CRIS 605 CERTIFICATION SCRIPT
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Crisis.
Answer: Any stressful situation
◍ Crisis.
Answer: Resolution requires problem solving skills Crises are perceived
from person to person
◍ Crisis.
Answer: Sudden/AcuteUsually some type of event in lifeDisturbing to one's
balance in lifeCoping mechanisms are diminishedCrises are not
selectiveGenerally personalLeads to either growth or deterioration
◍ compassion fatiguevicarious traumatization.
Answer: When PTSD-like symptoms appear in the very people who attempt
to alleviate the mental and physical suffering of people in crisis, this is
known as...
◍ Peritraumatic.
Answer: The typical kinds of responses that occur immediately after the
crisis may give rise to what are called ___ symptoms. These are common
responses as the mind attempts to reorganize itself and cope with a horrific
event.
◍ Derealization.
Answer: The dissociative symptom in which the person feels like their
surroundings are unreal and can't be happening, or the images become
distorted and blurred and are hard to sort out and make sense of is called
___.
,◍ Complex PTSD.
Answer: The dramatic personality changes that may occur with long-term,
intensive trauma have led many respected researchers and practitioners to
call for a diagnostic category of ___ or "disorders of extreme stress not
otherwise specified" (DESNOS).
◍ Common.
Answer: It is ___ for those who suffer from PTSD to have companion
diagnoses of anxiety, depressive, organic mental, and substance use
disorders.
◍ small and vary according to the nature of the trauma..
Answer: There are a number of risk factors for PTSD; their effect sizes tend
to be...
◍ Decreases.
Answer: Researchers have found significant ___ in the hippocampal area of
the brains of combat veterans and women who experienced severe
childhood sexual abuse, where explicit memory encoding, memory
consolidation, and organization take place.
◍ four.
Answer: how many phases of a crisis
◍ Broca's area.
Answer: Dr. van der Kolk and his fellow researchers were not surprised to
find increased amygdala activity in brain scans of survivors suffering from
flashbacks. However, they were quite surprised to find significant decrease
in ___ activity.
◍ Phases of a Crisis.
Answer: Phase 1- trigger exposure- anxiety increasesAny problem solving
techniques are employed at this time Phase 2 – Problem solving techniques
fail- anxietyHappens because phase 1 fails Phase 3 – examining of possible
solutions to resolveMay lead to phase 4May resolve herePerson is using all
possible resources to solve the problem External assistanceDevelop of new
, problem solving skills Phase 4 – If no resolution, then anxiety and tension
continue to increase past threshold. (Cognitive function issues, emotional,
may have psychotic thinking.
◍ Right.
Answer: They also found that during flashbacks, the subjects' brains lit up
primarily on the ___ hemisphere.
◍ False////?.
Answer: With regard to trauma treatment, the rational brain is able to talk
the emotional brain out of its own reality.
◍ phase 1.
Answer: trigger exposure- anxiety increasesAny problem solving techniques
are employed at this time
◍ those who had been traumatized and subsequently developed PTSD////?.
Answer: In the Grant Study of Adult Development, which group of WWII
veterans had war memories that were preserved essentially intact forty-five
years after the war ended?
◍ Amygdala.
Answer: Which area of the brain acts like a smoke detector, detecting danger
rapidly, without logical appraisal of the situation?
◍ phase 2.
Answer: Problem solving techniques fail- anxietyHappens because phase 1
fails
◍ Hippocampus.
Answer: Which area of the brain acts like a dongle, converting short-term
memory to long-term memory?
◍ phase 3.
Answer: examining of possible solutions to resolveMay lead to phase 4May
resolve herePerson is using all possible resources to solve the problem
External assistanceDevelop of new problem solving skills
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Crisis.
Answer: Any stressful situation
◍ Crisis.
Answer: Resolution requires problem solving skills Crises are perceived
from person to person
◍ Crisis.
Answer: Sudden/AcuteUsually some type of event in lifeDisturbing to one's
balance in lifeCoping mechanisms are diminishedCrises are not
selectiveGenerally personalLeads to either growth or deterioration
◍ compassion fatiguevicarious traumatization.
Answer: When PTSD-like symptoms appear in the very people who attempt
to alleviate the mental and physical suffering of people in crisis, this is
known as...
◍ Peritraumatic.
Answer: The typical kinds of responses that occur immediately after the
crisis may give rise to what are called ___ symptoms. These are common
responses as the mind attempts to reorganize itself and cope with a horrific
event.
◍ Derealization.
Answer: The dissociative symptom in which the person feels like their
surroundings are unreal and can't be happening, or the images become
distorted and blurred and are hard to sort out and make sense of is called
___.
,◍ Complex PTSD.
Answer: The dramatic personality changes that may occur with long-term,
intensive trauma have led many respected researchers and practitioners to
call for a diagnostic category of ___ or "disorders of extreme stress not
otherwise specified" (DESNOS).
◍ Common.
Answer: It is ___ for those who suffer from PTSD to have companion
diagnoses of anxiety, depressive, organic mental, and substance use
disorders.
◍ small and vary according to the nature of the trauma..
Answer: There are a number of risk factors for PTSD; their effect sizes tend
to be...
◍ Decreases.
Answer: Researchers have found significant ___ in the hippocampal area of
the brains of combat veterans and women who experienced severe
childhood sexual abuse, where explicit memory encoding, memory
consolidation, and organization take place.
◍ four.
Answer: how many phases of a crisis
◍ Broca's area.
Answer: Dr. van der Kolk and his fellow researchers were not surprised to
find increased amygdala activity in brain scans of survivors suffering from
flashbacks. However, they were quite surprised to find significant decrease
in ___ activity.
◍ Phases of a Crisis.
Answer: Phase 1- trigger exposure- anxiety increasesAny problem solving
techniques are employed at this time Phase 2 – Problem solving techniques
fail- anxietyHappens because phase 1 fails Phase 3 – examining of possible
solutions to resolveMay lead to phase 4May resolve herePerson is using all
possible resources to solve the problem External assistanceDevelop of new
, problem solving skills Phase 4 – If no resolution, then anxiety and tension
continue to increase past threshold. (Cognitive function issues, emotional,
may have psychotic thinking.
◍ Right.
Answer: They also found that during flashbacks, the subjects' brains lit up
primarily on the ___ hemisphere.
◍ False////?.
Answer: With regard to trauma treatment, the rational brain is able to talk
the emotional brain out of its own reality.
◍ phase 1.
Answer: trigger exposure- anxiety increasesAny problem solving techniques
are employed at this time
◍ those who had been traumatized and subsequently developed PTSD////?.
Answer: In the Grant Study of Adult Development, which group of WWII
veterans had war memories that were preserved essentially intact forty-five
years after the war ended?
◍ Amygdala.
Answer: Which area of the brain acts like a smoke detector, detecting danger
rapidly, without logical appraisal of the situation?
◍ phase 2.
Answer: Problem solving techniques fail- anxietyHappens because phase 1
fails
◍ Hippocampus.
Answer: Which area of the brain acts like a dongle, converting short-term
memory to long-term memory?
◍ phase 3.
Answer: examining of possible solutions to resolveMay lead to phase 4May
resolve herePerson is using all possible resources to solve the problem
External assistanceDevelop of new problem solving skills
