ICDVP ACTUAL EXAM 2026
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 300
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
AND DETAILED RATIONALES
⩥ What is not among the historical roots of feminism and the battered
women's movement? Answer: the medical profession's treatment
⩥ Who is most responsible for the creation of the National Coalition
Against Domestic Violence in 1978? Answer: The U.S. Commission of
Civil Rights
⩥ What percentage of men who abuse their partners also abuse their
children? Answer: Over 50%
⩥ During the tension building stage of the cycle of violence, victims
often become what? Answer: compliant and nurturing to avoid another
episode
⩥ When an abuser buys a luxury car while refusing to allow the partner
and/or children to recieve needed medical or dental care, the abuser is
being? Answer: neglectful
, ⩥ Financial abuse most accurately describes behavior in which an
abuser? Answer: refuses to allow a partner to get or keep a job.
⩥ Victims accepting blame for the abuse is? Answer: most likely to be
among the effects of domestic violence
⩥ Having a dual personality is least likely to be used by an abuser to
what? Answer: justify their behavior
⩥ Low tolerance levels are correlated to what? Answer: an abusers
tendency to blow up over trivial matters.
⩥ The Illinois Domestic Violence Act defines a domestic violence
advocate as? Answer: any employee or volunteer with at least 40 hours
of training in domestic violence advocacy who provides services to
victims of abuse through a victim services agency
⩥ Child custody provisions under Illinois criminal statues states that?
Answer: the mother has legal custody of any child whose parents have
never been married unless a valid court order specifies otherwise
⩥ The federal Violence Against Women Act states that in most cases?
Answer: federal law prohibits a person who has been convicted of
domestic violence to possess a firearm or ammunition
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 300
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
AND DETAILED RATIONALES
⩥ What is not among the historical roots of feminism and the battered
women's movement? Answer: the medical profession's treatment
⩥ Who is most responsible for the creation of the National Coalition
Against Domestic Violence in 1978? Answer: The U.S. Commission of
Civil Rights
⩥ What percentage of men who abuse their partners also abuse their
children? Answer: Over 50%
⩥ During the tension building stage of the cycle of violence, victims
often become what? Answer: compliant and nurturing to avoid another
episode
⩥ When an abuser buys a luxury car while refusing to allow the partner
and/or children to recieve needed medical or dental care, the abuser is
being? Answer: neglectful
, ⩥ Financial abuse most accurately describes behavior in which an
abuser? Answer: refuses to allow a partner to get or keep a job.
⩥ Victims accepting blame for the abuse is? Answer: most likely to be
among the effects of domestic violence
⩥ Having a dual personality is least likely to be used by an abuser to
what? Answer: justify their behavior
⩥ Low tolerance levels are correlated to what? Answer: an abusers
tendency to blow up over trivial matters.
⩥ The Illinois Domestic Violence Act defines a domestic violence
advocate as? Answer: any employee or volunteer with at least 40 hours
of training in domestic violence advocacy who provides services to
victims of abuse through a victim services agency
⩥ Child custody provisions under Illinois criminal statues states that?
Answer: the mother has legal custody of any child whose parents have
never been married unless a valid court order specifies otherwise
⩥ The federal Violence Against Women Act states that in most cases?
Answer: federal law prohibits a person who has been convicted of
domestic violence to possess a firearm or ammunition
