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CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION PART 1
(EXCLUSIVE for ARC Reviewees)
MAY SUMPA!
1. It is the branch of criminology which deals with the
management and administration of inmates:
a. Criminal justice – study of various government
agencies which deals with crime control
b. Penology – latin “ poena” pain and suffering /
latin “poenalis” – punishment / “penal science” c.
Victimology – STUDY OF THE ROLE OF VICTIM;
STUDY OF VICTIM’S PARTICIPATION. / BENJAMIN
MENDELSOHN
d. Jail Management – “penal management” –
manner or practice of managing jail or prison
Law enforcement ➔ PNP, BFP, LTO, LTFRB, OMB,
CUSTOMS
PROSECUTION ➔ NPS, OMBUDSMAN, PAO &
SOLICITOR GENERAL
COURT ➔ SC, CA, SB, CTA, SHARIA, RTC, MTC’S
CORRECTION ➔ BJMP, BUCOR, PPA, & BPP
COMMUNITY ➔ “BARANGAY”
1. BRGY CHAIRMAN & SECRETARY
2. KAGAWAD
3. TANOD
4. SK
5. LUPONG TAGAPAMAYAPA
2. A Latin word which means punishment:
a. Penology
b. Poena – “pain and suffering”
c. Poenalis
d. All of the abovementioned
3. It refers to the manner or practice of managing or
controlling places of confinement as in jails or
prisons.
a. Penology
b. Penal Management
c. Correctional Administration – systematic
management of jails and prison
d. Correction – pillar of criminal justice system
which deals with custody, supervision, treatment, &
rehabilitation
4. It is that branch of the administration of Criminal
Justice System charged with the responsibility for
the custody, supervision, and rehabilitation of the
convicted offender. a.Law Enforcement
b. Prosecution
c.Corrections
d. Community
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5. It is a means correcting an offender by placing him to
a community where he can be treated well until he
becomes fully recovered and accepted by the
community.
a. Institutional Correction
b. Non-Institutional Correction
c. BJMP
d. Parole
Other terms for institutional correction
1. Institution based correction
2. Institutionalized correction
3. Use or jail and prison 4.
Other terms for non-institutional correction
1. Community based rehab programs
2. Deinstitutionalized correction
Parole – conditional release given by BPP to qualified
offender after serving the minimum sentence
ACT 4103 – INDETERMINATE SENTENCE LAW
DECE 5, 1933 – DATE OF EFFECTIVITY OF ACT
4103
A.M.= ALEXANDER MACONOCHIE – FATHER OF
PAROLE = “MARKS SYSTEM”
W.C. = WALTER CROFTON – “IRISH SYSTEM”
Z.B. = ZEBULON BROCKWAY = “PAROLE” –
“ELMIRA
REFORMATORY”
6. It is the suffering inflicted by the state against an
offending member of the society for the
transgression of the law
a. Penalty
b. Punishment – “Redress” / compensation
c. incarceration – imprisonment / confinement /
isolation / legal term – “commitment”
d. Ordeal – “trial by miracle / challenge” – dei
indicum
– miraculous decision; divine intervention
7. It is one of the earliest devices for softening brutal
severity of punishment through a compromise with
the church
a. Benefit of Clergy b. None
c. Rehabilitation d.
Retribution
Securing sanctuary = escaping from punishment
through serving the church for 40 days Benefit
clergy = power of the church to conduct trial and
judgment (ecclesiastical court)
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 Retribution = “classical” / Cesare Beccaria /
“vengeance” 14. What governing law of Aklan and Panay based on
Rehabilitation – latin “habilitare” – to make a person the beliefs, customs and practices, it is also reflects
fit” the level of uprightness and morality of the people?
a. Commonwealth Act No. 3203
8. In the 13th century, a criminal could avoid b. Law of the Talion – LEX TALIONIS “HAMMURABI”
punishment by claiming refugee in a church for a c. Kalantiaw Code – 1433 – HARSH CODE OF THE
period of ___ at the end of which time he has PHILIPPINES
compelled to leave the realm by a road or path d. Penitentiary Act of 1779 – “John Howard”
assigned to him. A – Abolition of fee system
a. 30 days S – sanitation – clean / fragrant
b. 50 days S – single cell for each inmates
c. 40 days – securing sanctuary S – segregation of inmates (gender / age)
d. 60 days
15. Existed 350 years before Hammurabi or 2100 years
9. This were the former warships used to house before Christ was born, the king ruled the City of Ur
prisoners in the 18th century and 19th century as in ancient Sumeria:
means of a. king Ur Nammu – “myth” (Sumerian Law)
relieving congestion of prisoners refers to b. king Herodes
a. Galleys c. Emperor Justinian
b. Hulks – floating hells d. None of the above
c. Gaols
d. Warships 16. This people love to philosophize that their brand of
justice was not vengeful and retributive. They
Galleys – transport ship used to transfer inmates maintain that justice should reform the offender but
Gaol – French word “jail” must also serve as deterrence to others from
committing offense: a. The Romans
10. It refers to a long, low, narrow, single decked ships b. The Greeks
propelled by sails, usually rowed by criminals. A type c. The Jews
of ship used for transportation of criminals in the d. The Americans
16th century. Punishment = reform + deter
a. Gaols (French word for Jail)
17. The most popular workhouse in London which was
built for the employment and housing of English
b. Galley Slavery
prisoners.
c. Hulks (Floating Hell)
a. Bridewell – 1st English prison
b. Hospicio de San Michelle – juvenile reformatory
d. Compters (London)
made the catholic church (Pope Clement XI) c.
Saint Bridget Well
11. According to this ancient law that was practice in the d. Walnut Street Jail – 1st American prison
areas of Babylon, the killer is answerable not to the
(Philadelphia)
family but to the king:
a. Code of Hammurabi – lex talionis; tit for tat; 1 st
18. It was opened in 1876 (1870 -1880 – golden age of
codified law (BABYLON)
penology), was the first penal institution to remodel
b. Roman twelve tables – 1st codification of roman
its philosophy away from punitive and retributive
law
practices and veered towards reformation and
(ROME)
treatment educational and vocational are imparted
c. Pharaoh’s law – law of Egypt
to the prisoner as a way to treat his lack of life skills
d. Burgundian code – gives punishment according to to survive according to the rules of the outside
social classes. (FRANCE) society:
a. Elmira reformatory – “the hill” – forerunner of
12. In the ancient times, who were commonly subjected modern penology (z.b.)
to harsh punishments? b. Sing-sing prisons – “shower bath” / Elam Lynds
c. Alcatraz – “the rock” – built by: John Edgar
a. Middle class b. Black
Hoover;
people
Hardest Prison
c. Slaves d. Any of the above. d. Walnut Street jail

CONFLICT THEORY – BY KARL MARX 3 great escapees of Alcatraz

BOURGEIOS – OWNERS / CAPITALISTS 1. Frank Morris (highest iq in Alcatraz)
PROLETARIATS – LABORERS 2. John Anglin
3. Clarence Anglin
13. It refers to prison which is used to confine slaves
where they were attached to workbenches and 19. The early Roman place of confinement which was
forced to do hard labor in the period of their built under the main sewer of Rome in 64 BC refers
imprisonment. to: a. Town Gates
a. Underground Cistern b. Sing-Sing b. Wulnut Street Jail
Correctional Facility c. Bridewell Workhouse
c. Ergastulum d. Alcatraz Federal d. Mamertine Prison – “carcere mamertino”
Penitentiary

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20. He introduced the progressive stage system. It was England in 1902, which was considered as the best
also referred to as the Irish System: reform institutions for young offenders:
a. Evelyn Ruggles Brise – “BORSTAL” Boys 16-21 a. Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brise
b. Manuel Montesinos – Valencia spain = Prison
Companies headed by a petty officer (Mayor) c. b. Alexander Maconochie
Sir Walter Crofton c. James Cook
d. Alexander Maconochie – father of parole; “Marks
System” d. Jeremy Bentham

21. He was the superintendent of the Elmira 27. He was one of the Great Prison Reformers who
Reformatory in New York. He introduced a system of published a book entitled “The State of Prisons in
grades for prisoners: England and Wales”.
a. Zebulon Reed Brockway a. Jeremy Bentham b. John Augustus (Shoemaker)
b. Alexander Maconochie c. Elizabeth Fry d. John Howard
c. Manuel Montesinos
d. Domets of France – “Frederick August Demets” – 28. Who among the following was given the title “Father
Agricultural colony” of Prison Reform in the United States”?
(0415)
Palawan = IWAHIG – rice & corn a. Director Zebulon Brockway
Mindoro = sablayan - rice & corn
Zamboanga – san ramon - Copra
b. Alexander Rice
Davao – DaPeCol – Banana
c. John Howard

