UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What percentage of the offenders released from prison each year will remain under some
form of community supervision upon release?
a. 100%
b. 80%
c. 20%
d. 50% - CORRECT ANSWER B. 80%
Any activity or program dedicated to preparing and integrating parolees into the community
as law abiding citizens using a collaborative approach with parole officers, treatment
providers, and the community is referred to as __________.
a. surveillance
b. reentry
c. supervision
d. rehabilitation - CORRECT ANSWER B. Reentry
The main goal of reentry is crime ________.
a. recidivism
b. desistance
c. restoration
d. restitution - CORRECT ANSWER B. Desistance
Prisoners who served more than _________ for years in prison were significantly more
apprehensive about making it in the community upon their release.
a. 10 years
b. 4 years
c. 3 years
,d. 6 years - CORRECT ANSWER C. 3 years
The Justice Reinvestment program is a way to establish __________, which provides needed
medical and mental health services to parolees once they are in the community.
a. continuity of care
b. reintegration
c. public safety
d. a reentry court - CORRECT ANSWER A. continuity of care
A collaborative, team-based specialty court, similar to drug courts, that occurs after prison
with the aim of improving the link between parole supervision and treatment providers is a
__________.
a. boot camp
b. work release prison
c. reentry court
d. boys ranch - CORRECT ANSWER C. reentry court
For offenders released on parole to the community, nonresidential programs for parolees are
known as:
a. halfway houses
b. day reporting centers
c. inpatient treatment
d. community corrections centers - CORRECT ANSWER B. Day reporting centers
The shortest amount of time defined by statute, minus good time credits, that must be served
before the offender can go before the parole board is the __________.
a. minimum eligibility date
b. maximum eligibility date
c. termination date
d. arrival date - CORRECT ANSWER A. minimum eligibility date
, The __________ is the longest amount of time that can be served before an inmate must, by
law, be released.
a. minimum eligibility date
b. maximum eligibility date
c. termination date
d. arrival date - CORRECT ANSWER B. maximum eligibility date
What was originally introduced as an incentive by prison officials for institutional good
conduct and reduces the period of time an offender must serve before being eligible for
parole?
a. jail time
b. good time
c. merit time
d. none of these - CORRECT ANSWER B. Good time
Federal law provides mandatory parole when an offender has served __________ of a term
five years of longer, unless the offender has serious disciplinary infractions in prison or there
is a high probability of recidivism.
a. one-half
b. three-fourths
c. two-thirds
d. one-fourth - CORRECT ANSWER C. two-thirds
A ___________ is a minimum-security residential program that houses inmates who have
earned the privilege through good institutional conduct and are close to getting out of prison.
a. halfway house
b. community corrections center
c. prerelease facility
d. day reporting center - CORRECT ANSWER C. pre-release facility