Evaluating Prisoner Parole Eligibility
Evaluating Prisoner Parole Eligibility
Who mong the following may have his penalty suspended under. PD 603?
A judicial action or legal disposition that allows the offender to remain in the comunity subject to the
conditions imposed by the court.
a. Reprieve
b. Commutation
c. Probation
Which agency performs the evaluation of prisoner' s fitness and qualifications for the grant of Pardon or
parole?
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?
b. Reformatory movement
B
What is the legal process that results in the removal of convicton from the official records?
a. Mitigation
b. Expungement
c. Exoneration
d. Restriction
The judge's bases of the grant of probation relies on the report of?
a. Prosecutor
b. Police officer
C· Probation officer
d. Social worker
Which model emphasize the assumption that criminal behavior is caused by biological or psychological
conditions that require treatment?
a. Medical model
b. Reform model
C. Rehabilitation model
d. Community model
A
What document is issued to a parolee when the maximum period of his prison term has expired?
Billy the kid was 17 years old when he was convicted for the crime of theft. Can he apply for probation
under the Adult Probation System?
a. Agricultural
b. Industrial
C. operational
d. Aministrative
What institution conducts training program for uniformed personnel of the Bureau of Jail mnagement
and Penology?
d. PNP academy
C
Maria Clara was required to provide financial remuneration for the losses incurred by the victim. What is
this type of sentence?
a. Fine
b. Payment
C. Retribution
d. Restitution
Which of the following organizations donated the Half-way House inside the compound of the Bureau of
Corrections?
Robin Padilla served his sentence at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa. Why was he photographed a·t
the Reception and Diagnostic Center?
a. It is a rare opportunity to have his photograph
Detention prisoners who are awaiting judgment or trial of their case are under the supervision and
control of,
a. Bureau of Corrections
b. Provincial jails
a. A determinate sentence
b. A corporal punishment
c. A Indeterminate sentence
d. A Capital punishment
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. George Vold
An arrangement where prisoner goes out of the institution to attend educational classes.
a. Study release
b. Work furlough
C. Guidance counseling
d. Vocational program
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
a. Integrated
b. Community-based
C. Traditional
d. Institutiona1
B
a. Restitution
b. Retribution
c. Reformation
d. Institutional
Jose Matalo was sentenced to imprisonment on Sept. 30,2003. 0n Oct. 20, 2003 the judge who
promulgated the decision died. What is the effect of the Judge's death to the service of Jose' s sentence?
B
Who among the following prisoners is a national prisoner?
1. 0ne who is sentenced to maximum term of imprisonment of more than 3 years or a fine more than
5,000.
2. 0ne sentenced to serve 2 or more prison sentences in the aggregate exceeding the period of 3 years.
3. Regardless of the length of service, one sentenced for violation of Custom Law or other laws within
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Customs
4. Regardless of the length of sentence, one sentenced for violation of Immigration Laws and Election
Laws.
a. 1, 2, and 3
b. 2,3, and 4
c. 1, 3, and 4
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
C
What is the action of the court in case a probationer violated his probation conditions?
D..
a. John Howard
b. Jeremy Bentham
C. E1am Lynds
d. James Wilson
B
a. Exact respect
b. Enforce discipline
d. Perform assignments
The Supreme Court automatically reviews the cases of criminals convicted and meted out the penalty of,
b. Life imprisonment
c. Death
a. Adult Probation
b. Juvenile Justice
C. Family Welfare
d. Civilian Police.
A
a. Prison
b. Half-way house
C. Jail
d. Rehabilitation center
Which of the following is an open correctional institution known to be the best and "prison without
walls"?
a. Singsing prison
b. Bridewell
c. Alcatraz
d. Walnut Street Jail
A prison system which includes confinement of prisoners in single cells at night and congregate work in
shops during the day.
a. Pennsylvania system
b. Auburn system
C. Elmira reformatory
d. Irish system
a. Manuel Montesimos
b. Walter Crofton
c. Alexander Macanochie
d. Zebulon Brockway
He has the supervisory powers over all provincial and city jails but his powers are limited in the sense
that they are advisory and recommendatory only.
a. Secretary of Justice
b. Warden
c. Chief Justice
d. Director of prison
a. Age of Reason
b. Age of Reform
c. Age of Enlightenment
d. Golden Age.
