Diagnostic Exam for Correctional Administration

1. It is the authority of the President of the 9. It refers to commission of another crime during
Philippines to suspend the execution of a penalty, service of sentence of penalty imposed for another
reduce the sentence and extinguish criminal liability. previous offense.
A. Parole A. Recidivism
B.Executive clemency B. Delinquency
C. Pardon C. Quasi-recidivism
D.President’s clemency D. City prisoner

2. The B.J.M.P. is under the administration of the: 10. A person who is detained for the violation of law
A. Executive Department or ordinance and has not been convicted is a -
B. P.N.P. A. Detention Prisoner
C. D.I.L.G. B. Provincial Prisoner
D. D.O.J C. Municipal Prisoner
D. City Prisoner
3. There are three (3) casework techniques applied
by the parole officer, which is not included? 11. The following are forms of executive clemency,
A. The trick and treat techniques EXCEPT
B.The executive techniques A. Commutation
C.The guidance, counseling and leadership B. Reform model
techniques C. Amnesty
D.The manipulative techniques D. Pardon

4. The basis of this old school of penology is the 12. It is that branch of the administration of Criminal
human free-will. Justice System charged with the responsibility for
A. Penology School the custody, supervision, and rehabilitation of the
B. Classical School convicted offender.
C. Neo-classical A. conviction
D. Positivist B. corrections
C. penalty
5. This helps the prisoner/detainee in the resolution D. punishment
of his problems
A. Meeting 13. Which of the following instances Pardon cannot
B. Working be exercised?
C. Recreation A. before conviction
D. Counseling B. before trial
C. after conviction
6. Takes charge of financial matters especially in D. during service of sentence
programming, budgeting, accounting, and other
activities related to financial services. It consolidates 14. This is a procedure which permits a jail prisoner
and prepares financial reports and related to pursue his normal job during the week and return
statements of subsistence outlays and to the jail to serve his sentence during the weekend
disbursements in the operational of the jail. or non-working hours.
A. Budget and finance branch A. Amnesty
B. General services branch B. good conduct time allowance
C. Property and supply branch C. probation
D. Mess services branch D. delayed sentence

7. Operation conducted by the BJMP wherein a 15. The following are the justifications of
prisoner maybe checked at any time. His bedding's, punishment, EXCEPT
lockers and personal belongings may also be A. Retribution
opened at anytime, in his presence, whenever B. Deterrence
possible. This practice is known as: C. Redress
A. Check and balance D. Expiration or atonement
B. S.O.P.
C. Inventory 16. Pardon is exercised when the person is __.
D. Operation Greyhound A. already convicted
B. not yet convicted
8. Pardon cannot be extended to one of the C. about to be convicted
following instances. D. serve the sentence
A. Murder
B. Brigandage 17. The idea that punishment will be give the
C. Rape offender lesson by showing to others what would
D. Impeachment happen to them if they have committed the heinous
crime.
A. Protection 26. A justification of penalty which states that
B. Deterrence nobody can assume the suffering for a crime
C. Lethal injection committed by others.
D.Stoning A. Justice
B. Personal
18. For a convicted offender, probation is a form of C. Legal
__. D. Certain
A. Punishment
B. Treatment 27. These are the factors considered in
C. Enjoyment diversification, EXCEPT;
D. Incarceration A. Age of offenders
B. Mother of offender
19. For amnesty to be granted, there should be __. C. Sex of offenders
A. Recommendation from U.N. D. Medical condition
B. Recommendation from C.H.R.
C. Application from C.H.R 28. This branch takes charge of the preparation of
D. Concurrence of the congress the daily menu, makes foodstuff purchases,
prepares and cooks the food and serves it to the
20. The head of the Bureau of Corrections is the inmates. It maintains a record of daily purchases
A. Director and consumption and submits a daily report to the
B. Secretary of the DND warden.
C. Chief of Executive A. General Services Branch
D. Prison Inspector B. Mittimus Computing Branch
C. Budget and Finance
21. Which program plays a unique role in the moral D. Mess services Branch
and spiritual regeneration of the prisoner?
A. None of these 29. Under Article VII, Section 10 paragraph (B) of
B.Work programs the Philippines Constitution, pardoning power is
C.Education programs vested with the
D.Religious programs A. Department of Justice
B. Judiciary
22. It is a penalty wherein a convicted person shall C. Chief Executive
not be permitted to enter the place designated in the D. Legislative
sentence or within the radius therein specified,
which shall not be more than 250 and not less than 30. The temporary stay of execution of sentence is
25 kilometers from the place designated. called
A. Fine A. Reprieve
B. None of these B. Pardon
C. P22.00/day C. Communication
D. P19.00/day D. Amnesty

