CRISIS INTERVENTION PRACTICE EXAM UPADTED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔One of the more puzzling aspects of therapy and one that escalates to crisis
proportions is - ✔✔falling apart over some insignificant task after more difficult ones
have been accomplished
✔✔Call-in clients like crisis lines because - ✔✔they can remain anonymous
✔✔Of the following statements, which does not apply to the disturbed caller -
✔✔Behavior needs to be differentiated as to whether it is biochemically or
psychologically based
✔✔Handling problem callers who become abusive is best done by - ✔✔terminating
them after a clear warning
✔✔Which of the following is a common reaction to traumatic stress? - ✔✔Numbing
✔✔Support groups are important to victims of PTSD because of - ✔✔shared
experiences; reduction of stigma; restoration of self-pride
✔✔There is a great deal of psychophysiological assessment evidence that indicates
that stimulating sights, sounds, and smells associated with the long-past traumatic
event in PTSD sufferers cause - ✔✔psychological responses such as increased heart
rate, blood pressure, triglycerides, and decreased blood flow to the extremities
✔✔Research indicates that suicide attempts that "succeed" - ✔✔increase with the age
of the person
✔✔A post-intervention method of helping people to either gain a better understanding of
why a suicide happened or to feel less guilt and responsibility for the deceased's death
is - ✔✔the psychological autopsy
✔✔In crisis intervention, the possibility of dealing with suicidal or homicidal clients is -
✔✔ever present
✔✔The suicidal/homicidal person who engages in an expressive act of harming self or
others is - ✔✔engaging in an act designed to reduce psychological pain
✔✔Residual effects of sexual assault may have characteristics of - ✔✔PTSD
✔✔Later in their lives, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse do not usually
experience ?? - ✔✔on the conscious level
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔One of the more puzzling aspects of therapy and one that escalates to crisis
proportions is - ✔✔falling apart over some insignificant task after more difficult ones
have been accomplished
✔✔Call-in clients like crisis lines because - ✔✔they can remain anonymous
✔✔Of the following statements, which does not apply to the disturbed caller -
✔✔Behavior needs to be differentiated as to whether it is biochemically or
psychologically based
✔✔Handling problem callers who become abusive is best done by - ✔✔terminating
them after a clear warning
✔✔Which of the following is a common reaction to traumatic stress? - ✔✔Numbing
✔✔Support groups are important to victims of PTSD because of - ✔✔shared
experiences; reduction of stigma; restoration of self-pride
✔✔There is a great deal of psychophysiological assessment evidence that indicates
that stimulating sights, sounds, and smells associated with the long-past traumatic
event in PTSD sufferers cause - ✔✔psychological responses such as increased heart
rate, blood pressure, triglycerides, and decreased blood flow to the extremities
✔✔Research indicates that suicide attempts that "succeed" - ✔✔increase with the age
of the person
✔✔A post-intervention method of helping people to either gain a better understanding of
why a suicide happened or to feel less guilt and responsibility for the deceased's death
is - ✔✔the psychological autopsy
✔✔In crisis intervention, the possibility of dealing with suicidal or homicidal clients is -
✔✔ever present
✔✔The suicidal/homicidal person who engages in an expressive act of harming self or
others is - ✔✔engaging in an act designed to reduce psychological pain
✔✔Residual effects of sexual assault may have characteristics of - ✔✔PTSD
✔✔Later in their lives, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse do not usually
experience ?? - ✔✔on the conscious level
