PROBATION OFFICER EVALUATION EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Consecutive - ✔✔following one another without interruption.
Sentences must be served consecutively if:
- another offense happens within 3 years from the release of probation
- the person is out on bond and they commit a new offense
- the person commits an offense while on probation
✔✔Conviction - ✔✔the act of proving or declaring guilt; rendering judgment upon said
accused person
✔✔Corpus Delecti - ✔✔the body of a crime; the essence of the crime
✔✔Custodian - ✔✔the person with whom a child resides
✔✔Defendant - ✔✔the person defending and denying; the party against whom relief is
sought
✔✔Delinquent - ✔✔failed to do what is required by law or duty; guilt of a fault or offense
✔✔Detainer - ✔✔an instrument placed with an agency for the purpose of detaining the
subject presently in their custody who is wanted
✔✔Detention - ✔✔the act of retaining or detaining and preventing the removal of a
person or property; the act of keeping in custody or confinement
✔✔Detention Center - ✔✔a highly secure residential facility for delinquent or allegedly
delinquent juveniles
✔✔Dismissal - ✔✔final ending of a charge; an end to the proceeding
✔✔Docket Number - ✔✔term used interchangeably with cause number and case
number
✔✔Executioner - ✔✔warden or designated person of the ward
✔✔Expungement/Sealing - ✔✔the destruction or sealing or records after passage of
specified time or age that a person has not committed another offense
✔✔Extradition - ✔✔the surrender of a fugitive or prisoner by one state, nation, or legal
authority to another for trial or punishment
✔✔Face Sheet - ✔✔first page of a pre-sentence investigation
,✔✔Facts Finding Hearing - ✔✔Juvenile version of an adult trial
✔✔Felony - ✔✔any crime more serious than a misdemeanor, punishable by more than
1 year in a state prison
✔✔Fugitive - ✔✔an absconder for whom a warrant is active
✔✔Guardian Ad Litem - ✔✔person appointed by the court to represent a child's interest
and to provide that child with services requested by the court
✔✔Grand Jury - ✔✔a jury ranging from 12-23 members chosen to investigate
accusations of a crime and bring an indictment against the person accused if there is an
enough evidence for a trial
✔✔Habeas Corpus - ✔✔a writ directed to the person detaining another and
commanding him to produce the body of the prisoner
✔✔Indictment - ✔✔written accusation against one or more persons of a crime
presented by and preferred upon oath or affirmation by a grand jury
✔✔Informal Adjustment - ✔✔a type of disposition used primarily for first time offender
which does not involve a court hearing
✔✔Information - ✔✔a formal accusation of crime differing from an indictment only in
that it is preferred by the prosecuting officer instead of a by a grand jury (affidavit)
✔✔Injunction - ✔✔an order from the court directing an individual not to do some act
✔✔In Re Gault - ✔✔the decision by the US Supreme Court setting for the fact that all
minors have the same constitutional rights as adults (except right to a trail by jury)
✔✔Intake - ✔✔section in juvenile court that makes preliminary investigations to
determine how best to handle the case in the best interest of the child and community
✔✔Interstate Compact - ✔✔an agreement between the 50 states by which each states
agrees under certain circumstances to accept probationers of other states for
supervision
✔✔Judge Pro Tempore - ✔✔a judge for temporary service
✔✔Mandate - ✔✔court order directing an official or lower court to perform some act
, ✔✔Misdemeanor - ✔✔breaking a criminal law less serious than a felony, punishable by
1 year or less in jail
✔✔Modification - ✔✔the juvenile version of an adult revocation
✔✔Nolo Contendere - ✔✔"I will not contest"
A plea having the same legal effect as a pleas of guilty in regards to all proceedings on
the indictment and on which the defendant may be sentenced
✔✔Nolo Prosequi - ✔✔entry made on the record by which the prosecutor or the plaintiff
declares that he will proceed no further
✔✔Non-support - ✔✔deliberate failure to provide support to minor children
✔✔Omnibus Hearing - ✔✔sometimes referred to as a pretrial. Prosecutor and defense
attorney meet to determine whether to have a bench trial jury, set a trial date and
exchange witness or exhibits
✔✔Parole - ✔✔release from prison based upon good behavior but subject to
administrative rules and regulations
✔✔Petit Jury - ✔✔a jury of 6 to 12 persons chosen to decide a case in court
✔✔Petition - ✔✔the legal document prepared by the juvenile court that sets forth the
charge as it is statutes. Also a written order to the court for some type of actions; a
complaint; a formal action
✔✔Plea - ✔✔the answer by the defendant of guilty or not guilty in a criminal case
✔✔Post Mortem - ✔✔after death
✔✔Predispositional Report - ✔✔contains recommendations for the care, rehabilitation
and treatment of a child, participation of parents and financial liability; it is done when
the juvenile goes to court
✔✔Pre-sentence Investigation - ✔✔a report prepared by the probation officer at the
request of the court with information the judge may use in sentencing the defendant
✔✔Prima Facie - ✔✔the evidence which, when unexplained and uncontradicted,
appears to be sufficient to establish a fact
✔✔Preliminary Inquiry - ✔✔an informal investigation into the facts and circumstances
reported to the court
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Consecutive - ✔✔following one another without interruption.
