CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION

1. He is a person convicted of a criminal offense who having served the minimum of his
indeterminate sentence is released from prison by the Board of Pardon and Parole,
subject to conditions that it may impose.
a. Perpetrator
b. Parolee
c. Probationer
d. Pardoner
2. This was chiefly a way of ridding the country of criminals, which later developed as a
plan for supplying new colonies with chief labor. It was also an attempt to substitute
for brutal punishment at home and an opportunity for rehabilitation in a new
country.
a. Recognizance
b. Judicial reprieve
c. Benefit of clergy
d. Transportation
3. Who is considered as the Father of Philippine Probation?
a. Sixto de Leon
b. Pedro Solis
c. Teodulo Natividad
d. Juan Agas
4. What is collective term for absolute pardon, conditional pardon and commutation of
sentence?
a. State Clemency
b. Executive Clemency
c. President’s Clemency
d. Malacanang Clemency
5. It is the extinction of the criminal liability of the individual to whom it may granted
without any condition and restores to the individual his civil right called:
a. Absolute reprieve
b. Absolute pardon
c. Absolute amnesty
d. Absolute commutation
6. Which among the following states enacted a real probation law in 1898?
a. Washington
b. Vermont
c. New Jersey
d. Philadelphia
7. It is the temporary stay if the execution of sentence exercised by the President.
a. Reprieve
b. Probation
c. Amnesty
d. Commutation
8. It is a mechanism whereby a person accused of a crime in custody, may be released
on his own strength pending trial of his case or on the assurance of a responsible
person in the community that the accused will appear to testify if called during the
trial of his case.
a. Warranty
b. Guarantee
c. Surety bond
d. Recognizance
9. Who investigates for the court referral as prescribed in PD 968?
a. CIDG Director
b. Probation Officer
c. Parole Administrator
d. NBI Special Investigator
10. The following are the personal qualities to be considered for appointing probation
aide except:
a. Proven probity
b. Reputation
c. Good standing in the community
d. Unquestioned integrity
11. Which of the following records is considered confidential in nature?
a. Referral for probation
b. Order of probation
c. Petition for probation
d. Investigation report
12. Who is the ultimate beneficiary of Probation law?
a. Society
b. Family
c. Government
d. Criminal
13. What judicial condition of penalty states that the extent of it must be proportionate
to the gravity of the offense committed?
a. Legal
b. Definite
c. Commensurate
d. Equal
14. Who are the usual beneficiaries of Amnesty?
a. Political Offenders
b. Chronic Offenders
c. Professional Offenders
d. Organized Offenders
15. Pardon can be extended to any of the following cases except:
a. Parricide
b. Staffa
c. Impeachment
 d. Car napping
16. When the president of the republic reduced the death sentence to a convicted
person to life imprisonment, what executive clemency did he exercise?
a. Reprieve
b. Pardon
c. Amnesty
d. Commutation
17. It is a program aimed at preparing the inmate for an occupation by requiring specific
skills such as automotive, mechanic, tailoring, handicrafts, electronic, etc.
a. Probationary training
b. Vocational training
c. On the Job training
d. Apprenticeship training
18. Whenever a probationer is permitted to reside in a place under the jurisdiction of
another court, control over him shall be transferred to whom?
a. Executive Judge
b. Executive Prosecutor
c. Executive Solicitor General
d. Executive Clerk of Court
19. Who appoints Probation Administrator, Regional Probation Officers and Assistant
Probation Officer?
a. Secretary
b. President
c. Vice President
d. Chief of Staff
20. Where may a convicted offender not qualified by law apply for probation?
a. Sandiganbayan
b. Supreme Court
c. Court of Appeals
d. Municipal Trial Court
21. Which of the following crimes may probation is granted?
a. Rebellion
b. Coup d’état
c. Mutilation
d. Less Serious Physical Injury
22. 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
23. What is the primary purpose of imprisonment?
a. Socialization
b. Punishment
 c. Rehabilitation and Reformation
d. To stand trial
24. It refers to the temporary custody of a person for his own protection, safety or care,
security from harm, injury or dander for the liability he has committed.
