Chapter 8 Full Test Bank IPV In Adults Focus On Victims

Test Bank

Chapter 8: Intimate Partner Violence in Adult Relationships: Focusing on Victims

Multiple Choice

1. At what level are laws about IPV established?

a. local

b. state

c. federal

d. international

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner abuse (IPV), from the perspective of victimization, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is IPV?

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. What federal act helped to establish harsher accountability standards for perpetrators of IPV?

a. Act For Protection of Victims

b. Women’s Protection Act

c. Violence Against Women Act

d. Violence Awareness Act

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner abuse (IPV), from the perspective of victimization, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is IPV?

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. What percentage of women experience IPV each year?

a. 12–25%

b. 25–30%

c. 40–50%

d. 45–60%

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner abuse (IPV), from the perspective of victimization, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Estimates of IPV

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What percentage of men experience IPV each year?

a. 2–6%

b. 8–12%

c. 15–20%

d. 30–40%

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner abuse (IPV), from the perspective of victimization, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Estimates of IPV

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Which of the following is the most commonly included type of IPV in surveys?

a. sexual

b. economic

c. physical

d. coercive control

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner abuse (IPV), from the perspective of victimization, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Estimates of IPV

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Molly used to get cash back while using her husband’s credit card in order to have cash to spend on herself and her children. Once her husband discovered this fact, he only gave Molly a cash allowance to use when going to the store for groceries. What is this an example of?

a. coercive control

b. sexual abuse

c. financial abuse

d. physical abuse

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner abuse (IPV), from the perspective of victimization, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Estimates of IPV

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. What is often outlined as the most pervasive form of IPV?

a. sexual abuse

b. physical abuse

c. financial abuse

d. coercive control

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner abuse (IPV), from the perspective of victimization, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Estimates of IPV

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. When counting acts of IPV among the general community, which group experiences IPV at higher rates?

a. men

b. women

c. men and women equally

d. cannot determine

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Estimates of IPV

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. How many women experience severe physical IPV?

a. 1 in 2

b. 1 in 3

c. 1 in 4

d. 1 in 5

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. How many men experience severe physical IPV?

a. 1 in 10

b. 1 in 7

c. 1 in 5

d. 1 in 3

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Which group is more likely to experience polyvictimization?

a. men

b. women

c. men and women equally

d. cannot determine

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Which age group is the most vulnerable to IPV?

a. 12–18

b. 18–29

c. 30–39

d. 40–60

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Age

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Which group is more likely to experience IPV?

a. whites

b. African Americans

c. Hispanics

d. cannot determine

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Race and Ethnicity

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Which racial group has been found to have higher rates of IPV?

a. whites

b. African Americans

c. Native Americans and Alaska Natives

d. Asian Americans

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Race and Ethnicity

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Many researchers point to ______ as having a mediating effect on race and IPV rates.

a. sexuality

b. socioeconomic status

c. gender

d. age

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Race and Ethnicity

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. In comparison to those in the highest income category, those in the lowest income category are at a ______ times greater risk for experiencing IPV.

a. 3

b. 4

c. 5

d. 6

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Which group experiences higher rates of IPV?

a. heterosexual couples

b. homosexual couples

c. both experience equally

d. cannot determine

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Charles is not out to his family. Frank frequently threatens to tell Charles’s family about their relationship to get his way in arguments. What is this an example of?

a. coercive control

b. homophobic control

c. verbal abuse

d. psychological abuse

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Which of the following is NOT a type of abuse unique to gay/queer relationships?

a. homophobic control

b. using HIV-status as control

c. threatening to withhold hormones

d. isolating from family and friends

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Which of the following is NOT a factor that increases IPV risk for immigrants?

a. lack of English language skills

b. social isolation

c. substance use

d. economic and status dependence on immigrated spouse

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Immigration Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Which of the following is NOT a risk factor that increases IPV in military members?

a. history of sexual abuse

b. alcohol use

c. hypermasculinity

d. low socioeconomic status

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Military Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. What does spousal exemption mean?

a. A spouse may beat his wife legally.

b. A spouse may physically reprimand his wife, as long as there is no lasting harm.

c. A spouse may have sexual intercourse with his wife even if she does not consent.

d. A spouse may not testify against their married partner.

