MARION COUNTY PROBATION OFFICER EXAM TERMS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Bond - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Obligation of record entered into before the court requiring the
performance of an act such as appearing in court as instructed on penalty of money forfeitures
Status Offenses - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Acts of delinquency that are not crimes for adults
Pre-Sentence Investigation (PSI) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Report prepared by PO at the request of
the court with information the judge may use in sentencing the defendant
Parole - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Release from prison based upon good behavior but subject to
administrative rules and regulations
Habeus Corpus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Writ directed to the person detaining another and
commanding him to produce the body of a prisoner
Adjudication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The act of proving or declaring the guilt of a person who has
committed an offense (in the juvenile system)
Probation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅System of letting offenders go free: requires compliance with
stated conditions and/or or a conditional release from custody under the supervision of the Probation
Department
Face Sheet - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅First page of a Pre-Sentence Investigation (PSI)
Preliminary Inquiry (PI) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Informal investigation into the facts and
circumstances reported to the court
Corpus Delecti - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The body of a crime ; the essence of the crime
, Rap Sheet - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Record of arrests of an individual
Warrant - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Writ or order giving authority to do something (search or arrest)
Receiving State - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅State receiving probationer through use of of the
interstate compact for supervision of probation
Waiver - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Giving up a right or claim, or refusal to accept a right
Habitual Substance Offender - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Person who accumulated at least 2 prior
unrelated substance abuse conviction w/in 10 years.
*Increases the sentence on 3rd Felony by up to 8 years
Habitual Offender - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Person who accumulated at least 2 prior unrelated
Felony conviction w/in a 10 year Period.
*Increases the sentence on 3rd Felony up to 30 years. However, if prior convictions are over 10 years
old, Judge can subtract up to 25 years
Summons - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Legal document issued by the clerk or other court officer
notifying a person that a lawsuit or legal cause has been filed. Includes dates of hearings, deadlines to
respond, and further requires person to respond
Misdemeanor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Breaking a criminal law less serious than a Felony;
punishable by one year or less in jail
Fact Finding Hearing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Juvenile version of an Adult Trial
Tolling Time - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Time that elapses between filing a revocation and when
judgement is imposed; defendant does NOT receive credit for this time
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Bond - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Obligation of record entered into before the court requiring the
performance of an act such as appearing in court as instructed on penalty of money forfeitures
Status Offenses - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Acts of delinquency that are not crimes for adults
Pre-Sentence Investigation (PSI) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Report prepared by PO at the request of
the court with information the judge may use in sentencing the defendant
Parole - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Release from prison based upon good behavior but subject to
administrative rules and regulations
Habeus Corpus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Writ directed to the person detaining another and
commanding him to produce the body of a prisoner
Adjudication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The act of proving or declaring the guilt of a person who has
committed an offense (in the juvenile system)
Probation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅System of letting offenders go free: requires compliance with
stated conditions and/or or a conditional release from custody under the supervision of the Probation
Department
Face Sheet - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅First page of a Pre-Sentence Investigation (PSI)
Preliminary Inquiry (PI) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Informal investigation into the facts and
circumstances reported to the court
Corpus Delecti - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The body of a crime ; the essence of the crime
, Rap Sheet - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Record of arrests of an individual
Warrant - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Writ or order giving authority to do something (search or arrest)
Receiving State - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅State receiving probationer through use of of the
interstate compact for supervision of probation
Waiver - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Giving up a right or claim, or refusal to accept a right
Habitual Substance Offender - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Person who accumulated at least 2 prior
unrelated substance abuse conviction w/in 10 years.
*Increases the sentence on 3rd Felony by up to 8 years
Habitual Offender - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Person who accumulated at least 2 prior unrelated
Felony conviction w/in a 10 year Period.
*Increases the sentence on 3rd Felony up to 30 years. However, if prior convictions are over 10 years
old, Judge can subtract up to 25 years
Summons - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Legal document issued by the clerk or other court officer
notifying a person that a lawsuit or legal cause has been filed. Includes dates of hearings, deadlines to
respond, and further requires person to respond
Misdemeanor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Breaking a criminal law less serious than a Felony;
punishable by one year or less in jail
Fact Finding Hearing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Juvenile version of an Adult Trial
Tolling Time - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Time that elapses between filing a revocation and when
judgement is imposed; defendant does NOT receive credit for this time