a. Safekeeping
b. Correction
c. Rehabilitation
d. Apprehension
25. The most common problem of the National prison is:
a. Lack of adequate funds
b. Overcrowding
c. Disagreement about their mess
d. Excessive number of escapes
26. The penalty imposed for offenders must be certain. This means that:
a. No one must escape its effect
b. It must be equal for all person
c. The consequence must be in accordance with law
d. The guilty one must be the one to be punished, no proxy
27. This kind of punishment will be given to the offender by showing to others what
would happen to them if they have committed the heinous crime.
a. Stoning
b. Protection
c. Lethal injection
d. Deterrence
28. In probation, the court may also require the person, under it to do the following
except:
a. Undergo medical, psychological and psychiatric treatment.
b. Refrain from finding a means of living.
c. Stop from visiting houses of ill repute
d. Pursue vocational training program
29. A code which adopted the principle an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
a. Bible
b. Code of Kalantiaw
c. French code
d. Hammurabi’s code
30. The probationer is not exempted from the legal effects of his punishment upon final
discharge.
a. Civil liability
b. Fine
c. Criminal liability
d. Penalty
31. It is the process of preparing convicted offenders with their pre-entry into the
community after service of sentence.
a. Rehabilitation
 b. Reformation
c. Reintegration
d. Recollection
32. This is a special unit of prison where new prisoners undergo diagnostic examination,
study and observation for the purpose of determining the program of treatment and
training best suited to their needs and the institution to which they should be
transferred.
a. Infirmary
b. Mess hall
c. Reception Diagnostic Center
d. Administration Office
33. It is a crime-control strategy that uses punishment as a means, to prevent others
from committing similar crimes.
a. Amnesty
b. Reprieve
c. Deterrence
d. Commutations
34. This is known as the greatest happiness principle.
a. Utilitarian
b. Feudalism
c. Neutralism
d. Euphorism
35. It is the youngest place of confinement in the Philippine Correctional Administration
that was established in 1973?
a. Davao Penal Colony
b. Leyte Regional Prison
c. Sablayan Penal Colony
d. Correctional Institute for Women
36. These are penalties that have no fixed duration.
a. Unlimited
b. Unrestricted
c. Immeasurable
d. Indivisible
37. What was the occupation of the father of probation who interceded with the court
to suspend the sentence of youthful offenders and alcoholic & placed them in his
charge?
a. Tailor
b. Carpenter
c. Shoemaker
d. Mason
38. Pardon cannot be extended to one of the following instances:
a. Impeachment
b. Rape
c. Murder
 d. Brigandage
39. The following are the goals of Community Correction except:
a. Fostering Offender’s Rehabilitation
b. Facilitating Offender’s Reintegration
c. Heightening Offender’s Accountability
d. Harboring Offender’s Criminal Behavior
40. What law provides for amicable settlement of disputes at the barangay level
without the need of judicial resources?
a. PD 5108
b. PD 1805
c. PD 8105
d. PD 1508
41. What is an act of grace granted by the chief executive which exempts the convicted
felon from suffering any criminal liability?
a. Reprieve
b. Pardon
c. Commutation
d. Amnesty
42. Upon finding that the probationer has fulfilled the terms and conditions of the
probation of the court may order the final discharge of the probationer and there
upon the case shall be deemed:
a. Suspended
b. Pending
c. Terminated
d. Dismissed
43. Who is responsible to conduct an immediate fact finding investigation of any alleged
violation of probation?
a. Probation aide
b. Probation Supervisor
c. Probation and Parole Officer
d. Probation Administrator

44. What is the law that created the Board of Pardons and Parole to administer the
parole system?
a. RA 7610
b. RA 6975
c. RA 4103
d. RA 5487
45. Which of the following clemency means Word of Honor?
a. Reprieve
b. Parole
c. Amnesty
d. Commutation
46. What branch of the government has the sole authority to exercise pardon?
 a. Judiciary
b. Executive
c. Constitutional Commission
d. Legislative
47. A prisoner shall be eligible for parole after serving at least what period of the
imposed sentence?
a. Medium
b. Maximum
c. Minimum
d. Macro mum
48. He is convicted defendant whose application for probation has been given due
course by the court but fails to report to the probation officer or cannot be located
within a reasonable period of time.
a. Exceptional petitioner
b. Disobedient petitioner
c. Absconding petitioner
d. Uncooperative petitioner
49. It is defined as a programmed effort to alter attitudes and behavior of inmates which
is focused on the elimination of their future criminal behaviors.
a. Restitution
b. Reparation
c. Rehabilitation
d. Reintegration
50. Which of the following branches of the government has the sole authority to
exercise pardon?