22. He sponsored the Irish system which is well-

d. Alexander Maconochie
thoughtout by many as one of the most famous
29. An agricultural colony for male juveniles was
contributor to the reformatory movement. a. Z.R.
established by Domets of France. The boys were
Brockway
confined in cottages with an appointed ___ to
b. Alexander Macanochie
supervise them:
c. Ceasar Lombroso – Father of modern and
a. Penal guards – old name for correctional officers
empirical criminology; “positivist school”; “ATAVISM”;
of BUCOR (RA 10575 Bucor law of 2013) b.
Leader of the Holy Three of Criminology” polygraph:
Immediate supervisors
“Hydrosphygmograph” d. Walter Crofton
c. House fathers
d. Big brothers
23. Director of the Prisons of Valencia, Spain who
divided prisoners into companies and appointed
30. The first juvenile reformatory which was opened in
prisoners as petty officer in charge.
January 1825 and located in New York City. a.
a. Domets of France c. Manuel
Borstal Institution (London England)
Montesinos
b. Elmira Reformatory
b. Zebulon Brockway d. Evelyn Ruggles
c. New York House of Refuge
Brise
d. Panopticon Prison (design made by bentham)
Philippines – “bahay Pag asa) – Ra 9344, Ra 10630
24. He is the first leader to prescribe imprisonment as – juvenile justice and welfare code of 2006 (Boy
correctional treatment for major offenders also Sana All)
responsible for the abolition of death penalty and
torture as a form of punishment. a. John Howard
31. It refers to a Prison System whereby prisoners are
b. Charles Montesquieu – “harsh punishment will
confined in their own cells during the night and
weaken morality”
congregate work in shops during the day also
c. William Penn
known as “Congregate System”.
d. Jeremy Bentham – “PHUF” – panopticon;
a. Auburn Prison System - congregate system
hedonism;
b. Custody Oriented Prison
utilitarianism, felicific calculus
c. Pennsylvania Prison System – “SSS” – solitary
system, silent system, separate system”
25. Who advocated the principle that the basis of all d. Treatment Oriented Prison
social actions must be the utilitarian conception of
the greatest happiness for the greatest number?
32. This prison is known as the “ROCK” built in San
a. John Howard b. Jeremy
Francisco Bay.
Bentham
a. New York Prison c. San Francisco
c. Cesare Beccaria d.
Prison
George Void
b. Alcatraz Prison d. New Gate
Prison
Cesare Beccaria (FRED)
Location: San Francisco Bay
- Classical school / rational choice / juristic theory
Advantages:
- Cause of crime = Frewill 1. Hardened steel
- Punishment – Retribution 2. Strong current
- Effect of punishment = Deterrence 3. 5 degrees Celsius
Scarface – “al Capone”

26. He opened Borstal Institution (Her Majesty Prison 33. Who are the three (3) famous escapees of Alcatraz
Rochester) with a Borstal System near Rochester, Prison?
Kent I. Al Capone
II. John Anglin

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 III. Clarence Anglin b. Stoning to death
IV. Frank Morris c. Slavery
a. 1 2 3 c. 2 3 4 d. Breaking on the wheel
b. 4 3 1 d. 1 2 4 e. Stock

34. The first and longest who served as warden in the 41. The act of methodically beating or whipping the
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (THE ROCK) from human body. This kind of punishment is practiced to
September 15, 1874 to September 7, 1954? give harmony to Family, School and Prisoner. a.
a. James Aloysius Johnston “Old Saltwater” Mutilation
b. James V. Bennett b. Ostracism
c. Olin “Gypsy or Blackie” G. c. Destierro
Blackwell d. Flogging or Flagellation
d. Vicomte Jean Jacques Philippe Villain XIV
42. In the history of capital punishment, what do they
35. This state prison contained cells in the pits similar to call this frame, typically wooden, used for execution
the underground cistern of long ago rome: a. St by hanging?
Michael System a. Wolves b. Gallows (Scaffold) c. Punks
b. Sing-Sing prisons – shower bath; 1st – electric d. Fags
chair
c. Maine State prisons – underground prison
43. It refers to the money paid to the relatives of a
d. Walnut Street – 1st American penitentiary
murdered person as compensation and to prevent
blood feud. “Payment for the victim or Man’s price”.
Penitentiary – prison (1216)
Penitent – prisoner
a. Wergild
Penitence – punishment
b. Money
36. It was the historically known as the “House of
Compensation
Hallway Hell” located in Devonshire, England which
c. Lex
was built purposely to hold French inmates.
Salica
a. Newgate Prison b. Eastern State Prison
c. Dartmoor Prison d. Auschwitz Concentration
Camp in Poland d. Tit for Tat

44. This was chiefly a way of ridding the country of

37. This institution was located in Rome and designated
criminals, which later developed as a plan for
for incorrigible youth under 20 years of age and on
supplying
top of their doors an instruction was written which
new colonies with cheap labor. It was also an
reads, “it is insufficient to retain the wicked by
attempt to substitute for brutal punishment at
punishment unless you render them virtuously by
home and an opportunity for rehabilitation in a
corrective discipline”. At night they pray and sleep new country.
on separate cells for repentance but at day time a. Benefit of Clergy
work in a large central hall isolation solitary work in
the cells: a. Bridewell Institutio
c. Judicial Reprieve
b. Hospital of Saint Michael or Hospice De San
b. Recognizance
Michelle
c. Hospicio de San Jose
d. Fort Santiago d. Penal Transportation

45. Which of the following are the major goals of

38. It is a correctional model wherein criminals are
correction?
punished because they have infringed the rights of
a. Punishment, confinement, retribution, treatment
other and the security of the sanction should fit the
seriousness of the crime: b. Retribution, deterrence,
incapacitation, rehabilitation
a. Benefits of the Clergy
c. Deterrence, punishment, incapacitation,
treatment
b. Custodial Model
d. Deterrence, retribution, punishment, treatment
c. Just Desert Model
R – retribution
A – atonement
d. Securing Sanctuary
D – deterrence
I - incapacitation
39. The Criminal defendants who are found to be legally R – rehabilitation / reformation
insane cannot be convicted of charges arising from R – reintegration
that particular mental defect or disability?
46. The following are the justifications of punishment,
a. M’Naghten Rule b. Durham Rule
EXCEPT
c. Irresistible Impulse d. Model Penal
a. Retribution - personal vengeance
Code
b. Deterrence – fear
c. Redress
40. A form of public humiliation and physical pain by d. Expiration or atonement – group vengeance
tossing of heavy rock or stone to the offender until
he dies. a. Pillory 47. Giving punishment to a person so to serve as an
example to others is the theory of: a. Self-defense

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 b. social defense d. Penal Colony
c. Exemplary – “general deterrence” Max – 20 years above; heinous crimes, hab del.
d. Equality Med – below 20 years, 1st time offenders
2 types of deterrence Min – 6 months before release; 65 y/o; handicapped
1. Specific deterrence – fear directed to the doer (buta(blind), bungol(deaf), amang (mute),
(prevent recidivism_ piang(crippled)
2. General deterrence – fear inflicted to the future
offenders (exemplary) 54. Which of the following is an open correctional
institution known to be the best and prison without
48. If people fear being apprehended and punished, walls?
they will not risk breaking the law. This view is a. Davao penal farm – highest income earner (30,00
being held by the __________ theory. has)
a. Displacement – defense mechanism that people b. Sablayan penal colony
vent their anger towards an object b. General c. San Ramon prison and penal farm – Capt. Ramon
deterrence Blanco
c. Discouragement d. Iwahig penal colony – 36,000 hectares
d. Incapacitation
55. Which is called the finest penal farm in the world?
49. It is then known as Carcel y Presidio. a. Davao penal farm
a. Old Bilibid Prison b. Sablayan penal colony
b. Manila City Jail c. San Ramon prison and penal farm
c. NBP – 1936 – 1941 (Muntinlupa – 552 hectares) d. Iwahig penal colony

