Lesson 1 Practice Exercise
The following questions are multiple choice and/or true/false. You are to select the one that is
correct. Show your choice by CIRCLING the letter beside the correct choice directly on the
page. This is a self-graded lesson exercise. Do not look up the correct answers from the lesson
solution sheet until you have finished. To do so may hinder your ability to learn this material.
Also, your final examination score will tend to be lower than if you had not followed this
recommendation.
1) A prisoner was placed into pretrial confinement 7 May 2005, went to trial 11 May 2005, was
convicted, and his sentence was announced in open court on 13 May 2005. The following day
(14 May 2005), the Convening Authority (CA) reviewed the proceedings, approved the sentence,
and ordered it into execution. The prisoner's sentence to confinement will be computed from
what day?
a)
7 May 2005.
b)
11 May 2005.
c)
13 May 2005.
d)
14 May 2005.
2) Compute a Maximum Release Date (MXRD) for the following sentence. Prisoner Alfa was
sentenced to a full term of 2 months confinement. His sentence was adjudged on 17 Sept 2005.
Prisoner Alfa's MXRD is:
a)
16 October 2005.
b)
17 October 2005.
c)
16 November 2005.
d)
17 November 2005.
3) Prisoner Johnson has been sentenced to 10 years confinement. How many days of Good
Conduct Time (GCT) will Prisoner Johnson accrue on a monthly basis?
a)
5 days per month.
b)
8 days per month.
c)
9 days per month.
d)
10 days per month.
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