PHASE 1 EXAM DJJ LATEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Preventive Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Social and or rehabilitative services provided to the
parent of the child, legal guardian, or custodian for the purpose of averting the removal of the child
from the home or disruption possible placement in foster care. Social services shall promote need for a
safe, continuous, stable living environment to promote family autonomy and shall strengthen family life
as the first priority whenever possible.
Child - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Any unmarried person under 18 who has not been emancipated by
order of court and who has been found or alleged to be dependent, in need of services, or from a family
in need of services; or any married or unmarried person who is charged with a violation of law occurring
prior to the time that person reached 18.
Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Authorized agent of the Department who
performs and directs intake, assessment, probation or conditional release and other related service.
Delinquent Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A violation of any law of this state, the United States, or
any other state which is a misdemeanor or a felony or violation of a county or municipal ordinance
which would be punishable by incarceration if the violation were committed by an adult.
Civil Citation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A civil rather than criminal option that offers law
enforcement an active role in assigning sanctions that provide swift and appropriate consequences to
youth for certain nonviolent misdemeanor delinquent acts.
Intake - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The initial acceptance and screening by DJJ of a complaint, law
enforcement report, or an affidavit of delinquency, family in need of services, child in need of services to
determine recommendations to be taken in the best interests of the child, family and community.
Alternatives included in intake - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Disposition of the complaint, report, or
probable cause affidavit without court or public agency action or judicial handling when appropriate.
Alternatives included in intake - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Referral of child to another public or
private agency. Recommendation by the JPO of judicial handling when appropriate and warranted
,Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Activities that help meet a youth's needs both directly and
indirectly
Intake - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Begins when a youth is charged with an offense and continues until
the decision not to file a petition is made or until the case is disposed. During this time, the Department
gathers information to assess the youth's need for services, make referrals, and submit
recommendations to the court.
Detention Care - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Temporary care of a child in secure or non-secure
detention, pending a court adjudication or disposition or execution of a court order. Two types are
Secure/Non-Secure.
Secure Detention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Temporary custody of the child while the child is under
physical restriction of a detention center or facility pending adjudication, dispositions, placement
Non-Secure Detention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Temporary, nonsecure custody of the child, is
released to the custody of the parent, guardian, or custodian in a physically nonrestrictive under the
supervision of DJJ pending adjudication, disposition, or placement. May include home detention, EM,
day reporting centers, evening reporting centers, and nonsecure shelters. May include other
requirements imposed by the courts.
Family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A collective body of persons, consisting of a child and a parent,
guardian, adult custodian, or adult relative in which the persons reside in the same house or living unit.
The parent, guardian, adult custodian, or adult relative has a legal responsibility by blood, marriage, or
court order to support or care for the child.
Transition Planning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process of establishing transition activities to
facilitate a youth's successful release from a residential commitment program and reintegration into the
community.
Community Re-Entry Transition Team - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅People in the community, identified
by the commitment conference attendees, who can provide support and guidance to the youth after
release.
, Commitment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Must be for the purpose of exercising active control over the
youth, including custody, care, training, urine monitoring, and treatment of the youth.
Minimum risk Non-Residential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Work with youth who remain in
the community and participate at least 5 days per week in a day treatment program. Youth assessed and
classified for programs represent a minimum risk to themselves and public safety and don't require
placement and services in residential settings. This level excludes youth who have been found to have
committed acts involving firearms, sexual offenses, or life felonies or first degree felonies if committed
by an adult.
Two types of commitment programs. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Facility based treatment services
and Residential commitment programs
Residential Commitment Program - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A non-secure, high, or max-risk
residential delinquency program for committed youth.
Minimum-risk non residential - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Work with youth who remain in the
community 5 days per week. Youth have full access to and reside in the community.
Non-secure residential - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅May allow youth to have supervised access to
community. Provide 24 hour awake supervision, custody, care, and treatment of residents.
High risk residential - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Not allow youth access to the community. Hardware
secure with perimeter fencing and locking doors. Youth require close supervision; include juvenile
correction facilities and juvenile prisons.
Max risk residential - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Single cell occupancy. Youth in this program are at
level to protect public.
