ICDVP FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS (100% CORRECT
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Chemically Dependent Battered Women - ANSWER ✓ Women who are addicted
to drugs or alcohol and are also victims of domestic violence.
Self-Medication - ANSWER ✓ The use of substances to cope with emotional
trauma or psychological distress.
Alcoholism - ANSWER ✓ A chronic disease characterized by uncontrolled
drinking and preoccupation with alcohol.
Denial - ANSWER ✓ A defense mechanism where individuals refuse to accept
reality or facts, often used by family members of alcoholics.
Safety Issues - ANSWER ✓ Concerns regarding the physical and emotional safety
of individuals in abusive relationships.
Codependency - ANSWER ✓ A behavioral condition where one person in a
relationship relies on the other for emotional or psychological support.
Lowered Self-Esteem - ANSWER ✓ A condition where individuals have a
diminished sense of self-worth, often exacerbated by abusive relationships.
Accepting Responsibility - ANSWER ✓ When victims of abuse begin to blame
themselves for their partner's abusive behavior.
Guilt - ANSWER ✓ A feeling of remorse or responsibility for a perceived offense
or failure, often experienced by battered women.
, Feelings of Helplessness - ANSWER ✓ A psychological state where individuals
feel powerless to change their situation, often due to ongoing abuse.
Passivity - ANSWER ✓ A state of inactivity or lack of response, often adopted by
victims as a survival strategy in abusive situations.
Shame - ANSWER ✓ A painful feeling regarding one's perceived shortcomings or
failures, often experienced by victims of abuse.
Emotional Trauma - ANSWER ✓ The emotional response to a deeply distressing
or disturbing event, which can lead to substance abuse.
Battering - ANSWER ✓ A pattern of physical, emotional, or psychological abuse
inflicted by one partner on another.
Support for Recovery - ANSWER ✓ Ongoing assistance provided to individuals
recovering from substance abuse and domestic violence.
Treatment Programs - ANSWER ✓ Structured interventions designed to help
individuals recover from substance abuse and address domestic violence.
Substance Abuse and DV Relationship - ANSWER ✓ The interconnectedness of
substance abuse and domestic violence, where one can exacerbate the other.
Withdrawal from Substance Abuse - ANSWER ✓ The physical and mental
symptoms that occur after stopping the use of a substance.
Escalation of Abuse - ANSWER ✓ An increase in the severity or frequency of
abusive behavior in a relationship.
Assumption of batterer's goodness - ANSWER ✓ The belief that the batterer is a
good man whose actions stem from problems she can help solve.
Denial of abuse - ANSWER ✓ The belief that the abuse ever occurred.
External attribution of abuse - ANSWER ✓ The belief that the batterer is not
responsible for the abuse, which is instead attributed to external forces.
, Instigator belief - ANSWER ✓ The belief that she is the instigator of the abuse
and thus deserves the punishment.
Dependency belief - ANSWER ✓ The belief that she would be unable to survive
without the batterer's support.
Marriage and religion importance - ANSWER ✓ The belief that the marriage
and/or following religious beliefs, which may tell her to obey her husband, are
more important than her personal welfare.
Ideal Institutional Responses to Domestic Violence - ANSWER ✓ Responses that
include conditioning batterers' employment on remaining nonviolent and actively
intervening against stalking and harassment.
Justice system policies - ANSWER ✓ Adoption of mandatory arrest policies for
batterers and prosecution that does not rely on the survivor's involvement.
Victimless prosecution - ANSWER ✓ A method of charging and prosecuting
batterers that does not depend on the victim's testimony.
Deferred sentence option - ANSWER ✓ An option that withholds sentencing
pending a defendant's completion of probation, which should never be offered to
batterers.
Protection orders - ANSWER ✓ Easily accessible legal orders that must be backed
up by enforcement.
Educational system's role - ANSWER ✓ To dialogue with students about domestic
violence and intervene on harassment and abuse in schools.
Clergy's outreach - ANSWER ✓ Conducting outreach within congregations
regarding domestic violence and providing safe environments for discussion.
Media's responsibility - ANSWER ✓ To educate the community about violence
against women and cease glorifying such violence.
, Social service providers' role - ANSWER ✓ To become advocates for battered
women and design services sensitive to their safety needs.
Myth 1 of Domestic Violence - ANSWER ✓ The belief that battered women are
helpless, passive, and usually women of color, which is not applicable to all.
Myth 2 of Domestic Violence - ANSWER ✓ The belief that if a battered woman
doesn't leave, it must be because she enjoys the abuse, which is victim blaming.
Myth 3 of Domestic Violence - ANSWER ✓ The belief that battered women are
mentally unstable if they choose to stay in abusive relationships, which
oversimplifies their reasons.
Myth 4 - ANSWER ✓ Battered women have done something to cause the
battering.
Fact 4 - ANSWER ✓ Most battered women spend inordinate amounts of energy
trying to placate and please their abusive partners.
Myth 5 - ANSWER ✓ Men who batter their partners are socially inept, socially
inappropriate, or violent in all their relationships.
Fact 5 - ANSWER ✓ Many batterers exhibit a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality.
Myth 6 - ANSWER ✓ Alcohol and drug use cause battering behavior.
Fact 6 - ANSWER ✓ Being intoxicated or high is simply an excuse for abusive
behavior, not its cause.
Myth 7 - ANSWER ✓ Abusive relationships will never change for the better.
Fact 7 - ANSWER ✓ The key to changing an abusive relationship is the batterer's
willingness to accept responsibility for his actions.
Myth 8 - ANSWER ✓ Battered women grew up in abusive families.
Fact 8 - ANSWER ✓ Many women who find themselves in abusive relationships
did not grow up in violent households.
