Question 1

__________ result(s)in the most injury to women annually in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Automobile accidents
B)  Rape by a family member or stranger
C)  House fires
D)  Intimate partner violence D

Question 2

All of the following are goals of intimate partner violence crisis counseling EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  attending to physical injury.
B)  establishing immediate safety.
C)  reviewing the client's life history to determine what lead to involvement with an abusive partner.
D)  collaborative decision making about reporting abuse to the police. C

Question 3

All of the following questions or statements should be included when screening for intimate partner violence EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Please describe the first time your partner was violent toward you.
B)  No person deserves to be treated this way.Let's explore leaving your partner.
C)  What does a typical incidence of violence involve?
D)  Do you or your partner have access to weapons? B

Question 4

The prevalence of intimate partner violence is highest in which of the following groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Married women who are separated from their abusive husbands
B)  Married women who are live with their abusive husbands
C)  Unmarried women who live with an abusive male partner
D)  Rates of violence are similar across these groups

Question 5

According to Walker's Cycle of Violence Theory (1979),the __________ phase is characterized by repentance and expressions of love from the abusive partner.During this phase the survivor may feel a range of emotions from love to humiliation.

Accepted Answer

A)  tension building
B)  acute battering incident
C)  honeymoon
D)  recovery

Question 6

Individuals who are members of multiple oppressed cultural groups are __________ likely to experience intimate partner violence than members of more privileged cultural groups.

Accepted Answer

A)  more
B)  less
C)  equally
D)  None of the above.No data is available.

Question 7

Due to the prevalence of intimate partner violence,it is generally agreed that screening for IPV should occur

Accepted Answer

A)  when the counselor or healthcare worker observes signs of physical injury.
B)  when a client's family of origin issues predispose the client to abusive relationships.
C)  universally -- IPV screening should occur as routinely as screening for suicidal or homicidal ideation.
D)  only in the presence of both partners,since both males and females can be considered perpetrators of intimate partner violence.

Question 8

According to moral development theory,the majority of batterers operate at the __________ level of development.

Accepted Answer

A)  preconventional
B)  conventional
C)  postconventional
D)  intentional

Question 9

Intimate partner violence prevalence data probably __________ the actual rates of IPV.

Accepted Answer

A)  overestimate IPV experienced by women and underestimate IPV experienced by men
B)  overestimate
C)  underestimate
D)  accurately reflect

Question 10

According to __________ theory,an abused partner learns through repeated unsuccessful attempts that efforts to control violence in the relationship are ineffective,resulting in passiveness or diminished motivation to respond to violence.

Accepted Answer

A)  constructivist
B)  ecological
C)  learned helplessness
D)  person-centered

Question 11

The prevalence of partner violence among LGBT couples is __________ in heterosexual couples.

Accepted Answer

A)  less than
B)  greater than or equal to
C)  greater among gay male couples and less among lesbian couples than
D)  None of the above.No data is available.

Question 12

According to __________ theory,violence is a learned behavior and engaging in violence is a choice.This theory also views ending violence as a process.

Accepted Answer

A)  power and control
B)  moral development
C)  learned helplessness
D)  attachment

Question 13

Batterer intervention programs based on __________ assert that IPV includes behaviors that are aimed at maintaining an imbalance of power in a relationship.

Accepted Answer

A)  attachment theory
B)  feminist informed cognitive behavioral theory
C)  moral development theory
D)  person centered theory

Question 14

Approximately _____ percent of women and ____ percent of men experience some form of partner violence.

Accepted Answer

A)  50;5
B)  30,10
C)  95,40
D)  25,25

Question 15

In which of the following situations would a counselor be required to break confidentiality related to intimate partner violence?

Accepted Answer

A)  IPV is against the law and should always be reported to the police.
B)  No children in the household or exposed to IPV.
C)  The IPV survivor reports suicidal or homicidal ideation.
D)  All of the above.

Question 16

Survivors of intimate partner violence frequently experience

Accepted Answer

A)  depression.
B)  post-traumatic stress disorder.
C)  alcohol and drug abuse.
D)  All of the above.

Question 17

__________ theory originated from a study that involved locking dogs in cages and administering electric shocks.

Accepted Answer

A)  Constructivist
B)  Ecological
C)  Learned helplessness
D)  Person-centered

Question 18

The term "intimate partner violence" describes violence among

Accepted Answer

A)  only lesbian or gay couples.
B)  only couples who are married or cohabitate.
C)  only couples who are sexually intimate.
D)  any couple.

Question 19

__________ could be characterized as intimate partner violence.

Accepted Answer

A)  Threatening to withhold sex
B)  Threatening to "out" a same sex partner
C)  Repeated threatening text messages,phone calls,and emails
D)  All of the above.

Question 20

All of the following are goals of batterer intervention programs EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  ensuring the safety of IPV survivors.
B)  preventing future acts of intimate partner violence.
C)  increasing the abusive partner's accountability for his or her violent actions.
D)  encouraging the abusive partner to contact IPV survivor to express remorse.

Exam 7: Intimate Partner Violence

__________ result(s) in the most injury to women annually in the United States?