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DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION IN
CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION

CRIMINOLOGISTS Licensure Examination
Third Day 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by marking the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

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 c. Jail Management Law
b. Prison Law d. Parole and Probation Law
3. The Head of the Bureau of Corrections is known as -
a. Chief 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 c. Bureau of Corrections
b. Provincial Jail 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 c. Provincial Administrator
b. Provincial Jail Warden d. Governor
8. What is the primary purpose of imprisonment?
a. Rehabilitation and Reformation c. to stand trial
b. Punishment d. Socialization
9. A place of confinement for persons awaiting trial or court
action and where the convicted offenders serve short sentences
or penalty of imprisonment is known as
a. Jail c. Lock-up
b. Penitentiary 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 c. Initiation
b. Fraternization d. Inducement

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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 c. Detention Mittimus
b. Sentence 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 c. Detention
b. Imprisonment 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 c. Iron leg Lock
b. Handcuffs 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 c. Safe-Keeping e. Protection
b. Classification d. caring
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 c. Custody
b. Security 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 of 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 c. Board of Custody
b. Diagnostic Board 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 c. 20 days e. 45 days
b. 60 days d. 10 days
20. How many days that a national offender be confined at the
Separation Center before the actual release?
a. 30 c. 10 e. 15
b. 60 d. 45
21.What is the act of grace from a sovereign power inherent in
the state which exempts an individual from the punishment
which the law imposes or prescribes for his crime, extended by
the President thru the recommendation of the Board of Parole
and Pardon?
a. Amnesty c. Parole
b. Pardon d. Probation


22.The form of Executive Clemency which reduces the sentence of a
convicted person to shorter term is referred to as -
a. Amnesty c. Probation
b. Commutation d. shortening
23.Under the prison service manual, the prescribed color of
prison uniform for maximum security prison is-
a. Orange c. Yellow e. Strife Orange
b. Blue d. Pink
24.Who is the executive officer in charge of each correctional
institution?
A. Correctional or custodial officer
B. Warden or Superintendent
C. Commissioner or Director
D. Chief Warden
25.The end purpose of classification is -
a. To orient new inmates for prison life
b. To prepare inmates for prison life
c. To develop integrated and realistic program for prison
d. all of these
26.When an inmate is given a "shakedown" before admission it
meant
a. Process of identification, record, fingerprint and
photograph
b. Examination for contraband
c. His commitment paper are delivered to record clerk
d. All of these
27.An inmate shall be transferred to a separation center for
adjustment process from life in prison to life in free
community within -
A. 60 days prior to release
B. 30 days prior to release
C. 90 days before release
D. 15 days prior to release
28.Which of these authorizes the release of a detainee who has
undergone preventive imprisonment equivalent to the maximum
imposable sentence for the offense he is charged with
a. B.P. Blg. 85 c. PD 29
b. B.P. 22 d. PD 968
29.An inmate maybe granted parole if he -
a. earned good conduct time allowance credit
b. serve minimum sentence
c. earned good behavior while serving prison term
d. all of these
30. Who prescribes minimum standard of security, hygiene,
recreational, work program to provincial and/or city jails?
a. Secretary of Justice c. Custodial Officer
b. Director of Prison d. Director for Good Behavior
31.Aside from protecting the public, imprisonment has for its
latest objective, the -
a. reformation of offenders c. Deterrence
b. Segregation of offender d. Confinement of Offenders
32.In the New Bilibid Prison, the medium security prisoners are
confined at -
a. NBP main prison c. Camp Bukang Liwayway
b. Camp Sampaguita d. Medium Security Prison
33.Who is charged for the hearing of disciplinary cased in
prison?
a. Classification Board c. Parole Board
b. Administrative Board d. Disciplinary Board


