CRISIS INTERVENTION 308 EXAMPREP STUDY
GUIDE 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
◉ psychoanalytic theory Answer: The concept of limited psychic
energy. A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain
personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on
unconscious determinants of behavior
◉ trauma informed care is used in many state and federal agencies.
It focuses on three key elements, not including Answer: reorganizing
resources to minimize risk of crisis incidents
◉ Factors influencing a person's response to crisis including their
Answer: Social and personal (internal) resources
◉ The crisis-prone person usually does not Answer: Continue to
function well when under stress.
Access their ego to help deal with stress.
Find solutions to their problems when under stress.
Turn to a support network for help.
,◉ cognitive key Answer: The perception a person has of the
precipitating events that led to emotional distress. The crisis worker
must identify the perception if he or she is to help the client change
it and thereby increase functioning.
◉ The focus of crisis intervention is on helping the client to win a
favorable outcome to a lawsuit. T/F Answer: Falso
◉ How quickly a person receives the intervention after a crisis event
does not matter to their long-term ability to function. T/F Answer:
Falso
◉ Crisis intervention as a response to the trauma first emerged
when WWII soldiers began to return home. T/F Answer: Falso
◉ Everyone who becomes stressed will experience a crisis state at
one time or another. T/F Answer: Falso
◉ The major goal of crisis intervention is to increase the client's
functioning. T/F Answer: True
◉ Crisis intervention and brief therapy both use the same approach
to client care. T/F Answer: False
, ◉ In what year did the social work profession first adopt a code of
ethics? Answer: 1947
◉ Client confidentiality must be broken in the case of .... Answer:
Suspected elder abuse.
Suspected child abuse.
The client's inability to look after their own basis needs. (e.g., food
and shelter)
◉ A crisis worker who resents their parents because he was sent to
boarding school, and now gives advice to clients based on their
unresolved feelings, is suffering from Answer: Countertransference
◉ Countertransference Answer: Circumstances in which a
psychoanalyst develops personal feelings about a client because of
perceived similarity of the client to significant people in the
therapist's life.
◉ Which moral principle is not guide to ethical decision-making?
Answer: The U.S. Constitution
◉ A gravely disable client is one who has a mental disorder and thus
cannot take care of their daily needs for.... Answer: Food and shelter.
medical care.
GUIDE 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
◉ psychoanalytic theory Answer: The concept of limited psychic
energy. A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain
personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on
unconscious determinants of behavior
◉ trauma informed care is used in many state and federal agencies.
It focuses on three key elements, not including Answer: reorganizing
resources to minimize risk of crisis incidents
◉ Factors influencing a person's response to crisis including their
Answer: Social and personal (internal) resources
◉ The crisis-prone person usually does not Answer: Continue to
function well when under stress.
Access their ego to help deal with stress.
Find solutions to their problems when under stress.
Turn to a support network for help.
,◉ cognitive key Answer: The perception a person has of the
precipitating events that led to emotional distress. The crisis worker
must identify the perception if he or she is to help the client change
it and thereby increase functioning.
◉ The focus of crisis intervention is on helping the client to win a
favorable outcome to a lawsuit. T/F Answer: Falso
◉ How quickly a person receives the intervention after a crisis event
does not matter to their long-term ability to function. T/F Answer:
Falso
◉ Crisis intervention as a response to the trauma first emerged
when WWII soldiers began to return home. T/F Answer: Falso
◉ Everyone who becomes stressed will experience a crisis state at
one time or another. T/F Answer: Falso
◉ The major goal of crisis intervention is to increase the client's
functioning. T/F Answer: True
◉ Crisis intervention and brief therapy both use the same approach
to client care. T/F Answer: False
, ◉ In what year did the social work profession first adopt a code of
ethics? Answer: 1947
◉ Client confidentiality must be broken in the case of .... Answer:
Suspected elder abuse.
Suspected child abuse.
The client's inability to look after their own basis needs. (e.g., food
and shelter)
◉ A crisis worker who resents their parents because he was sent to
boarding school, and now gives advice to clients based on their
unresolved feelings, is suffering from Answer: Countertransference
◉ Countertransference Answer: Circumstances in which a
psychoanalyst develops personal feelings about a client because of
perceived similarity of the client to significant people in the
therapist's life.
◉ Which moral principle is not guide to ethical decision-making?
Answer: The U.S. Constitution
◉ A gravely disable client is one who has a mental disorder and thus
cannot take care of their daily needs for.... Answer: Food and shelter.
medical care.