d. May Halique Estate 56. The Iwahig penal colony and farm, a national
penitentiary under the Bureau of Corrections is
Carcel y presidio located in ____. “PPP”
- 1st Philippine prison (1865) a. Coron Palawan c. El Nido Palawan
- Located in azcaraga st (Recto) b. Puerto Princesa d. Occidental
- Current name: Manila City Jail Mindoro – SABLAYAN (1954)
- Carcel – 600 capacity
- Presidio – 527 57. It is an institution intended to detain or house
- Total: - 1,127 capacity political offenders.
a. Iwahig Penal farm (1905)
50. The so-called “prisons without bars” are referred to b. Davao Penal Farm (1932)
as the ____. c. San Ramon Prison and Penal farm (1869-70)
a. Provincial jails c. Penal colonies d. Sablayan Prison Farm (1954)
b. New Bilibid Prison d. Probation
SAN RAMON – Oldes Penal Colony
Specific: “iwahig”
Provincial jail – it was established on 1910, 58. The Sablayan Penal Colony and Farm, a National
controlled by the provincial government (6 months & Penitentiary in the Philippines under the BUCOR is
1 day –3 located in ____.
a. Palawan b. Zamboanga
years)
c. Oriental Mindoro d. Occidental
Mindoro
51. This penal establishment is formerly known as the
NBP & CIW = NCR
Luhit Penal Settlement.
IWAHIG & SABLAYAN = R4B
a. Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm
b. San Ramon Prison – political prisoner; moro; LEYTE = R8
oldest penal colony (1869-1870) c. Sablayan SAN RAMON = R9
Prison – nearest penal colony in ncr; 16,000 has. DAPECOL = R11
d. New Bilibid Prison
3 camps 59. Filipino female national prisoners (INSULAR) –
1. Main bldg. – Max Sec – Tangerine MORE
2. Camp Sampaguita – Med Sec – Blue THAN 3 YEARS are confined at the
3. Camp Bukang Liwayway – Min Sec – Brown a. Mental hospital b. CIW
c. Manila City Jail d. Iwahig Penal
52. When was the establishment of the Iwahig Penal Colony
Colony of Palawan with 16 Prisoners sailed for PRODUCT = BEAUTY PRODUCTS / DRESS MAKING
Palawan to start building the colony threat on orders
of Gov. Forbes? 60. In 1936, the City of Manila exchanges its Muntinlupa
a) November 15, 1904 c) November 14, property with the Bureau of Prisons originally
1904 intended as a site for boys’ training school. Today,
b) November 17, 1904 d) November the old Bilibid Prison is now being used as the
16, 1904 Manila City Jail, famous as the :
a. “May Halique Estate”
b. “Tandang Sora State”
53. An open institution usually a penal farm or camp.
c. New Bilibid Jail
a. Maximum security institution
d. Muntinlupa Jail
b. Minimum security institution
c. medium security institution

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61. It is located in Tagum City, Davao Del Norte, General b. Capital punishment – highest penalty (Death &
Paulino Santos led the first contingent which opened Life imprisonment)
the colony. c. Corporal punishment – torture / 3 rd degree
a. Davao Penal Colony b. Tagum penalty
c. Panabo d. d. Indeterminate sentence – ACT 4103
Tanglaw FREEDOM GRANTED AFTER SERVING THE
2 SUB COLONIES OF DAPECOL MINIMUM SENTENCE = PAROLE
1. PANABO
2. KAPALONG 69. Prisoners should not be given corporal punishment
TANGLAW SETTLEMENT = HOMESTEAD LAND nor confined in dark cells or sweat boxes as these
are: a. Somewhat prohibited
62. The following institutions are controlled and b. Relatively prohibited
supervised by our government EXCEPT: a. New c. Absolutely prohibited
Bilibid Prisons d. Fairly prohibited
b. Manila City Jail
c. Iwahig Penal Colony 70. Under the Mandella Rules (UN Standard Minimum
d. Elmira Reformatory – New York, USA rules for the treatment of prisoners ), which of the
following are the two basic principles under rules of
63. The following are the sub colonies of Sablayan general application to prisoners?
Prison and Penal Farm. 1. There shall be no discrimination on grounds of
I. Central III. Pusog race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other
II. Pasugui IV. Yapang opinion, national or social origin, birth or other
V. Panabo VI. Kapalong - status 2. It is necessary to respect the religious
DAVAO belief and moral rule of the group to which the
VII. Sta. Lucia VIII. Inagawan prisoner belong
IX. Montible X. Central – 3. The treatment of prisoner should emphasize
IWAHIG not their exclusion from the community, but their
continuing part in it
a. I, II, III, IV b. V and VI 4. Unconvict prisoners are presumed to be
c. VII, VIII, IX & X d. Either of these innocent and shall be treated as such.
a. 2 and 3 b. 4 and 1
c. 1 and 2 d. 3 and 4
64. It is considered as the highest income earner among
the Philippine Correctional Institution. 71. This refers to the act of prisoner trying to convert or
induce another to change his religious beliefs sect
a. Iwahig Penal Colony
or the like to another while under confinement is
b. San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm
referred to as
c. Davao Penal Colony
a. Proselytizing
d. Sablayan Prison and Farm
b. Proselyte – newly converted
c. Fraternization
65. Gov. Luke E. Wright made the suggestion
d. Inducement
(Authorized) of the construction of this penal
institution and it was established on 1904 through
72. It is a continuing state of good order in Prison or
the orders of Gov. Forbes. It is considered as one of
the most open penal institutions in the world. Jail.
a. Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm
a. Prison Discipline
b. Sta Lucia- 9,685 hectares; b. Inmate Social Code
c. Inagawan - 13,000 hectares. c. Proselytizing
d. Prisonization
d. Central - 14,700 hectares;
73. What crimes apparently have no complaining victims
such as gambling, prostitution and drunkenness? a.
66. The Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm is a National
Compound crime
Penitentiary in the Philippines under the BUCOR is
b. Complex crime
located in _____. (CLE-2013)
c. Blue collar crime – crimes of the poor
a. Puerto Princesa City, Palawan d. Victimless crime ➔ “State” – “PP” / Plaintiff
b. Panabo, Davao Del Norte - no complaining victim
c. Zamboanga City - no private offended party
d. Occidental Mindoro - public order crime

67. The Inagawan sub-colony is to Iwahig Penal Colony 74. A married prisoner is visited by his wife and they
while Kapalong sub-colony is to? were granted the time for their marital sexual
a. Leyte Regional Prison (LRP) (Region VIII) obligation.
b. Old Bilibid Prison What do you call this affair?
c. San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm (SRPPF) a. Sexual relation
d. Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DAPECOL) b. Conjugal partnership
c. Conjugal privilege
68. A penalty having its minimum and maximum duration d. Conjugal visitation
is referred to as
a. Determinate sentence – fixed (Life imprisonment Pregnant ➔ delivery inside prison or jail
& death penalty) BUCOR = 1 year
BJMP = 1 month

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 a. Partially true c. Partially
75. What institution conducts the training program for false
uniformed personnel of the BJMP? a. Jail National b. Absolute False d.
Training Center Absolutely True
b. Philippine National Jail Academy
c. BJMP Training Center 82. How many hours should the jail disciplinary board
d. National Jail Training Institute – under Philippine (headed by Asst. Warden) hear and decide the case
Public Safety College (PPSC) brought before it?
a. 24 hours b. 12
Institutions under PPSC – premier education hours
institution for training of all members of the tri- c. 48 hours - bjmp d. 72
bureau hours – bucor
1. NPTI – “patrolman” – PSBRC
2. NJMPTI – “JO1” – JSBRC 83. What is the lowest authorized disciplinary
3. NFTI – “FO1” – FSBRC punishment imposable to inmates?
4. National Police College a. Close Confinement – highest punishment (BJMP
5. National Forensic Science Training Institution – 17 days; Bucor – 30 – 60 days) Irish System = 9
Note: - PNPA is not anymore under the PPSC ➔ months b. Extra-Fatigue Duty
under c. Reprimand – verbal warning
PNP d. Temporary cancellation of recreational privileges

