Module 2

Question 1

1. ________________ is defined as a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury.

Answer 1

Trauma (Correct Answer)

Question 2

2. _____________ is/are examples of the types of events that could cause trauma.

Answer 2

• school violence
• domestic violence
• Terrorist acts
• all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 3

3. A common sign or symptom of PTSD in children under the age of six may include ___________.

Answer 3

• “Acting Out”
• Avoidance
• Hyper-Arousal
• None of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 4

4. When a person experiences a traumatic event, __________ of the brain is very impacted, because, typically, the individual has little control over the event.

Answer 4

Pre-frontal cortex (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 5

5. Trauma or victimization most often impacts a person’s feeling of safety and security, as well as their perception of society and crime

Answer 5

True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 6

1. ________________ is defined as a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from minor mental or emotional stress or physical injury.

Answer 6

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Trauma
• Post Traumatic Shock Disorder
• None of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 7

2. Simply witnessing a terrible event, such as a shooting, cannot cause trauma.

Answer 7

• False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 8

PTSD can only be diagnosed in children over the age of 10.

Answer 8

False (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 9

4. The ________ area of the brain is responsible for making memories. As a result, hormones released as the result of stress/trauma, impact memory creation, confuses consolidation, and scatters feedback in different parts of the brain.

Answer 9

Hippocampus (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 10

1. Trauma is defined as a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury.

Answer 10

True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 11

5. After experiencing a traumatic event, memory recall often becomes difficult and takes place over time, sometimes _______, if the victim cannot process the trauma

Answer 11

years (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 12

2. A school shooting where multiple children are wounded/killed is likely to cause _______ in the children witnessing the event.

Answer 12

Trauma (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 13

3. A sign or symptom of PTSD may include _____________.

Answer 13

• flashbacks
• avoidance
• fear, shame, or guilt
• all of the above (Correct Answer / Your Answer)

Question 14

4. When a person experiences a traumatic event, pre-frontal cortex of the brain is very impacted, because, typically, the individual has little control over the event.

Answer 14

• True (Correct Answer / Your Answer)