Jenson, Social Policy for Children and Families, Third Edition Instructor Resource
,Jenson, Social Policy for Children and Families, Third Edition Instructor Resource
Chapter 1 – A Risk and Resilience Framework for Child, Youth, and Family Policy
TEST BANK
Multiple Choice Questions (20)
1. Young people between years old are volunteering and becoming
more involved in social causes than in the past.
a. 10 and 20
b. 20 and 30
*c. 16 and 24
d. 25 and 35
Cognitive domain: Knowledge
Answer location: Coming of Age in America
Question type: MC
2. Nearly of public schools in the United States reported at least one violent
incident to police in the 2005–2006 school year.
a. 15%
*b. 40%
c. 45%
d. 61%
Cognitive domain: Knowledge
Answer location: Coming of Age in America
Question type: MC
3. Evidence indicates that of the nation’s high school seniors have tried
dangerous drugs such as ecstasy.
a. 2%
b. 4%
*c. 7%
d. 10%
Cognitive domain: Knowledge
Answer location: Coming of Age in America
Question type: MC
,Jenson, Social Policy for Children and Families, Third Edition Instructor Resource
4. Aside from Bronfenbrenner’s , the field lacks conceptual models
that inform the design and direction of social policies for children, youth, and
families.
a. public health perspective
b. risk perspective
c. social control theory
*d. ecological perspective
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
Answer location: Policy and Program Responses to Childhood and Adolescent
Problems
Question type: MC
5. are individual, school, peer, family, and community influences
that increase the likelihood that a child will experience a social or health problem.
*a. Risk factors
b. Protective factors
c. Resilience factors
d. Antisocial factors
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
Answer location: Risk and Protection
Question type: MC
6. The earliest risk factor models were primarily lists of the correlates of
problems.
a. early childhood
*b. adolescent
c. young adult
d. mature adult
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
Answer location: Risk Factors
Question type: MC
7. are those influences, characteristics, and conditions that buffer or
mitigate a person’s exposure to risk.
a. Interpersonal factors
b. Environmental factors
c. Social factors
*d. Protective factors
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
, Jenson, Social Policy for Children and Families, Third Edition Instructor Resource
Answer location: Protective Factors
Question type: MC
8. According to Table 1.1, rejection by conforming peer groups is an example of a(n)
a. childhood risk factor.
*b. interpersonal and social factor.
c. environmental factor.
d. individual factor.
Cognitive domain: Application
Answer location: Risk Factors
Question type: MC
9. is characterized by successful adaptation in the presence of risk or
adversity.
*a. Resilience
b. Protection
c. Risks
d. Bonding
Cognitive domain: Knowledge
Answer location: Resilience: When a Child Prevails Over Adversity
Question type: MC
10. This phrase refers to attributes or characteristics that have positive effects on people’s
lives, irrespective of the level of risk exposure.
a. environmental factors
b. interpersonal and social factors
*c. promotive factors
d. individual factors
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
Answer location: Resilience: When a Child Prevails Over Adversity
Question type: MC
11. According to Table 1.2, temperament is an example of a(n)
a. promotive factor.
b. interpersonal and social factor.
c. environmental factor.
*d. individual factor.
Cognitive domain: Application
,Jenson, Social Policy for Children and Families, Third Edition Instructor Resource
Chapter 1 – A Risk and Resilience Framework for Child, Youth, and Family Policy
TEST BANK
Multiple Choice Questions (20)
1. Young people between years old are volunteering and becoming
more involved in social causes than in the past.
a. 10 and 20
b. 20 and 30
*c. 16 and 24
d. 25 and 35
Cognitive domain: Knowledge
Answer location: Coming of Age in America
Question type: MC
2. Nearly of public schools in the United States reported at least one violent
incident to police in the 2005–2006 school year.
a. 15%
*b. 40%
c. 45%
d. 61%
Cognitive domain: Knowledge
Answer location: Coming of Age in America
Question type: MC
3. Evidence indicates that of the nation’s high school seniors have tried
dangerous drugs such as ecstasy.
a. 2%
b. 4%
*c. 7%
d. 10%
Cognitive domain: Knowledge
Answer location: Coming of Age in America
Question type: MC
,Jenson, Social Policy for Children and Families, Third Edition Instructor Resource
4. Aside from Bronfenbrenner’s , the field lacks conceptual models
that inform the design and direction of social policies for children, youth, and
families.
a. public health perspective
b. risk perspective
c. social control theory
*d. ecological perspective
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
Answer location: Policy and Program Responses to Childhood and Adolescent
Problems
Question type: MC
5. are individual, school, peer, family, and community influences
that increase the likelihood that a child will experience a social or health problem.
*a. Risk factors
b. Protective factors
c. Resilience factors
d. Antisocial factors
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
Answer location: Risk and Protection
Question type: MC
6. The earliest risk factor models were primarily lists of the correlates of
problems.
a. early childhood
*b. adolescent
c. young adult
d. mature adult
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
Answer location: Risk Factors
Question type: MC
7. are those influences, characteristics, and conditions that buffer or
mitigate a person’s exposure to risk.
a. Interpersonal factors
b. Environmental factors
c. Social factors
*d. Protective factors
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
, Jenson, Social Policy for Children and Families, Third Edition Instructor Resource
Answer location: Protective Factors
Question type: MC
8. According to Table 1.1, rejection by conforming peer groups is an example of a(n)
a. childhood risk factor.
*b. interpersonal and social factor.
c. environmental factor.
d. individual factor.
Cognitive domain: Application
Answer location: Risk Factors
Question type: MC
9. is characterized by successful adaptation in the presence of risk or
adversity.
*a. Resilience
b. Protection
c. Risks
d. Bonding
Cognitive domain: Knowledge
Answer location: Resilience: When a Child Prevails Over Adversity
Question type: MC
10. This phrase refers to attributes or characteristics that have positive effects on people’s
lives, irrespective of the level of risk exposure.
a. environmental factors
b. interpersonal and social factors
*c. promotive factors
d. individual factors
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
Answer location: Resilience: When a Child Prevails Over Adversity
Question type: MC
11. According to Table 1.2, temperament is an example of a(n)
a. promotive factor.
b. interpersonal and social factor.
c. environmental factor.
*d. individual factor.
Cognitive domain: Application