76. Jonel Nuesca was convicted and ready to serve his 84. Close confinement in a cell in BJMP shall be
sentence inside the prison. Why was he between ___ in any calendar month provided that
photographed at the Directorate for Reception and this punishment shall be imposed only in the case
Diagnostics? a. He is an actor and photogenic of an incorrigible prisoner when other disciplinary
b. It is rare opportunity to have his photograph measured had been proven ineffective.
c. To have a souvenir photo of the actor a. 30-60 days (Bucor) c. 1-7 Days
d. Photographing the inmate is part of the reception b. 1 day d. NONE
procedure ➔ “Booking”
85. Head count of inmates shall be conducted _ times
77. Kiko Matos was arrested by the police for theft in the a day or as often as necessary to ensure that all
amount of P5,000.00. He was brought to the police inmates are duly accounted for: a. Two
station and an administrative record of the arrest b. Four
was prepared. He was fingerprinted, photographed, c. Three
interrogated and placed in a line-up for identification d. Five BJMP = 5-6X
by witnesses. What process did he undergo? a. BUCOR = 4X
Preliminary hearing
b. Booking 86. It is regarded as the most important program that
c. Trial aids in the rehabilitation or prisoners and known to
d. Indictment be the “cornerstone of rehabilitation”
a. Recreational program – ease boredom
78. Which of the following is a minor offense in jail? b. Religious program – faith based program
a. Rendering personal services to fellow inmate c. Educational program –
b. Loitering or being in an unauthorized place – ELMIRA REFORMATORY
less grave offense d. Employment of prisoners – livelihood program
c. Keeping or concealing keys or locks of places in 2 types of livelihood programs
the jail where it is off- limits to inmates – grave 1. Agricultural program – crops and livestock
offense 2. Industrial program - create goods
d. Making untruthful statements or lies in official
communication, transaction or investigation – grave 87. Person who are deemed instrumental on the
offense reformation of prisoners due to their daily contact
with inmates?
79. Failure to assist in putting out fires inside the jail is a a. Chaplain b. Warden
type of offense? c. Psychologist d. Jail /
a. Grave offense Correction Officers
b. Less grave offense
c. Not so grave offense 88. It is a deduction given to prisoners who have
d. Minor offense returned to their places of confinement within 48
hours after a calamity.
80. What is the classification of the prisoner’s offense of a. Good conduct time allowance
possession of lewd or pornographic literature and/or b. Special time allowance for loyalty
photographs? c. Commutation of Sentence
a. Minor offense d. Special Time Allotment for loyalty
b. Less grave offense
c. Victimless offense RETURN WITHIN 48H – ART 98, RPC = -1/5
d. Grave offense FAILED TO RETURN WITHIN 48H – ART 158 –
EVASION
81. Detention Prisoners are allowed to smoke cigars RETURNED AFTER 48H – ART 158 + MITIGATING
and cigarettes, except in prohibited cases. The STAY – RA 10592 = - 2/5
statement is
– 4 DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR GCTA & STAL

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 H – HEINOUS CRIMES (RA 7659)
H – HABITUAL DELINQUENTS
E – ESCAPE RECORDS
R – RECIDIVISTS
89. An offender who surrenders from escaping because
of calamity 72 hour after the pronouncement of the
passing away of calamity shall be granted
a. 1/5 reduction of sentence – “return within 48hrs”
b. 2/5 reduction of sentence – “stay”
c. 1/3 reduction of sentence
d. none
CRIME = ART. 158. EVASION + MITIGATING
BPP = PAROLE
96. It shall exercise supervision and control over all
district, city and municipal jails to ensure “a secured,
clean and sanitary and adequately equipped jail for
the custody and safekeeping of city, municipal
prisoners, any fugitive from justice or persons
detained awaiting for investigation or trial and/or
transfer to the National Penitentiary:
a. Bureau of Corrections
b. DILG
c. Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
d. Provincial Jails

90. Maka Gwapo was convicted by final judgment to 97. JAILS IS UNDER WHAT BRANCH?
serve the term of imprisonment for 20 years. While a. BJMP
serving his sixth year of imprisonment, an b. BUCOR
earthquake rocked the prison and several inmates c. EXECUTIVE
escaped. Jose returned the following day; how d. DILG
many years would be deducted from his sentence?
a. 4 years b. 8 years DEPARTMENT = DILG OR DOJ
c. 9 years d. 11 years AGENCY = BJMP OR BUCOR
20 – 1/5 BRANCH = EXECUTIVE BRANCH
20 / 5 = 4 x 1 = 4
STATE
91. A powerful earthquake destroyed a prison where EXECUTIVE – PRESIDENT
W,X,Y & Z are inmates. All, except Z, escaped. W DEPARTMENT – SECRETARY (CABINET MEMBER)
surrendered after 24 hours, X surrendered “after” 2 “DILG”
days and Y surrendered after 3 days. Who among BUREAU (AGENCY) – DIRECTOR (USEC) (BFP)
them are not entitled to Special Time Allowance for PRESIDENT
Loyalty under Art. 98. DOJ – SEC
a. X c. W BUCOR – (DIR GEN ➔ USEC)
b. Y d. X
AND Y
98. WHAT IS THE HIGHEST RANK IN A BUREAU?
a. DIRECTOR – POSITION
92. Prisoners are awarded ________ off from their b. COMMISSIONER
minimum or maximum term for maintaining good c. SECRETARY
behavior or participating in various types of
d. UNDER SECRETARY – RANK
vocational, educational and treatment programs. a.
Good time
99. Toni Fauler was sentenced to serve with a penalty
b. Credits – reduction
of Reclusion Temporal (12-1-20) who has the
c. Days off
jurisdiction to detain him?
d. Vacation
a. BuCor c. BJMP
b. PNP – lock-up cell d. AFP
93. Mario is in prison for the past 48 months and has
BUCOR = INSULAR PRISONERS (MORE THAN 3
never been involved in any trouble, no matter how
YEARS)
minor. If you were the prison director, how many
3 YEARS & 1 DAY = BUCOR
days for each month would you approve as Mario’s
good conduct time allowance?
A. 5 days B. 8 days 100.Jayzam Manabat was sentenced to serve Prison
C. 20 days D. 23 days Correctional. What is the duration of his penalty?
Ra 10592 a. 12 Y&1D to 20 Y (Reclusion Temporal) c.
1st – 2nd yr =- 20 (5) 6Y&1D to 12 Y (Prision Mayor)
3rd – 5th yr = -23 (8) b. 6M1D to 6 Y d. 1M&1D – 6 M (Arresto
6th – 10thyr = - 25 (10) MAYOR)
11th up yr= 30 (15) GRAVE ➔ 36 HOURS (AFFLICTIVE PENALITIES)
DEATH – CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
94. Mr. A is a pimp, he offered Ms. B a 17 y/o child to
LIFE – NO DURATION
Mr.
RP – 20-1-40
C as a prostitute
RT – 12-1-20
a. WHITE SLAVERY (RPC)
PM – 6-1-12
b. RA 7610 – ANTI CHILD ABUSE – 1992
LESS GRAVE ➔ 18 HOURS (CORRECTIONAL
c. RA 9208 – HUMAN TRAFFICKING - 2004
PENALTIES)
Prision Correctional – 6M-1-6
95. All except one may grant GCTA under RA 10592 to
DESTIERRO – 25-250 KM
an inmate for good behavior with no record of
A.MAYOR - 1M-1D-6M
disciplinary infraction or violation of prison rules and
regulation. LIGHT FELONIES ➔ 12 HOURS
a. Director of BJMP b. Warden of provincial jail A.MENOR - 1D – 30D
c. President d. Director of Corrections FINE – PENCUNIARY PUNISHMENT
PRESIDENT = EXECUTIVE CLEMENCIES (PARC)
COURT = PROBATION

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101.Mr. Bill Ibid a person convicted to serve 6 years d. Jail Senior Inspector
imprisonment would be classified as what kind of
prisoner? 109. Among the following factors, which would be best
a. Municipal prisoner – 1 day – 6 months determine the extent to which prison functions
b. Insular prisoner / national – above 3 years - are subdivided:
death a. Operating system
c. Provincial prisoner – 6 mos 1 day – 3 years b. Adequacy of resources
d. Detention prisoner – trial, investigation, waiting c. Inmates population and size of the prison jail
for d. Number of prison staff
final judgment (commitment order)
110. Its task is to conduct a more effective rehabilitation
102.Ms. Karen has duration of penalty of 6 years and of prisoners through a more scientific study and
one day to 12 years. What correctional facility she diagnoses of each and every prisoner committed to
should be incarcerated? the Bureau of Corrections. It was established by
a. Bureau of Correction b. Lock-up Jail virtue of Administrative Order No. 11 issued by the
c. CIW d. BJMP Secretary of Justice as amended by RA 10575 a.
Camp Bukang Liwayway
103.Where Randy Ursua shall be confined if his sentence b. Directorate for Reception
is 0(y)-6(m)-0(d)? and Diagnostics (old name: RDC) ➔ TOTAL OF
a. National prison b. Municipal jail 60 DAYS (LOCATED IN CAMP SAMPAGUITA)
c. City jail d. c. Reception and Diagnostic Center
Provincial jail d. Camp Bagong Diwa (NCRPO)

