FREE CJBAT MCQ Questions and Answers

Question 1

A fixed sentence, often known as a ______, is an imprisoning term of a certain length of time.

Accepted Answer

Determinate

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Definite

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Indefinite

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Indeterminate

Question 2

What is most suitable for using a broad range of sentencing options and tailoring the punishment to the offender?

Accepted Answer

Rehabilitation

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Retribution

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Just deserts

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General deterrence

Question 3

Cruel and unusual punishments are prohibited by the _______ amendment.

Accepted Answer

Eighth

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Ninth

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Sixth

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Fourth

Question 4

What was formerly the main deterrent to imprisonment in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Physical punishment

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Banishment

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Parole

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Intermediate

Question 5

What kind of situation is often involved in symbolic restitution?

Accepted Answer

Community service

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A fine

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House arrest

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Direct payment to victim

Question 6

The earliest a convict can be released on parole in many jurisdictions that use indeterminate sentences is normally when time served plus ____ equals the minimum sentence.

Accepted Answer

Good time

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Merit credits

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Positive days

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Rehabilitation credits

Question 7

What kind of punishment is more consistent with fines?

Accepted Answer

Retribution

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Incapacitation

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Deterrence

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Rehabilitation

Question 8

Evidence demonstrates that rehabilitation institutions' performance depends on what?

Accepted Answer

The desire of the inmate to change behavior.

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The quality, including the funding, of the rehabilitation program.

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That the program forces inmates to change their behavior by participating job training, counseling, and other reentry programs.

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All of the above

Question 9

In the United States, punishments including flogging, branding, or hand amputation are no longer legal. What is the reason?

Accepted Answer

Because of the Eighth Amendments ban on cruel and unusual punishment

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Flogging is still permitted in some U.S. jurisdiction

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Because of activism of human rights

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Because states have prohibited these kinds of punishment

Question 10

Which of the following is least likely to be declared an illegal basis for sentencing discrimination?

Accepted Answer

Race

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Ethnicity

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Religion

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Employment history