CRIS 605 ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉Coconaut Grove nightclub fire. Answer: Dr. Erich Lindemann's
clinical assessment of survivors (1942)
◉Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963. Answer: large
state-run asylums were replaced by community mental health
centers
◉Where are the greatest number of frontline volunteers used?.
Answer: Staffing 24-hour suicide hotlines in major cities
◉More than 75% of all crisis centers in the US report that volunteer
workers outnumber professional staff by more than __ to __. Answer:
6 to 1
◉Crisis intervention typically remains unrecognized by the public
until victims/victim advocates exert enough __, ___, or ___ pressure to
cause change. Answer: legal, political, economic
,◉As crisis agencies become crisis organizations, they gain ___, ___,
and ___. Answer: power, prestige, notoriety
◉Three major grassroots movements that helped shape crisis
intervention into an emerging specialty. Answer: Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA); Vietnam Veterans, Women's movement during the
1970s
◉Large influx of crisis organizations from the ____s to _____s. Answer:
1970s-1990s
◉What caused the large influx of crisis organizations in the 1970s-
1990s?. Answer: recognition that immediate intervention is
essential in alleviating stress related to trauma
◉Crisis response grows from _____ efforts to _____ ______ as the need
for organization grows. Answer: all-volunteer; bureaucratic
institutions
◉Professional recognition within the helping fields. Answer:
Division 56: Trauma Psychology, American Psychology Association
(2006)
, Accreditation standards set by the Council for Accreditation of
Counseling & Educationally Related Programs (2009) and National
Association of School Psychologists (2010)
◉____ has a significant influence on public consciousness. Answer:
media
◉_______ brought war images into the public discourse. Answer:
Matthew Brady's Civil War photographs
◉In what positive and negative ways does real-time news coverage
of crisis events impact our perceptions of a small, interconnected
world?. Answer: Positive: public recognition about crisis
intervention
Negative: people may rush in to help haphazardly
◉What are the characteristics of an altruistic or therapeutic
community?. Answer: disappearance of community conflicts,
heightened internal solidarity, charity, sharing, communal public
works, and positive attitude
◉when people travel to disaster scenes to provide unrequested
assistance or to gawk at survivors. Answer: trauma tourism
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉Coconaut Grove nightclub fire. Answer: Dr. Erich Lindemann's
clinical assessment of survivors (1942)
◉Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963. Answer: large
state-run asylums were replaced by community mental health
centers
◉Where are the greatest number of frontline volunteers used?.
Answer: Staffing 24-hour suicide hotlines in major cities
◉More than 75% of all crisis centers in the US report that volunteer
workers outnumber professional staff by more than __ to __. Answer:
6 to 1
◉Crisis intervention typically remains unrecognized by the public
until victims/victim advocates exert enough __, ___, or ___ pressure to
cause change. Answer: legal, political, economic
,◉As crisis agencies become crisis organizations, they gain ___, ___,
and ___. Answer: power, prestige, notoriety
◉Three major grassroots movements that helped shape crisis
intervention into an emerging specialty. Answer: Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA); Vietnam Veterans, Women's movement during the
1970s
◉Large influx of crisis organizations from the ____s to _____s. Answer:
1970s-1990s
◉What caused the large influx of crisis organizations in the 1970s-
1990s?. Answer: recognition that immediate intervention is
essential in alleviating stress related to trauma
◉Crisis response grows from _____ efforts to _____ ______ as the need
for organization grows. Answer: all-volunteer; bureaucratic
institutions
◉Professional recognition within the helping fields. Answer:
Division 56: Trauma Psychology, American Psychology Association
(2006)
, Accreditation standards set by the Council for Accreditation of
Counseling & Educationally Related Programs (2009) and National
Association of School Psychologists (2010)
◉____ has a significant influence on public consciousness. Answer:
media
◉_______ brought war images into the public discourse. Answer:
Matthew Brady's Civil War photographs
◉In what positive and negative ways does real-time news coverage
of crisis events impact our perceptions of a small, interconnected
world?. Answer: Positive: public recognition about crisis
intervention
Negative: people may rush in to help haphazardly
◉What are the characteristics of an altruistic or therapeutic
community?. Answer: disappearance of community conflicts,
heightened internal solidarity, charity, sharing, communal public
works, and positive attitude
◉when people travel to disaster scenes to provide unrequested
assistance or to gawk at survivors. Answer: trauma tourism