104.Diego Loyzaga is an offender who was committed to
the jail or prison in order to serve his sentence after
final conviction of a competent court is known as
_________
a. Detention prisoner
b. Sentenced prisoner – convicted by final judgment
(Mittimus order)
c. Safekeeping – protection and welfare
d. National prisoner- other term for insular
105. Which of the following are classified as detention
prisoner?
1. Accused person who is confined in jail while
undergoing criminal probe (yes)
2. Accused person who is confined in jail while
undergoing trial (yes)
3. Accused person who is confined in jail while
awaiting final judgment (yes)
4. Accused person who is confined in jail and
already convicted to serve a prison term (no) a. 3, 4
and 1
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 4, 1 and 2
d. 1, 2 and 3
106.What law was passed during the Aquino
administration that renamed the Bureau of Prisons
to Bureau of Corrections?
a. E.O. 292 b. E.O. 929
c. A.O 229 d. E.O. 229
EO 292 – REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
111. Place wherein a newly convicted prisoner is housed
for the conduct of medical examination, vaccination,
xrays to prevent physical contamination a.
Reception diagnostic center
b. Medical center
c. Quarantine unit – 5 DAYS MINIMUM
d. None of the above
112.Romnick Agaceta is a newly arrived inmate in the
BuCor. What is the ideal number of days for an
inmate to be placed in the quarantine unit at the
Reception and Diagnostic Center.
a. 55 days b. 5 days
c. 60 days d. 15 days
55 DAYS – TREATMENT PLANNING
5 DAYS – QUARANTINE
TOTAL = 60 DAYS
113.What satellite of NBP does RDC/DRD is situated?
a. Camp Bukang Liwayway - minimum
b. Camp Sampaguita – medium
c. Main building- maximum
d. Medium Security Compound
114. Involves the formulation of a tentative treatment
program best suited to the needs of the individual
prisoner, based on the findings of RDC.
A. treatment planning – 55 days
C. Diagnostics
B. Execution of treatment Plan
D. Quarantine

107.J/Supt. Jomer Montemayor a warden is responsible

115. Peter is a prisoner confined in RDC, which one of
in seeing to it that he continually motivates his staff
the components of RDC/DRD which is responsible in
and personnel to perform at their best. This function
the examination of the prisoner’s mental and
is known as ____
emotional make-up.
a. Decision making – PROBLEM SOLVING
a. Medical Center – health / quarantine
b. Control of prison operation and activities -
b. Sociologist – social case (culture, tradition,
Supervision norms)
c. Personnel program – training and compensation, c. Psychologist - human behavior
promotion
d. Psychiatrist
d. Executive leadership
116. A writ ordering the temporary confinement of a
108. All original appointments of officers (Commission person in penal institution while undergoing trial. a.
Rank) in the BJMP shall commence with the rank of? Detention order
a. Jail Officer I
b. Jail Inspector
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 b. Commitment order (issued by a court or a
competent authority)
c. Mittimus Order – conviction & service of sentence
(issued only by court) d. None of the above
117. It is the national record of a prisoner at New Bilibid
Prison which contains his commitment order or
mittimus, information and decision of a trial court.
a. Mittimus
b. Carpeta (Inmate Jacket)
c. Commitment Order
d. Prison Record (previous convictions)
118. It is known as the “Age of Reason or Age of
Enlightment”
a. 1870 – 1880 – Golden age of penology
b. 18th century
c. 19th century
d. 21st century
119. It is the period of recognizing human dignity. It is
the movement of reformation, period of introduction
of certain reforms in the correctional field by certain
person, gradually changing the old positive
philosophy of punishment to a more humane
treatment of prisoners with innovational programs
or development of
correctional systems
a. Age of Reason
was issued to deserving convicts: a. Sir Walter
Crofton
b. Alexander Maconochie ➔ superintendent of
Norfolk Island Prison (Australia) c. Zebulon
Brockway
d. Manuel Montesimos
125. What is the mandatory document to be signed by
the detainee in jails if he/she agreed to abide by
the disciplinary measure similar to those convicted
inmates? a. Detainee Certification
b. Detainee Manifestation or Prison Agreement
c. Good Conduct Time Allowance
d. Special Time Allowance for Loyalty
126. Operation conducted by the BJMP where a prisoner
maybe checked at any time and also known to as a
surprise invasion of a cell for possession of
contrabands.
a. Search and seizure
b. Prison Raid
c. Inspection

b. Age of Rehabilitation
c. Age of Reformation

d. Age of Reintegration

120.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 meaning of “pan” and “opticon”. “Opticon’
means: a. to allow an observer to observe
b. without the prisoner
c. avoid watching
d. To walk in military manner Eyes =
ophthalmologist
Clinic for the eyes = optical clinic

121.What is referred to as the concept of the “greatest

happiness of the greater number” espoused by
Jeremy Bentham?
a. Utilitarianism / PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY / utilitarian
conception b. Rehabilitation
c. Reformation
d. Conformance

122. He said the “crime must be considered an injury to

society, and the only rational measure of crime is
the extent of injury.” “let the punishment fit the
crime” a. Jeremy Bentham
b. Cesare Beccaria
c. James Wilson
d. John Howard

123. The basis of this old school of penology is the

human free-will
a. Penology School
b. Classical School
c. Neo-classical
d. Positivist

124. His progressive move was noted when the convicts

after good behavior were given marks and after
accumulating the required number, a ticket to leave

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 d. Operation greyhound c. 15 d. 45
Regular search before admission =
SHAKEDOWN 133.The ideal ratio or escort is____ prison guard for
4 TYPES OF SHAKEDOWNS every____number of inmates.
1. EXTERNAL GARMENTS = PAT SEARCH a. 1:2 – court room
2. PRIVATE PARTS = RUB SEARCH b. 1:4
3. NAKED SEARCH = STRIP SEARCH c. 1:12
4. HOLES = BODY CAVITY SEARCH d. 1:7

2 TYPES OF CONTRABANDS The ideal ratio of educational program is _____

1. ILLEGAL CONTRABANDS - PROHIBITED BY LAW officers for every _____ inmates. a. 1:180 – livelihood
(INSIDE OR OUTSIDE) – ILLEGAL DRUGS, b. 1:120
UNLICENSED FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES c. 1:225 - sport & recreation
2. NUISANCE CONTRABANDS – PROHIBITED BY JAIL d. 1:1 Religious = 1 : 240
(INSIDE) Behavior = 1 : 150
EX. LIQOUR, CP, KNIFE, CIGAR Medical / health 1 : 80

127. Strip search should be conducted: 134. To compute for the ideal capacity of a certain jail for
a. In the presence of other inmates so that there are every inmate, you must divide the measurement of
witnesses the cells floor area by:
b. At the warden’s office A. 2.5 sq. meters C. 3.5 sq. meters
c. At the admission office in the presence of other jail B. 4.7 sq. meters D. 4.5
personnel sq. meters
d. Private room where it will be out of the view of the 135.In line with the formula stated above, what is the
others to avoid further embarrassment maximum capacity of Valenzuela City Jail if the total
Note: rub, strip, cavity = gender basis cell floor are in 2,300 sqm. (2,300 / 4.7 = 489) a. 591
b. 489
128. When an inmate is given a “shakedown” before c. 498
admission it meant d. 476
a. Process of Identification, Record, Fingerprint and
Photograph (BOOKING) 136.The U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the treatment
b. Examination for Contraband of offenders prescribes that penal facilities should not
c. His Commitment Paper are Delivered to Record exceed _____ inmates.
Clerk a. 1000 b. 1500
(carpeta) c. 1200 d. 2000
d. All of These
137.When different crimes should be punished with
129. What is the standard ratio in escorting a non- bailable different penalties, punishment should therefore be
inmate? a. Correctional – reformative
a. One is to one security officer b. Legal – due process
b. One is to three security officers c. Productive of suffering – “humane”
c. One is to two plus one security officers d. Commensurate with the offense – balanced
d. One is to one plus one security officer Jail
Officer to inmate ratio 138. One of the juridical conditions of Penalty, The
1. Custodial ratio = 1 : 7 consequence must be in accordance with the law it is
2. Court room ratio = 1 : 2 a result of a judgment rendered by a court of justice.
3. Transit ratio = 1 : 1 + 1 a. Equal – same crime = same penalty
4. Inmate capacity = 1 : 4.7 sqm b. Legal
c. Commensurate w/ the offense
130. When the offender is in transit, in case of ___ that d. Personal = no one must assume the penalty aside
demands extra precaution additional guards shall be from the accused / no proxy.
employed
A. High Profile offender – well known, celebrities, 139. A justification of penalty which states that nobody can
actors, actress, sports personalities, assume the suffering for a crime committed by others.
politician a. Justice
B. Female Offender b. Personal
C. High-risk offender – dangerous prisoners; NPA, c. Legal
terrorist, OCG d. Certain – no one must escape its effect; ensure that
D. Either of these all criminals are punished

131.An enemy combatant, high ranking official or a civilian 140. An institution for the imprisonment of persons
in danger of capture or death, typically in possession convicted of major offenses refers to
of critical intelligence, data, or authority marked as an a. Jail b. Prison
objective for a mission. a. High Value Target c. Penitentiary d. All of the above
b. Security Threat Group Jail
c. Violent Extremist Offender 1. French “gaol” – dungeon
d. Terrorist Group 2. Spanish “jaulo / caula” – cage
Prison
132.If escorting an inmate, a guard shall keep distance of Latin – Presidio – “pre – before; sidio – inside”
not less than ____ paces from his charge. Bilibid
a. 10 b. 30 Tagalog – bilibiran – tie a person in rope

