CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION

MULTIPLE CHOICES

1. What is the Executive Department that supervises and

controls the numerous Correctional Institutions
nationwide?
a. Department of Justice
b. Department of Interior and Local Government
c. Department of Social Welfare and Development
d. Department of National Defense

2. Articles 1706 – 1727 of the revised Administrative Code

as amended is known as –
a. Correction Law
b. Prison Law
c. Jail Management Law
d. Parole and Probation Law

3. The Head of the Bureau of Corrections is known as –

a. Chie of the Bureau of Corrections
b. Director of the Bureau of Corrections
c. Superintendent of the Bureau of Corrections
d. None of these

4. What Bureau under the DILG is responsible for the

supervision and control of Jails?
a. BJMP
b. Provincial Jail
c. Bureau of Corrections
d. City/Municipalities

5. What are the type of Jails under the Supervision of the

BJMP?
a. Provincial and Sub – provincial Jails
 b. City and Municipal Jails
c. District Jails
d. Insular Jails

6. Provincial Jails were first established in 1910 under the

American Regime. At present, who supervises and
controls the said Jails?
a. BJMP
b. DOJ
c. Provincial Government
d. LGU

7. Who is the Head of the Provincial Jail?

a. Provincial Jail Director
b. Provincial Jail Warden
c. Provincial Administrator
d. Governor

8. What is the primary purpose of imprisonment?

a. Rehabilitation and Reformation
b. Punishment
c. To stand trial
d. Socialization

9. A place of confinement for persons awaiting trial court

action and where the convicted offenders serve short
sentences or penalty of the imprisonment is known as
a. Jail
b. Penitentiary
c. Lock – up
d. Detention Cells

10. The act of prisoner trying to convert or induce

another to change his religious beliefs, sect or the like to
another while under confinement is referred to as
a. Proselytizing
b. Fraternization
c. Initiation
 d. Inducement

11. A warrant issued by the court bearing its seal and

signature of the judge directing the jail or prison
authorities to receive the convicted offender for service
of sentence or detention is known as –
a. Mittimus
b. Sentence Mittimus
c. Detention Mittimus
d. Detention Warrant

12. The entrusting for confinement or an offender to a

jail by competent court or authority for investigation, trial
and or service of sentence is referred to as
a. Commitment
b. Imprisonment
c. Detention
d. Recognizance

13. The mechanical device or contrivance, tools or

implement used to hold back, keep in check or under
control is the
a. Instrument of Restraint
b. Handcuffs
c. Iron leg Lock
d. Metallic chains

14. The maintenance of care and protection accorded to

people who by authority of law are temporarily
incarcerated for violation of laws and also those who
were sentenced by the court to serve judgment is called
–
a. Custody
b. Classification
c. Safe – keeping
d. Caring
e. Protection
15. Which of these refers to the assigning or grouping of
offenders according to their sentence, gender, age,
nationality, health, criminal record, etc.?
a. Classification
b. Security
c. Custody
d. Safe keeping

16. Where a newly committed insular prisoner

undergoes diagnosis and treatment as part of the
classification process?
a. Reception and diagnostic center (RDC)
b. Medical center
c. Treatment center
d. Diagnostic and Treatment Center

17. Who is tasked with the gathering and collecting or

information and other data of every prisoner into a case
study to determine the work assignment, the type
supervision and degree of custody and restriction under
which an offender must live in jail?
a. Classification board
b. Diagnostic board
c. Board of custody
d. Treatment board

18. The open institution usually a penal farm or camp is

known as the
a. NBP
b. Maximum Security Institution
c. Medium Security Institution
d. Minimum Security Institution

19. The Bureau of Correction has an admission program

for newly committed offenders to remain in the reception
and diagnostic center for a period of –
a. 30 days
b. 60 days
 c. 20 days
d. 10 days
e. 45 days

20. The penalty imposed for offenders must be certain.

This means that:
a. The guilty one must be the one to be punished, no
proxy.
b. No one must escape its affect
c. It must be equal for all persons
d. The consequences must be in accordance with law