Granted by the Chief Executive without any conditions attached which serves to wipe away the guilt of
pardonee and makes him innocent as if he has not committed a crime.
a. Pardon
b. Absolute Pardon
c. Conditional Pardon
d. Parole
B
It is also known as the "Industrial Good Time Law"
It is an order issued by the court to a correctional facility indicating the basis for the confinement of a
prisoner
a. Mittimus
b. Carpeta
C. Commitment order
d. Arrest Report
Preliminary form filed up by the petitioner within 72 hours after the release of his probation order
b. Release form
C. Work Sheet
A chemical that is injected to an offender that puts him into deep sleep in lethal injection.
a. Potassium chloride
b. Hydorgen peroxide
c. Sodium thiopenthotal
d. Sodium chloride
In the exercise of religious beliefs of prisoners, a prison official trying to convert a prisoner to change his
religion.
a. Proselytizing
b. Restitution
C. Reparation
d. Compensation
How many minutes is the allowable time for an inmate to use the telephone?
a. 5 Minutes
b. 10 Minutes
c. 15 mutes
d. 20 Minutes
A
An act which creates a Board of Claims under DOJ for claims for compensation of victims of violent
crimes.
After receiving the PSIR, how many days must a judge decide whether to grant or deny probation?
a. 15 days
b. 30 days
c. 60 days
d. 90 days
If two (2) inmates are arguing each other of some lost of their items in cell, refer them to the ________
a. Warden
c. Classification board
a. 17th century
b. 18th century
c. 19th century
d. 20th century
A system that teaches inmates to value himself and his dealing with others.
a. Auburn system
b. Pennsylvania system
c. Millien system
d. Congrete system
a. 1845
b. 1846
c. 1847
d. 1848
a. Pardon
b. Commutation of sentence
c. Parole
d. Amnesty
An executive clemency given for the temporary stay of the execution of sentence.
a. Amnesty
b. Reprieve
c. Commutation of sentence
d. Pardon.
B
An executive clemency intended to reduce the degree of penalty inflicted upon the convict, or by
decreasing the length of his
imprisonment.
a. Amnesty
b. Reprieve
c. Commutation of sentence
d. Pardon
A privilege granted to a prisoner that shall entitle him to a deduction of his term of imprisonment for his
good behavior.
a. Amnesty
b. Reprieve
c. Commutation of sentence
D.
c. Positivist scbool
d. None of these
a. BP 603
b. RA 9344
c. PD 603
d. RA 603
C.
b. Reception
C. Classification board
d. Disciplinary board
A
When you are once on probation, are you still allowed to apply for the second time?
a. Yes
b. No
c. True
d. False
B.
Under our laws, when should a probationer report to his designated probation officer?
a. Minor offense
b. Grave offense
a. Mittimus
b. Carpeta
c. Commitment order
d. Arrest record
a. Elmira reformatory
c. Borstal institution
d. Bridewell penitentiary
Among the colonies established in the Philippines, what penal colony was established in Zamboanga?
a. Iwahig Penal Colony
c. Camp Sampaguita
a. Calvin Coolidge
b. Teodulo Natividad
d. John Howard
What is the afe requirement for drug user for admission for probation under RA 6425?
a. Less than 21
The head of Bureau of Corrections is the Director of prisons who is appointed by the _________ with the
confirmation of the
Comission on Appointments.
a. Chief Executive
b. DOJ Secretary
c. DILG Secretary
It refers to the money paid to the relatives of a murdered person as compensation and to prevent blood
feud.
a. Wergild
b. Restitution
c. Compensation
d. Reprimand
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
A justification of punishment which state that "Severity of the punishment must fit the crime".
a. Expiation
b. Atonement
c. Retribution
d. Deterrence
a. 1 day to 3 years
c. 3 years to life
a. 1,414 hectares
b. 2,414 hectares
c. 3,414 hectares
d. 4,141 hectares
It has been regarded as the forerunner of modern penology due to its extensive use of parole, social
casework and training school type of instituton.
a. Pennsylvania System
b. Auburn System
c. Elmira Reformatory
d. All of these
a. Convicted offenders
b. Political offenders
c. Private offenders
d. None of these
P01 Doling 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
a. Detention prisoner
b. Provincial prisoner
c. Municipal Prisoner
d. National Prisoner
D
A method undertaken to allow prisoners to have the opportunity for normal sexlife.