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 149. BUCOR has three (3) Assistant Directors, one for
141. The establishment of the usefulness and responsibility Administration, one for Rehabilitation and one for:
of the offender as a productive individual is a a. Health and Care services
punishment justified by b. Prisons Operation and Security
a. Expiation b. Rehabilitation c. Correction and Rehabilitation
c. Atonement d. Retribution d. Custody and Security
Note: all assistant directors has a rank of Asec
142. Which branch takes charge of the preparation of the 1st in command = Director Gen.
daily menu, prepares and cooks food and serve to 2nd in command = Asst. Dir for Admin 3 rd
inmates? = Asst. Dir. Prison Opt.
a. General Service Branch – cleanliness; maintenance 4th – Asst. Dir. For Rehabilitation
b. Mess Service Branch
c. Budget and Finance Brach – “comptrollership” 150.Early forms of Prison Discipline by means of uttering
d. Property and Supply Branch – “logistics” insulting words or languages on the part of prison
staff to the prisoners to degrade or break the
143. A branch that takes charge of financial matters confidence of prisoners.
especially in programming, budgeting, accounting, a. Social Degradation
and other activities related to financial services. It b. Corporal Punishment – torture
consolidates & prepares financial reports and related c. Monotony - giving the same food
statements of subsistence outlays and disbursements d. Mass Movement – mass eating, mass bathing,
in the operational of the jail. mass exercises.
a. Budget and Finance Branch
b. General Services Branch 151.Maiming; Physical Torture; Electrocution; ____
c. Property and Supply Branch a. social degradation b. Exile
d. Mittimus Computing Branch c. Physical torture d. Death
Penalty
144. In mess hall and dining area for purposes of Exile = Banishment/ Ostracism / Outlawry
precaution, the prescribe utensil for inmates shall be RPC = destiero
made of: RA 9346 – Anti Death Penalty
a. Wood b. Paper
c. Plastic d. Carton 152.When the death penalty was still enforced by means
of lethal injection, four guards keep a death watch,
the convict is confined in an individual cell ___ hours
145. Mr. Chaps a prisoner from New Bilibid Prison carry a prior to the scheduled time of execution which is
pair of spoon and fork in dining hall to eat his favorite usually 3:00 in the afternoon.
Chicken inasal with Chicken oil, Chili, Soy sauce and a. 6 c. 24
calamansi. As a Correction Officer or Jail Officer what b. 12 d. 36
will you do?
a. Confiscate the food and conduct strip search 153.A chemical that is injected to a Death Convict that
b. Ignore him because its lunch break puts him into deep sleep in lethal injection.
c. Confiscate the spoon and fork and make a report a. Potassium Chloride - Stop Heart Beat
d. Conduct surveillance b. Pancuronium Bromide – Paralyze the
muscle
146. Who provides the security system of sound custody, c. Sodium Thiopental
security and control of inmates and their movements d. Sodium chloride
and also responsible to enforce jail or prison RA 8177 – Lethal Injection Law
discipline? 1st convict of lethal injection = Leo Echegaray
a. Administrative Group – planning, finance, training, (statutory Rape)
budget Other term: intravenous poisoning
b. Custodial Group = ratio 1 : 7
c. Rehabilitation Group – reformation 154.Execution by electrocution (referred to as the Electric
d. Medical Group – health Chair) is an execution method originating in the
United States in which the person being put to death
147. Refers to the head of Bureau of Correction. is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and
a. C, BuCor electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body.
b. Director In the Philippines, its first use was in:
c. Director General (rank:usec) – who appoints this a. 1926 b. 1976
person? President; term: 6 years d. Commander c. 1972 d. 1918
1st use = Sing Sing Prison
What is the highest position in the BJMP?
➔C, BJMP (Rank: Jail Director) – 2 stars = 4 years 155.Commission of Art. 247 of RPC has a penalty of
Who is the 1st chief of the BJMP? J/Dir. Charles banishing a person from the place where he
Mondejar committed a crime refers to what contemporary forms
of punishment
a. Atonement b. Destierro (25-
148. Who appoints the Director General of BuCor who shall
250 km radious)
be the Head of the Bureau?
c. Exile d. Incapacitation
a. Chief BJMP b. Sec. of DILG
c. Chief Executive d. Sec. of DOJ
Chief executive = President 156. It is the conversion of fines into imprisonment
a. Straight penalty
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 c. Subsidiary imprisonment 165.The Jail Bureau shall be headed by a chief with a rank
d. Preventive imprisonment – DETENTION of Director, and assisted by Deputy Chief with the
rank of Senior Superintendent. This sentence is
157. Jihoz Axie was placed where in the public will be a. partially true c. true
protected if he is being held in conditions where he b. partially false d. false
cannot harm others. He was punished by placing DEPUTY CHIEF OF BJMP = CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT
offenders in prison so that society will be ensured (1 STAR)
from
further criminal depredations. This is called as _____ 166.What is the minimum rank required to be appointed
a. Deterrence as Chief Bureau of Jail Management and Penology? a.
b. Incapacitation & Protection Superintendent
c. Retribution b. C/Superintendent
d. Atonement c. Senior Superintendent (Col.)
d. Director
158. The idea that punishment will be give the offender WHAT IS THE MINIMUM RANK TO BECOME A CBIEF
lesson by showing to others what would happen to PNP?
them if they have committed the heinous crime. 1 STAR - BGEN
a. Protection
b. Deterrence 167. Under RA 9263, who is 2nd in command in BJMP?
c. Lethal injection a. Deputy for Administration
d. Stoning – PUNISHMENT FOR HERETICS AND b. Chief, Directorial Staff – 4th in command
NON-BELIEVERS c. Deputy for Operation – 3rd in command
d. Any of these
159. These are the factors considered in diversification,
EXCEPT; 168.Who appoints jail Sr. Superintend?
a. Age of offenders a. Chief Executive b. DILG Secretary
b. Mother of offender c. Chief BJMP d. Chief of BUCOR
c. Sex of offenders
d. Medical condition 169.Juan Tausan is a newly arrived inmate committed for
DIVERSIFICATION = CLASSIFICATION / the first time. He classified as ____ among the
SEGREGATION OF INMATES classification of inmates according to privileges.
a. 1st class inmate b. 3rd class inmate c. 2nd class
160.Vina Barurot was placed in a separate cell or a special inmate d.
building on the same site with the men prison. This is Colonist
called as 3x or more imprisoned = 3rd class
a. Diversification by Sex 1st time offender / newly arrived = 2nd class
b. Segregation 1st class – promoted from the 2nd class due to GCTA
c. Diversification by Age
d. Diversification by Degree of Custody Privileges of colonist
1. 40 years ➔ 30 years
161.Which of these refers to the assigning or grouping of 2. Subsidy / financial assistance
offenders according to their sentence, gender, age, 3. Civilian clothes
nationality, health, criminal record, etc.? 4. Use of facilities
A. None of these 5. Live with your family
B. Custody
C. Security 170. To be a ______, one must be at least a 1st class
D. Safe-keeping inmate and has serve one year immediately
preceding the completion of the period specified in
162. The B.J.M.P. is under the administration of the: the following qualification: has served imprisonment
a. Department of the Interior and Local Government with good conduct for at least 7 years in the case of
b. Department of Interior and Local Government life imprisonment. a. 1st class inmate
c. Department of the Interior and the Local b. 2nd class inmate
Government c. 3rd class inmate
d. Department of Interior and the Local Government d. Colonist

163. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology was 171. Rendon Labador is colonist, when classified by the
created thru ____ as one of the Tri Bureau under the director of the Bureau of Corrections who is punished
Department of Interior and Local Government. a. with reclusion perpetua will have benefit from an
Section 13, RA 6975 - NAPOLCOM automatic reduction from maximum term of forty
b. Section 53, RA 6975 – BFP years to ___.
c. Section 23 of RA 6975 – PNP a. 20 Years b. 25
d. Section 60 of RA 6975 Years
c. 30 Years d. 35
164.All except one is included in the command group of Years
BJMP
a. Chief of Staff - HEAD OF THE AFP 172.Aguilar is a prisoner confined in a level of security
b. Deputy C/BJMP facility which is usually enclosed by a thick wall about
c. Chief of BJMP 18-25 feet high, on top are catwalks in every corner, a
d. Chief of Directorial staff tower post is manned by heavily armed guards: a.
Maximum security facility
b. Medium security facility