Sentences must be served consecutively if:
- another offense happens within 3 years from the release of probation
- the person is out on bond and they commit a new offense
- the person commits an offense while on probation
✔✔Conviction - ✔✔the act of proving or declaring guilt; rendering judgment upon said
accused person
✔✔Corpus Delecti - ✔✔the body of a crime; the essence of the crime
✔✔Custodian - ✔✔the person with whom a child resides
✔✔Defendant - ✔✔the person defending and denying; the party against whom relief is
sought
✔✔Delinquent - ✔✔failed to do what is required by law or duty; guilt of a fault or offense
✔✔Detainer - ✔✔an instrument placed with an agency for the purpose of detaining the
subject presently in their custody who is wanted
✔✔Detention - ✔✔the act of retaining or detaining and preventing the removal of a
person or property; the act of keeping in custody or confinement
✔✔Detention Center - ✔✔a highly secure residential facility for delinquent or allegedly
delinquent juveniles
✔✔Dismissal - ✔✔final ending of a charge; an end to the proceeding
✔✔Docket Number - ✔✔term used interchangeably with cause number and case
number
✔✔Executioner - ✔✔warden or designated person of the ward
✔✔Expungement/Sealing - ✔✔the destruction or sealing or records after passage of
specified time or age that a person has not committed another offense
✔✔Extradition - ✔✔the surrender of a fugitive or prisoner by one state, nation, or legal
authority to another for trial or punishment
✔✔Face Sheet - ✔✔first page of a pre-sentence investigation
,✔✔Facts Finding Hearing - ✔✔Juvenile version of an adult trial
✔✔Felony - ✔✔any crime more serious than a misdemeanor, punishable by more than
1 year in a state prison
✔✔Fugitive - ✔✔an absconder for whom a warrant is active
✔✔Guardian Ad Litem - ✔✔person appointed by the court to represent a child's interest
and to provide that child with services requested by the court
✔✔Grand Jury - ✔✔a jury ranging from 12-23 members chosen to investigate
accusations of a crime and bring an indictment against the person accused if there is an
enough evidence for a trial
✔✔Habeas Corpus - ✔✔a writ directed to the person detaining another and
commanding him to produce the body of the prisoner
✔✔Indictment - ✔✔written accusation against one or more persons of a crime
presented by and preferred upon oath or affirmation by a grand jury
✔✔Informal Adjustment - ✔✔a type of disposition used primarily for first time offender
which does not involve a court hearing
✔✔Information - ✔✔a formal accusation of crime differing from an indictment only in
that it is preferred by the prosecuting officer instead of a by a grand jury (affidavit)
✔✔Injunction - ✔✔an order from the court directing an individual not to do some act
✔✔In Re Gault - ✔✔the decision by the US Supreme Court setting for the fact that all
minors have the same constitutional rights as adults (except right to a trail by jury)
✔✔Intake - ✔✔section in juvenile court that makes preliminary investigations to
determine how best to handle the case in the best interest of the child and community
✔✔Interstate Compact - ✔✔an agreement between the 50 states by which each states
agrees under certain circumstances to accept probationers of other states for
supervision
✔✔Judge Pro Tempore - ✔✔a judge for temporary service
✔✔Mandate - ✔✔court order directing an official or lower court to perform some act
, ✔✔Misdemeanor - ✔✔breaking a criminal law less serious than a felony, punishable by
1 year or less in jail
✔✔Modification - ✔✔the juvenile version of an adult revocation
✔✔Nolo Contendere - ✔✔"I will not contest"
A plea having the same legal effect as a pleas of guilty in regards to all proceedings on
the indictment and on which the defendant may be sentenced
✔✔Nolo Prosequi - ✔✔entry made on the record by which the prosecutor or the plaintiff
declares that he will proceed no further
✔✔Non-support - ✔✔deliberate failure to provide support to minor children
✔✔Omnibus Hearing - ✔✔sometimes referred to as a pretrial. Prosecutor and defense
attorney meet to determine whether to have a bench trial jury, set a trial date and
exchange witness or exhibits
✔✔Parole - ✔✔release from prison based upon good behavior but subject to
administrative rules and regulations
✔✔Petit Jury - ✔✔a jury of 6 to 12 persons chosen to decide a case in court
✔✔Petition - ✔✔the legal document prepared by the juvenile court that sets forth the
charge as it is statutes. Also a written order to the court for some type of actions; a
complaint; a formal action
✔✔Plea - ✔✔the answer by the defendant of guilty or not guilty in a criminal case
✔✔Post Mortem - ✔✔after death
✔✔Predispositional Report - ✔✔contains recommendations for the care, rehabilitation
and treatment of a child, participation of parents and financial liability; it is done when
the juvenile goes to court
✔✔Pre-sentence Investigation - ✔✔a report prepared by the probation officer at the
request of the court with information the judge may use in sentencing the defendant
✔✔Prima Facie - ✔✔the evidence which, when unexplained and uncontradicted,
appears to be sufficient to establish a fact
✔✔Preliminary Inquiry - ✔✔an informal investigation into the facts and circumstances
reported to the court
