Correctional Administration Review Questions
Correctional Administration Review Questions
Syllabi/Table of Specifications
SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OUTCOMES FOR THIS SUBJECT:
The registered criminologist can perform the following professional practice outcomes for his/her initial entry into the practice of the profession:
- Ensure offenders’ welfare and development for their re-integration.
- Internalize the concepts of human rights and victim welfare.
- Conduct criminological research on crimes and crime causation, victims, and offenders to include deviant behavior.
- Apply the principles and jurisprudence of criminal law, evidence, and criminal procedure
- Effectively communicate orally and in writing using both English and Filipino.
- Act in recognition of professional, social, and ethical responsibility.
1. A penal method of the 19th century in which a person worked during the day and was kept in solitary confinement at night, with enforced silence at all times
A. Elmira System
B. Auburn System
C. Pennsylvania System
D. None of the above
Answer: Auburn System/Auburn Prison System
2. This imprisonment lasts 1 month and 1 day to 6 months.
A. Arresto Mayor
B. Arresto Menor
C. Prision correcional
D. Prision mayor
Answer: Arresto Mayor
3. This imprisonment lasts 1 month and 1 day to 6 months.
A. Arresto Mayor
B. Arresto Menor
C. Prision correcional
D. Prision mayor
Answer: Arresto Menor
4. Justification of punishment which refers to personal vengeance.
A. Retribution
B. Expiation
C. Deterrence
D. Rehabilitation
Answer: Retribution
5. What is the overall philosophy underlying therapeutic modalities in correctional administration?
a. Exclusively punitive measures
b. Rehabilitation and positive change
c. Maximum security and isolation
d. Promoting inmate aggression
Answer: B
6. Which of the following is a common therapeutic modality used in correctional settings?
a. Solitary confinement
b. Excessive physical punishment
c. Cognitive-behavioral therapy
d. Restricted access to legal representation
Answer: C
7. Which of the following statements best describes the concept of 'reintegration' in therapeutic modalities?
a. Keeping inmates isolated from society
b. Preparing inmates for lifelong incarceration
c. Facilitating the transition of inmates back into society as law-abiding citizens
d. Fostering rivalry among inmate groups
Answer: C
8. What role can education play as a therapeutic modality in correctional administration?
a. To increase inmates' criminal knowledge
b. To reinforce positive behaviors
c. To provide opportunities for skill development and personal growth
d. To separate inmates from each other
Answer: C
9. Restorative justice programs are a form of therapeutic modality that focuses on:
a. Separating inmates from society
b. Enforcing strict discipline
c. Rehabilitating offenders through victim-offender mediation and reconciliation
d. Rewarding compliant behavior
Answer: C
10. The following are the indicators of effective Behavior Management in TCMP, except.
a. Understanding the different shaping tools.
b. Understand the relevance of the tools.
c. The resident will display improvement.
d. The residents were incorrigible, which made them unwanted in the community.
Answer: D
11. The following are considered Cognitive approaches, except.
a. Psychoanalytic approach
b. Reality Therapy
c. Cognitive Behavior Approach
d. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Answer: A
12. The following are not considered in the stages of Adlerian Therapy, except.
a. Community
b. Engagement
c. Family
d. Institutions
Answer: B
13. These work assignments are arranged in a hierarchy according to seniority, individual progress, and productivity.
a. Group leaders
b. Group meeting
c. Job functions
d. Counseling
Answer: C
14. In which therapeutic modality is "mindfulness" often used as a core technique to help individuals observe their thoughts and feelings without judgment?
a. Psychodynamic Therapy
b. Gestalt Therapy
c. Mindininess-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
d. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Answer: C
15. It is one of the forerunners of modern correctional systems wherein they confine the prisoners in single cells at night but allow them to work in congregate shops during the day?
a. Pennsylvania system
b. Elmira Reformatory
c. None of the above
d. All of the above
Answer: B
16. It is a penal method of the 19th century in which persons worked during the day in groups and were kept in solitary confinement at night, with enforced silence at all times.