34.The imprisonment a convicted offender may serve, at the rate
of PhP8.00 a day subject to certain rules, for failure to pay
a fine and if ordered to do so by the judgment is referred to
as
a. Subsidiary imprisonment c. Secondary Imprisonment
b. Preventive Imprisonment d. None of the above
35.Placing a person to custodial coercion is to place him into
physical jeopardy, thus drastically narrowing his access to
sources of personal satisfaction and reducing his self –
esteem. This is true in:
a. Managerial aspect c. Restorative aspect
b. Humanitarian aspect d. None of the above is
correct
36.The form of conditional release that is granted after a
prisoner has served a portion of his sentence in a
correctional institution is known as:
a. conditional pardon c. probation
b. parole d. commutation
37.The Bureau of Correction is under the Department of:
A. Interior and Local Government
B. Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
C. Justice
D. National Security
38.The kind of pardon under which the convict is required to
comply with certain requirements is referred to as the
a. conditional pardon c. amnesty
b. probation d. parole
39.The act of the president changing and reducing a heavier
penalty sentence or longer term into a shorter term is known
as the
a. Commutation c. Pardon
b. Amnesty d. Probation
40.The meaning of the word oblivion is
a. forgetting completely c. class of persons
b. abolish d. community based treatment
41.The principle of separating homogeneous type of prisoners that
requires special treatment and custody is called:
a. classification d. distinction
b. diversification e. differentiation
c. quarantine
42.The process of determining the needs and requirements of
prisoners for assigning them to programs according to their
existing resources is called:
a. classification c. quarantine
b. diversification d. quality control
43.The formulation of tentative treatment program suited for the
prisoner is known as :
a. medical officer c. treatment planning
b. classification board d. treatment program
44.The lowest in rank assigned to sentinel post such as guard
houses and gates are:
a. Prison guards c. PO1
b. Senior prison guards d. NUP
45.The Custodial Division is charged with the security of
prisoners, which of the following is considered as the
commanding officers?
a. security officers c. senior prison guards
b. supervisor prison guards d. prison guards
46.Which of the following is the function of the Custodial
Division?
a. supervision of prisoners c. escort
b. keep records d. all of the above


47.The most used factor for diversification is:
a. degree of custody c. minimum security
b. maximum security d. graveness of crime
48.The putting of offenders in prison for the purpose of
protecting the public and at the same time rehabilitating them
by requiring the latter to undergo institutional treatment
program is referred to as:
a. imprisonment b. conviction c. Trial d. Detention
49.Prisoners sentenced from one day to three years or a fine of
not more than one thousand pesos are categorized as-
a. Insular Prisoner c. City Prisoner
b. Provincial Prisoner d. none of these
50.Public humiliation or public exhibition also mean:
a. public execution b. social degradation
c. banishment d. public trial
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51. During the 16 up to the 18 century, a criminal may be sent
away from a place carried out by prohibition to coming against
a specified territory. This is an ancient form of punishment
called:
a. exile c. transportation
b. banishment d. public trial
52.The theory in penal science which maintains that punishment
gives lesson to the offender and the would be criminals is
called:
a. deterrence c. reformations
b. incapacitation d. public safety
53.One of the following represents the earliest codification of
the Roman law, which was incorporated into the Justinian Code.
a. Twelve Tables c. Burgundian Code
b. Code of Draco d. Hammurabic code
54.Municipal prisoners are those sentenced to suffer a term of
imprisonment from _____.
a. 1 day to 3 years c. 1 day to 30 days
b. 1 day to 6 months d. none of these
55.The Sablayan Penal Colony and Farm, a National Penitentiary in
the Philippines under the BUCOR is located in _____.
a. Palawan b. Davao c. Zamboanga d. Occ. Mindoro
56.In the history of correction, thinkers during the reformatory
movement were the major influences of today’s correctional
system. Alexander Mochanochie was the one who introduced the:
a. Solitary system b. Irish System
c. Marked System d. Congregate system
57.What law renamed the Bureau of Prison to Bureau of Correction
during the Aquino administration in the Philippines?
a. E. O 727 b. E.O 292 c. E.O 645 d. E. O 104
58.The generic term that includes all government agencies,
facilities, programs, procedures, personnel, and techniques
concerned with the investigation, intake, custody,
confinement, supervision, or treatment of alleged offenders
refers to:
a. Correction b. Penology
c. criminal Justice d c. base pillar
59.Retaliation is the earliest remedy for a wrong act to any one
(in the primitive society). The concept follows that the
victim’s family or tribe against the family or tribe of the
offender, hence “blood feuds” was accepted in the early
primitive societies. Retaliation means:
a. Personal Vengeance c. Tooth for a tooth
b. Eye for an Eye d. all of these