a. Judiciary
b. Executive
c. Constitutional Commission
d. Legislative
51. Which of the following is an implied condition of probation?
a. Meet family responsibility
b. Abstain from drinking liquor
c. Refrain from committing crime
d. Report to the probation officer
52. Which of the following cases is disqualified to apply for probation?
a. Simple theft
b. Infanticide
c. Unjust vexation
d. Malicious mischief

53. What law governs the adult probation in the country?

a. RA 4103
b. PD 603
c. RA 4221
 d. PD 968
54. Which court began to grant reprieve to prisoners under sentence of death on
condition that they accept deportation?
a. English
b. African
c. Philippines
d. American
55. This word simply means “to make back” or the withdrawing of sentence for an
interval of time is:
a. Probation
b. Amnesty
c. Commutation
d. Reprieve
56. Generally, probation is a matter of:
a. Right
b. Privilege
c. Punishment
d. Penalty
57. Parole in the country is governed by Act. No. 4103, otherwise known as:
a. Law of talions
b. Probation & parole law
c. Parole administration law
d. Indeterminate sentence law
58. Who grants good conduct time allowance to an inmate because of his good behavior
while in prison?
a. DOJ Secretary
b. Prison Director
c. Institutional Warden
d. Penal Superintendent
59. What challenged the constitutionality of the first probation law of the country?
a. People vs. Santos
b. People vs. Vera
c. People vs. dela Cruz
d. People vs. David
60. What is the quantum of evidence required to prove a violation of probation’s
conditions?
a. Substantial evidence
b. Probable cause
c. Preponderance of evidence
d. Proof beyond reasonable doubt
61. Who is considered as the Father of Penitentiary Science that established the Prison
of Ghent in 2772 in the city of Ghent, Belgium?
a. Walter Crofton
b. John Howard
 c. King Henry VIII
d. Jacques Villain
62. Who was the superintendent of Elmira Reformatory in New York that introduced a
system of Grades for prisoner?
a. Walter Crofton
b. Manuel Montesinos
c. Evelyn Ruggles Brise
d. Zebulon Brockway
63. It is considered as the highest income earner among the Philippine Correctional
Institution:
a. Davao penal colony
b. Iwahig penal colony
c. San Ramon prison and penal farm
d. Sablayan prison and farm
64. It is one of the forerunners of modern correctional system wherein they confine the
prisoners in single cells at night but allow them to work in congregate shops during
the day?
a. Elmira reformatory
b. Auburn system
c. Pennsylvania System
d. All of the above
65. Who is considered the father of probation in the United States of America?
a. John Howard
b. John Augustus
c. Evelyn Ruggles Brise
d. Matthew Davenport Hill
66. It is a form of death penalty by firing in public the blindfolded convicted person with
hands tied at the back.
a. Ordeal
b. Corporal
c. Musketry
d. Guillotine
67. It is the supervision undertaken by other probation office which is not permanent in
nature.
a. Courtesy supervision
b. Transfer supervision
c. Operational supervision
d. Merging supervision
68. It is regarded as the most important program those aides in the rehabilitation of
prisoners.
a. Educational program
b. Religious program
c. Employment of prisoner
d. Recreational program
69. A nation who pioneered banishment as a form of punishment.
a. Spain
b. Rome
c. Germany
d. France
70. The first court established in 1899.
a. England
b. Chicago
c. Massachusetts
d. Valencia, Spain
71. He advocated the progressive system or Irish system which is considered by many as
one of the most famous contributor to the reformatory movement?
a. Z.R. Brockway
b. Evelyn Ruggies Brise
c. Alexander Maconochie
d. Walter Crafton
72. Probation and parole are classified as:
a. Institutional correction
b. Non-institutional correction
c. Mixed institutional correction
d. Semi—institutional correction
73. Which among the following is considered as a judicial clemency?
a. Probation
b. Parole
c. Commutation
d. Amnesty
74. In the exercise of amnesty by the Chief Executive, before its implementation, it
needs the concurrence of whom?
a. Congress
b. Cabinet members
c. Supreme Court Justice
d. League of Barangay Captain
75. What is a branch of criminology, which deals with the management and
administration of inmates?
a. Penology
b. Correction
c. Sociology of Law
d. Etiology of Crime
76. Where is the only penal institution for women located? It was established in 1931 on
an eighteen hectares lot located by virtue of Act 3579.
