PROBATION OFFICER TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Continuous and uninterrupted - Sight and sound monitoring it attempted to trip you
up by stating 10 feet when given the scenario: Remember! - ✔✔Constant
✔✔Every 5 minutes checking on the youth - ✔✔Close
✔✔A set of learned behaviors, values, beliefs and patterns shared by a group of people
- ✔✔Culture
✔✔*The dentist scenario is an example of a - ✔✔Sterotype
✔✔Hate crimes are committed by _____________ individuals - ✔✔FRUSTRATED
✔✔ability to interact well with people from other cultures - ✔✔Cultural Effectiveness
✔✔When is a relapse plan created? - ✔✔In Maintenance stage
✔✔"You have a problem, I don't" - ✔✔Pre-contemplation
✔✔Expresses appreciation and understanding of youth's feeling - ✔✔Affirmation
✔✔Simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings towards an object, person or
action (most likely experienced in the CONTEMPLATION stage) - ✔✔Ambivalence
✔✔MUST be able to provide emancipation documentation. If unable to, we still treat
them as juveniles - ✔✔Emancipated youth
✔✔Scenario: When they asked you which one would be still be considered a juvenile? -
✔✔It was the 20-year-old guy who was in commitment and had been for the past 3
years. (The other ones had not even committed a crime therefore could not be
"juveniles".)
✔✔In all circumstances the MAXIMUM AGE we can only retain jurisdiction is ______! -
✔✔22
✔✔___________________ is a case that is handled NON-JUDICIALLY - ✔✔Diversion
✔✔_____________________ is where the youth enters a plea - ✔✔Arraignment
✔✔______________________ is where the judge determines if the facts support the
allegations (trial) - ✔✔Adjudicatory
, ✔✔The initial screening and acceptance by the department - ✔✔Intake
✔✔If the youth cannot answer a question have the youth - ✔✔MOVE TO THE NEXT
QUESTION.
✔✔The charge that we score on is called the - ✔✔PRESENTING CHARGE
✔✔If a youth has a firearm, they - ✔✔MUST remain in secure detention
✔✔JPO may give ANY documentations requested by the DOC - ✔✔that were
generated by DJJ or contracted providers
✔✔supervision of a youth with the intent to to reduce juvenile delinquency by providing
an individualized program of supervision, community treatment, education, and
sanctions. - ✔✔Probation
✔✔72 hours for a - ✔✔diligent search
✔✔JPOS responsibility for COST OF CARE - ✔✔Petition the Court
✔✔JPOS resoinsibilits for Restitution - ✔✔Monitor payment amount
✔✔To stop youth from moving further into the judicial system - ✔✔Diversion
✔✔___________ court handles all juvenile delinquency cases - ✔✔Circuit
✔✔If court finds a youth to be incompetent the cases is transferred to - ✔✔Department
of Children and Families
✔✔What is an appropriate action in the courtroom? - ✔✔Asking for clarification to a
question you did not understand
✔✔Can have UNSUPERVISED visits into the community - ✔✔Low Risk
✔✔Goal of the commitment conference: - ✔✔To determine the departments
recommendation for community supervision or residential intervention
✔✔Commitment Mangers responsibilities - ✔✔Chair the conference
✔✔JPO responsibilities - ✔✔Verbally summarize the youth's case
✔✔Mandatory Invitees - ✔✔Youth, parent, state attorney, school official
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Continuous and uninterrupted - Sight and sound monitoring it attempted to trip you
up by stating 10 feet when given the scenario: Remember! - ✔✔Constant
✔✔Every 5 minutes checking on the youth - ✔✔Close
✔✔A set of learned behaviors, values, beliefs and patterns shared by a group of people
- ✔✔Culture
✔✔*The dentist scenario is an example of a - ✔✔Sterotype
✔✔Hate crimes are committed by _____________ individuals - ✔✔FRUSTRATED
✔✔ability to interact well with people from other cultures - ✔✔Cultural Effectiveness
✔✔When is a relapse plan created? - ✔✔In Maintenance stage
✔✔"You have a problem, I don't" - ✔✔Pre-contemplation
✔✔Expresses appreciation and understanding of youth's feeling - ✔✔Affirmation
✔✔Simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings towards an object, person or
action (most likely experienced in the CONTEMPLATION stage) - ✔✔Ambivalence
✔✔MUST be able to provide emancipation documentation. If unable to, we still treat
them as juveniles - ✔✔Emancipated youth
✔✔Scenario: When they asked you which one would be still be considered a juvenile? -
✔✔It was the 20-year-old guy who was in commitment and had been for the past 3
years. (The other ones had not even committed a crime therefore could not be
"juveniles".)
✔✔In all circumstances the MAXIMUM AGE we can only retain jurisdiction is ______! -
✔✔22
✔✔___________________ is a case that is handled NON-JUDICIALLY - ✔✔Diversion
✔✔_____________________ is where the youth enters a plea - ✔✔Arraignment
✔✔______________________ is where the judge determines if the facts support the
allegations (trial) - ✔✔Adjudicatory
, ✔✔The initial screening and acceptance by the department - ✔✔Intake
✔✔If the youth cannot answer a question have the youth - ✔✔MOVE TO THE NEXT
QUESTION.
✔✔The charge that we score on is called the - ✔✔PRESENTING CHARGE
✔✔If a youth has a firearm, they - ✔✔MUST remain in secure detention
✔✔JPO may give ANY documentations requested by the DOC - ✔✔that were
generated by DJJ or contracted providers
✔✔supervision of a youth with the intent to to reduce juvenile delinquency by providing
an individualized program of supervision, community treatment, education, and
sanctions. - ✔✔Probation
✔✔72 hours for a - ✔✔diligent search
✔✔JPOS responsibility for COST OF CARE - ✔✔Petition the Court
✔✔JPOS resoinsibilits for Restitution - ✔✔Monitor payment amount
✔✔To stop youth from moving further into the judicial system - ✔✔Diversion
✔✔___________ court handles all juvenile delinquency cases - ✔✔Circuit
✔✔If court finds a youth to be incompetent the cases is transferred to - ✔✔Department
of Children and Families
✔✔What is an appropriate action in the courtroom? - ✔✔Asking for clarification to a
question you did not understand
✔✔Can have UNSUPERVISED visits into the community - ✔✔Low Risk
✔✔Goal of the commitment conference: - ✔✔To determine the departments
recommendation for community supervision or residential intervention
✔✔Commitment Mangers responsibilities - ✔✔Chair the conference
✔✔JPO responsibilities - ✔✔Verbally summarize the youth's case
✔✔Mandatory Invitees - ✔✔Youth, parent, state attorney, school official