a. Visitation
b. Sodorny
c. Conjugal visit
d.Aall of these
c. Admission summary
d. Behavior report
B
It refers to the continuing relationship between the probationer and the probation officer.
a. Orientation
c. Supervision
Before the travel of probationer outside the jurisdiction of the City/Provincial probation office,
application for court should be filed within how many days?
a. 45 days
b. 30 days
c. 15 days
d. 5 days
The probation officer is required by law to submit the PSIR within how many days?
a. 90 days
b. 60 days
c. 120 days
d. 30 days
a. Provincial government
b. Department of Justice
c. Bureau of Correction
d. None of these
Those sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment from one (1) day to six (6) months are classified as:
a. Provincial prisoners
b. City prisoners
c. Insular prisoners
d. Municipal prisoners
D
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
a. Man-haunt operation
b. Operation greyhound
c. operation Bravo
d. Thunderbolt operation
a. Inspector
b. Chief inspector
c. Superintendent
d. Director
imprisonment from one (1) day to six (6) months, while City prisoners are those sentenced to suffer a
term of imprisonment of Three (3) years and one (1) day to Life imprisonment.
B. National prisoners are those sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment from one (1) day to (3) years
or a fine of not more than
imprisonment from one (1) day to (3) years or a fine of not more than 1,000 pesos or both, while City
prisoners are those sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment of Three (3) years and one (1) day to
Life imprisonment.
imprisonment of Three (3) years and one (1) day to Life imprisonment, while City prisoners are those
sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment from one (1) day to (3) years or a fine of not more than
D
A special group of prisoners composed of incorrigible, intractable, and highly dangerous persons who
are the source of constant disturbances even in a maximum security prison and wear orange color of
uniform.
The exercises supervision and control over all districts, cities and municipal jails throughout the country.
c. Department of Justice
d. Bureau of Corrections
Under the rules, methods and procedures of probation, the reglamentary period for which the convicted
offender may apply for
probation after conviction is within-
a. 10 days
b. 15 days
c. 20 days
d. 30 days
Which branch of the Administrative Group takes charge of the preparation of the daily menu, prepares
and cook the food and serve it to ininates.
____________ is a security facility, common to police stations used for temporary confinement of
individual held for investigation.
a. Ordinary Jails
b. Lock-up jails>
d. None of these
B
It is a justification of punishment which claims that punishment gives lesson to the offender by showing
to others what would happen to them If they violate the law.
a. Retribution
b. Expiation
c. Incapacitation
d. Detterence
Rooms or cells where prisoners are held, especially underground, are called-
a. Gaols
b. Dungeons
c. Fox holes
d. Hulks
What branch of the government has the sole authority to exercise the pardoning power?
A. Executive Brancih
B. Judicial Branch
C. Legislative Branch
B. Social Worker
C. Chief of Police
D. Judge
A
What is the action of the court in case a probationer violated his/her probation conditions?
In maintaining health, safety and sanitation inside jail premises, jail officers are responsible for the
following,
EXCEPT
5. What document is issued to a parolee when the maximum period of his prison term has expired?
This approach to the explanation of crime traces behavior as a deviation to the regression of basic
drives.
A. Physiological approach
B. Psycho-analytical approach
C. Biological approach
D. Psychological approach
B. Right
C. privilege
D. option
A. The intervention which documents the attitudinal response of offenders and staff to the processes of
punishment.
B. The medium through which prisoners change their behavior and attitudes.
C. A total institution in which the basic physiological needs of prisoners were to be met away from the
outside world.
B
The probation law which was enacted on July 24,1976 is oftentimes referred to as:
C. The basis for criminal liability is human freewill and the purpose of penalty is retribution
D. Criminal behavior is inherited and therefore could be controlled by regulating the reproduction of
families
A. Criminal psychology
B. Criminal demography
C. Criminal psychiatry
D. Criminal ecology
B
Which of the following should not be done by a probationer?
term of three (3) years and one (1) day to death reffered to?
