PROBATION OFFICER PRACTICE EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔1st degree felony - ✔✔up to 30 years in prison, 30 years probation, and a $10k fine.
✔✔2nd degree felony - ✔✔15 years in prison, 15 years probation, and $10k fine
✔✔3rd degree felony - ✔✔5 years in prison, 5 years probation, and a $5k fine
✔✔capital felony - ✔✔death or life in prison without the possibility of parole
✔✔1st degree misdemeanor - ✔✔term of imprisonment no exceeding one year
✔✔2nd degree misdemeanor - ✔✔term of imprisonment not exceeding 60 days
✔✔county courts - ✔✔county and city ordinance violations, minor offences, civil cases,
<$15k
✔✔circuit courts - ✔✔DJJ, domestic relations, major criminal offences, probate matters,
civil cases >$15k, appeals from county courts.
✔✔appeals courts - ✔✔appeals from circuit courts in most criminal and civil cases.
✔✔supreme court - ✔✔constitutional construction, district court decisions.
✔✔jurisdiction - ✔✔the court has the power to hear a caseis what grants a court
authority and control over a case.
✔✔original jurisdiction - ✔✔the case is heard in this court first
✔✔exclusive jurisdiction - ✔✔this is the only court that can act on the changes.
✔✔what age does juvenile court have exclusive and original jurisdiction over a child
charged with an offense that occurred before their 18th birthday? - ✔✔19
✔✔for juveniles committed to a high or maximum-risk commitment program, what age
does the court have jurisdiction until? - ✔✔22
✔✔JPOs should not practice law by giving advice. - ✔✔true
✔✔detention hearing - ✔✔a hearing that the court must hold to determine whether or
not there is a need for continued Secure Detention or Supervised Release for the youth.
must be held within 24 hours of the youth being taken into custody.
, ✔✔detention order - ✔✔the court's written decision about how to handle a youth's
detention status that is issued at the hearing.
✔✔arraignment hearing - ✔✔for the juvenile to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or no
contest to the charges filed against them.
✔✔a plea of not guilty results in a trial which is referred to as an - ✔✔adjudicatory
hearing
✔✔a plea of guilty or no contest results in a - ✔✔disposition hearing
✔✔adjudicatory hearing - ✔✔commonly referred to as the trial, when the judge
determines if the youth is guilty or not guilty of the charges in the delinquency petition.
✔✔disposition hearing - ✔✔the judge decided whether to commit the youth to the
Department or place them on probation.
✔✔adjudicated - ✔✔the court finds a youth guilty of committing a delinquent act
✔✔adjudication withheld - ✔✔the court finds that a youth committed a delinquent act,
but withholds adjudication of delinquency.
✔✔what are the 3 main sentencing options for the youth - ✔✔community-based
services, probation, and commitment to a residential program.
✔✔judicial review hearing - ✔✔provides the court with the opportunity to monitor the
current status or modify
✔✔criminal liability - ✔✔the responsibility someone has when they have broken a
federal or state criminal law
✔✔civil liability - ✔✔the responsibility someone has to another person or entity when
they have violated a federal or state civil law
✔✔perjury - ✔✔making a false statement, not believed to be true, under oath, in an
official or unofficial proceeding.
✔✔perjury by contradictory statements - ✔✔willfully making, while under oath, 2 or
more material statements that contradict each other.
✔✔false official statement - ✔✔knowingly making a false statement in writing with
intention to mislead a public servant in the performance of official duty
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔1st degree felony - ✔✔up to 30 years in prison, 30 years probation, and a $10k fine.
✔✔2nd degree felony - ✔✔15 years in prison, 15 years probation, and $10k fine
✔✔3rd degree felony - ✔✔5 years in prison, 5 years probation, and a $5k fine
✔✔capital felony - ✔✔death or life in prison without the possibility of parole
✔✔1st degree misdemeanor - ✔✔term of imprisonment no exceeding one year
✔✔2nd degree misdemeanor - ✔✔term of imprisonment not exceeding 60 days
✔✔county courts - ✔✔county and city ordinance violations, minor offences, civil cases,
<$15k
✔✔circuit courts - ✔✔DJJ, domestic relations, major criminal offences, probate matters,
civil cases >$15k, appeals from county courts.
✔✔appeals courts - ✔✔appeals from circuit courts in most criminal and civil cases.
✔✔supreme court - ✔✔constitutional construction, district court decisions.
✔✔jurisdiction - ✔✔the court has the power to hear a caseis what grants a court
authority and control over a case.
✔✔original jurisdiction - ✔✔the case is heard in this court first
✔✔exclusive jurisdiction - ✔✔this is the only court that can act on the changes.
✔✔what age does juvenile court have exclusive and original jurisdiction over a child
charged with an offense that occurred before their 18th birthday? - ✔✔19
✔✔for juveniles committed to a high or maximum-risk commitment program, what age
does the court have jurisdiction until? - ✔✔22
✔✔JPOs should not practice law by giving advice. - ✔✔true
✔✔detention hearing - ✔✔a hearing that the court must hold to determine whether or
not there is a need for continued Secure Detention or Supervised Release for the youth.
must be held within 24 hours of the youth being taken into custody.
, ✔✔detention order - ✔✔the court's written decision about how to handle a youth's
detention status that is issued at the hearing.
✔✔arraignment hearing - ✔✔for the juvenile to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or no
contest to the charges filed against them.
✔✔a plea of not guilty results in a trial which is referred to as an - ✔✔adjudicatory
hearing
✔✔a plea of guilty or no contest results in a - ✔✔disposition hearing
✔✔adjudicatory hearing - ✔✔commonly referred to as the trial, when the judge
determines if the youth is guilty or not guilty of the charges in the delinquency petition.
✔✔disposition hearing - ✔✔the judge decided whether to commit the youth to the
Department or place them on probation.
✔✔adjudicated - ✔✔the court finds a youth guilty of committing a delinquent act
✔✔adjudication withheld - ✔✔the court finds that a youth committed a delinquent act,
but withholds adjudication of delinquency.
✔✔what are the 3 main sentencing options for the youth - ✔✔community-based
services, probation, and commitment to a residential program.
✔✔judicial review hearing - ✔✔provides the court with the opportunity to monitor the
current status or modify
✔✔criminal liability - ✔✔the responsibility someone has when they have broken a
federal or state criminal law
✔✔civil liability - ✔✔the responsibility someone has to another person or entity when
they have violated a federal or state civil law
✔✔perjury - ✔✔making a false statement, not believed to be true, under oath, in an
official or unofficial proceeding.
✔✔perjury by contradictory statements - ✔✔willfully making, while under oath, 2 or
more material statements that contradict each other.
✔✔false official statement - ✔✔knowingly making a false statement in writing with
intention to mislead a public servant in the performance of official duty
