Trauma and Delinquency MCQs
Trauma and Delinquency MCQs
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1: Which of the following refers to a single traumatic event that is time limited?
A. Acute trauma
B. Chronic trauma
C. Complex trauma
D. Definitive trauma
2: Ongoing sexual abuse of a child over an extended period of victimization is an example of ______.
A. Acute trauma
B. Chronic trauma
C. Complex trauma
D. Definitive trauma
3: Which of the following refers to the injuring or death of a child, not by accident?
A. Complex trauma
B. Neglect
C. Maltreatment
D. Physical abuse
4: Over the past 5 years, the majority of maltreatment victimizations have been ______.
A. Emotional abuse cases
B. Neglect cases
C. Physical abuse cases
D. Sexual abuse cases
5: After an inmate is raped for the first time, he or she is considered ______, meaning that they are fair game for further abuse.
A. Broken in
B. Initiated
C. Primed and ready
D. Turned out
6: Decades of research has shown the link between poverty and ______.
A. Creative potential of the child
B. Delinquent involvement
C. Educational achievement
D. Physiological adjustment
7: Which of the following is true of bullying incidents of LGBT students?
A. The majority of LGBT students experience harassment.
B. The majority of LGBT students experienced a physical attack.
C. The majority of bullying incidents against LGBT students are reported to school authorities.
D. The majority of LGBT students report feeling safe at school.
8: PTSD stands for ______
A. Poly-traumatic symptom disorder
B. Post-traumatic stress disorder
C. Post-traumatic symptom disorder
D. Poly-traumatic stress disorder
9: There are four symptom categories of PTSD: intrusion, negative alterations in cognition and mood, alterations in arousal and reactivity, and ______.
A. Acceptance
B. Accountability
C. Avarice
D. Avoidance
10: On average, maltreated children enter early primary school grades ______ behind on academic performance.
A. One-quarter year
B. One-half year
C. Three-quarters of a year
D. One year
11: Older adolescents, particularly those with longer histories of maltreatment victimization, are often three or four grade levels behind in reading abilities and ______.
A. Have significant deficiencies in math abilities
B. Have limited reasoning abilities
C. Have to repeat at least one grade
D. Have to change schools often
12: The term ______ has been used to describe the ability of some youths to withstand the challenge of traumatic victimizations and experiences without sustaining harmful long-term consequences.
A. Reduction
B. Resiliency
C. Resonance
D. Resurgency
13: Repeated traumatic experiences have been found to double the risk for psychiatric disorders, and this risk lasts for up to ______ after the traumas.
A. 3 years
B. 4 years
C. 5 years
D. 6 years
14: _____ is known as single traumatic event that is time limited, for example, a dog bite, accident, or natural disaster such as an earthquake or tornado.
A. Reentry
B. Acute trauma
C. Criminal delinquent subculture
D. All of these
15: Is aging out when a young person reaches the age of majority (typically 18) in his or her state and is in foster care, he or she “ages out” by legally becoming and adult and no longer are under child welfare system jurisdiction?
A. False
B. True
16: _____ is three major types: physical, social, and verbal. These victimizations may occur in person and through Internet and social media connections (cyberbullying).
A. None of these
B. Bullying
C. Family structure
D. Domestic violence
17: _____ is defined as four official, legal categories of child maltreatment exist: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional (psychological) abuse, and neglect (including medical), depending on state law definitions.
A. None of these
B. Child maltreatment
C. Youth schools
D. Houses of refuge
18: _____ is known as varied and multiple traumatic events, often occurring over time, including domestic violence in the home as well as living in an unsafe and threatening neighborhood. This type of trauma could also be a long-standing or reoccurring problem such as physical abuse victimization.
A. None of these
B. Child abuse
C. Restoration
D. Chronic trauma
19: Is complex trauma chronic trauma caused by adults or caregivers of children (for example, sexual abuse) that is long term in nature?
A. True
B. False
20: _____ is dynamic between child maltreatment and delinquency, with young people having contact with both systems simultaneously.
A. Checks and balances
B. None of these
C. Crossover (dually involved) youth
D. Incarceration facilities
21: _____ is defined as Has numerous forms, including hurtful information on the Internet; sharing private information; unwanted contact via e-mail, texting, online gaming, and other social media sites, as well as purposeful exclusion from an online community.
A. Cyberbullying
B. Exploitation
C. None of these
D. Consensus theorist
22: _____ is known as emotional abuse, threatened and actual physical abuse, or sexual violence between adults, both heterosexual and same-sex partners.
A. One-on-one counseling
B. Domestic violence
C. Role-playing
D. None of these
23: Is dually involved youth dynamic between child maltreatment and delinquency, with young people having contact with both systems simultaneously?
A. True
B. False
24: _____ is first large-scale national study of mental health in the United States; replicated most recently in 2010 and included findings for the first time on the adolescent population.
A. None of these
B. National Comorbidity Study
C. Parens patriae
D. E incentus parentis
25: _____ is defined as series of national surveys of schools identifying the heightened difficulties of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population.
A. Diversion petition
B. All of these
C. National School Climate Survey
D. Consent petition
26: _____ is known as most comprehensive nationwide survey of the incidence and prevalence of children’s exposure to violence to date.
A. Cognitive-behavioral
B. Behaviorally focused
C. All of these
D. National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence
27: Is nonviolent deaths deaths by natural causes or accidents?
A. True
B. False
28: _____ is exposure to, and experience of, multiple forms of trauma and/or victimization.
A. None of these
B. Conformity
C. Poly-victimization
D. Ritualism
29: _____ is defined as u.S. Government considers a person to be living in poverty if household income is below a certain income threshold. These poverty guidelines are available through the Department of Health and Human Services and are revised annually.
A. Poverty
B. Dispositional waiver
C. Judicial waiver
D. All of these
30: _____ is known as deaths caused by different violent events, including accidents, suicides, and homicides.
A. Differential association
B. Violent deaths
C. All of these
D. Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
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