The chronosystem includes
a. both individual and system timelines.
b. communication links and their timeline development.
c. changing from mainly reactive programs to mainly proactive ones.
d. FEMA, SEMA, and LEMA timelines.
Crises may suddenly occur even when clients are successful in overcoming the crisis
because they
a. have post traumatic personality disorder (PTSD)
b. are experiencing intrapersonal problems in their own personal development along
with the precipitating crisis.
c. are about to be terminated from therapy.
d. all of the above may be reasons for crises to reoccur.
The concept underlying AA’s treatment approach is (365)
a. rugged individualism.
b. recovering not recovered.
c. self-reliance.
d. both a and c.
Seung-Hui Cho’s video tape manifested which characteristic of Schneidman’s typology
of the classic suicidal person?
a. situational
b. relational
c. motivational
d. Cho manifested all of the characteristics.
Burnout may have which of the following consequences?
a. behavioral
b. interpersonal
c. physical
d. All of the above may be consequences.
Which of the following describes a metastasizing crisis?
a. helping survivors determine the cause of the disaster.
b. before anything else, helping survivors survive.
c. providing opportunities for survivors to express their feelings and emotions.
d. helping survivors apply for government assistance.
If the client’s decisions were highly impulsive and irrational with the potential to harm
others, behaviors were causing the situation to worsen, and she felt the situation was
unreal, she would most likely have a triage score in the
a. lower to middle teens
b. the high teens
c. the low twenties
d. the high twenties
A person who was identified as schizotypal would typically need to
a. have an immediate call to 911 for a call out for a mobile crisis team
b. have a police CIT member go to the residence because of the danger s/he he could be
c. have the worker focus on reality checks in a slow paced supportive manner
d. do all of the above.
Of the following current principles of substance abuse treatment, which is not true?
a. Addiction and other psychiatric disorders are treated separately.
b. Case management has moved away from the 28-day model.
c. Client autonomy and responsibility are major driving forces to treatment regimens.
d. Computer-based assessment protocols help tailor-make individual treatment plans.
The stage theories of grief are no longer considered very valid because
a. one size fits all models don”t work.
b. Kubler-Ross’s theory applied only to death.
c. Bowlby’s theory applied only to childhood.
d. all of the above are reasons.
Female date rape survivors in college have been found to be more likely to have
experienced
a. false memories of sexual abuse in childhood than college women who reported no
date rape experience.
b. more gender inequality throughout their lives than college women who reported no
date rape experience.
c. stress, maltreatment, and negative home environment/neglect during childhood than
women who reported no date rape experience.
d. no date rape risk training and education during freshman orientation.
Ecological/cultural determinants of crisis intervention have to do with
a. how hot it is.
b. mutual and dynamic interaction of ecological /cultural factors between client and
worker.
c. broaching.
d. all of the above.
Crisis workers need to understand that battered persons
a. tend to see such incidents as isolated.
b. have little will power and must be directly guided in making decisions.
c. have few financial resources and will always need financial help.
d. have such fragmented thinking that a great deal of assessment will need to be made
before a behavioral plan is implemented.
Later in their lives, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse do not usually experience
victimization
a. on the conscious level.
b. because of their beliefs derived in large part from social myths.
c. because of their feelings of blame and guilt.
d. due to the fear that the victimizer may reappear and revictimize the victim.
In telephone crisis intervention, providing support to the client is critical because
a. the client typically has no support system and needs to establish psychological
contact with someone.
b. it does little good to attempt any behavioral change early on.
c. volunteers are not trained to do much more than that.
d. the worker will need to buy time to cool the crisis off.
In dealing with children who have suffered loss, an adult should
a. shield and protect the child.
b. be truthful and consistent.
c. be concerned if the child seems uncaring.
d. both b and c.
Which of the following negotiator statements would seem best for a hostage taker
diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic?
a. Yes, I can hear the voice too and it really is foul-mouthed.
b. Look, I know you’re really hurting, but there really aren’t any little brimstone demons
in here so let’s get you some help.
c. It must be really difficult to get any sleep at all when you’re frightened to death that
those giant roaches will come back.
d. OK ! I really do understand that the medicine makes you feel bad, but do you really
want to get shot out here when you’re acting crazy?
A start-up of crisis services usually occurs when
a. the government starts funding a project.
b. the general population gets concerned and starts demanding change.
c. politicians see the political necessity for alleviating the crisis.
d. special-interest groups such as MADD form.
Vicarious traumatization and compassion fatigue are endemic to crisis work because
a. many crisis workers have severe transference issues before they ever get in the work
due to their own trauma.
b. crisis workers get addicted to the adrenaline high of traumatic dilemmas and won”t
walk away when they need to.
c. it is easy to “catch” the awful symptoms clients have.
d. it is a compensatory behavior for burned-out workers.
Assessment of PTSD may be best accomplished by
a. structured interviews specifically related to PTSD criteria.
b. personality tests with special PTSD scales like the MMPI and Mississippi Combat
Scale.
c. complete medical work-ups to determine degree and kind of neurobiological
involvement.
d. incidence of drug use and criminal acts.
The hostage can make use of the Stockholm syndrome by
a. appearing to agree with the hostage taker’s beliefs.
b. sharing the more personal aspects of one’s life and eliciting the same from the
hostage taker.
c. currying favor with the hostage taker by complimenting him or her.
d. ignoring the hostage taker’s personal queries and thus making him or her more
subservient.
Assessment tools such as the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief generally look for
a. how much the person lost and what it meant.
b. what the person lost and what it meant.
c. both a and b.
d. what the course of the grief is and how it is progressing.
The police, fire, and emergency services support group provide all but one of the
following in their support groups?
a. Restoration of self-pride.
b. Mutual respect.
c. Shared experiences of traumatic events.
d. Integration with others kinds of PTSD
Why did PTSD become classified as a diagnosable mental illness?
a. The Veterans Administration supported its inclusion.
b. The National Organization of Women pushed for legislation mandating treatment.
c. Freud’s earlier work on hysteria was “rediscovered” by the American Psychiatric
Association
d. None of the above is the principal reason for its inclusion.
The Nassau County Emergency Management Agency’s chronosystem clock starts
running
a. the day of hurricane landfall.
b. the day after landfall.
c. prior to hurricane landfall.
d. its start time is variable depending on conditions.
From a Piagetian standpoint, the preoperational child’s egocentric view of death may be
a. laced with magical thinking and fantasy with no clear view of death’s finality.
b. programmed to follow the parental view of death.
c. related to the unique and particular relationship with the deceased.
d. subject to social influence that is accompanied by numerous negative cultural
messages about death.
The default task of the Hybrid model is
a. Safety
b. Planning
c. Psychoeducation
d. Follow-up
Neat and orderly progression for the PTSD sufferer through the recovery phase is
a. indicative of emotional numbing and denial.
b. indicative of integration taking place.
c. indicative that the intervention is working.
d. the exception rather than the rule.
In high-context cultures
a. one’s importance is tied to individual accomplishment.
b. words are paramount.
c. communication is direct.
d. the group is reflective of one’s worth.
Crisis workers should encourage rape victims to change jobs or places of residence to
distance themselves from the trauma.