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

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. At what level are laws about IPV established?

a. local

b. state

c. federal

d. international

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

3. What percentage of women experience IPV each year?

a. 12–25%

b. 25–30%

c. 40–50%

d. 45–60%

4. What percentage of men experience IPV each year?

a. 2–6%

b. 8–12%

c. 15–20%

d. 30–40%

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

a. sexual

b. economic

c. physical

d. coercive control

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

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

a. sexual abuse

b. physical abuse

c. financial abuse

d. coercive control

8. When only counting acts of IPV, which group experiences IPV at higher rates?

a. men

b. women

c. men and women equally

d. cannot determine

9. How many women experience severe IPV?

a. 1 in 2

b. 1 in 3

c. 1 in 4

d. 1 in 5

10. How many men experience severe IPV?

a. 1 in 10

b. 1 in 7

c. 1 in 5

d. 1 in 3

11. Which group is more likely to experience polyvictimization?

a. men

b. women

c. men and women equally

d. cannot determine

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

a. 12–18

b. 18–29

c. 30–39

d. 40–60

13. Which group is more likely to experience IPV?

a. whites

b. African Americans

c. Hispanics

d. cannot determine

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

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

a. sexuality

b. socioeconomic status

c. gender

d. age

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

17. Which group experiences higher rates of IPV?

a. heterosexual couples

b. homosexual couples

c. both experience equally

d. cannot determine

18. Charles is not out to 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

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

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

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

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.

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 Rape laws in the United States were originally enacted to protect ______.

a. virginity

b. morality

c. property

d. women

24. How many states, as of 2007, still have some form of spousal exception?

a. 5

b. 12

c. 20

d. 30

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

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

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

a. PTSD

b. anxiety

c. suicidal ideation

d. substance abuse

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

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

a. 1/5

b. 1/4

c. 1/3

d. 1/2

30. About how much does IPV cost the United States?

a. 4 million

b. 10 million

c. 3 billion

d. 8 billion

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

a. family and friends

b. police

c. victim advocates

d. clergy

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

a. 1960s

b. 1970s

c. 1980s

d. 1990s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

a. witnesses

b. experts

c. victims

d. survivors

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

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.

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

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

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

a. 1960s

b. 1970s

c. 1980s

d. 1990s

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.

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

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.

49. Which level of court issues protection orders?

a. criminal

b. federal

c. civil

d. family

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

a. increased hospital visits

b. increased alcohol use

c. increased drug use

d. decreased participation in society

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Safety plans for IPV victims guarantee safety.

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

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

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

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?

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