a. Manila
b. Makati
c. Mandaluyong
 d. Malabon
77. What is an executive clemency that changes a heavier sentence to a less serious one,
or a longer prison term to a shorter one?
a. Parole
b. Commutation
c. Amnesty
d. Conditional pardon
78. This judicial condition of penalty states that due process must be observed before
the imposition of penalty for the transgression of law.
a. Definite
b. Equal
c. Commensurate
d. Legal
79. This serves as a basis for court’s decision to grant or deny the application for
probation.
a. Pre-sentence investigation report
b. Post sentence investigation report
c. Final sentence investigation report
d. Special sentence investigation report
80. The maximum penalty of imprisonment for violation of confidentiality of probation
records is:
a. Three years
b. Nine years
c. Twelve years
d. Six years
81. It is the amendatory law that removed the additional one day in the six years and
one day maximum imprisonment in the qualifications for probation.
a. BP 88
b. BP 22
c. BP 99
d. BP 76
82. He is a convicted defendant who filed a formal application for probation.
a. Respondent
b. Criminal
c. Probationer
d. Petitioner
83. It is a method, which is less costly than the confinement of all offenders in the
prisons and other institution with rehabilitation programs.
a. State based correction
b. Institutional based correction
c. Government based correction
d. Community based correction
84. Who shall endorse to the Board the petition for absolute or conditional pardon if the
crime committed is against the national security?
 a. DOJ Secretary
b. DFA Secretary
c. DND Secretary
d. DILG Secretary
85. Below are the different types of bail bond, except:
a. Surety bond
b. Cash bond
c. Collateral bond
d. Property bond
86. It is the program conducted under the direction of a supervisor who is responsible
for instructing the neophyte in all aspects of a given occupation.
a. On the Job training
b. Vocational training
c. Probationary training
d. Apprenticeship training
87. Who is a person whose probation was granted but failed to report for supervision
within the period ordered by the court or a probationer who fails to continue
reporting for supervision or whose whereabouts are unknown for a reasonable
period of time?
a. Exceptional probationer
b. Disobedient probationer
c. Uncooperative petitioner
d. Absconding petitioner
88. What judicial condition of penalty states that penalty should apply to all
transgressors of the laws of the land?
a. Equal
b. Legal
c. Judicial
d. Definite
89. It refers to the statutory shortening of the maximum sentence of an inmate because
of goof behavior.
a. PPA
b. PSIR
c. GCTA
d. CARPETA
90. What is an authorization that permits inmate to leave place of confinement for
emergency reason?
a. Furlough
b. Commitment order
c. Emergency leave
d. Passes
91. What school of criminology believes that the basis of criminal liability is human free
will and the purpose of penalty is retribution?
a. Positive
 b. Classical
c. Modern Clinical
d. Neo Classical
92. What is the institutional record of an inmate, which consist of his commitment
order, the prosecutor’s information and the decision of the trial court?
a. Carpeta
b. 201 file
c. Inmate’s documentation
d. Prison record
93. Below are the members of the Reception Diagnostic Center, except:
a. Sociologist
b. Lawyer
c. Psychologist
d. Chaplain
94. The following are the instances where a jail or prison officer can use force upon an
inmate, except:
a. Custodial officer’s whim
b. Self defense
c. Active physical resistance to a lawful order
d. Attempted escape of a prisoner
95. This consists in the application of the treatment programs and policies by the
classification committee:
a. Diagnosis
b. Treatment planning
c. Execution of treatment program
d. Reclassification
96. A person who is sentenced to serve a prison term of over three years is a:
a. National prisoner
b. City prisoner
c. Detention prisoner
d. Municipal prisoner
97. The 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 called:
a. Sentence Nittimus
b. Mittimus
c. Detention warrant
d. Detention mittimus
98. He is the first leader to prescribe imprisonment as correctional treatment for major
offenders.
a. William Penn
b. Jeremy Bentham
c. Cesare Beccaria
d. Charles Montesiquieu
99. One of the following is an admission procedure which involves the frisking of the
prisoner.
a. Searching
b. Briefing/orientation
c. Identification
d. Minimum security prisoner
100. Among the different common law practices, it is considered as the earliest
device for softening brutal severity of punishment?
a. Recognizance
b. Penance
c. Benefit of the clergy
d. Reprieve