1 Marks: 1 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Choose one answer. a. is exclusive to Vietnam Veterans b. is a psychological illness characterized by panic attacks, nightmares, depression, guilt and flashbacks c. can be caused by any highly emotional event d. both b and c above Question 2 Marks: 1 Which of the following is not a role of a crisis interventionist? Choose one answer. a. To encourage and allow the client to "make the decisions". b. To tell the client exactly what he/she should do, when he/she should do it, and how he/she should do it. c. To enable the client to become aware of possible solutions to the crisis. d. To allow the client to vent emotions. Question 3 Marks: 1 A victim's pain: Choose one answer. a. may often last weeks, months, or even years after the incident b. usually goes away after the court process is completed c. usually goes away after an advocate explains the legal system d. usually goes away after receipt of financial reimbursement for personal and property losses Question 4 Marks: 1 Which of the following does NOT create law: Choose one answer. a. U.S. Congress b. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People c. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency d. Colorado Supreme Court Question 5 Marks: 1 Which of the following is not considered to be a responsibility of a victim advocate? Choose one answer. a. To consider the job a serious commitment. b. To litigate the victim's case. c. To maintain confidentiality in all issues pertaining to clients. d. To keep informed on relevant issues through ongoing training. Question 6 Marks: 1 Which of the following is a goal of perpetrator counseling? Choose one answer. a. Counseling done in hopes to keep perpetrators from committing further crimes. b. To encourage the perpetrator to commit more crimes c. To meet the urgent physical and emotional needs of a victim. d. To provide support and reassurance at the scene of the crime or shortly thereafter. Question 7 Marks: 1 What court-related service involves monitoring court activity to make sure victims are being treated fairly by judges and attorneys? Choose one answer. a. Witness Alert b. Court Watch c. Restitution Assistance d. Legislative Advocacy Question 8 Marks: 1 Which of the following puts the statutes in the correct chronological order (earliest to most recent) by their date of enactment? Choose one answer. a. Violence Against Women Act; Victims of Crime Act; Victims & Witness Protection Act; Victims Rights & Restitution Act b. The Victims of Crime Act; Victims Right & Restitution Act; Violence Against Women Act; Victims & Witness Protection Act c. The Victim & Witness Protection Act; Violence Against Women Act; The Victims of Crime Act; Victims Rights & Restitution Act d. The Victim & Witness Protection Act; The Victims of Crime Act; Victims Rights & Restitution Act; Violence Against Wome ...

1. 1
Marks: 1
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):
Choose one answer.
a. is exclusive to Vietnam Veterans
b. is a psychological illness characterized by panic attacks,
nightmares, depression, guilt and flashbacks
c. can be caused by any highly emotional event
d. both b and c above
Question 2
Marks: 1
Which of the following is not a role of a crisis interventionist?
Choose one answer.
a. To encourage and allow the client to "make the decisions".
b. To tell the client exactly what he/she should do, when he/she
should do it, and how he/she should do it.
c. To enable the client to become aware of possible solutions to
the crisis.
d. To allow the client to vent emotions.

2. Question 3
Marks: 1
A victim's pain:
Choose one answer.
a. may often last weeks, months, or even years after the incident
b. usually goes away after the court process is completed
c. usually goes away after an advocate explains the legal system
d. usually goes away after receipt of financial reimbursement
for personal and property losses
Question 4
Marks: 1
Which of the following does NOT create law:
Choose one answer.
a. U.S. Congress
b. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
c. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
d. Colorado Supreme Court
Question 5
Marks: 1

3. Which of the following is not considered to be a responsibility
of a victim advocate?
Choose one answer.
a. To consider the job a serious commitment.
b. To litigate the victim's case.
c. To maintain confidentiality in all issues pertaining to clients.
d. To keep informed on relevant issues through ongoing
training.
Question 6
Marks: 1
Which of the following is a goal of perpetrator counseling?
Choose one answer.
a. Counseling done in hopes to keep perpetrators from
committing further crimes.
b. To encourage the perpetrator to commit more crimes
c. To meet the urgent physical and emotional needs of a victim.
d. To provide support and reassurance at the scene of the crime
or shortly thereafter.
Question 7
Marks: 1

4. What court-related service involves monitoring court activity to
make sure victims are being treated fairly by judges and
attorneys?
Choose one answer.
a. Witness Alert
b. Court Watch
c. Restitution Assistance
d. Legislative Advocacy
Question 8
Marks: 1
Which of the following puts the statutes in the correct
chronological order (earliest to most recent) by their date of
enactment?
Choose one answer.
a. Violence Against Women Act; Victims of Crime Act; Victims
& Witness Protection Act; Victims Rights & Restitution Act
b. The Victims of Crime Act; Victims Right & Restitution Act;
Violence Against Women Act; Victims & Witness Protection
Act
c. The Victim & Witness Protection Act; Violence Against
Women Act; The Victims of Crime Act; Victims Rights &
Restitution Act

