ATAP CTM CORRECT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Product Test - ✔✔Used only in New Hampshire; a defendant is not criminally
responsible is the jury can be convinced that the that the criminal act was the product of
a mental disease or defect.
✔✔ALI Model Penal Code - ✔✔Defendant who lacks substantial capacity to appreciate
the criminality of the conduct or to conform the conduct to the requirements of the law is
deemed not criminally responsible.
✔✔18 USC 17 - ✔✔Requires showing the defendant was unable to appreciate the
nature and quality or wrongfulness of the action in question because of a mental
disease or defect.
✔✔When did California pass anti-stalking laws? - ✔✔1990
✔✔Appellate court decisions create "precedent" be establishing rules on particular
points of law - ✔✔to be followed in later cases with similar fact patterns.
✔✔A Risk assessment is not prediction based - ✔✔but is rather a process
management.
✔✔Intervention Dilemma - ✔✔Any intervention intended to prevent violence can have 3
possible outcomes: It may decrease risk, increase risk or have no effect on whether a
given individual chooses to act violently or not.
✔✔Protective investigations - ✔✔There are distinct from conduct or criminal
investigations, even though their databases may help.
✔✔What factors increase the likelihood of reporting threats? - ✔✔Systemwide
awareness, multiple reporting channels, anonymity, trust in responders.
,✔✔What is a threat management protocol? - ✔✔A set of procedures for handling and
responding to threats.
✔✔Why is anonymity important in reporting threats? - ✔✔It allows individuals to report
without fear of retaliation.
✔✔What is the role of trust in threat reporting? - ✔✔It ensures that responders will
handle the threat objectively.
✔✔What is Threat Assessment? - ✔✔Multidisciplinary collaboration to assess and
manage potential risks.
✔✔What is the goal of Threat Assessment? - ✔✔Identify and respond to a wide range
of concerns.
✔✔What is the importance of evidence-based knowledge in Threat Assessment? - ✔✔It
helps in making informed decisions and predictions.
✔✔Why is proper triaging and assessment necessary in Threat Assessment? - ✔✔To
differentiate serious risks from non-serious ones.
✔✔Who should be involved in Threat Assessment? - ✔✔Participants with a common
knowledge of target violence.
✔✔Why do employers need to maintain comprehensive threat assessment programs? -
✔✔To prevent ill informed and reactive responses to incidents.
✔✔What can happen if employers have a bad threat assessment process? -
✔✔Undesirable outcomes.
✔✔What are the potential consequences of ill informed and reactive responses to
incidents? - ✔✔Fear, disruption, and anger among the workforce.
✔✔What do employees expect from management in terms of threat assessment? -
✔✔Competence and care.
✔✔What is threat assessment? - ✔✔Process of evaluating potential threats to
individuals or organizations.
✔✔Why is information important in threat assessment? - ✔✔It helps in making informed
decisions regarding case management.
, ✔✔What is the common employer error in threat assessment? - ✔✔Not pursuing and
developing risk-relevant information.
✔✔What is the role of professional guidance in threat assessment? - ✔✔It provides
expertise and analysis for better decision-making.
✔✔What is the purpose of threat assessment? - ✔✔To identify and evaluate potential
threats for effective management.
✔✔What is risk? - ✔✔Complex concept with inherent uncertainties and dependent on
many factors.
✔✔What do SPJ guides enable professionals to do? - ✔✔Identify, weigh, and integrate
evidence based on risk data.
✔✔What is the purpose of SPJ guides? - ✔✔To minimize unnecessary,
counterproductive, and discriminatory actions.
✔✔What is clinical judgement? - ✔✔The ability to make informed decisions based on
professional experience.
✔✔Why is clinical judgement important in workplace threat assessment? - ✔✔It is an
essential skill for professionals to assess potential threats.
✔✔What does professional judgement reflect? - ✔✔It reflects the experience of the
practitioner.
✔✔Why is professional judgement important in workplace threat assessment? - ✔✔It
helps professionals make informed decisions based on their experience.
✔✔Threat assessment professionals who consult to employers must recognize the
influence on risk of workplace culture and situational factors. The professional may
serve a critical role in helping clientele understand the meaning of behaviors of concern
- ✔✔which can be wide ranging in their nature and varying in their influence and risk.
✔✔What is risk assessment? - ✔✔Understanding workplace hazards and minimizing
consequences.
✔✔How does risk assessment apply to the workplace? - ✔✔Identifying individual
hazards and reducing their impact.