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 c. Super maximum security facility (not existing in the 2. Straight jacket = violent insanity
Philippines) 3. Cable ties
d. Minimum security facility
181.Inmates ____ may be excused from mandatory prison
173.This group consists of chronic troublemakers but not labor.
as dangerous as the super security prisoners (max). a. 60 years old b. 56 years old
They are not allowed to work outside the institution. c. 50 years old d. 21 years old
a. maximum security prisoners Prison labor = penal servitude
b. super security prisoners ½ = prisoner
c. minimum security prisoners ½ = savings
d. medium security prisoners
182.Inmates’ earnings that may be used to buy his needs.
174. The institution for dangerous but not incorrigible a. ½ of his earnings
prisoners in the Philippines is the a. NBP b. ¼ if his earnings
b. Medium Security Institution c. ¾ of his earnings
c. Maximum Security Institution d. Discretion of Warden
d. Minimum Security Institution
183.Matthew Cruz is a member of Magdaldal group and
175. The minimum security prisons provides a model for was convicted of rebellion, unfortunately her mother
those inmates who are: died and requested an authorization to be released to
a. First-time offenders - medium visit
b. In the death row – max the corpse of his mother this is known as __
c. Serving life sentences – max a. Furlough b.
d. Near the ends of their sentences Prisonization – act of learning jail rules
Min = 6 mos before release c. Diversification d. Counseling
Half way house ➔ 30 days before release (adjustment - Not automatic – need to apply
facility) - Approved court
Donated by: Asian crime prevention foundation - Request 3 days before the release
(Nagoya Japan) - 30km only
- Max 3 hours
176. What is the prescribed color of uniform for Minimum - Day time
Security Prisoners? - Not allowed 60 days before election and 30 days after.
a. Blue (med) - Not applicable for max sec .
b. Brown
c. Tangerine (max) 184. Within the radius by road from the confinement
d. Gray (former color for detainees) facility and the actual stay of the inmates to view the
remains.
177. Paolo Contis is soon to be released from camp a. 20 kilometers b. 40
Bukang Liwayway. He is sent to a pre-release facility Kilometers
called _______________ for counseling and therapy. c. 30 Kilometers d. 50
a. Recreation Center Kilometers
b. Congregate Group
c. Half-way House – to be placed here 30 days before 185.Duration of viewing of privilege of a deceased relative
release is limited to ___ hours.
d. Diagnostic Center a. 3 b. 9
c. 6 d. 12
178. An inmate shall be transferred to a separation center
for adjustment process from life in prison to life in 186.How many days before election does inmate are
free community within – prohibited from going out?
a. 60 days prior to release a. 30 days b. 90
b. 30 days prior to release Days
c. 90 days before release c. 60 Days d. 120
d. 15 days prior to release Days

179. Which of the following organizations donated the 187.Telephone calls are permitted for inmates for a period
Halfway House inside the compound of the Bureau of not exceeding 5 minutes every ___ days.
Corrections? a. 30 b. 90
a. Office of the President c. 60 d. 120
b. Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
c. United Nations Security Council 188.The most common problem for national penitentiaries.
d. Asia Crime Prevention Foundation (Japan) a. Excessive number of inmates
b. Lack of funds
180. Huawei De Guzman while being transported to the c. Sex problems
BJMP, he was handcuffed to control his movements. d. Discipline
This tool is known to be a ______________
a. Instrument of Restraint b. Instrument of 189. Under RA 9344, what happens to the sentence of a
Control Child in Conflict with the law after conviction of a trial
c. Leg iron d. Restraining Court?
Tools a. His sentence serve
Ex.
1. Leg iron

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 b. His sentence is suspended ➔ bahay pag asa ➔ 18 196.All letters for the inmates before distribution shall pass
y/o through ______ for inspection and examination of
c. His sentence is suspended and is sent back to his contents
family a. Mail examination
d. His sentence is NOT suspended b. Letter checking
c. Letter sorting
YDH – place for confinement of CICL under trial d. Mail Censorship