5. d. The Victim & Witness Protection Act; The Victims of Crime
Act; Victims Rights & Restitution Act; Violence Against
Women Act
Question 9
Marks: 1
Which of the following is not a basic right provided by the
legislation surrounding victims' rights?
Choose one answer.
a. The right to notification of the stages and proceedings in the
criminal process.
b. The right to protection from intimidation and harassment.
c. The right to confidentiality of records.
d. The right of the victim to serve on the jury at the trial of the
perpetrator.
Question 10
Marks: 1
Which of the following is not a common reaction to
victimization?
Choose one answer.
a. Self-Blame
b. Depression / Sadness

6. c. Elation
d. Fear
11
Marks: 1
What is the correct chronological order for the "Four Stages of
Grief"?
Choose one answer.
a. Recovery. Despair, Detachment, Protest
b. Despair, Detachment, Protest, Recovery
c. Protest. Detachment, Recovery, Despair
d. Protest, Despair, Detachment, Recovery
Question 12
Marks: 1
Roughly what percentage of people will have Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder at some time in their lives?
Choose one answer.
a. 2%
b. 8%
c. 15%

7. d. 50%
Question 13
Marks: 1
An empathetic response ideally includes which of the
following?
Choose one answer.
a. labeling specific feelings and their sources.
b. focusing on the feelings most important to the client's
concerns.
c. skills to facilitate the client to make independent decisions.
d. all of the above
Question 14
Marks: 1
Which of the following is an example of attentive/attending
behavior?
Choose one answer.
a. maintaining comfortable eye contact
b. leaning away from the client
c. looking at a watch periodically while the client is speaking

8. d. none of the above
Question 15
Marks: 1
What is most important for a victim advocate to remember when
dealing with the media?
Choose one answer.
a. To wear professional clothing in case of a television
appearance.
b. To divulge personal information and specific facts about the
case.
c. To determine the feelings of the victim or family before
speaking to the media.
d. To speak with the media before consulting with the victim or
the victim's family.
Question 16
Marks: 1
What do the letters "R.E.S.P.E.C.T." stand for in the RESPECT
model for Victim Management?
Choose one answer.
a. Rationalize Empathize Support Penalize Eliminate Caring
Trust
b. Restitution Evaluate Support Pacify Empathize Calm Trust

9. c. Respect Evaluate Support Penalize Eradicate Caring Trust
d. Respect Empathize Support Predict Explain Calm Trust
Question 17
Marks: 1
Which of the following represents the correct hierarchy (from
lowest court to highest court) of the federal court system:
Choose one answer.
a. U.S. Court of Appeals; U.S. Bankruptcy Court; U.S. Supreme
Court
b. U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Supreme Court; New York Supreme
Court
c. U.S. District Court; U.S. Court of Appeals; U.S. Supreme
Court
d. U.S. Supreme Court; New Jersey Supreme Court; U.S. Court
of Appeals
Question 18
Marks: 1
Someone who refuses to help an African American victim
because of their race is displaying what kind of behavior?
Choose one answer.
a. aware and covert racism
b. unaware and self-righteous racism

10. c. aware and blatant racism
d. unaware and unintentional racism
Question 19
Marks: 1
Ableism is:
Choose one answer.
a. the belief that people that are "older" are not as capable as
people who are "younger".
b. the belief that people who have physical or mental
"disabilities" are inferior and/or not as capable as those who do
not have disabilities.
c. the belief that a certain economic and social class is superior
to others.
d. the belief that one religion is superior to all others.
Question 20
Marks: 1
Which of the following is not a special consideration when
working with an elderly victim?
Choose one answer.
a. They can be fearful of family reactions

11. b. They may suffer from loneliness and isolation
c. They are used to changes in lifestyle
d. They may distrust the criminal justice system
21
Marks: 1
What is the correct order of a proceeding in a civil action?
Choose one answer.
a. Appeal; Discovery; Trial; Sentencing
b. Sentencing; Trial; Discovery; Filing the Complaint
c. Indictment; Arraignment; Trial; Sentencing
d. Filing the Complaint; Discovery; Trial; Appeal
Question 22
Marks: 1
What legal concept states that a defendant cannot be retried for
the same crime?
Choose one answer.
a. res judicata
b. probable cause

