explanation
For minimum security institution, the
purpose of fencing the
surrounding is
a. To keep away the civilian from
entering the population
b. To prevent escapes
c. For agricultural purposes
d. None of these
Persons who are deemed
instrumental in the reformation of
prisoners due to their daily
contact with the inmates-
a. Chaplain
b. Warden
c. Psychologist
d. Prison guards
One whose character and credit
record for work while in detention
earned assignment to this class.
a. colonist
b. second class inmate
c. third class inmate
d. first class inmate
An inmate may at anytime
withdraw from his compensation
earning in an amount not
exceeding __of his total earnings.
a. 1/3
b. ½
c. ¼
d. 1/5
Visiting days for immediate
relatives of inmates is allowed
from Sundays to Thursdays from
9:00 am to _____ pm.
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 2
When a riot or escape alarm is
sounded, either by siren, bell or
gunfire, all inmates are ordered
to-
a. Lie flat on the ground
b. Face ground
c. Arms and legs spread
d. All of these
When the death penalty was still
enforced, four guards keep a death
watch, the convict is confined in an
individual cell __ hours prior to the
scheduled time of execution which is
usually 3:00 pm.
a. 6
c. 15
b. 12
d. 20
The UN Standard Minimum Rules
for the treatment of offenders
prescribes that penal facilities
should not exceed __ inmates
a. 1000
b. 1200
c. 1500
d. 2000
A typical correctional institution or
prison should ideally have ____
distinct subdivisions.
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
Which among the following
does not belong to the group?
a. retribution
b. expiation
c. deterrence
d. reformation
e. none of these
 The compensation awarded to a
victim’s physical suffering, mental
anguish, serious anxiety, social
humiliation and related injury
pertains to what form of civil
damage?
a. nominal b. moral
c. exemplary d. actual
This concept of Bentham provides
that the aim of all action should be
the “greatest happiness of the
greatest numbers.”
a. conformance
b. Reformation
c. Utilitarianism
d. rehabilitation
The oldest prison in the
Philippines

a. Fort Bonifacio
b. Fort Aguinaldo
c. Fort Del Pilar
d. Fort Santiago
Why is inspection of jails and
prisons necessary?
a. To determine the number of
prisoners present
b. For pogi points
c. It’s an SOP
d. All of these
The Roman Emperor who gave
Bishops the power to act as real
judges which enabled Bishop
Tribunal to rule on secular matters.
a. Charlemagne
b. Justinian
c. Draco
d. Augustus
The university in Manila which
was used as a prison camp by
the Japanese?

a. University of the Philippines

b. University of Sto. Tomas
c. University of Manila
d. University of the East
It is a program specifically designed and
given to a prisoner, during a limited
period, prior to his release from prison, in
order to give him an opportunity to adjust
himself from the regimented group life in
prison to the normal life of a free
individual-
a. re-entry program c. Release program
b. Pre-release program d. All of these
Each staff of the RDC has his own phase of
study and responsibility, it is necessary that
each of them should plan his interview on every
inmate on whom he is required to report, so that
his questions are pointed out toward securing
the information which will help analyze the
phase of study for which he is responsible. This
is called-
a. Staff interview c. Inmate interview
b. Staff conference d. Inmate-staff
interaction
SALAMAT PO!