a. Auburn system
b. Pennsylvania system
c. None of the above
d. All of the above
Answer: A
17. The first probation statute was enacted in 1859. It was passed where?
a. New York
b. Chicago
c. Massachusetts
d. Philadelphia
Answer: C
18. It is a primitive justification for the punishment of the transgressor carried out in the form of personal vengeance.
a. Atonement
b. Retribution
c. Deterrence
d. Rehabilitation
Answer: B
19. This system involved the incarcerated individuals prisoners, private companies, and individuals to perform labor, often under harsh and exploitative conditions. The goal was to provide cheap labor to industries and plantations while generating revenue for state governments.
a. Lease System
b. Contract System
c. State System
d. Price-Piece System
Answer: B
20. It was originally constructed as a detention jail in Philadelphia but was later converted into a state prison and became the first American Penitentiary in 1790.
a. Pennsylvania Prison
b. Auburn Prison
c. Walnut Street Prison
d. None of the above
Answer: C
21. It is carried out by the use of stocks and pillories, docking stools, branding, and shaving off the hair of the offender.
a. Corporal punishment
b. Public humiliation
c. Shaming
d. Both B and C
Answer: Both B and C
22. This justification of punishment resulted in retaliation and an unending vendetta between the offender and the victim.
a. Retribution
b. Expiation
c. Protection
d. Deterrence
Answer: A
23. An offense committed by a member against another member arouses the condemnation of the whole group against the offender.
a. Retribution
b. Atonement
c. Protection
d. Deterrence
Answer: B
24. It believes that punishment gives a lesson to the offender and that it holds the crime commission in check.
a. Retribution
b. Atonement
c. Protection
d. Deterrence
Answer: D
25. He advocated the theory that punishment should prevent others from committing like offenses and should be in the degree of severity enough to deter others.
a. Lombroso
b. Bentham
c. Becarria
d. Ferri
Answer: C
26. A system of trial and punishment that is reformatory in purpose.
a. Canonical Courts
b. King's Courts
c. Primitive Justice
d. Judicial Individualization
Answer: A
27. He made the first attempt to explain crime, wherein he noted in his book"Nicomedian Ethics" that punishment is a means of restoring balance between pleasure and pain.
a. Aristotle
b. Beccaria
c. Lombroso
d. Hentig
Answer: A
28. It resulted in class discrimination due to the wide use of discretion in imposing penalties.
a. Canonical courts
b. King's Courts
c. Primitive justice
d. Judicial individualization
Answer: D
29. Its main advantage was it was easy to administer and eliminate arbitrary sentences.
a. Classical school
b. Neo-classical school
c. Positivist school
d. Modern clinical school
Answer: A
30. It admits that minors and certain adults are incapable of committing crimes.
a. Classical school
b. Neo-classical school
c. Positivist school
d. Modern Clinical School
Answer: B
31. It gave rise to the exemption and mitigation of punishment.
a. Classical school
b. Neo-classical school
c. Positivist school
d. Modern clinical school
Answer: B
32. The country that first established prison facilities.
a. England
b. France
c. United States of America
d. Spain
Answer: C
33. This system was advocated by the Americans because it was cheaper to maintain.
a. Elmira reformatory
b. Borstal
c. Auburn system
d. Pennsylvania system
Answer: C
34. It abolished corporal punishment.
a. UN standard minimum rules
b. League of Nations
c. Pennsylvania Reform Law of 1790
d.Sursis
Answer: C
35. Its unique features of incarceration were adopted by most European countries.
a. Elmira reformatory
b. Borstal
c. Auburn system
d. Pennsylvania system
Answer: D
36. It is a training school type of institution program, social casework, and extensive use of parole.
a. Elmira reformatory
b. Borstal
c. Auburn system
d. Pennsylvania system
Answer: A
37. The first parole was passed in 1837 in
a. Valencia, Spain
b. Massachusetts
c. Chicago
d. Pennsylvania
Answer: B
38. It was responsible for holding the International Penal and Penitentiary Congress every 5 years and it was established in 1875.