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Marital Rape

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Rape laws in the United States were originally enacted to protect ______.

a. virginity

b. morality

c. property

d. women

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Marital Rape

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. How many states, as of 2019, still have some form of spousal exception?

a. 5

b. 12

c. 20

d. 30

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Marital Rape

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Which group has more severe diagnoses of anxiety, depression, and other psychological disorders?

a. women who experience IPV but not marital rape

b. women who experience IPV and marital rape

c. both A and B equally experience these diagnoses

d. cannot determine

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Marital Rape

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. Which of the following is NOT a negative physical health outcome of IPV?

a. depression

b. IBS

c. chronic fatigue syndrome

d. heart disease

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Physical and Mental Health Consequences of IPV for Victims

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. Which of the following is NOT a negative mental health outcome of IPV?

a. PTSD

b. anxiety

c. suicidal ideation

d. substance abuse

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Physical and Mental Health Consequences of IPV for Victims

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Which of the following negative consequences of IPV is NOT also a risk factor for experiencing IPV?

a. alcohol use

b. severe mental illness

c. anxiety

d. drug use

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Physical and Mental Health Consequences of IPV for Victims

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. About how many women become homeless as a result of IPV?

a. 1/5

b. 1/4

c. 1/3

d. 1/2

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Economic Consequences of IPV Victimization

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. About how much is the population lifetime cost of IPV cost the United States?

a. 3.5 trillion

b. 10 million

c. 3 billion

d. 100 billion

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Economic Consequences of IPV Victimization

Difficulty Level: Medium

31. Who do most IPV victims turn to for help?

a. family and friends

b. police

c. victim advocates

d. clergy

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intervention and Prevention of IPV Focusing on Victims

Difficulty Level: Medium

32. It was not until what decade that women’s shelters were publicly available?

a. 1960s

b. 1970s

c. 1980s

d. 1990s

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Shelters and Other Victim Services

Difficulty Level: Medium

33. There are more than ______ battered women’s shelters in the United States.

a. 1,000

b. 2,000

c. 3,000

d. 4,000

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Shelters and Other Victim Services

Difficulty Level: Medium

34. Which of the following is a risk to returning to abusers that shelters seek to address?

a. PTSD

b. depression

c. economic instability

d. anxiety

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Shelters and Other Victim Services

Difficulty Level: Medium

35. What is the most common form of counseling that shelters offer to victims of IPV?

a. therapeutic horticulture

b. art therapy

c. meditation therapy

d. empowerment counseling

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Shelters and Other Victim Services

Difficulty Level: Medium

36. Which of the following is NOT a prominent barrier to accessing women’s shelters?

a. limited space

b. geographic location

c. cost

d. cultural models of treatment

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Shelters and Other Victim Services

Difficulty Level: Medium

37. Which of the following is NOT a group of people who have been found to find shelters inaccessible or inhospitable?

a. victims of color

b. victims with children

c. LGBTQ victims

d. immigrant victims

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Shelters and Other Victim Services

Difficulty Level: Medium

38. Jessica had been experiencing physical and verbal abuse from her husband for the past few years. It was not until he first hit their 6-year-old son David that Jessica decided to seek help. Which primary factor pushed Jessica to seek help?

a. Her understanding of the abuse and its severity.

b. Her relationship with her child and her concern for his well-being.

c. Her relationship with her abusive partner.

d. Her financial and social resources.

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Safety Planning

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. Zach had been experiencing sexual and emotional abuse from his partner Josh for a few months. However, prior to this abuse Josh convinced Zach to leave his job and move across the country away from his friends and relatives. Zach did not know who he could turn to for help and had no financial means to move out on his own. Zach stayed with Josh. Which primary factor pushed Zach to stay with Josh?

a. His understanding of the abuse and its severity.

b. His relationship with his family.

c. His relationship with his abusive partner.

d. His financial and social resources.

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Safety Planning

Difficulty Level: Medium

40. People who experience IPV should be treated as ______ of their own situation.

a. witnesses

b. experts

c. victims

d. survivors

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Safety Planning

Difficulty Level: Medium

41. How do several health institutions and associations suggest that medical practitioners can help with IPV?

a. giving all patients pamphlets about IPV

b. conducting regular screenings for IPV

c. training doctors on IPV

d. implementing SANE programs

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health Care Responses to IPV Victims

Difficulty Level: Medium

42. Why is IPV screening and education important in family planning clinics?

a. Many women go there.

b. They serve lower income groups at high risk for IPV.

c. They serve women in the age group at high risk for IPV.

d. They serve LGBTQ population at risk for IPV.