✔✔What are the characteristics of risk assessment? - ✔✔Inductive, speculative, and
idiographic.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Product Test - ✔✔Used only in New Hampshire; a defendant is not criminally
responsible is the jury can be convinced that the that the criminal act was the product of
a mental disease or defect.
✔✔ALI Model Penal Code - ✔✔Defendant who lacks substantial capacity to appreciate
the criminality of the conduct or to conform the conduct to the requirements of the law is
deemed not criminally responsible.
✔✔18 USC 17 - ✔✔Requires showing the defendant was unable to appreciate the
nature and quality or wrongfulness of the action in question because of a mental
disease or defect.
✔✔When did California pass anti-stalking laws? - ✔✔1990
✔✔Appellate court decisions create "precedent" be establishing rules on particular
points of law - ✔✔to be followed in later cases with similar fact patterns.
✔✔A Risk assessment is not prediction based - ✔✔but is rather a process
management.
✔✔Intervention Dilemma - ✔✔Any intervention intended to prevent violence can have 3
possible outcomes: It may decrease risk, increase risk or have no effect on whether a
given individual chooses to act violently or not.
✔✔Protective investigations - ✔✔There are distinct from conduct or criminal
investigations, even though their databases may help.
✔✔What factors increase the likelihood of reporting threats? - ✔✔Systemwide
awareness, multiple reporting channels, anonymity, trust in responders.
,✔✔What is a threat management protocol? - ✔✔A set of procedures for handling and
responding to threats.
✔✔Why is anonymity important in reporting threats? - ✔✔It allows individuals to report
without fear of retaliation.
✔✔What is the role of trust in threat reporting? - ✔✔It ensures that responders will
handle the threat objectively.
✔✔What is Threat Assessment? - ✔✔Multidisciplinary collaboration to assess and
manage potential risks.
✔✔What is the goal of Threat Assessment? - ✔✔Identify and respond to a wide range
of concerns.
✔✔What is the importance of evidence-based knowledge in Threat Assessment? - ✔✔It
helps in making informed decisions and predictions.
✔✔Why is proper triaging and assessment necessary in Threat Assessment? - ✔✔To
differentiate serious risks from non-serious ones.
✔✔Who should be involved in Threat Assessment? - ✔✔Participants with a common
knowledge of target violence.
✔✔Why do employers need to maintain comprehensive threat assessment programs? -
✔✔To prevent ill informed and reactive responses to incidents.
✔✔What can happen if employers have a bad threat assessment process? -
✔✔Undesirable outcomes.
✔✔What are the potential consequences of ill informed and reactive responses to
incidents? - ✔✔Fear, disruption, and anger among the workforce.
✔✔What do employees expect from management in terms of threat assessment? -
✔✔Competence and care.
✔✔What is threat assessment? - ✔✔Process of evaluating potential threats to
individuals or organizations.
✔✔Why is information important in threat assessment? - ✔✔It helps in making informed
decisions regarding case management.
, ✔✔What is the common employer error in threat assessment? - ✔✔Not pursuing and
developing risk-relevant information.
✔✔What is the role of professional guidance in threat assessment? - ✔✔It provides
expertise and analysis for better decision-making.
✔✔What is the purpose of threat assessment? - ✔✔To identify and evaluate potential
threats for effective management.
✔✔What is risk? - ✔✔Complex concept with inherent uncertainties and dependent on
many factors.
✔✔What do SPJ guides enable professionals to do? - ✔✔Identify, weigh, and integrate
evidence based on risk data.
✔✔What is the purpose of SPJ guides? - ✔✔To minimize unnecessary,
counterproductive, and discriminatory actions.
✔✔What is clinical judgement? - ✔✔The ability to make informed decisions based on
professional experience.
✔✔Why is clinical judgement important in workplace threat assessment? - ✔✔It is an
essential skill for professionals to assess potential threats.
✔✔What does professional judgement reflect? - ✔✔It reflects the experience of the
practitioner.
✔✔Why is professional judgement important in workplace threat assessment? - ✔✔It
helps professionals make informed decisions based on their experience.
✔✔Threat assessment professionals who consult to employers must recognize the
influence on risk of workplace culture and situational factors. The professional may
serve a critical role in helping clientele understand the meaning of behaviors of concern
- ✔✔which can be wide ranging in their nature and varying in their influence and risk.
✔✔What is risk assessment? - ✔✔Understanding workplace hazards and minimizing
consequences.
✔✔How does risk assessment apply to the workplace? - ✔✔Identifying individual
hazards and reducing their impact.
✔✔What are the characteristics of risk assessment? - ✔✔Inductive, speculative, and
idiographic.