a. IPPC
b. League of Nations
c. UN
d. Human Rights Commission
Answer: A
39. A warden who limits his role to policy matters and major problems, his responsibility is centered on
a. Decision making
b. Personnel program
c. Public relations
d. Executive leadership
Answer: A
40. A warden's responsibility to provide leadership and assign responsibility for selection, training recruitment, and supervision is
a. Decision-making
b. Personnel management
c. Public relations
d. Executive leadership
Answer: B
41. During the primitive days, this punishment was given to criminal offenders using flogging, mutilation, maiming, and disfiguration:
a. Corporal punishment
b. Death
c. Public humiliation
d. Shaming
Answer: A
42. Modern justification for punishment concludes that society will be best protected if criminal offenders are rehabilitated.
a. Reformation
b. Protection
c. Expiation
d. Retribution
Answer: A
43. People tend to believe that putting the offender in prison safeguards society from further criminal depredation.
a. Reformation
b. Protection
c. Expiation
d. Retribution
Answer: B
44. He asserted that criminals are not free moral agents, but are products of traits and circumstances.
a. Ferri
b. Garofalo
c. Lombroso
d. Beccaria
Answer: B
45. He contributed to the progressive system by dividing prisoners into companies, appointing prisoners as petty officers in charge, and prescribing academic classes of one hour a day for inmates under 20 years of age.
a. Manuel Montesimos
b. Sir Walter Crofton
c. Domets of France
d. ZR Brockway
Answer: A
46. Established agricultural colonies for delinquent boys and his reformation system is based on re-education rather than force.
a. Manuel Montesimos
b. Domets of France
c. Sir Walter Crofton
d. ZR Brockway
Answer: B
47. He was chair of the Board of Directors of Convict Prisons for Ireland between 1854 and 1862. He introduced the progressive system which attempted to place the responsibility for self-improvement on the prisoner himself through successive stages.
a. Manuel Montesimos
b. Domets of France
c. Sir Walter Crofton
d. ZR Brockway
Answer: C
48. He introduced the Elmira, a new institutional program for boys from 16-30 years of age. This system was based on parole and indeterminate sentences and was referred to as the forerunner of modern penology.
a. Manuel Montesimos
b. Sir Walter Crofton
c. Domets of France
d. ZR Brockway
Answer: D
49. For minimum security institutions, the purpose of fencing the surroundings is
a. To keep the civilian population from entering the institution
b. It is designed to prevent escapes
c. It is designed for agricultural purposes
d. It is designed to facilitate an open view of the surrounding
Answer: A
50. Inmates placed under a super security facility are considered as
a. Incorrigibles
b. Chronic trouble makers
c. Escape artists
d. All of the preceding
Answer: D
51. It is regarded as the most important program that aids in the rehabilitation of prisoners.
a. Recreational program
b. Religious program
c. Educational program
d. Employment of prisoners
Answer: C
52. Minimum number of times in counting the inmates daily.
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
Answer: D (Section 35 BJMP Manuals 2015)
