IAAI CFI & NFPA 921 TEST BANK 2026 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
● Grief reactions to loss may often include:
Physical sensations
Behaviors
Spiritual searching
All of these
None of these. Answer: All of these
● Behaviors in the bereaved such as searching for the dead person and
calling out for that person are:
Abnormal
Normal
Pathological
Delusions
Melancholia. Answer: Normal
● Grief characterized by angry impulses turned inward toward the self
is:
Depression
,Sadness
Unhappiness
Mourning
Reality testing. Answer: Depression
● In itself, grief at the time of death is:
An unhealthy response
An occasional occurrence
A healthy response
An indicator of the need for psychiatric intervention
An aberration. Answer: A healthy responce
● Experiences of bereavement and grief are likely to be affected by:
Social support received by the bereaved after the loss
The prior attachment between the survivor and the deceased
Coping strategies developed by the bereaved person in dealing with
previous losses
All of these
None of these. Answer: All of these
● Mourning refers to:
Reactions to a loss
,Interpersonal and intrapersonal processes in coping with loss
A rejection of the assumptive world
All of these
None of these. Answer: Interpersonal and Intrapersonal processes in
coping with loss
● According to Bowlby and Parkes, initial reactions to loss are likely to
take the form of:
Reorganization
Shock and numbness
Yearning and searching
Disorganization and despair
Acceptance. Answer: Shock and numbness
● When Worden speaks about a task of mourning that asks the bereaved
person "to emotionally relocate the deceased and move on with life," he
means that the bereaved person:
Should forget the individual who died and start on a new life
Try to relearn the world while also maintaining an enriched
remembrance of the deceased
Move forward without any physical or psychological manifestations of
grief
All of these
, None of these. Answer: Try to relearn the world while also maintaining
an enriched remembrance of the deceased
● Mourning after the death of a loved person last for:
A few weeks
3 months
6 months
1-2 years
No fixed period of time. Answer: No fixed period of time
● Anticipatory grief and mourning include:
Bereavement experiences after a death
Disenfranchised grief and complicated grief reactions
Responses to losses that have not yet occurred prior to a death
All of these
None of these. Answer: Responses to losses that have not yet occurred
prior to a death
● According to Worden, complicated grief reactions include:
Immediate grief reactions
Unmasked grief reactions
Yearning and searching
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
● Grief reactions to loss may often include:
Physical sensations
Behaviors
Spiritual searching
All of these
None of these. Answer: All of these
● Behaviors in the bereaved such as searching for the dead person and
calling out for that person are:
Abnormal
Normal
Pathological
Delusions
Melancholia. Answer: Normal
● Grief characterized by angry impulses turned inward toward the self
is:
Depression
,Sadness
Unhappiness
Mourning
Reality testing. Answer: Depression
● In itself, grief at the time of death is:
An unhealthy response
An occasional occurrence
A healthy response
An indicator of the need for psychiatric intervention
An aberration. Answer: A healthy responce
● Experiences of bereavement and grief are likely to be affected by:
Social support received by the bereaved after the loss
The prior attachment between the survivor and the deceased
Coping strategies developed by the bereaved person in dealing with
previous losses
All of these
None of these. Answer: All of these
● Mourning refers to:
Reactions to a loss
,Interpersonal and intrapersonal processes in coping with loss
A rejection of the assumptive world
All of these
None of these. Answer: Interpersonal and Intrapersonal processes in
coping with loss
● According to Bowlby and Parkes, initial reactions to loss are likely to
take the form of:
Reorganization
Shock and numbness
Yearning and searching
Disorganization and despair
Acceptance. Answer: Shock and numbness
● When Worden speaks about a task of mourning that asks the bereaved
person "to emotionally relocate the deceased and move on with life," he
means that the bereaved person:
Should forget the individual who died and start on a new life
Try to relearn the world while also maintaining an enriched
remembrance of the deceased
Move forward without any physical or psychological manifestations of
grief
All of these
, None of these. Answer: Try to relearn the world while also maintaining
an enriched remembrance of the deceased
● Mourning after the death of a loved person last for:
A few weeks
3 months
6 months
1-2 years
No fixed period of time. Answer: No fixed period of time
● Anticipatory grief and mourning include:
Bereavement experiences after a death
Disenfranchised grief and complicated grief reactions
Responses to losses that have not yet occurred prior to a death
All of these
None of these. Answer: Responses to losses that have not yet occurred
prior to a death
● According to Worden, complicated grief reactions include:
Immediate grief reactions
Unmasked grief reactions
Yearning and searching