CORRECT SOLUTIONS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) ||ALREADY GRADED
A+||UPDATED 2025/2026||100%
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VERSION>>
Chemically Dependent Battered Women - ANSWER ✓ Women who are addicted
to drugs or alcohol and are also victims of domestic violence.
Self-Medication - ANSWER ✓ The use of substances to cope with emotional
trauma or psychological distress.
Alcoholism - ANSWER ✓ A chronic disease characterized by uncontrolled
drinking and preoccupation with alcohol.
Denial - ANSWER ✓ A defense mechanism where individuals refuse to accept
reality or facts, often used by family members of alcoholics.
Safety Issues - ANSWER ✓ Concerns regarding the physical and emotional safety
of individuals in abusive relationships.
Codependency - ANSWER ✓ A behavioral condition where one person in a
relationship relies on the other for emotional or psychological support.
Lowered Self-Esteem - ANSWER ✓ A condition where individuals have a
diminished sense of self-worth, often exacerbated by abusive relationships.
Accepting Responsibility - ANSWER ✓ When victims of abuse begin to blame
themselves for their partner's abusive behavior.
Guilt - ANSWER ✓ A feeling of remorse or responsibility for a perceived offense
or failure, often experienced by battered women.
, Feelings of Helplessness - ANSWER ✓ A psychological state where individuals
feel powerless to change their situation, often due to ongoing abuse.
Passivity - ANSWER ✓ A state of inactivity or lack of response, often adopted by
victims as a survival strategy in abusive situations.
Shame - ANSWER ✓ A painful feeling regarding one's perceived shortcomings or
failures, often experienced by victims of abuse.
Emotional Trauma - ANSWER ✓ The emotional response to a deeply distressing
or disturbing event, which can lead to substance abuse.
Battering - ANSWER ✓ A pattern of physical, emotional, or psychological abuse
inflicted by one partner on another.
Support for Recovery - ANSWER ✓ Ongoing assistance provided to individuals
recovering from substance abuse and domestic violence.
Treatment Programs - ANSWER ✓ Structured interventions designed to help
individuals recover from substance abuse and address domestic violence.
Substance Abuse and DV Relationship - ANSWER ✓ The interconnectedness of
substance abuse and domestic violence, where one can exacerbate the other.
Withdrawal from Substance Abuse - ANSWER ✓ The physical and mental
symptoms that occur after stopping the use of a substance.
Escalation of Abuse - ANSWER ✓ An increase in the severity or frequency of
abusive behavior in a relationship.
Assumption of batterer's goodness - ANSWER ✓ The belief that the batterer is a
good man whose actions stem from problems she can help solve.
Denial of abuse - ANSWER ✓ The belief that the abuse ever occurred.
External attribution of abuse - ANSWER ✓ The belief that the batterer is not
responsible for the abuse, which is instead attributed to external forces.
, Instigator belief - ANSWER ✓ The belief that she is the instigator of the abuse
and thus deserves the punishment.
Dependency belief - ANSWER ✓ The belief that she would be unable to survive
without the batterer's support.
Marriage and religion importance - ANSWER ✓ The belief that the marriage
and/or following religious beliefs, which may tell her to obey her husband, are
more important than her personal welfare.
Ideal Institutional Responses to Domestic Violence - ANSWER ✓ Responses that
include conditioning batterers' employment on remaining nonviolent and actively
intervening against stalking and harassment.
Justice system policies - ANSWER ✓ Adoption of mandatory arrest policies for
batterers and prosecution that does not rely on the survivor's involvement.
Victimless prosecution - ANSWER ✓ A method of charging and prosecuting
batterers that does not depend on the victim's testimony.
Deferred sentence option - ANSWER ✓ An option that withholds sentencing
pending a defendant's completion of probation, which should never be offered to
batterers.
Protection orders - ANSWER ✓ Easily accessible legal orders that must be backed
up by enforcement.
Educational system's role - ANSWER ✓ To dialogue with students about domestic
violence and intervene on harassment and abuse in schools.
Clergy's outreach - ANSWER ✓ Conducting outreach within congregations
regarding domestic violence and providing safe environments for discussion.
Media's responsibility - ANSWER ✓ To educate the community about violence
against women and cease glorifying such violence.
, Social service providers' role - ANSWER ✓ To become advocates for battered
women and design services sensitive to their safety needs.
Myth 1 of Domestic Violence - ANSWER ✓ The belief that battered women are
helpless, passive, and usually women of color, which is not applicable to all.
Myth 2 of Domestic Violence - ANSWER ✓ The belief that if a battered woman
doesn't leave, it must be because she enjoys the abuse, which is victim blaming.
Myth 3 of Domestic Violence - ANSWER ✓ The belief that battered women are
mentally unstable if they choose to stay in abusive relationships, which
oversimplifies their reasons.
Myth 4 - ANSWER ✓ Battered women have done something to cause the
battering.
Fact 4 - ANSWER ✓ Most battered women spend inordinate amounts of energy
trying to placate and please their abusive partners.
Myth 5 - ANSWER ✓ Men who batter their partners are socially inept, socially
inappropriate, or violent in all their relationships.
Fact 5 - ANSWER ✓ Many batterers exhibit a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality.
Myth 6 - ANSWER ✓ Alcohol and drug use cause battering behavior.
Fact 6 - ANSWER ✓ Being intoxicated or high is simply an excuse for abusive
behavior, not its cause.
Myth 7 - ANSWER ✓ Abusive relationships will never change for the better.
Fact 7 - ANSWER ✓ The key to changing an abusive relationship is the batterer's
willingness to accept responsibility for his actions.
Myth 8 - ANSWER ✓ Battered women grew up in abusive families.
Fact 8 - ANSWER ✓ Many women who find themselves in abusive relationships
did not grow up in violent households.