A. National prisoner
C. municipal prisoner
B. Provincial prisoner
D. city prisoner
Presidential Decree No. 968 as amended grants probation to qualified adult offenders while Presidential
A. Sexual
B. Blue-collar
C. criminal
D. youthful
presence of a prisoner.
D. Physical counting, with the person standing and the jailguards looking from head to foot.
What is a warrant issued by the court bearing its seal and the signature of the judge directing the jail or
prison
authorities to receive the convicted offender for the service of sentence imposed therein?
A. Warrant
B. Nolle
C. order of acceptance
D. Mittimus
Juan was charge with an offense with a penalty of not more than six (6) months and/or a fine of 2,000,
or both. His realease to a responsible person in a community instead of filing a bail bond as ordered by
the court ls called?
A. Release on probation
B. Release on recognizance
C. release on parole
A. An old prisoner provded he was not yet 60 when he/she was put to prison.
What is the action of the court in case a probationer violated his/her probation conditions?
pri son
Where shall those who are sentenced to a prison term of more than three (3) years sent to?
B
In the United States, home confinement or house arrest may be imposed by the courts and the
offenders are confined
A. Probation Supervision
B. Electronic monitoring
D. Parole supervision
What is that portion of the criminal justice system that carries out the court's orders?
A. Law enforcement
B. Corrections
C. community
D. prosecution
A
When shall an inmate's request to view the remains of a deceased relative be filed with the jail warden?
Which of the following is a sub-colony of the Davao Penal Colony where released prisoners who no
longer wish to return to their homes stay and work?
A. Panabo Sub-colony
B. Kapalong Sub-colony
C. Inagawan Sub-colony
D. Tanglaw Settlement
The _________ theory assumes that people are law-abiding but under great pressure they will resort to
crime and that disparity between goals and means provided that pressure
A. Psychoanalytic
B. Strain
C. Social learning
D. differential association
A term which denotes a new trial as when an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for re-
trial
A. Trial by jury
B. Trial by default
C. trial de Novo
D. trial by publicity
Juanito is 17 years old when he was convicted for the crime of theft. Can he apply for probation under
the Adult
Probation System?
A. 60-day period
B. 45-day period
C. 15-day period
D. 30-day period
Why do all members of the custodial force proceed or directed to go to their critical posts armed with
their
C
There is a ________ in the maximum sentence of an offender when he is granted good conduct-time
allowance.
A. Modification
B. Increase
C. reduction
D. nullification
________ conditions are designed to increase the painfulness of probation such as imposition of fines
and
community service.
A. Standard
B. Punitive
C. treatment
D. rehabilitation
B
Punishment is associated with the __________ model while treatment is associated to medical model.
A. Reintegrative
B. Retributive
C. Justice
D. Restorative
How are the inmates called when they are given special privileges such as work assignments which are
not done at the regular times?
A. Correctional officers
B. Trustees
C. officers
D. guardians
Disciplinary power cannot be exercised by a prisoner over his co-prisoners. However, technically skilled
Julio Camacho is an inmate suffering from asthma. He has serious attacks lately and has difficulty in
breathing.
What is the practice of beating, torturing, maiming or any form of causing pain to a prisoner called?
A. Corporal punishment
B. Capital punishment
A. Davao
B. Palawan
C. zamboanga
D. occidental Mindoro
B
What facility was built recently within the Bureau of Correctios site for the purpose of housing prisoners
who are about to be released?
A. Recreation Area
C. Congregation Shop
Which of the following terms is most closely associated to the day-to-day operations of the various units
within the organization?
A. Control
B. Administration
C. management
D. supervision
Which office evaluates the fitness and qualifications of prisoners for the grant of pardon and parole?
A. Board of Pardon and Parole
D. Department of Justice
A. O1d age provided that he was not yet 60 years old at the time of his commitment to prison
Probationers are given the opportunity to engage in productive and income generating projects through
the _________
B. Rehabilitation program
D. Livelihood program
D
A. Society is fearful of the effects of crime and it must abate such fear for the unknown
B. Society is collectively responsible for the conditions that breed injustice and crime thus, it must have
an equal responsibility for collective remedial action
B. Social Worker
C. Judge
D. Chief of Police
The probation supervision period maybe terminated on any of the following grounds, EXCEPT
A. Firing squad
B. Hanging
C. lethal injection
D. electrocution
C