Domestic Violence Mid-Term Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
What are the three A's? - Correct answer-1. Advocacy
2. Awareness
3. Action
Who said: "You've got enemies? Good, that means you actually stood up for
something in your life." - Correct answer-Winston Churchill
How many children died during the Oklahoma City Bombing? - Correct answer-19
Why do cops hate Domestic Violence calls? - Correct answer-It's unpredictable, a
hassle, he said/she said, it's "a mess."
? in ? girls and ? in ? boys are sexually assaulted. - Correct answer-1 in 4 girls and
1 in 6 boys are sexually assaulted.
What determines the crime? - Correct answer-The ACT determines the crime, NOT
the relationship.
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,Why do you think people hurt/abuse their family members? - Correct answer-1.
Control
2. Covering their own pain & insecurities
3. Learned Behavior
4. Family < likely to tell
What is the definition of violence? - Correct answer-An act carried out with the
intention of or an act perceived as having the intention of physically hurting
another person. (Violence is a means of control.)
What are the four necessary conditions for violence to occur? - Correct answer-1.
Action - Actually doing
2. Intention - Meant to do it (raping someone/killing someone)
3. Will - Deliberately Choosing (you only "meant" to rape them)
4. Effect
What initiatives can we take to reduce Domestic Violence? - Correct answer-1.
Eliminate the norms that legitimize and glorify violence in society and the family
(getting spanked when young/Perp is bigger than vic/children are seen not heard)
2. Reduce violence provoking stress created by society.
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, 3. Integrate families into a network of kin and Community. (Granny Dumping)
4. Change the sexist characters of society. (Glass Ceiling/Women belong in the
kitchen barefoot and pregnant.)
5. Break the "cycle of violence" in the family.
Definition of Domestic Violence - Correct answer-A pattern of coercive tactics
which can include physical, psychological, sexual, economic, and emotional abuse,
perpetuated by one person against another w/i the confines of a particular
relationship w/ the goal of establishing and maintaining power and control over the
victim(s).
What part of the Domestic Violence Definition isn't a violent act? - Correct
answer-Emotional Abuse
What are the 13 indicators of abuse? - Correct answer-1. Shoved; hit; punched
(violent actions)
2. Threatened (to hurt/hurt someone else)
3. Becomes jealous w/o reason (wants to know who you're with)
4. Becomes overprotective (you don't need to work, I'm here)
5. The relationship goes too quickly
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Questions and Answers
What are the three A's? - Correct answer-1. Advocacy
2. Awareness
3. Action
Who said: "You've got enemies? Good, that means you actually stood up for
something in your life." - Correct answer-Winston Churchill
How many children died during the Oklahoma City Bombing? - Correct answer-19
Why do cops hate Domestic Violence calls? - Correct answer-It's unpredictable, a
hassle, he said/she said, it's "a mess."
? in ? girls and ? in ? boys are sexually assaulted. - Correct answer-1 in 4 girls and
1 in 6 boys are sexually assaulted.
What determines the crime? - Correct answer-The ACT determines the crime, NOT
the relationship.
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,Why do you think people hurt/abuse their family members? - Correct answer-1.
Control
2. Covering their own pain & insecurities
3. Learned Behavior
4. Family < likely to tell
What is the definition of violence? - Correct answer-An act carried out with the
intention of or an act perceived as having the intention of physically hurting
another person. (Violence is a means of control.)
What are the four necessary conditions for violence to occur? - Correct answer-1.
Action - Actually doing
2. Intention - Meant to do it (raping someone/killing someone)
3. Will - Deliberately Choosing (you only "meant" to rape them)
4. Effect
What initiatives can we take to reduce Domestic Violence? - Correct answer-1.
Eliminate the norms that legitimize and glorify violence in society and the family
(getting spanked when young/Perp is bigger than vic/children are seen not heard)
2. Reduce violence provoking stress created by society.
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, 3. Integrate families into a network of kin and Community. (Granny Dumping)
4. Change the sexist characters of society. (Glass Ceiling/Women belong in the
kitchen barefoot and pregnant.)
5. Break the "cycle of violence" in the family.
Definition of Domestic Violence - Correct answer-A pattern of coercive tactics
which can include physical, psychological, sexual, economic, and emotional abuse,
perpetuated by one person against another w/i the confines of a particular
relationship w/ the goal of establishing and maintaining power and control over the
victim(s).
What part of the Domestic Violence Definition isn't a violent act? - Correct
answer-Emotional Abuse
What are the 13 indicators of abuse? - Correct answer-1. Shoved; hit; punched
(violent actions)
2. Threatened (to hurt/hurt someone else)
3. Becomes jealous w/o reason (wants to know who you're with)
4. Becomes overprotective (you don't need to work, I'm here)
5. The relationship goes too quickly
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