21. The duration of arresto menor as a penalty is from

_________ imprisonment.
a. 1 day to 1 month
b. 1 day to 30 days
c. 1 day to 31 days
d. Either A or C

22. Mr. Cruz was completed of the crime of murder.

After 10 days from the promulgation of the sentence, he
escaped from his place of confinement. He has
a. Liable for evasion of service of sentence
b. Not liable for evasion or service of sentence
c. Considered as an escaped prisoner
d. None of these

23. Ms. Banta was convicted for the crime of infanticide.

After serving her sentence she committed again the
same crime. Ms. Banta is a:
a. Recidivist
b. Habitual delinquent
c. Quasi – recidivist
d. Mentally retarded person

24. Mr. Manny was convicted for the crime of homicide.

While serving his sentence, he committed the crime of
rape. Many is considered a:
 a. Recidivist
b. Habitual delinquent
c. Quasi - recidivist
d. Mentally retarded person

25. Ms. Tipan was convicted for the crime of adultery for
three times and with in a period of ten years. Tipan is
considered as;
a. Recidivist
b. Habitual delinquent
c. Quasi – recidivist
d. Mentally retarded person

26. Mr. Pande is a barangay tanod in their barangay. He

arrested Mike for some legal ground but he failed to file
a complaint against the latter within the prescribed
period of filing. What crime did Pande committed?
a. Arbitrary detention
b. Illegal arrest
c. Illegal detention
d. No crime committed

27. Mr. Santos is a private individual. He conspired with

PO1 Juan in detaining X. What crime did Santos
committed?
a. Arbitrary detention
b. Illegal arrest
c. Illegal detention
d. None of these

28. PO1 Juan arrested Dino Santos by virtue of a

warrant of arrest. He failed to deliver latter to the proper
judicial authorities within the prescribed hours of
delivery. What crime did the policeman committed?
a. Arbitrary detention
b. Delaying in the delivery of detained person
c. Illegal arrest
29. The Camp Sampaguita in Muntinlupa houses:
a. Super maximum Security Prisoners
b. Medium Security Prisoners
c. Maximum Security Prisoners
d. Minimum Security Prisoners

30. The only early Roman place of confinement which is

built under the main sewer of Rome in 64 B.C.
a. Bridewell Workhouse
b. Burgundian House
c. Wulnut Street Jail
d. None of these

31. The punishment should be provided by the state

whose sanction is violated, to afford the society or
individual the opportunity of imposing upon the offender
suitable punishment as might be enforced. Offenders
should be punished because they deserved it. This is
one justification of punishment called:
a. Atonement
b. Deterrence
c. Incapacitation
d. Retribution
e. A or B

32. The penalty imposed for offenders must be certain.

This means that:
a. The guilty one must be the one to be punished, no
proxy.
b.No one must escape its effect
c. It must be equal for all persons
d. The consequence must be in accordance with law

33. The purpose of commutation of sentence is to:

a. Do away with the miscarriage of justice
b. Break the rigidity of the law
c. Restore the political and civil rights of the accused
d. All of the above
34. The following are the aims of diversification in prison
or jail except:
a. More effective execution of treatment programs
b. To prevent physical communication of one group
another
c. To prevent unnecessary custodial risk
d. None of the above

35. The following are the duties of the custodial force in

prison, except:
a. Censor offender’s inmate
b. Escort inmates
c. Inspect security devices
d. Conduct disciplinary hearing

36. One of the following is an admission procedure

which involves the frisking of the prisoner.
a. Identification
b. Briefing/Orientation
c. Searching
d. Minimum security prisoners

37. When a jailbreak, escape or riot is in progress or has

just been perpetrated in the jail, the officer at the control
centers shall immediately:
a. Sound the alarm
b. Notify the nearest police precinct
c. Locked prisoners in their respective cells
d. Call the warden of the director

38. In case of mass jailbreak, all members of the

custodial force shall be immediately issued firearms and
assigned to critical posts to:
a. Plug off the escape routes
b. Protect the other inmates
c. To shoot the escape
d. To give warning shots
 39. If the warden is taken as the hostage, for all intents
and purposes, he ceases to exercise authority and the
next in command or the __________ officer present
shall assume the command.
a. Veteran
b. Assistant
c. Most senior
d. Custodian

40. Responsible for locking the inmates in his brigade and

conducting the correct count.
A. yard guars
B. keepers
C. commander of the guards
D. inspector of the guards
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