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Health Care Responses to IPV Victims

Difficulty Level: Medium

43. What is it called when police are required to make an arrest if they have probable cause to believe that IPV has occurred?

a. mandatory arrest policy

b. preferred arrest policy

c. required arrest policy

d. probably cause arrest policy

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Responses by the Police and the Legal System

Difficulty Level: Medium

44. What is it called when police are encouraged to make an arrest if they have probable cause to believe that IPV has occurred?

a. mandatory arrest policy

b. preferred arrest policy

c. required arrest policy

d. probably cause arrest policy

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Responses by the Police and the Legal System

Difficulty Level: Medium

45. In what decade did arrest policies around IPV begin to shift?

a. 1960s

b. 1970s

c. 1980s

d. 1990s

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Responses by the Police and the Legal System

Difficulty Level: Medium

46. Which of the following is a criticism of mandatory arrest policies?

a. Counties cannot afford this many batterers in jail.

b. They are ineffective.

c. Marginalized communities may fear how police will treat them.

d. They increase recidivism.

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Responses by the Police and the Legal System

Difficulty Level: Medium

47. What did prosecutors blame their low persecution rates of IPV cases on?

a. victims unwilling to participate

b. lack of evidence

c. difficult juries

d. laws system

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Responses by the Police and the Legal System

Difficulty Level: Medium

48. What is one criticism of victimless and no-drop prosecution?

a. They are rarely successful.

b. They drain tax dollars.

c. They disempower victims.

d. They are biased.

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Responses by the Police and the Legal System

Difficulty Level: Medium

49. Which level of court issues protection orders?

a. criminal

b. federal

c. civil

d. family

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Responses by the Police and the Legal System

Difficulty Level: Medium

50. Which of the following directly increases the amount that IPV financially costs society?

a. increased hospital visits and decreased participation in society

b. increased alcohol use and increased hospital visits

c. increased law enforcement need and decreased labor force

d. decreased participation in society and increased legal fees

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Economic Consequences of IPV Victimization

Difficulty Level: Medium

51. Research has shown that living in a(n) ______ neighborhood is a major risk factor for IPV victimization.

a. racially homogenous

b. racially heterogeneous

c. economically advantaged

d. economically disadvantaged

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

52. According to the most recent U.S. Trans Survey (USTS) conducted in 2015, approximately what percentage of respondents reported having experienced IPV in their lifetimes?

a. 15%

b. 35%

c. 50%

d. 60%

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Difficulty Level: Medium

53. Self-reported victimization of IPV has shown that the most prevalent type of IPV experienced among military personnel is ______.

a. sexual abuse

b. psychological abuse

c. financial abuse

d. physical abuse

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Military Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Intimate partner violence includes completed acts of physical and sexual abuse committed by a spouse or current partner.

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner abuse (IPV), from the perspective of victimization, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is IPV?

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Individuals with low financial resources are found to have high IPV rates.

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Immigrants and refugees have the same level of risk for IPV as the rest of the population.

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Immigration Status

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Women’s victimization is just as severe as men’s victimization in cases of IPV.

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Marital rape often occurs in the context of an already physically and psychologically abusive relationship.

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Marital Rape

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Research suggests that the relationship between financial stress and IPV is reciprocal.

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. There are higher rates of IPV among military members than among civilians.

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Military Status

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Victims who stay in an abusive relationship also rarely seek help.

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intervention and Prevention of IPV Focusing on Victims

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Most women’s shelters screen for or treat more serious mental health illnesses.

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Shelters and Other Victim Services

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Safety plans for IPV victims guarantee safety.

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Safety Planning

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. As of 2019, all 50 states have removed the spousal exception in their rape laws.

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Marital Rape

Difficulty Level: Hard

Essay

1. Why are there such wide variations in estimates of IPV?

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner abuse (IPV), from the perspective of victimization, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Estimates of IPV

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Why is it too simplistic to state that men and women experience IPV at roughly the same rates?

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Sex

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. Why is it too simplistic to suggest that cultural differences are the main reasons that immigrants experience higher rates of IPV?

Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with IPV victimization.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Immigration Status

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. What are some of the reasons women who experience marital rape have similar negative responses as those who are raped by a stranger or acquaintance, and more severe consequences in comparison to women who only experience IPV?

Learning Objective: 8-3: Summarize the consequences of IPV for victims.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Marital Rape

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. What are four reasons Sarah Buel lists for why women do not leave abusive relationships?

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Common Obstacles to Leaving an Abusive Partner

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. According to Davies and Lyon (2014), variations in safety plans are endless, however they identified actions that IPV victims can take in response to immediate and long-term threats to their safety. List at least five actions.

Learning Objective: 8-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on IPV victims, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Safety Planning

Difficulty Level: Hard