NC CORRECTIONAL OFFICER ACTUAL EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
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◉ Stewardship. Answer: When you love someone/something you take
care of and protect it. Taking good care of something you value
◉ Two social structures that exist in a prison: Answer: Formal/official
and informal/unofficial
◉ Formal/official social structure. Answer: Consists of rules and
procedures established by local, state, or federal authorities
◉ Informal/unoffical. Answer: Prison subculture
◉ Subculture. Answer: Group within a society that has its own set of
customs, attitudes, and values often accompanied by jargon and slang.
◉ Deprivation Model of Prison Subculture. Answer: Prisoners adapt to a
new way of life due to deprivations faced in prison
,◉ Importation Model of Prison Subculture. Answer: Offenders bring
values, roles, and behaviors with them from the outside world when they
enter prison
◉ Elements of prison code. Answer: Don't interfere, don't whine, don't
rat, don't break your word, don't be a sucker
◉ How many roles do offenders adapt to while in prison subculture
according to the State of NC?. Answer: 10
◉ Mean dude (offender prison subculture). Answer: Doesn't care about
rules, getting status with peers is the goal
◉ Pleasure seeker (offender prison subculture). Answer: Contraband is
everything; "the candyman"
◉ Opportunist (offender prison subculture). Answer: Takes advantage of
life in prison (trade programs etc.)
◉ Retreatist (offender prison subculture). Answer: Psychologically
retreats; abuses drugs and alcohol often leading to depression
◉ Legalist (offender prison subculture). Answer: "Prison lawyer";
inmate who knows policy and helps inmates with legal advice
, ◉ Radical (offender prison subculture). Answer: Society is the
oppressor; political prisoners
◉ Realist (offender prison subculture). Answer: Do the crime pay the
fine
◉ Colonist (offender prison subculture). Answer: Prison is home
◉ Religious (offender prison subculture). Answer: Born again, naive
◉ gang banger (offender prison subculture). Answer: Part of a gang for
service and protection
◉ How many roles do officers tend to take on in order to socialize.
Answer: 6
◉ Dictator (officer prison subculture). Answer: Hides behind fear,
abuses power
◉ friend (officer prison subculture). Answer: Undue, young and
inexperienced
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◉ Stewardship. Answer: When you love someone/something you take
care of and protect it. Taking good care of something you value
◉ Two social structures that exist in a prison: Answer: Formal/official
and informal/unofficial
◉ Formal/official social structure. Answer: Consists of rules and
procedures established by local, state, or federal authorities
◉ Informal/unoffical. Answer: Prison subculture
◉ Subculture. Answer: Group within a society that has its own set of
customs, attitudes, and values often accompanied by jargon and slang.
◉ Deprivation Model of Prison Subculture. Answer: Prisoners adapt to a
new way of life due to deprivations faced in prison
,◉ Importation Model of Prison Subculture. Answer: Offenders bring
values, roles, and behaviors with them from the outside world when they
enter prison
◉ Elements of prison code. Answer: Don't interfere, don't whine, don't
rat, don't break your word, don't be a sucker
◉ How many roles do offenders adapt to while in prison subculture
according to the State of NC?. Answer: 10
◉ Mean dude (offender prison subculture). Answer: Doesn't care about
rules, getting status with peers is the goal
◉ Pleasure seeker (offender prison subculture). Answer: Contraband is
everything; "the candyman"
◉ Opportunist (offender prison subculture). Answer: Takes advantage of
life in prison (trade programs etc.)
◉ Retreatist (offender prison subculture). Answer: Psychologically
retreats; abuses drugs and alcohol often leading to depression
◉ Legalist (offender prison subculture). Answer: "Prison lawyer";
inmate who knows policy and helps inmates with legal advice
, ◉ Radical (offender prison subculture). Answer: Society is the
oppressor; political prisoners
◉ Realist (offender prison subculture). Answer: Do the crime pay the
fine
◉ Colonist (offender prison subculture). Answer: Prison is home
◉ Religious (offender prison subculture). Answer: Born again, naive
◉ gang banger (offender prison subculture). Answer: Part of a gang for
service and protection
◉ How many roles do officers tend to take on in order to socialize.
Answer: 6
◉ Dictator (officer prison subculture). Answer: Hides behind fear,
abuses power
◉ friend (officer prison subculture). Answer: Undue, young and
inexperienced
