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Don't lie. If you get the job and they find out about it, this is grounds for termination: no contest.
Here's a tip: be proactive about it. Fill out the form truthfully and when (or if) you get an interview, be the one to bring it up. Heck, even do it at the beginning to show you are one to take responsibility and initiative.
If they interview you despite this, clearly they won't hold it against you, and this is especially the case if you own up to it on your own volition. When you discuss it, prove to them that you've learned from past mistakes and that you are working hard on being responsible day in and day out. Sell it to them with enthusiasm. Be genuine. Tell them what you've done since the incident to makes things right. This alone could set you apart as a leading candidate.
Everyone makes mistakes. Not everyone becomes a better person afterward.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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