CRIS 605 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ occur for a financial or concrete gain. Answer: instrumental acts
◉ attempt to reduce psychological pain (feelings of depression, guilt,
disempowerment, hopelessness, etc.). Answer: expressive acts
◉ ___ ___ worldwide commit suicide annually (1 person every 40
seconds). Answer: 1 million
◉ _____ in the US commit suicide annually (85 people per day).
Answer: 30-35,000
◉ suicide is the ____ leading cause of death. Answer: 10th or 11th
◉ ____ to _____ survive a suicide attempt and ____ of survivors are
permanently disabled. Answer: 300-600,000; 19,000
◉ Who has the highest rate of suicide?. Answer: caucasian men over 35
,◉ What age group has had the highest increase in suicides over the past
30 years? What # cause of death?. Answer: ages 15-24; 2nd leading
cause of death
◉ 25% of suicides occur in people over __ years of age. Answer: 65
◉ ____ ____ may see suicide as a means of relieving dishonor, shame,
or humiliation from oneself or one's family. Answer: eastern cultures
◉ ___ ___ commonly see suicide as a sin
- "self-murder". Answer: western cultures
◉ Suicide when someone else provides the means (lethal agent), but the
person who is dying administers it.. Answer: assisted suicide
◉ It is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain
and suffering. Lethal agent administered by someone else besides the
dying person. Answer: euthanasia
◉ suicide is triggered by an intrapsychic conflict that emerges when a
person experiences great psychological stress. Answer: Freudian Inward
Aggression theory
, ◉ Views suicide in terms of life stages. If an individual does not
successfully navigate these stages, they may become unable to cope
leading to suicide. Answer: Developmental theory
◉ mental deficiencies become risk factors that can lead to suicide.
Answer: deficiencies theory
◉ suicide is seen as a flight from a situation deemed by the person as
intolerable. Answer: escape theory
◉ when an individual believes that highly desired outcomes will not
occur or that aversive outcomes will occur and there is nothing they can
do to change the situation. Answer: hopelessness theory
◉ "the hurt, anguish, soreness, and aching pain of the psyche or mind"
Cubic model combines this, perturbation, and press. Answer: psychache
theory
◉ How disturbed one is and degree of psychic pain one is suffering..
Answer: perturbation
◉ Stress increased due to more negative life factors piling up and
increasing pressure to end life by suicide.. Answer: press
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ occur for a financial or concrete gain. Answer: instrumental acts
◉ attempt to reduce psychological pain (feelings of depression, guilt,
disempowerment, hopelessness, etc.). Answer: expressive acts
◉ ___ ___ worldwide commit suicide annually (1 person every 40
seconds). Answer: 1 million
◉ _____ in the US commit suicide annually (85 people per day).
Answer: 30-35,000
◉ suicide is the ____ leading cause of death. Answer: 10th or 11th
◉ ____ to _____ survive a suicide attempt and ____ of survivors are
permanently disabled. Answer: 300-600,000; 19,000
◉ Who has the highest rate of suicide?. Answer: caucasian men over 35
,◉ What age group has had the highest increase in suicides over the past
30 years? What # cause of death?. Answer: ages 15-24; 2nd leading
cause of death
◉ 25% of suicides occur in people over __ years of age. Answer: 65
◉ ____ ____ may see suicide as a means of relieving dishonor, shame,
or humiliation from oneself or one's family. Answer: eastern cultures
◉ ___ ___ commonly see suicide as a sin
- "self-murder". Answer: western cultures
◉ Suicide when someone else provides the means (lethal agent), but the
person who is dying administers it.. Answer: assisted suicide
◉ It is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain
and suffering. Lethal agent administered by someone else besides the
dying person. Answer: euthanasia
◉ suicide is triggered by an intrapsychic conflict that emerges when a
person experiences great psychological stress. Answer: Freudian Inward
Aggression theory
, ◉ Views suicide in terms of life stages. If an individual does not
successfully navigate these stages, they may become unable to cope
leading to suicide. Answer: Developmental theory
◉ mental deficiencies become risk factors that can lead to suicide.
Answer: deficiencies theory
◉ suicide is seen as a flight from a situation deemed by the person as
intolerable. Answer: escape theory
◉ when an individual believes that highly desired outcomes will not
occur or that aversive outcomes will occur and there is nothing they can
do to change the situation. Answer: hopelessness theory
◉ "the hurt, anguish, soreness, and aching pain of the psyche or mind"
Cubic model combines this, perturbation, and press. Answer: psychache
theory
◉ How disturbed one is and degree of psychic pain one is suffering..
Answer: perturbation
◉ Stress increased due to more negative life factors piling up and
increasing pressure to end life by suicide.. Answer: press