53. People who are deemed instrumental in the reformation of prisoners due to their daily contact with the inmates.
a. Chaplain
b. Warden
c. Psychologist
d. Prison guards
Answer: D
54. It is a continuing state of good order.
a. Discipline
b. Morale
c. Communication
d. Loyalty
Answer: A
55. It is a relationship in which one endeavors to help another understand and solve his problems of adjustment.
a. Preventive discipline
b. Communication
c. Counselling
d. All of the above
Answer: C
56. It is a method of punishment resorted to in extreme cases when lighter penalties are ineffectual.
a. Bartolina
b. Solitary confinement
c. Close confinement
d. All of the above
Answer: B
57. He opened the Borstal prison, considered as one of the best reformatory institutions for young offenders.
a. Sir Evelyn John Ruggles-Brise
b. Sir Walter Crofton
c. Zebulon Reed Brockway
d. Macanochie
Answer: A
58. It prescribes the means to be utilized in treatment programs for convicted criminal offenders.
a. Admissions summary
b. Admissions procedure
c. Classification meeting
d. Case Summary
Answer: A
59. Utilized as a method in searching the prisoner for possession of contrabands inside the prison cells and compound.
a. Frisking
b. Body search
c. Greyhound operations
d. Body frisk
Answer: C
60. A person who is sentenced to serve imprisonment for not more than six months.
a. Municipal prisoner
b. City prisoner
c. Provincial prisoner
d. Insular prisoner
Answer: A
61. Which among the following is not among the classification of prisoners under Presidential Decree 29?
a. Municipal prisoners
b. Provincial Prisoners
c. Insular prisoners
d. Detention prisoners
Answer: D
62. What particular country utilized transportation of prisoners?
a. Spain
b. Portugal
c. England
d. France
Answer: C
63. It has been noted as the best reform institution for young offenders.
a. Pennsylvania system
b. Auburn system
c. Elmira reformatory
d. Borstal institution
Answer: D
64. It is given to prisoners who have returned to their places of confinement within 48 hours after a calamity.
a. Good conduct time allowance
b. Special time allowance
c. Visitation privilege
d. All of the above
Answer: B
65. It is an institution originally intended to detain or house political offenders.
a. Iwahig Penal Colony
b. Davao Penal colony
c. San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm
d. Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm
Answer: C
66. A person convicted to serve a sentence of 12 years of imprisonment would be classified as what kind of prisoner?
a. Municipal prisoner
b. Provincial prisoner
c. National prisoner
d. Detention prisoner
Answer: C
67. It is considered the highest income earner among the Philippine Correctional Institutions.
a. Iwahig Penal Colony
b. Davao Penal Colony
c. San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm
d. Sablayan Prison And Farm
Answer: B
68. This states that incarceration should establish in the convicts the will to lead law-abiding and self-supporting lives after their release from prison.
a. United States Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
b. Indeterminate sentence law
c. Prison law
d. Probation law
Answer: A
69. Nobody can assume the suffering of a crime committed by others.
a. Justice
b. Expiation
c. Deterrence
d. Personal
Answer: D
70. The most common problem for national penitentiaries.
a. Excessive number of inmates
b. Lack of funding
c. Sex problems
d. Discipline of inmates
Answer: A
71. It is a primitive justification of punishment in the sense that it is in the form of personal vengeance or putting the law into one's own hands.
a. Retribution
b. Deterrence
c. Expiation
d. Reformation
Answer: A
72. This theory emphasizes that punishment has a redemptive purpose.
a. Judean Christian Theory
b. Classical Theory
c. Neo-Classical school of thought
d. Positivist school of thought
Answer: A
73. Who among the Italian advocates of the positivist theory wrote the book "Theory of the Imputability and Denial of the Free Will"?
a. Ferri
b. Garofalo
c. Lombroso
d. Beccaria
Answer: A
74. It refers to anything that is against or contrary to the rules and regulations of a prison or jail facility.
a. Jewelry
b. Dangerous drugs
c. Deadly weapons
d. Contrabands
Answer: D
75. It is one of the forerunners of modern correctional systems wherein they confine the prisoners in single cells at night but allow them to work in congregate shops during the day.
a. Auburn system
b. Pennsylvania system
c. Elmira reformatory
d. All of the preceding
Answer: A
76. It enables the prisoner to roam outside the prison for a minimum period per day to make work-out arrangements for his release.
a. Pre-release leave
b. Individual or group counseling
c. Leave for work
d. Granting greater freedom
Answer: A
77. If the scientific method is utilized in segregation, what is the method employed in diagnosing and treating the convicts?