60.In Babylon, about 1990 BC, credited as the oldest code
prescribing savage punishment but in fact.
a. Hammurabic code c. Sumerian Code
b. Justinian code d. Code of Draco
61.In 1936, the City of Manila exchanges its Muntinlupa property
with the Bureau of Prisons originally intended as a site for
boys’ training school. Today, the old Bilibid Prison is now
being used as the Manila City Jail, famous as the :
a. “ May Halique Estate” c. “Tandang Sora State”
b. New Bilibid Jail d. Muntinlupa Jail
62.He is the first leader to prescribe imprisonment as
correctional treatment for major offenders.
a. Charles Montesiquieu c. Jeremy Bentham
b. William Penn d. Cesare Beccaria
63.The sheriff of Bedsfordshire in 1773 who devoted his life and
fortune to prison reform. After his findings on English
Prisons, he recommended the following: single cells for
sleeping, segregation of women, segregation of youth,
provision of sanitation facilities, abolition of fee system by
which jailers obtained money from prisoners.
a. John Howard c. Robert Peel
b. William Penn d. Manuel Montesimos
64.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 consequences must be in accordance with law
65.The duration of arresto menor as a penalty is from ____
imprisonment.
a. 1 day to 1 month c. 1 day to 31 days
b. 1 day to 30 days d. either A or C
66. Mr. Cruz was convicted of the crime of murder. After 10 days
from the promulgation of the sentence, he escaped from his
place of confinement. He is:
a. liable for evasion of service of sentence
b. not liable for evasion of service of sentence
c. considered as an escaped prisoner
d. none of these
67.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 c. quasi-recidivist
b. habitual delinguent d. mentally retarded person
68. Mr. Manny was convicted for the crime of homicide. While
serving his sentence, he committed the crime of rape. Manny is
considered a:
69.Ms. Tipan was convicted for the crime of adultery for three
times and with in a period of ten years. Tipan is considered
as:
70.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 with in the prescribed period of filing.
What crime did Pande committed?
a. arbitrary detention c. illegal Detention
b. illegal arrest d. no crime committed


71. Mr. Santos is a private individual. He conspired with PO1 Juan
in detaining X. What crime did Santos committed?
a. Arbitrary detention c. Illegal detention
b. Illegal arrest d. none of these
72.PO1 Juan arrested Dino Santos by virtue of a warrant of
arrest. He failed to deliver the latter to the proper judicial
authorities with in the prescribed hours of delivery. What
crime did the policeman committed?
a. Arbitrary detention
b. Delaying Release
c. Delay in the delivery of detained person
d. Illegal arrest
73.The Camp Sampaguita in Muntinlupa houses:
a. Super Maximum Security Prisoners
b. Medium Security Prisoners
c. Maximum Security Prisoners
d. Minimum Security Prisoners
74.The only early Roman place of confinement which is built under
the main sewer of Rome in 64 B.C.
a. Bridewell Workhouse c. Wulnut Street Jail
b. Burgundian House d. none of these
75.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 deserve it. This is one justification of punishment
called:
a. Atonement c. Incapacitation e. a or
b
b. Deterrence d. Retribution
76.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
77.The program which is conducive to change behavior and moral by
changing prisoner’s attitude for a useful education refers to:
a. Vocational education c. Prison education
b. Work programs d. Recreational Programs
78.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
79.The following are the aims of diversification in prison or
jail, except:
a. more effective execution of treatment programs
b. to prevent physical contamination of one group another
c. to prevent unnecessary custodial risk
d. none of the above
80.The following are the duties of the custodial force in prison,
except:
a. Censor offender’s inmate
c. Escort inmates
b. Inspect security devices
d. Conduct disciplinary hearing