Probation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Legal status created by law and court ordered in cases involving
a child who has been found to have committed a delinquent act
ANSWERS
Preventive Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Social and or rehabilitative services provided to the
parent of the child, legal guardian, or custodian for the purpose of averting the removal of the child
from the home or disruption possible placement in foster care. Social services shall promote need for a
safe, continuous, stable living environment to promote family autonomy and shall strengthen family life
as the first priority whenever possible.
Child - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Any unmarried person under 18 who has not been emancipated by
order of court and who has been found or alleged to be dependent, in need of services, or from a family
in need of services; or any married or unmarried person who is charged with a violation of law occurring
prior to the time that person reached 18.
Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Authorized agent of the Department who
performs and directs intake, assessment, probation or conditional release and other related service.
Delinquent Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A violation of any law of this state, the United States, or
any other state which is a misdemeanor or a felony or violation of a county or municipal ordinance
which would be punishable by incarceration if the violation were committed by an adult.
Civil Citation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A civil rather than criminal option that offers law
enforcement an active role in assigning sanctions that provide swift and appropriate consequences to
youth for certain nonviolent misdemeanor delinquent acts.
Intake - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The initial acceptance and screening by DJJ of a complaint, law
enforcement report, or an affidavit of delinquency, family in need of services, child in need of services to
determine recommendations to be taken in the best interests of the child, family and community.
Alternatives included in intake - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Disposition of the complaint, report, or
probable cause affidavit without court or public agency action or judicial handling when appropriate.
Alternatives included in intake - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Referral of child to another public or
private agency. Recommendation by the JPO of judicial handling when appropriate and warranted
,Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Activities that help meet a youth's needs both directly and
indirectly
Intake - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Begins when a youth is charged with an offense and continues until
the decision not to file a petition is made or until the case is disposed. During this time, the Department
gathers information to assess the youth's need for services, make referrals, and submit
recommendations to the court.
Detention Care - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Temporary care of a child in secure or non-secure
detention, pending a court adjudication or disposition or execution of a court order. Two types are
Secure/Non-Secure.
Secure Detention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Temporary custody of the child while the child is under
physical restriction of a detention center or facility pending adjudication, dispositions, placement
Non-Secure Detention - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Temporary, nonsecure custody of the child, is
released to the custody of the parent, guardian, or custodian in a physically nonrestrictive under the
supervision of DJJ pending adjudication, disposition, or placement. May include home detention, EM,
day reporting centers, evening reporting centers, and nonsecure shelters. May include other
requirements imposed by the courts.
Family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A collective body of persons, consisting of a child and a parent,
guardian, adult custodian, or adult relative in which the persons reside in the same house or living unit.
The parent, guardian, adult custodian, or adult relative has a legal responsibility by blood, marriage, or
court order to support or care for the child.
Transition Planning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process of establishing transition activities to
facilitate a youth's successful release from a residential commitment program and reintegration into the
community.
Community Re-Entry Transition Team - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅People in the community, identified
by the commitment conference attendees, who can provide support and guidance to the youth after
release.
, Commitment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Must be for the purpose of exercising active control over the
youth, including custody, care, training, urine monitoring, and treatment of the youth.
Minimum risk Non-Residential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Work with youth who remain in
the community and participate at least 5 days per week in a day treatment program. Youth assessed and
classified for programs represent a minimum risk to themselves and public safety and don't require
placement and services in residential settings. This level excludes youth who have been found to have
committed acts involving firearms, sexual offenses, or life felonies or first degree felonies if committed
by an adult.
Two types of commitment programs. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Facility based treatment services
and Residential commitment programs
Residential Commitment Program - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A non-secure, high, or max-risk
residential delinquency program for committed youth.
Minimum-risk non residential - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Work with youth who remain in the
community 5 days per week. Youth have full access to and reside in the community.
Non-secure residential - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅May allow youth to have supervised access to
community. Provide 24 hour awake supervision, custody, care, and treatment of residents.
High risk residential - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Not allow youth access to the community. Hardware
secure with perimeter fencing and locking doors. Youth require close supervision; include juvenile
correction facilities and juvenile prisons.
Max risk residential - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Single cell occupancy. Youth in this program are at
level to protect public.
Probation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Legal status created by law and court ordered in cases involving
a child who has been found to have committed a delinquent act
