Parents who lose a child to death often prefer support groups.
Suicidal people never leave hints that they are thinking of suicide.
An emic consideration for a Latina woman who is being battered might be isolation.
“Coming out” crisis refers to:
A. a gay person disclosing his homosexuality to friends and family.
B. a disabled person mainstreaming.
C. an adolescent admitting guilt for substance abuse.
D. none of the above.
When would a “runaway” exist in a family?
A. When a child turns 17
B. When the family cannot bring a crisis situation back into a homeostatic pattern
C. When the calibration of a family system is set by a therapist
D. All of the above
Which of the following is most likely to cause PTSD?
A. Divorce
B. Serving in combat
C. Being fired
D. None of the above
Shame and obligation are two ideas to keep in mind when working with:
A. Mexican-Americans.
B. Asian-Americans.
C. African-Americans.
D. none of the above.
Which of the following is NOT an example of effective coping behavior according to
Caplan?
A. Actively exploring reality issues
B. Learning to stifle emotions and contain them
C. Actively invoking help from others
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Carl Rogers and his person-centered counseling approach has contributed much in the
way of:
A. empathy skills.
B. reflective skills.
C. genuineness skills.
D. all of the above.
E. none of the above.
About how many military personnel reported being victims of sexual assault in 2011?
A. 27,000
B. 2,700
C. 270
D. 500,000
The curvilinear model of anxiety proposes:
A. anxiety is always negative and serves no purpose.
B. anxiety may be used to increase motivation.
C. anxiety should be avoided at all costs.
D. none of the above.
Bereavement is:
A. a state involving loss.
B. the feelings of sorrow, anger, and guilt that arise when one experiences loss.
C. the overt expression of grief.
D. none of the above.
Which of the following might determine how well someone manages a crisis?
A. Material resources
B. Personal resources
C. Social resources
D. All of the above
OIF stands for:
A. Operation Intelligence Forensics.
B. Operation Iraqi Fighters.
C. Operation Iraqi Freedom.
D. none of the above.
Date rape is:
A. common.
B. uncommon.
C. overreported.
D. none of the above.
Sexual assault occurs most commonly:
A. in ghettos.
B. by acquaintances or friends.
C. by mentally deranged felons.
D. none of the above.
HIV can be found in:
A. blood.
B. feces.
C. breast milk.
D. all of the above.
E. none of the above.
Which of the following is true about rape?
A. It is rare.
B. It only happens by stranger.
C. It is about power.
D. None of the above
The emotional refusal to acknowledge a person’s situation, condition, or event the way
it actually is refers to:
A. displacement.
B. denial.
C. projection.
D. rationalization.
Combat trauma, such as PTSD, should be thought of as:
A. mental illness.
B. a personality disorder.
C. an injury.
D. all of the above.
A person in crisis may be in danger of:
A. becoming psychotic.
B. committing suicide.
C. coming through the crisis at a lower level of functioning.
D. all of the above.
E. none of the above.
An example of a dual relationship would be:
A. sex with a client.
B. being friends with a client.
C. dating a client.
D. all of the above.
E. none of the above.
LSD is:
A. an upper.
B. a downer.
C. an hallucinogen.
D. none of the above.
Which drug is most likely to be physically addictive?
A. Marijuana
B. Heroin
C. LSD
D. All are equally addictive.
Critical incident debriefing includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A. support and assurance.
B. discouraging functioning so client may rest.
C. empathy and information.
D. all of the above.
Which of the following is the correct order of the phases of community disaster?
A. Disillusionment, heroic, reconstruction, altruisms
B. Heroic, honeymoon, disillusionment, reconstruction
C. Deconstruction, heroic, honeymoon, reconstruction
D. None of the above
What is the purpose of basic attending skills?
A. To find the precipitating event
B. To develop rapport
C. To provide coping skills
D. None of the above
The empowerment model of crisis intervention where responsibility and choice are
emphasized probably best represents which approach?
A. Existential
B. Humanistic
C. Behavioral
D. None of the above
What might be a sign that a caretaker of someone with Alzheimer’s disease may need
intervention?
A. They are socializing too much.
B. They are suffering from their own health problems.
C. They are sleeping soundly.
D. All of the above.
Interventions with abused elderly people usually require the services of:
A. nurses.
B. social workers.
C. physicians.
D. all of the above.
Suicide prevention became widespread in the:
A. 1800s.
B. 1960s.
C. 1990s.
D. 1980s.
What was the purpose of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office at the
DOD?
A. To eliminate sexual assaults that take place in the military
B. To encourage women to resign rather than prosecute a rapist
C. To offer women who report rape financial restitution
D. All of the above
When a counselor tells a client that his or her feelings are normal and suggests that
others would feel the same way under the same conditions, he is giving a/an:
A. educational statement.
B. empowerment statement.
C. support/validation statement.
D. reframe.
The concept of finite psychic energy comes from which theory?
A. Darwin’s
B. Psychoanalytic
C. Existential
D. Humanistic
E. None of the above
Paraphrasing is:
A. a way to help clients feel their emotions.
B. a clarifying technique.
C. a way to give advice.
D. all of the above.
Vets centers are often located in:
A. huge bureaucratic buildings.
B. churches.
C. small offices in neighborhoods.
D. parks.
Children whose parents go through divorce may suffer from:
A. loyalty issues.
B. blended family issues.
C. depression.
D. anger.
E. all of the above.
Countertransference refers to the unresolved feelings that the client feels toward the
counselor.
Suicide is always an insane act.
Losing one’s job has enduring health consequences.
Suicide is always impulsive.
Homophobia refers to an unreasonable fear or hatred of a homosexual.
Crisis intervention has its beginnings during the time of Freud.
One in 20 women will be assaulted by a domestic partner in her lifetime.
It is possible to grow after effective resolution of a crisis.
The goal of crisis intervention is to change the precipitating event.
People who lose someone to death should never learn to adjust to life without them.
Hospitalizing a high risk client is avoided at all costs.
Fiduciary abuse may be considered a part of elder abuse.
A crisis worker may include family members in a suicide watch.
Divorcing people should be encouraged to tell their parents and in-laws the details of
the break-up.
Duty to Warn refers to disclosure of a client’s intention to harm another.
The World Health Organization estimated that about one million individuals complete a
suicidal act each year in the world.
Ego strength refers to one’s capacity to deal with the demands of reality.
If left untreated, crisis states will usually last about one year.
Cognitive elements are of great importance in crisis work.
Caplan’s list of effective coping people includes the ability to invoke help from others.