81.One of the following is an admission procedure which involves
the frisking of the prisoner.
a. Identification c. Searching
b. Briefing/Orientation d. minimum security prisoners
82.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 or the director
83.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 c. to shoot the escape
b. protect the other inmates d. to give warning shots
84. 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
85.Which of these is known as the Adult Probation Law, which
grants probation to prisoner sentenced to term in prison of
not more than six (6) years -
a. PD 603 b. PD 869 c. RA 6127 d. PD 698 e. PD968
86.Which of these is known as the release on Recognizance Law
providers for the release of offender charged with an offense
whose penalty is not more than six (6) months and/or a fine of
P2,000.00 or both, to the custody of a responsible person in
the community, instead of a bail bond -
a. RA 6036 b. RA 6127 c. PD 603 d. R.A. 3660
87.Waiting for the decision of the court on the application for
probation, the offender applying for probation -
a. Must stay in prison as a detainee
b. May be set free without bail
c. May be released on bail or recognizance
d. all of these
88.The continuing relationship between probation officer and
probationer is known as -
a. Affiliation guidance c. Pre-sentenced investigation
b. Supervision d. Probation guidance
89.The court may grant probation only -
a. After arraignment b. After conviction
c. Before conviction d. all of these
90.The investigation report of an officer shall be submitted to
the court not later than-
a. 15 days from receipt of the order
b. 30 days from receipt of the order
c. 60 days from receipt of the order
d. 45 days from receipt of the order
91.Upon receipt of the probation officer investigation report,
the court shall resolve the application for probation not
later than-
a. 60 days b. 30 days c. 15 days d. 45 days
92.A private person who, in 1669, established a workhouse in
Hamburg at his own expense because he had observed that
thieves and prostitutes were made worse instead by better by
the pillory and he hoped that they might be improved by work
and religious instruction in the workhouse. He is:
a. August Vollmer
b. Peter Rentzel c. Bishop Ridley d. Garofalo


93. The foremost advocate of reparation and restitution method
that if the offender is solvent, his property should be
attached at the time of proceedings when started, so that he
can be compelled by order of the court to make restitution.
a. Bonneville de Marsangy c. John Howard
b. Garofalo, Ferri and Fioretti d. Orlando Wilson
94.Who is the Father of Philippine Probation?
a. Jose Lacson c. Juan Ponce Enrile
b. Teodulo Natividad d. Antonio Torres
95.Those who have been once on probation under the Probation Law:
a. are qualified to apply for probation
b. are disqualified to apply for probation
c. may be granted for another probation
d. should be confined in prison
96.The quasi-judicial body which was created under Act no. 4103
otherwise known as the Indeterminate Sentence Law or the
Parole Law., the agency that grants parole to any prisoner who
is qualified to enjoy its benefit refers to:
a. The Probation and Parole Administration
b. The Board of Pardon and Parole
c. The Bureau of Correction
d. all executive clemencies
97.What is the country, whose early schemes for humanizing the
criminal justice under its common law, originated probation?
a. England b. United States c. Greece d. France
98.What is the country who first legally established probation?
a. Germany b. England c. Rome d. USA
99.Which of the following does not belong to the common law
practices to which the emergence of probation is attributed?
a. Recognizance c. Reprieve
b. Benefit of the Clergy d. Penance
100.Among the different common law practices, it is considered as
the earliest device for softening brutal severity of
punishment?
a. Benefit of the Clergy c. Penance
b. Recognizance d. Reprieve

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