a. Individualized method
b. Casework method
c. Scientific method
d. Individual therapy
Answer: B
78. Considered the most persistent problem in almost all prison facilities which contributes to the failure of reformation.
a. Idleness
b. Deplorable condition
c. Riots
d. Escapes
Answer: A
79. All persons in custody shall, before final conviction, be entitled to bail as a matter of __________.
a. Right
b. Privilege
c. Preference
d. Choice
Answer: A
80. The Bureau of Correction is under the
a. DSWD
b. DILG
c. DOJ
d. DOH
Answer: C
81. The place wherein a newly convicted prisoner is housed for at least a minimum period of five days for medical examination, vaccinations, and x-rays to prevent physical contamination.
a. Reception Diagnostic Center
b. Medical Center
c. Infirmary
d. Quarantine Unit
Answer: D
82. An advocate of the classical school of penology claimed that society must reward those who accept responsibility and punish those who do not.
a. Bentham
b. Beccaria
c. Lombroso
d. Ferri
Answer: Bentham
83. It starts from the admission report of individual inmates and serves as the basis for granting parole.
a. Admission summary
b. Behavior report
c. Misconduct report
d. Cumulative Case Summary
Answer: D
84. Issued by the court to a correctional facility indicating the basis for prisoner confinement.
a. Mittimus
b. Detention order
c. Bail
d. Probation order
Answer: A
85. School of thought advocated by Dr. Lombroso, Ferri, and Garofalo.
a. Modern clinical school
b. Italian school
c. Neo-classical school of thought
d. Classical school of thought
Answer: B
86. Country wherein the last recorded burning at the stake was made.
a. Germany
b. USA
c. England
d. France
Answer: A
87. A nation that pioneered banishment as a form of punishment.
a. England
b. Spain
c. France
d. Rome
Answer: A
88. A code that adopted the principle of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
a. Code of Kalatiaw
b. Hammurabi code
c. Bible
D. French code
Answer: B
89. The year when the League of Nations adopted the "Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners".
a. 1932
b. 1934
c. 1936
d. 1938
Answer: B
90. The year when the first International Prison Congress was held in London.
a. 1870
b. 1872
c. 1936
d. 1938
Answer: B
91. It refers to an act of grace of the Chief Executive that grants a general pardon to a certain class of offenders but requires the concurrence of Congress.
a. Amnesty
b. Pardon
c. Commutation
d. Reprieve
Answer: A
92. It refers to the deferment of the implementation of the sentence for an interval of time.
a. Appeal
b. Pardon
c. Reprieve
d. Commutation
Answer: C
93. It refers to the reduction of the duration of the prison sentence of a prisoner.
a. Amnesty
b. Pardon
c. Commutation
d. Reprieve
Answer: C
94. Suspension of sentence of convict after serving the minimum term of indeterminate penalty without granting pardon.
a. Parole
b. Reprieve
c. Commutation
d. Fine
Answer: A
95. It refers to a sentence of imprisonment for the maximum period defined by law subject to the termination by the Parole Board at any time after service of the minimum period.
a. Indeterminate sentence
b. Good conduct time allowance
c. Parole
d. Probation
Answer: A
96. Deduction to the term of imprisonment due to the convict's exemplary behavior while in prison.
a. Indeterminate sentence
b. Good conduct time allowance
c. Parole
d. Probation
Answer: B
97. The UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners is also known as
a. Nelson Mandela Rules
b. Richard Phillips Rules
c. Imelda Marcos Rules
d. None of the preceding
Answer: A
98. A method employed to allow prisoners the opportunity for normal sex life.
a. Visitation
b. Self-gratification
c. Sodomy
d. Conjugal visit
Answer: D
99. The most common form of sexual perversion in prison and jail facilities is
a. Homosexuality
b. Masturbation
c. Pseudo marriages
d. Sodomy
Answer: A
100. A writ issued by the court ordering the confinement of a person so named in penal institutions.
a. Probation order
b. Bail
c. Detention order
d. Commitment order
Answer: D
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