Quiz – Assessing Adolescents Who Have Sexually Abused (OT177-A) (OT177-A) Quiz – Assessing Adolescents Who Have Sexually Abused First Name * Last Name * Email * 1. ___ assessment involves estimating the possibility of future harm. * a. Adolescent b. Risk c. Dynamic d. None of the above 2. ___ factors are useful for making assessments of an client’s overall risk level because risk level is often associated with past behavior. * a. Static b. Dynamic c. Positive d. Contemporary 3. True or False? We are assessing risk under circumstances where there is inadequate or no supervision and where there is access to victims. * a. True b. False 4. ____ risk factors are those associated with current behaviors, thoughts, feelings, attitudes, interactions, and relationships. * a. Static b. Adolescent c. Dynamic d. Negative 5. True or False? We produce a false negative when we determine that a high risk exists when there actually is no risk at all. * a. True b. False 6. Risk factors that reside within the individual may involve which of the following? * a. Attitudes and beliefs b. Intellectual disability c. Arrested moral development d. All of the above 7. True or False? Dynamic risk factors can and often will change over time. * a. True b. False 8. Historical behaviors and experiences are ___ because they have previously occurred and remain unaltered over time, or are otherwise unalterable through intervention. * a. Static b. Dynamic c. Forceful d. Influential 9. There are ___ general risk domains. * a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 8 10. ____ factors are anything that increase the probability that a person will suffer harm. * a. Risk b. Static c. Internal d. External 11. True or False? Risk factors are not necessarily causative. * a. True b. False 12. Risk factors stem from ___ and environmental/social conditions that create, nurture, and maintain antisocial behaviors. * a. Natural b. External c. Historical d. Internal 13. ____ risk assessment is based on a statistical analysis of static risk factors and a resulting statistical projection of future behavioral trends. * a. Static b. Actuarial c. Internal d. Dynamic 14. Which of the following factors decreases, mitigates, or buffers against the potential harmful effect of a risk factor? * a. Historical b. Internal c. Protective d. Actuarial 15. True or False? Risk assessment for sexually abusive youth must rely solely on scores derived from risk assessment instruments. * a. True b. False 16. Comprehensive risk assessment is a process designed to do which of the following? * a. Understand the development and type of sexually abusive behavior b. Understand the nature of risk in the life of the individual and the circumstances that allowed risk to be transformed into actual harm c. Estimate the possibility that sexually abusive behavior will continue if untreated, and make recommendations regarding treatment d. All of the above 17. Which of the following is NOT a general weakness in the practice of clinical prediction? * a. Lack of specificity in clearly defining exactly what is being assessed and predicted b. Identifying and relying on misleading, or “illusory,” correlations c. Being aware of the statistical base rate of the behavior being predicted d. Failing to incorporate situational or environmental information into assessment 18. To be considered well developed, well organized, and well informed, a clinical risk assessment instrument should meet at least ___ criteria. * a. 5 b. 8 c. 14 d. 23 19. The empirically based, structured clinical tool is designed to do which of the following? * a. Shape and guide the assessment procedure and its outcomes b. Produce a meaningful and comprehensive assessment evaluation of risk built on a real life clinical assessment and understanding of the individual c. Define risk factors and variables supported in the empirical and research literature d. All of the above 20. True or False? Clinical interviews are used to gather specific data, and also observe, supplement, question, review, and clarify information obtained from other sources. * a. True b. False 21. The first “R” in the RNR model stands for which of the following? * a. Risk b. Recidivism c. Reduction d. Responsiveness 22. The five general risk domains include which of the following? * a. Individual b. Peer c. Community d. All of the above 23. An important characteristic of dynamic risk factors is that reductions in such factors are associated with reduced ____. * a. Neuroses b. Responsivity c. Recidivism d. Peer pressure 24. ____ assessments are those in which risk estimates are based on observation and professional judgment rather than statistical analysis. * a. Clinical b. Actuarial c. Dynamic d. Static 25. The list of ten common categories of risk factors includes which of the following? * a. History of sexually abusive behavior b. Social relationships and connection c. General psychosocial functioning d. All of the above Submit If you are human, leave this field blank. Δ