190.It is a kind of court to settle tribunal and even 197.If the inmate fails to claim his letter within ____ after
individuals people conflict: it has been posted, the mail should be delivered to
a. Bodong (kangaroo court) c. Capic him.
b. Korte Supremo d. Hito a. 48 hours b. 24 hours
Capic – brand name or trade mark for products made c. 30 days d. 60 days
inside prison Hito
– Letter / mail 198.All letters passed by censors should bear the censor’s
LETTERS / MAILS ➔ MAIL CENSORSHIP (LACK OF stamp at the ____ of each page and on the envelope.
PRIVACY) The letter should be placed back in the same envelope
and resealed.
191.Aljur Abrenica is an indigent. He is an accused which a. Back b. Conspicuous Area
is released from imprisonment on his or her promise c. Side d. Top
(free BAIL) to return to court as required, or upon the
undertaking of a suitable person that he will 199.Quezon City Jail experience a sudden jailbreak, as part
guarantee the accused’ appearance in court, there is of the SOP, who will immediately sound the alarm? a.
what is called: a. Promise Desk Officer b. Armorer
b. Acknowledgment c. Control Center d. Officer-in-Charge
c. Surety Bond – BAIL PAID BY A THIRD PARTY Jail break = mass escape
(company)
d. Recognizance – FREE BAIL RA 6036 – Sop for jail breaks
RECONIZANCE LAW – FOR CASES WITH S – SOUND THE ALARM
PENALTY OF 6 MONTHS BELOW A – ASK FOR POLICE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
ORDINANCES / ACTS OF LASC. – 3 MONTHS L – LOCK ALL CELLS
V – VISITOR OUT
192.Which of these is known as the Release on A – ALL MEMBERS OF THE CUSTODIAL FORCE MUST
Recognizance Law providers for the release of BE ISSUED FIRE ARMS
offender charged with an offense whose penalty is not R – READY TO PLUG ESCAPE ROUTE
more than six (6) months and /or a fine of P2,000.00 I – ISSUE ANTI RIOT EQUIPMENT (GROUP 1)
or both, to the custody of a responsible person in the V –VISIT AND ENGAGE
community, instead of a bail bond- a. RA 6036 I – INITIATE DISPERSAL
b. PD 603 – child and youth welfare code of 1974 / T – TACTICAL TEAM IS THE LAST RESORT
magna carta for children A – ACCOUNT ALL INMATES
c. Act 2489 S – SAVE THE INJURED
d. RA 9262 – Anti VAWC Law
3 GROUPS IN JAIL BREAKS
193.What guarantees the appearance in court of a 1ST GROUP ➔ ANTI RIOT EQUIPMENT
defendant granted release on recognizance? a. 2ND GROUP ➔ BACK UP / GAS TEAM
His/her promise to live a new life 3RD GROUP ➔ TACTICAL TEAM (F.A.)
b. His/her fear of being sent back to prison
c. His/her ties with family, friends, employment, etc. – 200.If the Warden is taken as the hostage, for all intents
guarantor and purposes, he ceases to exercise authority and the
d. His/her capacity to raise bail next in command or the ___ officer present shall
assume the command.
194. The following are the duties of the custodial force in a. Veteran b. most senior
prison, except: c. assistant d. custodian
a. Censor offender’s mail – yes!
b. Escort inmates – yes! 201. These are visitors of the inmate such as family
c. Inspect security devices – yes! members like mother, father and other close relatives.
d. Conduct disciplinary hearing – Asst. a. Special Visitor (lawyer, doctor, priest)
Warden b. Strange Visitor
c. Regular Visitor
195.It refers to the entrusting for confinement of an d. unusual visitor
inmate to a jail by competent court or authority for
investigation, trial and/or service of sentence 202. ____responsible for handling the keys in Women’s
a. Commitment b. quarter and the keys shall be available all the time.
Safekeeping a. Key Matron b. Resident
c. Entrustment d. Matron (key holder / key keeper)
Imprisonment c. Matron d. Any of these
Other term : incarceration, imprisonment, isolation,
confinement 203.Before the actual date of interview, the media shall
file request within ____ and the duration of interview
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 a. 1 day – 10 minutes b. 3 days – ESCAPE IF DETAINEE
20 minutes = NONE!
c. 2 days – 20 minutes d. 8 days – 15 minutes CONVICT = ART 157. EVASIO OF SERVICE OF
SENTENCE
204.It should be executed by the interviewer, which will JAIL / CORRECTION OFFICER
exempt prison authorities from any liability arising DOLO – INFIDELITY IN THE CUSTODY OF
from death or injury sustained while in prison: PRISONERS
a. Waiver of Liability CULPA – EVASION THRU NEGLIGENCE
b. Waiver of Responsibility PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL ➔ DELIVERING PRISONERS
c. Waiver of Acceptance FROM JAIL
d. Waiver of Agreement
211. This refers to the one-in-charge of a Prison.
205.The head of prison may establish _______ whenever a. Director c. Warden
the frequency of requests for interviews reach a b. Superintendent d. Wardress
volume that warrants limitations:
a. Media group c. Press pool (list of accredited 212.What correctional institution houses accused persons
media) awaiting investigation?
b. news team d. public affairs a. BUCOR b. Jail
c. Penitentiary d. Prison
Political prisoner (treason, rebellion, national security)
– they are not allowed to be interview live 213.It was established in 1910 under the American
Regime.
206. Will Dasovitch is a newly arrived inmate in the BJMP, a. Philippine Prison System - NOV 1, 1905
he was placed in shakedown procedure. Who among b. Provincial Jail System
the following shall be responsible in the custody of all c. Probation – AUGUST 1935 – 1937
the properties seized from the detainee prior to his d. Parole – DECEMBER 5, 1933
detention?
a. Custodial Officer 214. Who supervised and control the Provincial Jail?
b. Chief of Detention Center a. DILG b. Governor
c. Property Custodian Officer c. DOJ d. LGU
d. Evidence Custodian / Officer
215. Which of the following statements is not true
Shakedown = all personal property will be kept (FALSE)?
Greyhound = all personal property considered as a. Provincial Jails in the Philippines are under the
contraband ➔ disposal jurisdiction of the DOJ (F)
b. Provincial Jails are managed and controlled by the
207.Female detainees shall not be transported in provincial government (T)
handcuffs but only with necessary restraint and proper c. The jail bureau controls the administration and
escort preferably aided by a police woman. The supervision of all jails nationwide (T) d. The BJMP is
statement is under the DILG (T)
a. Yes b. Wholly True
c. Partially False d. Wholly False 216. Roger Petras was able to commit hustling in the
BJMP.
208.The act of getting out unlawfully from confinement or What is referred to as “hustling” inside the prison?
custody by an inmate a. Reporting illegal activities
a. Escapium b. Doing prison assignment
b. Evasion of Service of Sentence (Art 157. only for c. Using prohibited drugs
convicted) d. Selling illegal commodities
c. Furlough
d. Escape 217. There are various types of prison programs. What
type of program that secures prisoner from escape or
209. Alodia Gosiengfiao, a prisoner, learns that she is violence?
already overstaying in jail because her jail guard, Will a. Maintenance
Dasovitch, who happens to be a law expert advised b. Rehabilitative
her that there is no more legal ground for his c. Industrial – PRODUCE GOODS
continued imprisonment, and Manny told her that she d. Security
can go. Ms. DINA got out of jail and went home. Was
there any crime committed? 218. When a jailbreak, escape or riot in progress or has
a. Evasion of Service of sentence just been perpetrated in the jail, the officer at the
b. Infidelity in the custody of prisoners control centers shall immediately:
c. Evasion through Negligence a. sound the alarm
d. Delay in the Delivery of prison b. notify the nearest police precinct
c. locked prisoners in their respective cells
210. As far as Will, the jail guard who allowed Ms. Alodia d. call the warden or the director
to go, is concerned, the crime committed if the former
fallen asleep during his tour of duty 219.In case of mass jailbreak, all member of the custodial
a. Evasion of Service force shall be immediately issued firearms and
b. Infidelity in the custody of prisoner assigned to critical posts to:
c. Evasion through Negligence a. plug off the escape routes
d. Delay in the Delivery of prison b. protect the other inmates
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 d. give warning shots 228. Pardon is given only after conviction, while
_______ may be exercised even before investigation
220.Who should make an immediate preparation for the trial or conviction.
issuance of the necessary anti-riot equipment and a) Amnesty c) Pardon
firearms? b) Probation d) Parole
a. the Warden c. Director for
operation 229. This refers to an act of grace and the recipient is
b. Director d. Desk Officer not entitled to it as a matter of right.
CORRECT ANSWER : ARMORER a) Pardon c) Parole
NEAREST ANSWER = DESK OFFICER b) Reprieve d) Commutation of
Sentence
221.Who composed of guards trained on proper handling
and use of firearms who shall be ready to fire when 230. It is the authority of the President of the
the lives of the guards are in danger on orders of the Philippines to suspend the execution of penalty,
Officer in Command? reduce the sentence extinguish criminal liability.
a. 1st group Anti-Riot – ANTI RIOT a) Clemency c)
EQUIPMENT commutation
b. 4th Group Anti-Riot – funeraria b) Executive clemency d) Amnesty
c. 3rd Group Anti-Riot - FIRE ARMS
d. 2nd Group Anti-Riot – GAS 231. When the prisoner is pardoned under certain
administrative requirements like reporting monthly to
222. Under the plan for riots and violent disturbances, a judge for a certain number of years.
what shall be done at the sound of the first pre- a) Situational Pardon c) Absolute
arranged alarm? Pardon
a. Assault group of jail guards fire at the rioters b) Pardon d) Conditional pardon
b. Saturate the area with riot gas
c. All inmates must be locked up inside their respective
232. These are inmates who require less
cell
supervision than other inmates. a) Jail Aide
d. Disperse the rioters and get their leaders
b) Risk Inmates in BJMP Jails
c) High Profile Inmates in BJMP Jails
223. How long does an inmate mother who gave birth
d) Escape-Prone Inmates
inside the jail is allowed to be with his child?
a. 1 month b. 1 year
233. Failure to report for work detail without
c. 2 years d. 7
sufficient justification.
years Bjmp = 1
a) Minor offenses c) Grave offenses
month
b) Allowed in the jail d) Less grave
Bucor = 1 year
offenses
224. Salvador Puga is prisoner having the natural
inclination or tendency to evade custody against the 234. Ex- officio chairperson of board of pardon and
will of the custodian or from the place where he is parole.
held in lawful custody or confinement.
a. administrator c. clergyman
a. Escape Prone Prisoner
b. secretary of DOJ D. train in correction
b. Mental Deranged Prisoner – insane prisoner
c. Sex Deviate Prisoner – abnormal sexuality
235. Raymond Angasin is a prisoner who is aggressive,
d. Alien Prisoner – foreigner
violent, quarrelsome and does not cooperate with
other inmates is referred to as
225. What form of Executive Clemency was given a. Squealer – whistle blower
when it reduces the sentence of a convicted person b. Sucker – “sip sip”
into a shorter term? c. Hustler – seller of illegal goods
a)Shortening c) Amnesty d. Tough
b)Reprieve d)
Commutation 236.Which of the following unusual offender should be
under the close supervision of the jail physician?
226. What is this early form of prison discipline that 1. Mentally-ill 3. Infirm or sick
involved giving the same food that is “off” die, or 2. Sex deviates 4. Escape-prone prisoners
requiring the prisoners to perform dowdy and boring
daily routine? a. 1 and 2 b. 3 and 4
a) Degradation c) c. 1 and 3 d. 2 and 3
Deprivation Term for prison hospital = INFIRMARY
b) Starving d) Monotony
227. During the reception of an inmate with his 237.Bikoy is currently imprisoned for the crime of estafa.
documents before entering the jail or prison, the While in prison a prison guard was able to acquire
committing officer should check the body of the shabu in the pocket of Bikoy. There is ________
inmate for any birth marks or tattoos and other body a. Quasi-recidivism
marks. What category of search should be conducted b. No Quasi Recidivism
by the officer? c. Habitual Delinquency
a) Body Search c) Strip Search d. Recidivism
b) Frisk Search d) Rub Search

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Quasi-recidivist → a person commits another
FELONY before beginning to serve or while
serving his sentence on a previous conviction.

ESTAFA → Violation of Felony

Possession of Dangerous Drugs like Shabu →

VIOLATION OF SPL →OFFENSE → Therefore NO
QUASI RECIDIVISM

Example
1ST CRIME – MURDER – GUILTY – 20 YEARS ➔ BUCOR
➔ WHILE SERVING SENTENCE ➔ COMMITTED
ANOTHER FELONY (RPC) → ROBBERY

RECIDIVISM →it is committed by a person who, at the

time of his trial for one crime, shall have been
previously convicted by final judgment of another
crime embraced in the same title of the Code.

EXAMPLE 1:

1ST CRIME – MURDER ➔ GUILTY ➔ 20 YEARS ➔

SERVED ➔ RELEASED ➔ 2ND CRIME – HOMICIDE
SAME TILE = CRIMES AGAINST PERSON

HABITUAL DELINQUENT – 3X OR MORE CONVICTED

WITHIN THE PERIOD OF 10 YEARS
FRESH
F – FALSIFICATION
R – ROBBERY E – ESTAFA
S – S/LS P.I.
H – HURTO – THEFT

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