Take the following practice exam in order to review some of the key terms and ideas presented in Chapter 16.

1			____________ house the most serious offenders and are characterized by double and triple security patterns.
			A)	High-security prisons
			B)	Maximum-security prisons
			C)	Reformatories
			D)	Penitentiaries
2			____________ are constructed back to back, with corridors running along the outside of the cell house.
			A)	Inside cells
			B)	Cell blocks
			C)	Outside cells
			D)	Cell tiers
3			Which of the following statements about contemporary prison administration is incorrect?
			A)	Prisons are often organized as a subdivision of some larger branch of state government.
			B)	Most wardens are career civil service employees.
			C)	Most wardens are highly educated in the behavioral sciences.
			D)	The management of a prison is a major administrative task similar to running a large business.
4			In prison academic education programs, the emphasis is on:
			A)	learning how to cope with prison life.
			B)	gaining basic knowledge and communication skills.
			C)	preparing inmates for post-release employment.
			D)	helping inmates earn a college degree.
5			Which of the following are typically viewed as the primary rehabilitative tools a correctional institution has to offer?
			A)	academic education and vocational training
			B)	clinical treatment programs
			C)	integrated medical and recreation programs
			D)	carefully constructed psychotherapy programs
6			Which of the following statements about prison vocational programs is inaccurate?
			A)	Vocational programs are often poorly equipped.
			B)	Vocational programs often emphasize training in fields where jobs are scarce on the outside.
			C)	Inmates receive training in areas that are relevant to the outside job market.
			D)	Programs often lack adequate technical staff.
7			The therapeutic community is a:
			A)	form of institutionalized group therapy.
			B)	total treatment environment.
			C)	variety of group social casework.
			D)	form of group psychotherapy.
8			Which of the following statements about conjugal visitation is inaccurate?
			A)	It is generally available only to male inmates.
			B)	It may help to preserve marriages.
			C)	It tends to place strains on the family unit because of the environment of the visit.
			D)	It reduces homosexuality.
9			The primary task of prisons is:
			A)	treatment.
			B)	punishment.
			C)	rehabilitation.
			D)	custody.
10			The Martinson Report on the effectiveness of correctional treatment:
			A)	said little that had not already been said before.
			B)	said that with few and isolated exceptions, prison treatment programs had little effect on recidivism.
			C)	pushed researchers to improve their studies of prison treatment programs.
			D)	all of the above.