23. Giving punishment to a person so to serve as an 31. Parole is a matter of ___.

example to others is the theory of A. Privilege
A. Self-defense B. Right
B. Social defense C. Grace
C. Exemplary D. Requirement
D. Equality
32. This group consists of chronic troublemakers but
24. The purpose of the decree on probation shall be not as dangerous as the super security prisoners.
to They are not allowed to work outside the institution.
A. provide an opportunity for the reformation of a A. maximum security prisoners
penitent offender B. super security prisoners
B. prevent the commission of offenses C. minimum security prisoners
C. promote the correction and rehabilitation of an D. medium security prisoners
offender
by providing him with individualized treatment 33. Among the following, which has the authority to
D. All of these grant parole?
A. President
25. In the Philippines, the most common problem of B. Board of Pardons and Parole
the National Prison is C. Director of Prison
A. Excessive number of escapes D. Court
B. Overcrowding
C. Disagreement about their mess 34. A recipient of absolute pardon is ________ from
D. Lack of adequate funding civil liability imposed upon him by the sentence.
A. partially exempted
B. exempted
C. conditionally exempted D. Socialization
D. not exempted
44. Which is a place of confinement for persons
35. It is an act of clemency which changes a heavier awaiting trial or court action and where the convicted
sentence to a less serious one or a longer term to a offenders serve short sentences or penalty of
shorter term. imprisonment?
A. Amnesty A. Jail
B. Commutation B. Lock-up
C. Reprieve C. Penitentiary
D. none of these D. Detention Cells

36. ___ is an act of grace and the recipient is not 45. Which is a warrant issued by the court bearing
entitled to it as a matter of right. its seal and signature of the judge directing the jail
A. Pardon or prison authorities to receive the convicted
B. Parole offender for service of sentence or detention?
C. Probation A. Mittimus
D. none of these B. Detention Mittimus
C. Sentence Mittimus
37. In probation system’s philosophy and concept, it D. Detention Warrant
is stated that the individual has the ability to ____
and to modify his anti-social behavior with the right 46. The maintenance or care and protection
kind of help. accorded to people who by authority of law are
A. challenge temporarily incarcerated for violation of laws and
B. none of these also those who were sentenced by the court to
C. change serve judgment is called –
D. aggravate his behavior A. custody
B. safe-keeping
38. The Bureau of Corrections is under the _____. C. classification
A. Department of Social Welfare and Development D. caring
B. Department of Justice
C. Department of the Interior and Local 47. Which of these refers to the assigning or
Government grouping of offenders according to their sentence,
D. Department of Health gender, age, nationality, health, criminal record,
etc.?
39. A person who is sentenced to serve a prison A. None of these
term of over three (3) years is a ___________. B. Custody
A. Municipal prisoner C. Security
B. Detention prisoner D. Safe-keeping
C. National or Insular prisoner
D. City prisoner 48. The institution for dangerous but not incorrigible
prisoners in the Philippines is the
40. The Head of Bureau of Corrections is also the A. NBP
A. Chief of the Bureau of Corrections B. Medium Security Institution
B. Director of the Bureau of Corrections C. Maximum Security Institution
C. Superintendent of the Bureau of Corrections D. Minimum Security Institution
D. Warden
49. The act of grace from a sovereign power
41. What is the type of Jails under the Supervision inherent in the state which exempts an individual
of the BJMP? from the punishment which the law imposes or
A. Provincial and sub-Provincial Jails prescribes for his crime, extended by the President
B. City and Municipal Jails thru the recommendation of the Board of Parole
C. Lock up Jails and Pardon is called
D. Insular Jails A. Amnesty
B. Parole
42. Provincial Jails were first established in 1910 C. Pardon
under the American Regime. At present, who D. Probation
supervises and controls the said jails?
A. BJMP 50. Under the prison service manual, the prescribed
B. Provincial Government color of prison uniform for maximum security prison
C. DOJ is -
D. Municipal or City Mayor A. Orange
B. Brown
43. What is the primary purpose of imprisonment? C. Stripe Orange
A. Rehabilitation and Reformation D. Blue
B. To stand trial
C. Punishment