12. c. double jeopardy
d. stare decisis
Question 23
Marks: 1
In what stage of a criminal proceeding is the defendant formally
charged with a crime?
Choose one answer.
a. Indictment
b. Sentencing
c. Preliminary Hearing
d. Pretrial Conference
Question 24
Marks: 1
Which of the following is not a probable remedy in a civil
action:
Choose one answer.
a. community service
b. specific performance
c. an injunction

13. d. money damages
Question 25
Marks: 1
A victim advocate should not treat a client as an inferior.
Answer:
True False
Question 26
Marks: 1
A victim advocate should attempt to be humorous while
discussing something serious.
Answer:
True False
Question 27
Marks: 1
A victim advocate should discourage the client to assume
regular chores and duties.
Answer:
True False
Question 28
Marks: 1
A victim advocate should identify feelings they hear in the
client's statements.
Answer:
True False
Question 29
Marks: 1
All survivors of traumatic events experience Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder.
Answer:
True False
Question 30
Marks: 1
The ultimate goal of the crisis interventionist is allowing

14. clients/victims to regain "control" over their lives.
Answer:
True False
31
Marks: 1
Someone who is "transgendered" is a person who has the
potential for forming, or does form, emotional, romantic, and/or
erotic attraction to members of either sex.
Answer:
True False
Question 32
Marks: 1
Patriarchy is as society that is male-dominated, male-identified,
and male-centered.
Answer:
True False
33
Marks: 8
Using the list of vocabulary words below, pick the word which
best corresponds to the definition in questions numbers 33-40.
Some answers may be used more than once, and some answers
might not be used at all. Write the appropriate letter next to the
question. (1 point each, 8 points total)
A victim's reaction that results in child-like behavior.
1)Denial
2)crisis
3)regression
4)mistrust
5)dependency
6)confusion
7)repression
8)self-blame
9)victimization
10)rationalization

15. A stress situation that can result in a crisis for the victim.
1)Denial
2)crisis
3)regression
4)mistrust
5)dependency
6)confusion
7)repression
8)self-blame
9)victimization
10)rationalization
When a victim cannot remember anything about the instance(s)
of victimization and/or the surrounding details.
1)Denial
2)crisis
3)regression
4)mistrust
5)dependency
6)confusion
7)repression
8)self-blame
9)victimization
10)rationalization
When a victim does not believe that he/she was victimized.
1)Denial
2)crisis
3)regression
4)mistrust
5)dependency
6)confusion
7)repression
8)self-blame
9)victimization
10)rationalization

16. When victims try to make sense of the experience, and explain
the victimization to themselves as normal or acceptable
behavior.
1)Denial
2)crisis
3)regression
4)mistrust
5)dependency
6)confusion
7)repression
8)self-blame
9)victimization
10)rationalization
A victim's reaction that results in believing that he/she deserved
the act of victimization.
1)Denial
2)crisis
3)regression
4)mistrust
5)dependency
6)confusion
7)repression
8)self-blame
9)victimization
10)rationalization
A precipitating event or an accumulation of smaller demands
that stretch an individual's ability to cope or to adjust
appropriately.
1)Denial
2)crisis
3)regression
4)mistrust
5)dependency
6)confusion
7)repression

17. 8)self-blame
9)victimization
10)rationalization
When a victim believes things are completely out of control.
1)Denial
2)crisis
3)regression
4)mistrust
5)dependency
6)confusion
7)repression
8)self-blame
9)victimization
10)rationalization
34
Marks: 6
Define the Crisis Theory.
Answer:
Question 35
Marks: 6
Describe the differences between advocate skills necessary in
addressing a victim's short term emotional trauma compared to
the skills necessary in addressing long term emotional trauma.
Answer:
Question 36
Marks: 6
What is "secondary victimization"?
Answer:
Question 37

18. Marks: 6
Why is it important for victim advocates who have been
personally victimized to make sure that they have sufficiently
"dealt" with their occurrence before they work as victim
advocates? Why is it important for victim advocates to make
sure they are "in terms" with their past before helping others?
Answer:
Question 38
Marks: 6
How can a victim of crime impact the judicial process?
Answer:
39
Marks: 6
People who are most likely to be susceptible to developing Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder fit within a few common guidelines.
List at least one of these guidelines.
Answer:
Question 40
Marks: 6
What are some differences between the necessary listening
skills advocates should have when working with adults
compared to the listening skills necessary when working with
children?
Answer:
Question 41
Marks: 6
Define "homophobia".
Answer:
Question 42
Marks: 6

19. Briefly describe the difference between a federal prosecution
and a state prosecution.
Answer:
Question 43
Marks: 6
What does the burden of proof standard "beyond a reasonable
doubt" in a criminal trial mean in comparison to the
"preponderance of the evidence" standard in a civil trial?
Answer: