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Understanding Intimate Partner Violence: What it Is, How to Assess for It, and How to Intervene

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1.  Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is also known as:
  1. Domestic Violence
  2. Date Rape
  3. Relationship Conflict
  4. Sexual Harassment
2.  Types of IPV include:
  1. Physical abuse
  2. Sexual abuse
  3. Digital abuse
  4. All of the above
3.  This type of IPV occurs when one partner strips the other of the ability to control their own reproductive system.
  1. Digital Abuse
  2. Sexual Abuse
  3. Reproductive Abuse
  4. Emotional Abuse
4.  In the United States ___________ million adults experience IPV annually.
  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 15
5.  Which of the following is a factor that is suspected to contribute to the likelihood of an intimate partner being abusive?
  1. Adequate communication skills
  2. History of abuse
  3. Adequate emotional regulation
  4. None of the above
6.  According to the presenter, which are three important strategies for the recovery process?
  1. Developing personal efficacy/tenacity, accessing support, and transforming suffering by giving back
  2. Yoga, meditation, and forgiveness
  3. Financial health, faith, and forgiveness
  4. 12-step programs, vitamin therapy, meditation
7.  Which of the following are assessment tools that can be used to assess for IPV?
  1. MOSAIC, SHARP, The Danger Assessment
  2. DSM, Addiction Inventory, ICD-10
  3. CCRI, RAINN
  4. NSVRC, OVW
8.  Interventions for working with IPV should include:
  1. Safety planning
  2. Referrals/Resources
  3. Education on legal rights
  4. All of the above
9.  Which of the following is an intervention/treatment option for treating perpetrators of IPV?
  1. Duluth Model
  2. MOSAIC
  3. SHARP
  4. NIH
10.  Which of the following may be signs of elder abuse?
  1. Weight loss due to medication
  2. Overly talkative
  3. Poor hygiene and noncompliance to medical treatment
  4. Change in health insurance
11.  Which of the following is TRUE regarding IPV/domestic violence?
  1. IPV/Domestic violence is used to maintain power and control
  2. IPV/Domestic violence is not used to maintain power and control
  3. IPV/Domestic violence only involves men abusing women
  4. IPV/Domestic violence is not a serious problem in most communities
12.  Methods of Coercive Control by an abusive partner includes which of the following?
  1. Systematic and repetitive infliction of harm on the victim
  2. Encouraging self-empowerment
  3. Encouraging family contact
  4. Encouraging contact with friends
13.  Which of the following is NOT an effect of captivity?
  1. State of constant dread
  2. Loss of identity
  3. Broadened thought of the future
  4. Problems with initiative
14.  Which of the following is not a characteristic of victim captivity?
  1. Brief, single episode of trauma
  2. Prolonged contact with the perpetrator
  3. Every aspect of the victim’s life is controlled
  4. Demands for the victim to profess respect, gratitude or even love
15.  Which of the following is NOT true about trauma and oppression?
  1. Trauma is a sociological dimension of oppression
  2. Oppression renders people subjectively powerless
  3. The essence of victimization is that you are acted upon against your will.
  4. Powerlessness-the experience of being without options—is the hallmark of traumatic experiences.

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