Families in Context MCQs

Families in Context MCQs

Our team has conducted extensive research to compile a set of Families in Context MCQs. We encourage you to test your Families in Context knowledge by answering these 20+ multiple-choice questions provided below.
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1: Much of the discussion about the family and delinquency centers on the impact of ______, divorce, and interactions with the family.

A.   Child abuse

B.   Family process

C.   Domestic violence

D.   Family structure

2: Studies have found that there is a relationship between a juvenile’s ______ to parents and the likelihood to engage in delinquency.

A.   Discipline

B.   Attachment

C.   Supervision

D.   Conflict

3: Boys have been found to have a stronger attachment to parents.

A.   True

B.   False

4: The definition of maltreatment includes ______ and ______.

A.   Structure; discipline

B.   Love; respect

C.   Abuse; neglect

D.   Attachment; conflict

5: Physical abuse is the constant criticism, rejection, or demeaning of the child.

A.   True

B.   False

6: Girls who have run away are more likely to report ______ than boys who have run away.

A.   Physical abuse

B.   Sexual abuse

C.   Delinquency

D.   Law breaking

7: The marriage rate is declining in the United States.

A.   True

B.   False

8: Whether a child is living in a traditional household or whether the child is living in some other arrangement is generally considered family structure.

A.   True

B.   False

9: The constant criticism, rejection, or demeaning of a person is considered to be physical abuse.

A.   True

B.   False

10: Ignoring a child’s need for affection or engaging in the abuse of others is an example of educational neglect.

A.   True

B.   False

11: _____ is defined as overt aggression that can be categorized in three ways: physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse.

A.   Abuse

B.   All of these

C.   Earlier childhood

D.   Early adolescence

12: _____ is known as the “emotional” component of the social bond that signifies that individuals care about what others think.

A.   Attachment

B.   Interventions with few components

C.   A shorter follow-up period

D.   None of these

13: Is child maltreatment the general term for child abuse that includes both abuse and neglect?

A.   False

B.   True

14: _____ is a process that includes punishment for wrong-doing.

A.   None of these

B.   Current alcohol use

C.   Discipline

D.   Sex

15: _____ is defined as neglect characterized by the failure to meet a child’s educational needs, such as neglecting to enroll him or her in school or allowing chronic truancy.

A.   Superpredators

B.   None of these

C.   Educational neglect

D.   Mass murderers

16: _____ is known as a household in which both partners (e.g., mother and father) have similar levels of power.

A.   General feminism

B.   Egalitarian household

C.   Expressive feminism

D.   None of these

17: Is emotional abuse the constant criticism, rejection, or demeaning of a person?

A.   True

B.   False

18: _____ is ignoring a child’s need for affection or engaging in the abuse of others, such as spousal abuse, in front of a child.

A.   Functionalist

B.   Social constructivist

C.   Emotional neglect

D.   None of these

19: _____ is defined as considered a family process in which there is unrest or bad feelings between either the juvenile in question and his or her parents or siblings or the juvenile’s parents.

A.   Coordinated approach across service systems

B.   None of these

C.   Family conflict

D.   Financially responsible approach focused on efficiency

20: _____ is known as the interactions and social exchanges that happen within a family.

A.   Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

B.   Bureau of Labor Statistics

C.   Family process

D.   All of these

21: Is family structure the compositional makeup of the family, such as parental type (e.g., single parent or stepparent) or number of children in the household?

A.   True

B.   False

22: _____ is the number of prisoners per 100,000 population (also known as imprisonment rate).

A.   All of these

B.   Discipline

C.   Conflict

D.   Incarceration rate

23: _____ is defined as the act of depriving or failing to provide for a child’s basic needs.

A.   Supervision

B.   None of these

C.   Discipline

D.   Neglect

A.   Parental rights

B.   Delayed response

C.   Sleeper cells

D.   None of these

25: Is physical abuse abuse that includes kicking, hitting, throwing, burning, stabbing, biting, shaking, or otherwise physically accosting another individual?

A.   False

B.   True

26: _____ is deprivation that results in physical harm for a child.

A.   Physical neglect

B.   Estrogen

C.   Activin

D.   All of these

27: _____ is defined as abuse that consists of rape, molestation, incest, and other sexual assaults.

A.   Resurgency

B.   Sexual abuse

C.   Reduction

D.   None of these

28: _____ is known as a family process in which the juvenile’s actions are either directly known or indirectly known by a parent or guardian.

A.   Ineffectiveness

B.   Power imbalance

C.   None of these

D.   Supervision

29: Is throwaways the term used for youth whose parents have kicked them out of the house?

A.   False

B.   True